List 7&8 Flashcards

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Diverge

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To go or move in different directions

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Diurnal

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Of daytime

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Divert

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To turn from one course to another

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Divulge

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To make known

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Docile

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Of a person or animal easy to control

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Dogged

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Stubborn

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Domesticated

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家养的

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Domineering

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压制

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Dormant

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Torpid in winter 冬眠的

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Dorsal

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Of the back脊背的

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Downplay

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To belittle 贬低

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Drab

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Yellowish brown, not bright or lively

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Drastic

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Strong, violent and severe

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Drollery

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滑稽

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Drone

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To make monotonous humming sound

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Drowsy

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Ready to fall asleep

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Drudgery

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Dull and fatiguing work

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Dubious

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Slightly suspicious about

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Dumbbell

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哑铃

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Dumbfound

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To astonish

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Dupe

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A person easily tricked or fooled

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Ebb

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退潮,衰退

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Eccentric

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Deviating from the norm

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Edifice

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A large, imposing building

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Deify

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To enlighten

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Efface

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To wipe out

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Effervescence

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Bubbling as gas escape, liveliness

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Effete

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Caking vigor

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Efficacy

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The power to produce an effect

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Egregious

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Conspicuously bad

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Elaborate

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To describe in detail

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Elapse

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To pass

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Elate

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To fill with joy or pride

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Elicit

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To bring out

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Eligible

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Suitable, qualified to be chosen

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Elongate

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To extend the length of

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36
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Elucidate

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To give a clarifying explanation

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37
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Elude

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To avoid

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38
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Elusive

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Hard to comprehend

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39
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Embellish

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To make beautiful with ornamentation

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40
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Embezzlement

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贪污

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Emblematic

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Symbolic, representative

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Embryonic

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胚胎期的

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Emend

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To make scholarly corrections

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Eminent

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Prominent, conspicuous显赫的

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Emulate

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To strive to equal

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Enamored

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Inflamed with love

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Encroach

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侵占,蚕食

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Encumber

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妨碍

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Endemic

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Restricted to a locality or region

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Enervate

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To lessen the vitality of

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Engender

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To produce

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Enrage

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To make sb. very angry

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Enthral

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迷惑

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Entice

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To attract artfully

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Entrenched

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Strongly established and not likely to change

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Enumerate

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To name one by one

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Enviable

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Highly desirable

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Envision

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想像

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Ephemeral

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Lasting only for a day

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Episodic

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Occurring irregularly

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Epitome

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Showing the typical qualities of Sth.

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Equestrian

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骑士阶层的

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Equitable

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Dealing fairly

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Eradicate

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To tear out by the root

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Equivocal

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模棱两可的

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Erratic

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Irregular,random

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Erudite

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Leaned, scholarly

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Escalate

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To make a conflict more serious

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Escapism

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逃避现实

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Esoteric

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Beyond the understanding of most people

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Espouse

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To take up

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Estrange

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To alienate the affection 使疏远

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Ethereal

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太空的,very light

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Ethos

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风貌,习气

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Eulogize

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To praise highly in speech

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Euphemism

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委婉的

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Evanescent

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Vanishing,ephemeral

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Evasive

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Tending to evade

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Evenhanded

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Fair

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Evince

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To show plainly

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Eviscerate

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去除主要部分

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Exacerbate

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To aggravate disease

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Exalted

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Having a very high rank highly respected

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Exasperate

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To make angry

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Excavate

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To make a hole

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Excise

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To remove by cutting out

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Exert

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To apply with great energy

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Exonerate

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To relive from an obligation

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Exorbitant

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Exceeding the bounds of custom

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Exorcise

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驱除妖魔

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Expedient

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A temporary means to an end

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Expeditiously

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Promptly and efficiently

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Explicate

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To make clear

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Exposition

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Detailed explanation

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Expressly

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Explicitly

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Exquisite

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Elaborately made, delicate

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Exterminate

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To wipe out

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Extol

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To praise highly

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Extrapolate

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预测

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Extravagance

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挥霍

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Extricate

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Capable of being freed from difficulty

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Exuberant

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Very lively and cheerful

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Facetious

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Joking inappropriately

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Facile

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Easily accomplished

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Faddish

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流行一时的

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Fallacious

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Misleading or deceptive

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Falter

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To walk unsteadily

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Fallible

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易犯错的

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Farce

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An exaggerated comedy

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Fastidious

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Not easy to please

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Feckless

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Inefficient

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Fecund

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Fruitful in offspring

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Feign

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To make a false show of

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Ferocity

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凶残

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Ferromagnetic

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铁磁的

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Fervor

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Great warmth of emotion

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Fetid

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Having a heavy offensive smell

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Fickle

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感情方面变化无常的

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Fictitious

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Not real

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Figment

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Something merely imagined