List 15&16 Flashcards

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Perspicuous

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Clearly expressed or presented

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Perspicacious

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Of acute mental vision

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Pertinent

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Having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand

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Pervade

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To beak the diffused throughout

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Pestilential

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引起瘟疫的

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Petulant

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Peevish 易怒的

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Philanthropic

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慈善的,博愛的

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Philistine

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庸俗的人

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Phlegmatic

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Unemotional

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Phobia

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An exaggerated illogical fear

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Phonetic

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About the sounds of human speech

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Piety

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Fidelity to parents, religious devotion to God

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Pious

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Showing deep respect for God

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Pitcher

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A container for liquids

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Pitfall

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陷阱

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Pithy

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言简意赅的

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Placate

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To soothe or mollify

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Placebo

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安慰剂

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Placid

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Serenely free of interruption

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Plaintive

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Melancholy

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Platitude

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A banal remark 陈词滥调

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Plausible

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Superficially reasonable

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Plethora

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Excess, superfluidity

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Pliable

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Supple enough to bend freely

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Pliant

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Easily influenced

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Plump

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Having full rounded usually pleasing form

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Poise

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To hold in equilibrium

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Portend

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To give an omen

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Posthumous

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Following or occurring after death

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Postulate

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To demand

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Potable

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Suitable for drinking

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Potent

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Having force, authority

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Potshot

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盲目射击

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Pounce

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The claw of a bird of prey

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Pragmatic

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Relating to matters of fact

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Precarious

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Dependent on uncertain premises 未证实的,不稳固的

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Precipitate

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To bring about abruptly

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Precipitous

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Very steep

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Preclude

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To rule out in advance , to exclude

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39
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Preconception

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先入之见

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Predecessor

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前辈

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Predispose

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使预先有倾向

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Premise

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前提

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Premonition

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A feeling that is going to happen

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Prerequisite

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先决条件

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Prerogative

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特权

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Prescient

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有先见的

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Prestigious

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有名望的

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Pretentious

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夸耀的

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Prevail

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战胜

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Prevalent

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Widespread

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Prig

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自命清高者

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Pristine

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Belonging to the earliest period

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Probity

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Honesty

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Proclivity

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An inclination toward

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Procurement

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The obtaining be effort or careful attention

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Prod

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To poke , to stir up

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Proficient

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Skillful

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Profuse

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丰富的,浪费的

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Promulgate

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To out a law into action

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Prone

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俯卧的,倾向于

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Proofread

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To read and mark corrections

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Propitious

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Favorable, advantage

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Proprietary

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私有的

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Prosaic

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散文,无趣的

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Proscribe

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禁止

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Prose

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散文

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Prostrate

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俯卧的

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Proselytize

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皈依

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Prototype

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An original model

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Protract

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Prolong

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Protrude

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突出

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Provident

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深谋远虑的,突出的

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Provision

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A stock of needed supplies

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Provisional

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Temporary

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Proximity

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临近

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Prudish

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过分守礼的

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pugnacious

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好斗的

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Puncture

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刺穿

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Pungent

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辛辣的,尖锐的

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Purport

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Meaning implied 涵义

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Quagmire

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沼泽地

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Quaint

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Unusual and attractive

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Qualm

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疑惧

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Quarantine

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隔离检验期

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Querulous

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抱怨的

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Quiescence

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静止,沉寂

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Raciness

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生动活泼

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Radiant

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Vividly bright and shining

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Radicalism

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激进主义

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Radically

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In origin or essence

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Rampant

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猖獗的

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Ramshackle

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摇摇欲坠的

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Rancid

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Stinking

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Rancor

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Enmity

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Ratify

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To approve formally

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Raucous

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Harsh

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Raze

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To destroy completely

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Reactionary

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极端保守的

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Rebuke

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To criticize sharply

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Recalcitrant

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顽抗的

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Recapitulate

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To repeat the principal point

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Recede

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To move back

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Recessive

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隐性遗传的

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Reciprocate

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To make a return for Sth

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Recluse

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隐士

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Recoil

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To fall back under pressure

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Recollect

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To remember, to remind

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Recondite

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Difficult for understanding

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Recourse

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A turning to sb

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Rectify

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To correct by removing errors

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Recuperate

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To recover

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Redeem

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To atone for