List 1 Flashcards
(89 cards)
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Cornucopia
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Overflowing
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Euphoria
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Overwhelming usually pleasurable
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Minutiae
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Minor detail
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Coda
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Concluding passage
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Sequela
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Secondary consequence or result
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anathema
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curse
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enigma
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hard to understand
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stigma
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mark of shame or discredit
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dogma
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doctrine stated authoritatively
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coma
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profound unconsciousness
sluggishness
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stamina
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physical or moral strength
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patina
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Superficial
appearance or aura
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plethora
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excess
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bravura
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brilliant technique or style in performance
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ad-lib
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without previous thought or preparation
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glib
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fluency insincere or deceitful
Lacking depth
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plumb
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measure the depth
examine deeply
vertical
no exceptions
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barb
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Critical remark or comment
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perturb
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trouble the mind
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snub
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contempt or neglect
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archaic
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no longer current, antiquated
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mosaic
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unorganized collection or mixture of various things
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prosaic
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normal course of events
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cherubic
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innocent looking usually chubby and rosy
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sporadic
not often occurring or repeated
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soporific
a drug induces sleep
cause sleep
Sleepiness or lethargy
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lethargic
sluggish
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synergic
cooperating
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Catholic
not limited or specialized
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vitriolic
bitterly scathing
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pandemic
widespread
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endemic
to a particular locality, region
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polemic
argument
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anemic
lacking force or spirit
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mimic
in appearance 仿真的，仿造的
copy or exaggerate
model
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laconic
minimum of words, concise, but seeming rude or mysterious
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histrionic
of or relating to actors
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chronic
frequent recurrence
| being such by habit and not likely to change
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tonic
stimulating, vigor, beneficial to body or mind
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runic
mysterious
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cynic
a person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness
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stoic
unaffected by pleasure or pain
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philanthropic
having concern for the welfare of others
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misanthropic
deep distrust of human and their motives
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myopic
lack of foresight
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choleric
easily angered
| Anger, irate
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mesmeric
induced by mesmerism 催眠的
| attracting令人着迷的，难以抗拒的
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esoteric
difficult to understand
| Not known by the general populace
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meteoric
similar to a meteor in speed, brilliance or brevity
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eccentric
deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct
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panegyric
eulogistic oration or writing
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lyric
musical composition
| Suggestive of poetry or music
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analgesic
medication that reduces or eliminates pain
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intrinsic
Of or relating to the essential nature of a thing
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melodramatic
exaggeratedly emotion
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phlegmatic
calm, sluggish temperament, unemotional
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axiomatic
based on or involving an axiom or system of axioms
| Taken for granted, self-evident
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diplomatic
employing tact and conciliation especially in situations of stress
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monochromatic
one color
| lacking variety
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somatic
of the body, especially as distinguished from a body part, the mind or the environment
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fanatic
extreme, unreasoning enthusiasm
| excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion
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erratic
not constant
| different from the ordinary
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didactic
designed or intended to teach
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apoplectic
extremely angry
| furious
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ascetic
self-denial especially spiritual discipline
| a person self-discipline
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prophetic
foretelling
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bathetic
exceptional commonplaceness
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anesthetic
something that relieves pain
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hermetic
abstruseness or occultism
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peripatetic
walking about or from place to place
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politic
shrewdness in managing, contriving, or dealing
| suitable for bringing about a desired result under the circumstances
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antic
clownish extravagance or absurdity
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demotic
Common, popular
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hypnotic
cause sleep
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despotic
arbitrary, autocratic, monocratic, tyrannical
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exotic
excitingly or mysteriously unusual
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quixotic
more ideals than reality
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skeptic
n. one who instinctively or habitually doubts, questions, or disagrees with assertions or generally accepted conclusions
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dyspeptic
bad-tempered
| Suffering from dyspepsia消化不良的
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septic
putrefaction 腐败的，感染的
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aseptic
preventing infection
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apocalyptic
of a revelatory or prophetic nature
Major turning point
wildly unrestrained; grandiose
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cryptic
secret or occult
have a hidden or ambiguous meaning
beyond one's power to know, understand or explain
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elastic
resuming shape
| Recovering from depression or disappointment
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plastic
susceptible of being modified in form or nature
| Lacking in natural or spontaneous quality
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pessimistic
tending to stress the negative or unfavorable or to take the gloomiest possible view
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chauvinistic
showing excessive favoritism towards one's own country
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egoistic
centered in or preoccupied with oneself and the gratification of one's own desires
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caustic
capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action, corrosive
marked by incisive sarcasms
