List 2 Flashcards
(109 cards)
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Candid
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Sincere, fair
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Calumny
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A misrepresentation intended to harm another’s reputation
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Cantankerous
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ill-tempered, quarrelsome
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Canvass
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To examine carefully
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Capitulate
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To surrender under specified conditions
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Capricious
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Impulsive, unpredictable
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Captious
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Find and point out trivial faults 挑剔的
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Catapult
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To hurl or launch
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Cathartic
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Purgative
Providing psychological relief through the open expression of strong emotions
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Caustic
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- Able to burn or corrode by chemical reaction
- incisive sarcasm
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Censure
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To criticize severely
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Certitude
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The state of being certain
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Charlatan
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Imposter
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Chary
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Very cautious; sparing
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Chicanery
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Deception by trickery
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Chide
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To scold mildly to correct
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Chimerical
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Imaginary
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Churlish
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A lack of civility or graciousness
粗野的
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Circuitous
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Having a circular or winding course
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Circumspect
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Careful to consider all circumstances
谨慎的
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Circumvent
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To avoid or get around
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Clairvoyant
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Able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception
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Clandestine
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Secret 秘密的
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Cloy
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To cause or feel surfeited
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Coalesce
To come together to form one whole
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Coerce
To achieve by force or threat
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Coddle
To treat indulgently
| 溺爱
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Cogent
有说服力的
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Colloquially
Conversationally
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Commend
To recommend
| To praise
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Commiseration
To feel or express sympathy
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Commonplace
Ordinary
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Compendious
Expressed briefly
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Complacent
Self-satisfied
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Compliant
Willing to comply
Submissive
顺从的；服从的
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Complicity
Participation in a wrongful act
| 同谋
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Comprehensive
Covering completely or broadly
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Compunction
A strong uneasiness caused by a sense of guilt
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Concede
To accept
| 承认；让步
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Conceivable
Imaginable
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Conciliatory
Soothing, appeasing anger
| 安抚的；调和的
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Conclusive
Decisive
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Concoct
Combining raw materials
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Concordat
Harmonious; agreeing
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Concur
To express agreement
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Condemnation
Censure, blame
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Condescend
To descend to a less dignified level
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Condone
To forgive
| 宽怒
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Confer
To bestow
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Conflagration
A large, destructive fire
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Conflate
To bring together
| 合并
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Conformist
A person who conforms to the rules
| 遵奉者
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conformity
Similarity, agreement
| 一致
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congenial
Having the same disposition or tastes
| 趣味相投的；同类的
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conjectural
To infer from inconclusive evidence
| 推测的
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conjoin
To join together
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conjunctive
Joining; connective
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connoisseur
A person of informed and discriminating taste
| 鉴定家
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conscientious
guided by conscience; meticulous
| 有良心的；认真的
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conscript
to enroll compulsorily into service
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consecrate
to devote
| n: consecration
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consequential
having important consequences
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consign
to give over to the care of another
| 委托
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console
to alleviate the grief
| 安慰；慰籍
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consolidate
to join together into one whole; to make firm or secure
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consonance
harmony or agreement
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consort
to keep company; to be in agreement
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conspicuous
obvious to the eye or mind
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conspirator
同谋
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consternation
a state of paralyzing dismay
| 惊愕
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constitute
to establish
| 制定
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consummate
complete or perfect
| 使完美；完美的
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contemplative
thinking deeply
| 沉思的
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contemptible
despicable
| 鄙视的
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contemptuous
feeling contempt
| 轻蔑的
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contend
to argue against
| 斗争；争论
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contentious
quarrelsome
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contiguous
close; near
| 接近的
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contingency
an unexpected event
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continual
continuous
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contour
the outline of a figure
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contrive
to invent artistically or ingeniously
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conundrum
a riddle
| 谜；难题
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convivial
fond of company
| 好交际的
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convoluted
intricate; complicated
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copious
plentiful
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cordial
warm and sincere
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corollary
a deduction or an inference
| 推论
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corpulence
being fat
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counteract
to neutralize
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courteous
having respect; 彬彬有礼的
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covert
secret
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cradle
to care and nurture
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credence
belief in or acceptance of something as true
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credo
a statement of the beliefs or aims that guide someone's actions, a creed
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credulity
a disposition to believe too easily
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crude
unrefined or natural state
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cryptic
secret; occult
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culpable
blameworthy
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curative
able to cure
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cursory
hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed
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curtail
to cut short
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cynical
believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity
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dalliance
playful flirtation
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daredevil
recklessly bold
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dearth
a scarce supply
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debacle
a complete failure, defeat
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debase
to lower in value
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debilitate
to make someone weak and infirm
