List 28 Flashcards

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Supine

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Showing passivity or indifference

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Superimpose

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To place above something

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Supple

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Readily bent

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Supplant

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篡夺位置

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Supplicate

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To make a humble entreaty to恳求

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Supposition

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Something that is supposed

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Surcharge

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An additional sum added to the usual amount

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Surfeit

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To feed to excess

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Surrender

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To give up

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Surreptitious

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Done by stealth

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Susceptibility

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易受感染的

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Suture

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缝合

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Svelte

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Slender in figure

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Swagger

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趾高气昂

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Sweltering

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酷热的

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Swerve

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To turn aside abruptly

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Swill

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To drink greedily

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Swindle

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To cheat of money

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Sybarite

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A person devoted to pleasure

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Sycophant

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马屁精

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Syllabus

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课程大纲

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Syllogism

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Reasoning from general to the specific

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Sumbiosis

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共生关系

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Synchronous

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Having identical period 同时的

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Synergic

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Working together

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Synopsis

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A brief outline

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Synthesis

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The combination of parts as to form a whole

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Tacit

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Implied but not actually expressed

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Taciturn

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沉默寡言的

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Tackle

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滑轮组

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30
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Tact

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机敏,圆滑

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Tactile

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Perceptible by touch

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Talisman

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护身符

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Taint

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Spoil, contaminating

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Talon

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The claw of a bird

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Tamper

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To alter improperly

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Tangy

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刺激的

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Tantalize

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To excite by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of touch

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Tantamount

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Equivalent in value

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Tantrum

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Fit of bad temper

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Taper

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Moving slowly

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Tarnish

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To destroy the luster

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Tarpaulin

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油布雨衣

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Tatty

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Somewhat worn , shabby

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Taunt

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To challenge in a mocking manner

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Taut

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Not loose

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Tawdry

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Cheep in appearance

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Taxing

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Burdensome wearing

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Taxonomy

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分类学

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Teeter

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To move unsteadily

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Teetotalism

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禁酒

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Telling

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Effective, expressive

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Temerity

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Recklessness

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Temporize

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Yield to current opinion

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Tempestuous

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暴乱的

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Tenable

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Capable of being held 有据可依的

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Tenacious

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Persistent in maintaining something valued

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Tendentious

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Biased

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Tender

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To offer formally

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Tenuous

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Having little substance

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Tepid

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Lacking in passion

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Terminus

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The final point

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Terse

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Brief and to the point

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Testator

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立遗嘱之人

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Testimony

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证词

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Testy

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Easily annoyed

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Tether

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To fasten or restrain by tether用铁链栓系

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Theocracy

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神权治国

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Theatrical

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Unnatural behavior

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Therapeutic

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Relating to the treatment of disease

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Throny

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多刺的

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Threadbare

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陈腐的

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Throng

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To crowd together in great numbers

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Thwart

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To oppose successfully

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Ticklish

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Easily offended

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Tiff

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A petty quarrel

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Tightfisted

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吝啬的

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Timeworn

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陈腐的

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Timid

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胆小的