List 28 Flashcards by isabel li

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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

Working together

Synopsis

A brief outline

Synthesis

The combination of parts as to form a whole

Tacit

Implied but not actually expressed

Taciturn

沉默寡言的

Tackle

滑轮组

Tact

机敏，圆滑

Tactile

Perceptible by touch

Talisman

护身符

Taint

Spoil, contaminating

Talon

The claw of a bird

Tamper

To alter improperly

Tangy

刺激的

Tantalize

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

Tantamount

Equivalent in value

Tantrum

Fit of bad temper

Taper

Moving slowly

Tarnish

To destroy the luster

Tarpaulin

油布雨衣

Tatty

Somewhat worn , shabby

Taunt

To challenge in a mocking manner

Taut

Not loose

Tawdry

Cheep in appearance

Taxing

Burdensome wearing

Taxonomy

分类学

Teeter

To move unsteadily

Teetotalism

禁酒

Telling

Effective, expressive

Temerity

Recklessness

Temporize

Yield to current opinion

Tempestuous

暴乱的

Tenable

Capable of being held 有据可依的

Tenacious

Persistent in maintaining something valued

Tendentious

Biased

Tender

To offer formally

Tenuous

Having little substance

Tepid

Lacking in passion

Terminus

The final point

Terse

Brief and to the point

Testator

立遗嘱之人

Testimony

证词

Testy

Easily annoyed

Tether

To fasten or restrain by tether用铁链栓系

Theocracy

神权治国

Theatrical

Unnatural behavior

Therapeutic

Relating to the treatment of disease

Throny

多刺的

Threadbare

陈腐的

Throng

To crowd together in great numbers

Thwart

To oppose successfully

Ticklish

Easily offended

Tiff

A petty quarrel

Tightfisted

吝啬的

Timeworn

陈腐的

Timid

胆小的