List 4 Flashcards by isabel li | Brainscape

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Brassy

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Shamelessly bold

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Brash

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Hasty and unthinking

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Brattish

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Ill-mannered annoying

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Bravado

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A pretense of bravery

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Bravura

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Brilliant technique in performance

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Brazen

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Marked by boldness

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Breach

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A temporary gap

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Brevity

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Shortness of duration

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Bridle

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To restrain

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Brisk

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Marked by liveliness

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Bristle

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怒发冲冠

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Brittle

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Easily broken

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Broach

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To open for the first time

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Bromide

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A commonplace statement

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Brook

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Tolerate

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Browbeat

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恐吓

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Bruit

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To spread news of

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Buck

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To refuse

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Budge

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To alter a position

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Buffoon

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小丑

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Bulge

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凸起

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Bumptious

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专横傲慢的

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Bungle

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To work clumsily

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Burgeon

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To grow and expand rapidly

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Burlesque

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恶搞

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Burnish

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To make shiny by rubbing

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Buttress

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扶墙

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Byline

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署名行

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Byzantine

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Complicated

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Cacophony

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Harsh sound

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Cadge

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Beg

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Cajole

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Wheedle 哄骗

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Calcify

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To make inflexible

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Calibrate

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To standardize

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Callous

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Unfeeling

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Callow

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Lacking adult sophistication, immature

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Callus

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老茧

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Calumniate

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诽谤

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Camaraderie

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A spirit of friendly

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Cameo

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宝石表面的细小浮雕

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Camouflage

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伪装

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Canard

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A deliberately misleading story

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Candor

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Honest expression

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Canvass

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To examine votes officially

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Capitulate

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To give up all resistance

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Caprice

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An impulsive change of mind

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Captivate

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To attract and hold by charm

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Caret

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插字符号

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Careworn

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Showing the effect of grief

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Caricature

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讽刺画

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Carnal

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Relating to the physical

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Carouse

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To drink freely

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Carp

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吹毛求疵

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Cartographer

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One that makes maps

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Carve

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To cut up and serve meat

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Castigate

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强烈反对

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Catalyze

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To increase the rate of a chemical reaction by catalysis

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Categorical

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Being without qualification

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Caustic

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腐蚀剂

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Caveat

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警告

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Cavern

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Large deep cave

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Cavil

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To find fault unnecessarily

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Cavort

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雀跃

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Cede

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To surrender possession of

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Censor

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审查并删除

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Censorious

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Highly critical

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Censure

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To find fault with and criticize

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Cessation

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A temporary or final ceasing

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Chaff

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糠

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Chagrin

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沮丧

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Chameleon

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变色龙

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Champion

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To fight for

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Charade

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An empty or deceptive act

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Charlatan

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骗子

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Chary

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Very cautious

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Chase

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镂雕金属以装饰

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Chasm

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A deep cleft in the surface

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Chauvinistic

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Excessive or blind patriotism

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Check

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To arrest the motion of abruptly