List 7&8 Flashcards

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Diverge

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To go or move in different directions

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Diurnal

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Of daytime

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Divert

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To turn from one course to another

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Divulge

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To make known

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Docile

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Of a person or animal easy to control

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Dogged

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Stubborn

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Domesticated

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家养的

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Domineering

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压制

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Dormant

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Torpid in winter 冬眠的

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Dorsal

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Of the back脊背的

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Downplay

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To belittle 贬低

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Drab

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Yellowish brown, not bright or lively

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Drastic

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Strong, violent and severe

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Drollery

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滑稽

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Drone

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To make monotonous humming sound

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Drowsy

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Ready to fall asleep

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Drudgery

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Dull and fatiguing work

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Dubious

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Slightly suspicious about

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Dumbbell

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哑铃

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Dumbfound

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To astonish

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Dupe

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A person easily tricked or fooled

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Ebb

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退潮,衰退

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Eccentric

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Deviating from the norm

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Edifice

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A large, imposing building

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Deify
To enlighten
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Efface
To wipe out
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Effervescence
Bubbling as gas escape, liveliness
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Effete
Caking vigor
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Efficacy
The power to produce an effect
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Egregious
Conspicuously bad
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Elaborate
To describe in detail
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Elapse
To pass
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Elate
To fill with joy or pride
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Elicit
To bring out
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Eligible
Suitable, qualified to be chosen
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Elongate
To extend the length of
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Elucidate
To give a clarifying explanation
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Elude
To avoid
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Elusive
Hard to comprehend
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Embellish
To make beautiful with ornamentation
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Embezzlement
贪污
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Emblematic
Symbolic, representative
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Embryonic
胚胎期的
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Emend
To make scholarly corrections
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Eminent
Prominent, conspicuous显赫的
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Emulate
To strive to equal
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Enamored
Inflamed with love
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Encroach
侵占,蚕食
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Encumber
妨碍
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Endemic
Restricted to a locality or region
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Enervate
To lessen the vitality of
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Engender
To produce
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Enrage
To make sb. very angry
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Enthral
迷惑
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Entice
To attract artfully
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Entrenched
Strongly established and not likely to change
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Enumerate
To name one by one
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Enviable
Highly desirable
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Envision
想像
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Ephemeral
Lasting only for a day
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Episodic
Occurring irregularly
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Epitome
Showing the typical qualities of Sth.
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Equestrian
骑士阶层的
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Equitable
Dealing fairly
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Eradicate
To tear out by the root
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Equivocal
模棱两可的
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Erratic
Irregular,random
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Erudite
Leaned, scholarly
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Escalate
To make a conflict more serious
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Escapism
逃避现实
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Esoteric
Beyond the understanding of most people
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Espouse
To take up
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Estrange
To alienate the affection 使疏远
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Ethereal
太空的,very light
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Ethos
风貌,习气
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Eulogize
To praise highly in speech
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Euphemism
委婉的
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Evanescent
Vanishing,ephemeral
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Evasive
Tending to evade
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Evenhanded
Fair
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Evince
To show plainly
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Eviscerate
去除主要部分
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Exacerbate
To aggravate disease
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Exalted
Having a very high rank highly respected
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Exasperate
To make angry
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Excavate
To make a hole
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Excise
To remove by cutting out
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Exert
To apply with great energy
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Exonerate
To relive from an obligation
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Exorbitant
Exceeding the bounds of custom
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Exorcise
驱除妖魔
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Expedient
A temporary means to an end
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Expeditiously
Promptly and efficiently
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Explicate
To make clear
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Exposition
Detailed explanation
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Expressly
Explicitly
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Exquisite
Elaborately made, delicate
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Exterminate
To wipe out
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Extol
To praise highly
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Extrapolate
预测
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Extravagance
挥霍
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Extricate
Capable of being freed from difficulty
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Exuberant
Very lively and cheerful
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Facetious
Joking inappropriately
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Facile
Easily accomplished
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Faddish
流行一时的
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Fallacious
Misleading or deceptive
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Falter
To walk unsteadily
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Fallible
易犯错的
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Farce
An exaggerated comedy
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Fastidious
Not easy to please
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Feckless
Inefficient
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Fecund
Fruitful in offspring
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Feign
To make a false show of
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Ferocity
凶残
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Ferromagnetic
铁磁的
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Fervor
Great warmth of emotion
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Fetid
Having a heavy offensive smell
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Fickle
感情方面变化无常的
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Fictitious
Not real
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Figment
Something merely imagined