List7 Flashcards

(85 cards)

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Detachment

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Aloofness, indifference to wordy concerns

客觀

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Introspective

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A reflective looking inward, an examination of ones own thoughts and feelings

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Flamboyant

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Having a very noticeable quality that attracts a lot of attention

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Indolent

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Causing little to no pain

Habitually lazy

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Dour

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Serious and unfriendly; gloomy

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Credulity

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Willingness to believe something

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Pecuniary

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Relating to or in the form of money

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Opportune

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Suitable

done or happening at the right time

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Bellicose

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Belligerent

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Mendacity

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Lack of honesty, lie

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Precarious

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Not stable, safe or strong

Depend on uncertain premises

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Wilful

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Obstinate, stubborn

Done intentionally

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Vituperate

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To abuse or censure (criticise)

to use harsh condemnatory language

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Profane

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Go treat with abuse and great disrespect

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Shiftless

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Lacking in resourcefulness

Lacking in ambition

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Jar

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To make harsh sound

To be out of harmony

To affect disagreeably

To make unstable

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Revile

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To speak about in a very critical or insulting way

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Baseness

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卑鄙

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Unexceptionable

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Not open to criticism or objection beyond reproach

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deft

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Skilful snd clever

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Adulation

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Excessive adoration or flattery

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Inscrutable

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Difficult to understand, mysterious

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Avarice

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Greediness

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Coup

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A brilliant, suden, and usually highly successful act

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Insipid
Dull, boring Tasteless
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Curt
Terse, sparing of word (impolite way)
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acolyte
Follower Someone who follows and admires a leader
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Maleficent
Evil, harmful
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Vitriol
Harsh and angry words
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Abridge
To Redcar in scope To shorten in duration To condense
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Itinerant
Traveling from place to place
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Ludicrous
Very foolish Amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity
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Gravity
Seriousness
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Frivolous
Not important Silly and not serious
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Relish
Inclination A quantity just sufficient to flavour or characterise
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Extirpate
To destroy completely
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Inevitable
Sure to happen Incapable of avoiding
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Instantaneous
Happening or done very quickly; happening in an instant
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Hitherto
Until now, since then , before this time
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Sever
To cut off, to separate To end completely
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Impute
To say or suggest that someone or something has or is guilty of something
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Remedy
To solve, correct or improve To relieve
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Entail
To have something as a part, step or result
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Address
To treat, to deal with
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Deem
To come to think or judge, to consider To have an opinion
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Glib
Nonchalant; lacking depth
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Jettison
To get rid of, to reject
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Pertinent
Having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand Relating to the thing that is being thought about or discussed
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Genius
A distinctive or identifying character
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Rampant
Profusely widespread
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Hortatory
Tending or a mining on encourage
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Elated
Very happy and excited
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Stun
To surprise, to shock;
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Gullible
Easily fooled or cheated quick to believe something that is not true
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Periphery
The outside edge of an area
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Exhaustive
Very thorough; including all possibilities
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vivacious
Happy and lively in a way that is attractive
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Dejected
Sad because of failure or loss
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Usage
Manner of treating
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Outdo
To do better than
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Eclipse
To do or be much better than; to overshadow To make less important or popular
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Compound
To settle amicably
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Regal
Suitable for a king or queen Of notable excellence or magnificence; splendid
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Discount
To think of something as having little importance or value
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Commend
To praise
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Design
Purposefulness To have as a purpose 故意 By design = on purpose
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Obscure
Not well-known Difficult to understand To make dark or dim
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renowned
Celebrated
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Forestall
To stop from happening To prevent ahead
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Idle
Not working, active or being used Not having any real purpose or value
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Arrest
To attract and hold attention of To stop the progress or movement of
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Arresting
Attractive
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Resonate
To have particular meaning or importance for something To relate harmoniously 一致
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erect
To set or place so that it stands up
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List
A deviation from vertical To enumerate
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Slur
Aspersion; an insulting remark To make indistinct
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Jibe/ jibe with
Jibe with: To be in accord 一致 To gibe, to tease with taunting words
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Puncture
To weaken, damage or destroy To make a hole in with a sharp point
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Facile
Too simple, not showing enough thought or effort 膚淺的 Working, moving or performing well and very easily
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Teem
To become filled to overflowing To be present in large quantity
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Sparse
Not thickly grown or settled
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Roil
To stir up; to disturb
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Ebb
To get worse A low point of condition
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Be struck by
To be very impressed by or shocked by
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Oblige
To force