toefl Flashcards
(70 cards)
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vibrant
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充满活力的
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skim
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撇去、略过
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soot
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煤烟
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impersonation
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扮演
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pantomime
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手势、哑剧
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out of sight
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看不见
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fanwise
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（展开）呈扇形的
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percolate
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渗出
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obsession with
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fixation on
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cement
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巩固，加强
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utterly
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amostly,
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disdian
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蔑视
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caliber
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口径
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Pales in comparison
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somethings have no ability to compare with others.
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too little in amount for what is needed
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immersion
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the state of being completely involved in sth
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fetid
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smelling very unpleasant
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rancid
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it tastes or smells unpleasant because it is no longer fresh
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resentment
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a feeling of anger or unhappiness
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metaphormoses
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to change or make sth/sb change into sth completely different,
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deity
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a god
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lucrative
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producing a great deal of profit
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endorse
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support
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indelible
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hard to remember
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peculiar
strange or unusual, especially in a way that is unpleasant or worrying.
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encroachment
invasion
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avert
avoid
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majestic
grand
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perilous
dangerous
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intrepid
brave
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reprimand
to tell sb officially that you do not approve of them or their actions
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deciduous
that loses its leaves every year
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frantically
crazily;
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crevice
fractures
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soar
increase rapidly above the usual level.
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refuge
a condition of being safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger, or trouble.
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infusion
the act of adding sth to sth else in order to make it stronger
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demonstration
showing feelings openly, especially feelings of affection
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antecedent
a thing or an event that exists or comes before another, and may have influenced it
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dine
to eat (something) for dinner.
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off-putting
unpleasant, disconcerting, or repellent
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exogenous
origin from outside
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endogenous
origin from inside
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manifestation
an event, action or thing that is a sign that sth exists or is happening.
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excruciatingly
in a way that is extreme and difficult to bear
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homicide
the crime of killing sb deliberately
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innocent
not having done sth wrong
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incarcerate
imprison or confine.
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wooded area
forest
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ectoherms
cold blood animals
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vogue
the prevailing fashion
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neonate
new born baby
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smother
to kill sb by covering their face so that they cannot breathe
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steppe
a large area of land with grass but few trees, especially in SE Europe and Siberia
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prostrate
lying on the ground and facing downwards (verb)
so shocked, upset, etc. that you cannot do anything (Adj)
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perishable
likely to decay or go bad quickly
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void
a large empty space
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haggard
looking very tired because of illness, worry or lack of sleep
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obliged
to force sb to do sth, by law, because it is a duty,
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inadvertently
by accident; without intending to
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affluence
is the state of having a lot of money or a high standard of living
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opulent
things or places look grand and expensive
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fitus
an animal or human being in its later stages of development before it is born.
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grandiose
If you describe something as grandiose, you mean it is bigger or more elaborate than necessary.
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a succession of
a series of
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divert
1: to make sb/sth change direction.
2: to take sb's thoughts or attention away from sth
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blight
to spoil or damage sth, especially by causing a lot of problems
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destitute
without money, food and the other things necessary for life
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petrification
the process by which organic matter exposed to minerals over a long periods is turned into a stony substance.
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immerse
to put sb/sth into a liquid so that they or it are completely covered
