wf Flashcards by hong lin

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palliative

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improve situation without curing

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exuberant

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full of life

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obstreperous

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noisy boisterous

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furlough

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official leave

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ostensible

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appearing to be true

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idiosyncratic

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particular&individual

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despotic

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tyranny

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untoward

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unforeseen

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foment

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stir, instigate

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tacit

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implied but not out spoken

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egregious

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outstandingly bad

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unprepossessing

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not attractive

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whet

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sharpen (feeling

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turbid

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not clear

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potable

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good to drink

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flagging

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getting less

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tortuous

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long indirect

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enervating

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tiring

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renege

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back out of agreement

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suborn

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bribe

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duplicitous

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illegal underhanded

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vitriolic

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strong aggressive

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verdant

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green~~ fertile

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disbar

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throw out of profession

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debilitating

cause great weakness

consummate

supremely good

pernicious

sneaky harmful

tome

big book

ostentatious

showy

apocryphal

doubtful

wanton

deliberatebribe

vicarious

experienced indirectly

inexorable

cannot be halted

trounce

beat thoroughly

hoary

old

ignominious

shameful

wallow

indulge

internecine

destructive to both parties

eschew

avoid

illustrious

well known good repute

implacable

impossible to appease

raucous

rough unpleasant noise

pungent

strong smell

resolute

forceful and determinded

sedentary

sitting

cower

recoil cringe

tangent

goes off point

byline

line telling who wrote article

variegated

multicolored

facetious

amusing not taken seriously

inveterate

habitual

inclement

very bad weather

allay

diminish

mollify

appease

innocuous

harmless

parry

(a blow)dangxia

vagaries

unexpected change

entrenched

established

scotch

put to end

intermittent

iterating

halcyon

happy peaceful(time

runic

mysterious

travesty

false absurd presentation of sth

mnemonic

assistent memorizing

redoubtable

formidable

sequester

isolate

regurgitate

fact)repeat what's learnt by heart

fulsome

praise)glowing excessive