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| purest and highest embodiment; perfect example; apotheosis; most essential element; Ex. quintessence of wit; ADJ. quintessential; CF. fifth essence |
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| sudden sharp turn or twist; startling twist; caprice; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity of behavior; Ex. by a quirk of fate |
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| curious; suggesting puzzlement (without saying); questioning; teasing; mocking; bantering; Ex. quizzical glance |
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| of or suffering rabies; like a fanatic; extremely zealous; furious; CF. rabies: hydrophobia |
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| dirty child in torn clothes; person wearing tattered clothes |
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| [image]torn piece of cloth; ADJ. tattered: (of clothes) old and torn; (of a person) dressed in old torn clothes |
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| complain bitterly; scold; rant; Ex. the weaker railing against injustices |
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| jaunty; stylish; sporty; morally corrupt; dissolute; Ex. He wore his hat at a rakish and jaunty angle. |
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| immoral or dissolute person |
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| come or bring together; call up or summon (forces, vital powers, etc.); revive or recuperate (after illness or difficulty); N: act of rallying; mass gathering |
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| growing or spreading uncontrollably; growing in profusion; unrestrained; Ex. rampant lawlessness/weed |
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| (of buildings) likely to break or fall apart; of rickets; CF. rickets; CF. vitamin D |
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| search thoroughly; pillage (going through a place); Ex. Enemy soldiers ransacked the town. |
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| having the odor of stale or decomposing fat; rank |
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| speak violently or excitedly; rave; talk excitedly showing anger; scold; make a grandiloquent speech; Ex. The priest ranted about the devil. |
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| engrossed; absorbed; enchanted; Ex. rapt listener |
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| making a harsh noise; grating; harsh |
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| (of a sound) grate on (eg. nerves); make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; rub with something rough; Ex. The cat's tongue rasped my hand. |
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| approve formally; confirm; verify |
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| fixed portion; V: distribute as rations |
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| devastate; plunder; despoil; Ex. crops ravaged by storms |
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| 抢劫, 掠夺move in search of plunder (zhan li pin); Ex. marauding army |
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| overwhelmingly favorable review; V: talk wildly as if mad; Ex. raving lunatic |
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| destroy completely; Ex. raze the city to the ground |
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| strongly opposed to social or political change; opposing progress; politically ultraconservative; N. OP. radical |
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| one who harvests grain; Ex. the Grim Reaper; V. reap: cut and gather (crop); harvest a crop |
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| reject bluntly; snub; beat back; Ex. She rebuffed his invitation; N. |
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| ignore or behave coldly toward; Ex. I made a suggestion but she snubbed me; N. |
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| scold harshly; criticize severely |
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| representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols; puzzle in which pictures or letters stand for words; Ex. ``R U 18'' is a rebus for ``Are you 18''. |
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| refutation; response with contrary evidence; V. rebut: refute; disprove |
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| disobedient or resisting authority even after being punished; obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly; Ex. recalcitrant child |
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| disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error; Ex. recant one's faith/a statement |
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| reconstruct (a sentence, story, statue, etc.); fashion again |
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| 侦察survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering; V. reconnoiter: make a preliminary inspection of (esp. to gather military information) |
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| narrate or tell (a story); count over again |
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| resorting to help when in trouble; Ex. without recourse to |
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| turn to for help; Ex. resort to violence; N. |
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| temporary expedient or substitute (in the case of urgent need); Ex. makeshift shelter |
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| disloyal; cowardly; N: disloyal and cowardly person |
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| countercharges; V. recriminate |
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| set right; correct; CF. rect-: right |
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| moral correctness; moral uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment |
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| reclining; lying down completely or in part |
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| recover; return to health; regain; Ex. recuperate losses |
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| 有 ... 香味的, 令人想起 ... 的odorous; fragrant; suggestive (of an odor); Ex. redolent of onions/mystery |
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| remedy; compensation; Ex. seek redress for the damage to your car; V: put right; remedy or rectify (a wrong); make amends for |
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| emit (an unpleasant odor or smoke); give off an unpleasant odor; give out smoke; Ex. reeking chimney; N: unpleasant odor; stench |
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| strong foul odor; reek; stink |
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| dining hall; room where meals are served (in a school) |
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| brief flash of light; glow; V. |
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| murder of a king or queen |
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| prescribed course of diet or exercise; prescribed diet and habits; Ex. daily regimen of a dancer |
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| （军队）团military unit; V: 严格管制subject to strict order; Ex. regimented society |
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| reply; retort; comeback; V. rejoin: say in reply |
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| 使降级, 移交, 委任put into a lower or worse place; banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign; Ex. relegate the old furniture to the children's room; Ex. relegated to the second division |
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| become less severe; give in(surrender); ADJ. relentless: unyielding; continuously severe |
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| suggestive of something (in the past); of reminiscence |
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| negligent; careless about a duty |
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| remitting of money; amount of money remitted |
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| (of work) compensating; rewarding; profitable; well-paid; V. remunerate: reward; pay (someone) for work or trouble |
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| split; tear apart; N. rent; CF. heartrending: causing deep sorrow |
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| meeting place; meeting at a set time or place; V. |
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| rendering; translation; artistic interpretation of a song, etc |
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| break a promise; deny; go back on; Ex. renege on the contract/paying off the debt |
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| abandon; give up (by formal announcement); disown; repudiate; Ex. renounce one's claim to the property/one's religion; N. renunciation |
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| messenger; sign of something to come; V: announce; proclaim; Ex. unheralded researcher |
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| compensation (for loss or wrong); amends; Ex. make reparation for the damage; CF. repair |
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| list of works of music, drama, etc., a performer is prepared to present; CF. repertory |
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| fret; complain; be annoyed; Ex. repine over the undone work |
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| fully filled; filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied; Ex. report replete with errors |
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| uppermost edge of a cup; projecting rim (as on a hat); Ex. The glass was full to the brim; V: be full to the brim |
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| deserving blame; blameworthy; V. reprehend: blame |
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| postponement or cancelation of a punishment; temporary stay; V: postpone or cancel the punishment of |
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| musical repetition; repeating of a piece of music; repeat performance; recurrent action; Ex. reprise in the finale; Ex. constant reprises |
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| morally disapproved person; person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency; CF. disapproved by God ? |
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| severe disapproval; CF. approbation |
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| disgust; strong dislike; loathing; ADJ. repugnant: arousing disgust; repulsive |
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| distaste; disgust; act of driving back; ADJ. repulsive: causing disgust; tending to drive away; V. repel (not `repulse') |
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| reject with rudeness or coldness (an offer or friendship); drive back (an enemy attack); CF. repulse $\neq$ cause repulsion |
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| respectable; having a good reputation |
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| supposed; Ex. reputed father of the child; V. repute: consider; N. repute: reputation; esteem |
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| repeal; annul; cancel (a law, decision, or agreement) |
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| self-control; self-restraint; formal but distant manner; reticence; Ex. without reserve: freely and openly; ADJ. reserved: shy and uncommunicative |
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| patiently submissiveness; statement that one is quitting a job; ADJ. resigned: acquiescent |
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| give up (a position, right, or claim); submit (oneself) passively |
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| brilliant; splendid in appearance; dazzling; glorious |
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| returning something (lost or stolen) to the rightful owner; reparation; indemnification; compensation for loss, damage, or injury |
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| taking up again; recommencement; V. resume: begin or take up again; take or occupy again; Ex. Kindly resume your seats. |
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| rise again; flow to and fro; N. resurgence; ADJ. resurgent: (of ideas or beliefs) experiencing revival; surging again |
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| revive; bring back to life or consciousness; Ex. resuscitate the drowned child |
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| keep; maintain possession of; employ (esp. a lawyer or advisor); N. retainer: servant; fee paid to retain an advisor |
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| repay in kind (usually for bad treatment); V. retaliate |
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| holding; able to retain things (esp. facts in the mind); having a good memory |
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| withdraw; take back; draw back; Ex. retract a statement/an offer/claws; N. retraction; CF. retractile |
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| cut down; cut down expenses; economize |
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| deserved punishment for wrongdoing; punishment for offenses; compensation; vengeance; CF. pay back |
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| 狂欢boisterous merrymaking; V. revel: engage boisterous festivities; enjoy greatly; N: boisterous festivity or celebration |
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| echo repeatedly; resound; Ex. The thunder reverberated across the valley. |
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| respectful; worshipful; V. revere: regard with reverence; N. reverence: profound respect |
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| deserving reverence; N: priest |
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| daydream; abstracted musing |
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| revert/relapse (to bad habits); N. reverter |
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| attack with abusive language; vilify(slander) |
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| sudden strong feeling of disgust; sudden violent change of feeling; negative reaction; Ex. revulsion from the scenes of torture |
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| excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling; musical composition of irregular form (as if made up as one plays it) |
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| amendment or clause added to a legislative bill |
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| (of something bad) widespread; abundant; current |
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narrow opening in a large mass; 切口
break in a friendly relation; Ex. through a rift in the clouds; OP. reconcilation |
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| fix or manipulate; manipulate dishonestly for personal gain; Ex. rig the election |
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| 装备arrangement of masts and sails; V: equip (a ship) with rigging; ADJ. rigging: ropes that hold up a ship's sails |
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| holding one's attention; absorbing; engrossing |
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| make liquids murky by stirring up sediment; disturb |
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| rosy; optimistic; Ex. roseate views |
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| raised platform for speech-making; pulpit |
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| repetition; memorization through repetition without understanding; Ex. learn poetry by rote |
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| [image]circular building or hall covered with a dome |
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| (of a person) fat and round |
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| lively; inducing excitement; stirring; V. rouse: waken; arouse from sleep or depression; excite; stir up |
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| put to rout; stampede; drive out; N: complete defeat and disorderly retreat |
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| 蜂拥sudden frenzied rush (of panic-stricken animals or people); V: participate in or cause stampede; Ex. stampede before the price rises |
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| fragments (esp. from a destroyed building) |
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one who builds or works with stone or brick; N. masonry: work of a mason; stonework or brickwork |
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| title or heading (in red print); directions for religious ceremony; protocol |
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| reddish; (of the face) reddish and healthy-looking |
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| regret; lament; mourn; Ex. He will rue the day; N. ADJ. rueful |
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violent scoundrel; bully |
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| chew over and over (mentally or, like cows, physically); mull over(ponder) |
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| ransack; thoroughly search |
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| mysterious; set down in an ancient alphabet; N. rune: one of the letters of an alphabet used by ancient Germanic peoples (cut on stone or wood); magic charm |
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| trick to deceive; stratagem |
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| banish to the country; dwell in the country |
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| pitiless; merciless; cruel |
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| one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property; N. sabotage: destruction of property (usually carried out secretly) |
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| desecrating; profane; N. sacrilege: desecration, misuse, or theft of something sacred |
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| invioably sacred; most sacred; inviolable |
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| lascivious淫荡的; lustful; Ex. salacious monk |
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| (of the skin) yellowish and unhealthy-looking; sickly in color; Ex. sallow complexion due to jaundice |
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| approve; ratify; N: permission; penalty intended to enforce compliance |
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| diminish; weaken; undermine the foundations of (a fortification); Ex. The element kryptonite sapped his strength. |
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| pertaining to tailors or tailoring; Ex. a man of great sartorial elegance; CF. sartor: tailor |
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| satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
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| morose; gloomy; Ex. Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance. |
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| half-human, half-bestial being in the court of Dionysus (resembling a goat), portrayed as wanton(unrestrained) and cunning; lecher; CF. faun; CF. goat: lecherous man |
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| stroll(go for a leisurely walk) slowly; N. |
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| scholar; learned person; CF. savoir: know |
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| case for a sword blade; sheath |
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| climb up; ascend; remove or come off in scales; N: flake of epidermis; ascending or descending series of musical tones |
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| anything discarded or rejected as worthless; trash |
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| division into factions (esp. within a religious body); split |
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| trace; minute amount; shred; least bit; Ex. There is not a scintilla of truth; CF. spark |
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| sparkle; flash; be animated; be full of life; Ex. scintillating conversation |
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| laugh (at); mock; ridicule; Ex. scoff at their threats |
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| stamp out(put an end to); thwart; hinder; Ex. scotch the rumor; CF. cut; CF. È°µ¿À» ÁÙÀÌ´Â ÀÇ¹Ì |
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| lash; whip (formerly used for punishment); source of severe punishment; V: whip; afflict |
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| hesitate for ethical reasons; fret about; Ex. She did not scruple to read his diary; N: uneasy feeling arising from conscience; conscience |
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| struggle confusedly; move off in a confused hurry; N. CF. scuffling twins ? |
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| abusive; obscene; indecent; Ex. scurrilous remark |
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| contemptible; despicable; N: disease caused by deficiency of Vitamin C |
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| sink (a ship) by cutting holes in the hull; scrap; discard; N: small hatch in a ship's deck or hull |
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| husk; dry outer covering of a seed; frame or body of a ship |
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| sordid; base; filthy; unwholesome; Ex. seamy side of city life |
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| contemptible; morally bad; inferior in value or quality; Ex. base motives/conduct; Ex. base metal such as iron |
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| separate religious body; faction; group of people with common beliefs within a larger group |
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| of a sect; narrow-minded; parochial; N: member of a sect; narrow-minded person |
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| religious group; unit in a system; name or designation; CF. denominator: common trait or characteristic |
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| requiring sitting; done while sitting; not moving from one place to another; settled; Ex. sedentary job/population |
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| conduct or language inciting rebellion; rebellion; resistance to authority; insubordination; ADJ. seditious |
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| diligent; assiduous; paying attention; N. sedulity |
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| run-down; decrepit; disreputable; having many seeds; Ex. seedy downtown hotel |
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| pass slowly through small openings; ooze; trickle; N. seepage |
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| be violently disturbed; boil; (of a liquid) move about wildly as if boiling; Ex. The nation was seething with discontent. |
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| pertaining to earthquakes |
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| outward appearance; guise; Ex. We called in the troops to bring a/some semblance of order to the city. |
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| related to seed or semen; germinal; creative; providing a basis for further development; influencing future developments; Ex. seminal research in a new field |
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| school for training future ministers; secondary school, especially for young women |
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| sensual; of or giving sensual pleasure; indulging in sensual pleasures; Ex. voluptuous lines; Ex. voluptuous life of the Romans; N. voluptuary: voluptuous person |
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| giving pleasure to the senses; pertaining to the physical senses; operating through the senses; sensuous feeling of soft velvet on the skin |
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| separate; cut off (a part) from a whole; break up (a relationship); N. severance; CF. severance pay: extra pay given an employee upon leaving a position |
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| navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude (by measuring the altitudes of stars) |
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| chain; fetter; confine with shackles; N. |
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| pretend; feign; ADJ: not genuine; fake; Ex. sham jewelry; N: something that is not what it appears; impostor; pretense; Ex. The agreement was a sham. |
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| [image]fragment generally of broken pottery (glass, clay bowl, or cup) |
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| very thin piece, usually of wood (cut from a surface with a sharp blade) |
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| [image]bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together |
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| avoid (responsibility, work, etc.); malinger |
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| made of inferior material; sham; not genuine; inferior; dishonest; Ex. shoddy goods/trick |
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| 悍妇scolding woman; very small mouselike animal |
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| move (a railway train) from one track to another; turn aside; divert; sidetrack; Ex. shunt traffic around an accident; N. |
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| lawyer using questionable methods; unscrupulous practioner |
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| prophetic; oracular; N. sibyl: woman prophet (in the ancient world) |
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| sediment deposited by running water (at the entrance to a harbor or by a bend in a river) |
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| monkeylike; N: ape or monkey |
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| smirk; smile in a silly way; smile affectedly |
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| (of meat) tough; strong and firm; muscular; N. sinew: tendon; strong cord connecting a muscle to a bone |
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| small light sailboat or rowboat |
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| provide or use scantily; live very economically; Ex. skimp on necessities; ADJ. skimpy: inadequate in amount; scanty; stingy; niggardly |
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| minor fight; minor battle in war; V. |
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| inconstant; capricious; frivolous; not serious; Ex. charming but skittish young woman; CF. skit |
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| move about playfully; froric; ADJ. frisky: playful |
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| n skulduggery(skullduggery) |
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| dishonest behavior or action; Ex. skulduggery in the election |
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| move furtively and secretly; Ex. He skulked through the less fashionable sections of the city. |
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| glassy residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter |
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| satisfy (thirst); quench; sate |
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| hasty and careless; haphazard; sloppy(carelessly done) |
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| shabby and dirty; flimsy; insubstantial; Ex. sleazy back-street hotel/fabric |
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| 爆冷门one that achieves unexpected success; something originally of little value or importance that in time becomes very valuable |
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| dexterity; CF. sleight of hand: legerdemain; quickness of the hands in doing tricks |
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| large quantity or number; Ex. slew of errands left |
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| insult to one's dignity; snub; V: treat as if of small importance; insult; snub; ADJ. small in size; of small importance |
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| slovenly; careless; sloppy; untidy; shabby; Ex. slipshod work |
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| (of a snake) shed or cast off (dead outer skin); N: outer layer that is shed |
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| untidy; careless in work habits; slipshod; N. sloven: one who is habitually untidy or careless |
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| large sled drawn by work animals |
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| 水闸artificial channel for directing or controlling the flow of water (with a gate to regulate the flow) |
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| slander; insult to one's character or reputation; V. |
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| slight knowledge; small scattered number or amount; Ex. smattering of German |
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| melt (ore) for separating and removing the metal; melt or blend ores changing their chemical composition |
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| conceited smile; offensively self-satisfied smile (often at someone else's misfortune); V. |
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| smoulder; burn slowly without flame; be liable to break out at any moment; exist in a suppressed state; Ex. smoldering anger |
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| half-stifled(suppressed) laugh; V. |
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| complain or whine tearfully; run at the nose; snuffle; Ex. Don't come back sniveling to me. |
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| sniffle; sniff repeatedly (in order to keep liquid from running out of the nose) |
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| moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol); seriousness |
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| thoroughly soaked; dull or stupid as if from drink |
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| temporary stay; V: stay for a time |
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| comfort in sorrow or trouble; consolation; V: comfort or console in time of sorrow or trouble |
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