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abash
- shy
- Elen was abashed at the thought of making a speech in front of her entire school
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adverse
- negative 」负面
- Margaret is adverse to the idea of living in this old apartment
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anonymous
- 匿名
- The informer received several anonymous threats on his life
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astute
- smart 精明
- She was an astute woman who understood the complexities of the stock market
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blemish
- 暇痴
- No one would buy the bananas because of their dark blemishes
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cluster
- 聚合为一组
- The tree had custers of white flowers at the end of each branch
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condone
- agree with
- I cannot condone the terrible thing you have done
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crafty
- 精心炮制
- Fred thought up a crafty scheme to sneak into the bank at night
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deliberately
- 专登
- The police suspected that someone had set the forest fire deliberately
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discord
- arguement
- We should try to talk with each other to avoid discord among us
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dwelling
- 居所 housing
- Caves actually make very practical, well-insulated dwellings for people
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empower
- made sb able to do sth
- This new law will empower women to sue their employers for discrimination
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evacuate
- 撤离
- People were evacuated from the building because of the bomb threat
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flagrant
- 明目张胆
- The townspeople protested the police officer's flagrant disregard for their rights
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grasp
- 抓紧 (physically) ; 明白
- Some principles in physics are not very easy to grasp
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humanitarian
- 人道的
- Huge shipments of humanitarian aid reached the site of the earthquake
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improvise
- 临时发挥/爆肚
- In a live performance, the actors must improvise in case something happens
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insinuate
- 暗示
- Are you insinuating that I am the one who stole Andy's radio?
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languid
- 懒洋洋的
- The incredible summer heat and humidity made us all feel languid
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marvel
- 奇异的东西
- The marvel of modern technology allows us to communicate with almost anyone
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mythical
- 传说中的
- The most famous mythical animal is the unicorn
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perplex
- confused by
- We were perplexed by John's peculiar behavior
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predominant
- main 主要
- the predominant export of this area is pork
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radical
- drastic 夸张, 巨大
- There was a radical difference between the two professor's theories
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render
- provide
- All the people in the neighborhood rendered their assistance in looking for the lost child
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routine
- 日程 (天天都做)
- It took her a few weeks to learn the rutine of her new job
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shrink
- 缩小
- If you put that cotton shirt in the clothes dryer, it will shrink
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staunch
- unmoving 坚定不移
- Martin Lee has been his staunch ally in all his years as a politician
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surmount
- 放在上面, overcome, 克服
- Ada was able to surmount her fear of heights by learning to rock climb
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tranquil
- peaceful 宁静
- Ron and Martha walked until they found a tranquil spot to eat their picnic
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upright
- law abiding 正直的
- The people of the city believed the councilor was an upright citizen
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waive
- 放弃行使 (law, right)
- Our school waives its strict dress code once a week and allows us to ear what we want
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