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bewail
bewail the dead=to wail over痛哭

scoff

1.scoffed at the idea 嘲笑



2.Scoff dinner狼吞虎咽

contingency

continuity




inadvertency

意外事故

contingency account意外账户


continuity连贯性




failure caused by inadvertency 不注意 怠慢

identical




distinguishable

1.we are enjoy the identical moon=the same


2. identical infection同源的




The animal is easily distinguishable 可辩别的

exigency

the health-care exigency紧急事件

withdrawn

he is a withdrawn from society 与世隔绝的

culminate

The gala culminated in a firework display以····为终点

culmination 终点 顶点

streak

条纹痕迹


Trump has a streak of misanthropy他有一丝厌恶人类

equanimity

he lost his equanimity in front of critism镇定 平静

solvable

though this theory seems to be solvable可解释的 he failed to illuminate it解释 启蒙 照亮

circumvent

circumvent bureaucratic impediments规避官僚注意的阻碍

forsake

she forsake her boyfriend.放弃 抛弃

attune




atone

a conscious attempt to attune the conflict有意识的调和



atone one's sin=redeem one's sin 弥补罪恶

inflict

the pain inflict me使痛苦




inflict heavy losses使遭受强加

perpetrate

perpetrate a crime; perpetrate a practical joke.
irrefutable
irrefutable, objective verity

=undeniable=incontrovertible无可争议的

ponder

~ the chances of success评价

revert

after a conscious attempt to compose herself, she revert to equanimity


恢复回归

devoid

完全没有 a criminal utterly devoid of conscience

coveted

a coveted Cartier bracelet渴望

dismal

a narrow-minded and dismal man 忧郁的沉闷的

confrontation
对抗 a confrontation with the legislature.

appalling




appall

an appalling death rate令人吃惊





feel appalled by marriage恐惧



inept





愚笨的an inept and irresponsible remark

liable

labile mineral不稳定的

be liable to change

promulgate

promulgate the law公开宣布

nonviable
a nonviable fetus不能存活的

predominate

she always predominate her own interests over others占主导地位的

underplay

使···显得不重要,轻描淡写underplay one’s difficulties

transcendental

transcendental=philosophical metaphysic卓越的形而上学

feckless

没有价值的 粗心的The young man was feckless and irresponsible

discipline





1.Though she's impulsive in personal life, she 's quire disciplined in work自律




2.multi-disciplined 多学科的





phlegmatic



pragmatic





a phlegmatic response无感情的



pragmatic实际的

rigor

严谨 Their analysis lacks rigor

imbue

the spirit imbue=permeate the new constitution宪法弥漫的新精神

meticulous

Chen is a meticulous venture capitalist


仔细的

organic

the writer's organic beliefs is now oblique by regimes' coercion作家原本的信仰在政权的迫使下倾斜了

protestation

though vigorous protestation, the grin on her face belied her.有力的声明

trivalize

we've got used to trivialize what our parent do for us.习惯性忽视 使琐碎

emblematical




emblematic

emblematical culture landscape: 标志性文化景观



the tawdry statue,emblematic its blighted surroundings 象征

indenture

indentured servitude契约制的奴隶制

mandate

a mandate to seek the release of political prisoners.

授权

abate

1.贬值


2.abate nuisance终结没有意义的事情

kinship
a nuclear family that embedded in kinship family核心家庭

encapsulation

This is a nuclear waste storage and encapsulation spot

designate

it was designated as an interdisciplinary跨学科 course, it involved no real synthesis 综合of subject matter标志


put your hands in designated area 指定的

envision

she envisioned the admiring glances想象

radical
1. a radical American activist激进的



2.a radical cure根本的治疗

evocative

his path to success is an evocative story

obfuscate

the recondite theory obfuscates the reader 让读者困惑




frog obfuscate the shore使模糊

insular

insular young man狭隘的

humdrum

though preparation for GRE is humdrum, I can get over it.

unsrupulous

his research is compromised by his unscrupulous selection on evidence肆无忌惮的

prolific

prolific writer=fecound

conciliatory

Putin never uses conciliatory tone和解的语气

comparable

comparable introspective personality between us 我们相似的内省的性格

capitulate
retaliate

to capitulate gives you the chance to retaliate投降报仇

exhaustiveness

my father has the reputaiton for exhaustiveness by persuing for perfection穷尽各种可能性

congenial
a congenial host who invited us for a feast 非常友好的

guffaw

he can't stop guffawing爆笑

quaint

古色古香的quaint country cottages

perceptive

ability to select is the test of perceptive historian对考古学家洞察力的考验

defer




deter




confer

defer 遵从to her father's will,she defers推迟 the meeting



I won't be deterred by threats威慑




it confers a right 它赠予一种所有人都能享受的权利。 They often confer together 商讨

devise

the engineer devises a new device想出

transcendent
卓越的transcendent level of knowledge.

obsolete

printer is obsolete

divisive

he contrives a divisive information for Dictionnairethe Democratic Party of the United States造成分裂的

minutely

minutely prepare for cases may cause unessary problem详尽