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Abash
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to make embarrassed
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abate
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to make less in amount or value
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abet
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to assist or support in achievement or purpose, to incite or to encourage
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abeyance
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temporary suspension of an activity
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abide
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to put up with
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abject
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miserable, wretched
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abjure
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to give up on oath
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ablution
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baptism
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abnegate
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to deny, renounce, to surrender
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abominate
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to feel hatred and disgust for, loathe
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aboveboard
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honest and open
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abrogate
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to repeal by authority
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abscond
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to leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself
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absolve
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to free from guilt or obligation, forgive
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abstemious
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moderate in eating and drinking
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abstruse
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hard to understand recondite
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abut
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to boarder upon
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accentuate
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to pronounce with an accent or stress, to emphasize
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accrete
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to grow or increase by means of gradual additions, to grow together
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accrue
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to increase the interest on money; to accumulate
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acolyte
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one who assists the celebrant in liturgical rites
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acquiesce
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to agree quietly without protest
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acquisitive
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eager to acquire; greedy
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acrid
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bitterly pungent
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adage
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and old saying accepted as truth
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adobe
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a sun dried brick
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adumbrate
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to foreshadow in a vague way
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aesthete
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connoisseur
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affected
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behaving in an artificial way
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afflict
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to cause persistent pain or suffering
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affront
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to confront defiantly; offend
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aggrieve
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to give pain or trouble to
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agog
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in a state of eager anticipation or excitment
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alabaster
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translucent, smooth and white
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alacrity
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cheerful readiness. prompt in response
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alimentary
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of or relating to nourishment or nutrition
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allay
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to relieve
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amalgamate
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to unite, combine to mix
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amenable
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willing, submissive
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amenity
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sth that conduces to comfort, convenience, or enjoyment
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amity
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a friendly relationship
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analgesia
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insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
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ancillary
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auxiliary, aid
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animus
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animosity
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antithesis
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a contrast or opposition
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aphorism
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maxim, adage
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aplomb
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complete and confident composure
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apocrypha
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writings or statements of dubious authenticity
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apoplectic
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of relating to or causing stroke
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apostasy
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an abandoning of what one has believed in
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apostate
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a person guilty or apostasy
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appellation
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a name or title
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apposite
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appropriate; apt; relevant
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apprise
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to inform, or notify
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appropriate
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to set money aside for a specific use, to take improperly, fitting
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apropos
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适宜，with reference to; regarding
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apt
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适当
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arabesque
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arabic....
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arcane
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mysterious; hidden or secret
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ardent
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intensely enthusiastic or devoted
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argot
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slang; speech spoken by only a small group of people
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aria
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oratorio for solo voice
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arrogate
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to claim or seize without justification
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artifice
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skill or ingenuity
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artless
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uncultured; ignorant
without artificiality |
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assent
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to express acceptance; concur
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astringent
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止血的 puckery
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astrolabe
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星盘
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asunder
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apart or separate
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attest
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to declare to be true
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attune
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to put into correct and harmonious tune
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augur
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soothsayer, to fortell
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august
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impressive
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aver
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to state positively; affirm
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averse
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not willing or inclined, opposed
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AVERSE
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not willing or inclined
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avow
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to acknowledge or claim; to declare openly
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awl
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钻（leather, wood)
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awning
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a rooflike structure
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awry
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not straight; askew
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backhanded
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indirect, roundabout
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badinage
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playful teasing
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bale
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a large bundle, disaster, evil
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balk
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square wood beam; 妨碍； be reluctant to tackle sth because it is difficult
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balm
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sth that soothes the mind
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banal
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dull
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banister
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a handrail with supporting beams
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banter
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playful, good-humored joking
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barefaced
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shameles
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baroque
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gaudily ornate
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base
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devoid of high values or ethics
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baste
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to moisten meat with melted butter
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bathetic
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假做悲伤，陈腐
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bawdy
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obscene
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bearing
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connection with or influence on sth
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bedeck
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to adorn
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bedlam
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a chaotic situation
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begrudge
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to give with ill will or reluctance
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beholder
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people who look at or gaze at something
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behoove
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to be right or necessary to
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belabor
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to spend too much time or effort on ; to beat severely
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belie
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to disguise or misrepresent; to prove false
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bellwether
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one that serves as a leader or as a leading indicator of future trends
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bension
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blessing benediction
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bereft
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deprieved or robbed
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besmirch
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sully; soil
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betroth
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to be come engaged to marry
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blurb
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a brief publicity notice, as on a book jacket
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blustering
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talking or acting with noisy swaggering threats
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boggle
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to hesitate to overwhelm with wonder
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bolster
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cushion or pillow; to support
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bolt
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to dash out; dart
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bootless
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without advantage or benefit; useless
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bracing
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invigorating
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braggadocio
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boaster
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brassy
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brazen; insolent
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bravado
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pretended courage
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bravura
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singing or per requiring brilliant technique
ornate, showy marked by dazzling display or skill |
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bridle
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a head harness
to curb or control |
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broach
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开瓶
to start a discussion; bring up |
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bromide
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a trite sayin; platitude
sedative |
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browbeat
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to bully
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bruit
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to spread a rumor
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buck
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to oppose resist; male deer or rabbit
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bucolic
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of country life; pastoral
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bumptious
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crudely or loudly assertive
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bungle
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to act or work clumsily and awkwardly
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burgeon
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to grow rapidly; proliferate
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burnish
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to shine by rubbing
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byline
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a line iding the writer
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cabal
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a conspiratorial group of plotters
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cadge
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to beg
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calipers
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instrument to measure diameter
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callow
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unfledged; immature
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caluminate
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to make maliciously false statements
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canny
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shrewd and careful
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cant
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a sloping or slanting surface; jargon; to bevel
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cantankerous
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bad tempered; quarrelsome
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canto
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division of a long poem
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captious
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quick to find fault; carping
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carafe
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a glass water bottle
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careworn
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showing the effects of worry, anxiety, or burdensome responsibility
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carouse
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a noisy, merry drinking party
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carve
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to slice (meat)
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catharsis
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to purifying of the emotions by art
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caulk
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to stop up the cracks, seams, etc
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cauterize
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烧灼；以消毒或止血
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caveat
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a warning or caution
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cavil
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to object when there is little reason to do so; quibble
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cavort
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to prance; gambol
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cerebral
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of the brain; of the intellect rather than the emotions
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certitude
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certainty or act or event
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chaff
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husk
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charade
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a game where ppl guess words from a actor who may not speak
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charlatan
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fake; mounteband; quack
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charter
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special privilege or immunity
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chary
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careful; cautious
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chase
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to make a groove in; to follow rapidly
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chicanery
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trickery
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choleric
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having irascible nature, irritable
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churl
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asurly, illbred person
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circumscribe
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to restrict
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cistern
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a receptacle for holding water
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clairvoyance
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keen perception or insight
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clam
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a stolid or closemouthed person
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clannish
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tending to associate closely with one's own group and to avoid other
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clinch
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to secure with nail
to settle and argument definitively |
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cloture
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the closing or limitation of debate in legislative body esp. by calling of a vote
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clout
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heavy blow with hand
power; influence |
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cloying
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too much sweetness
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cob
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male swan
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cobbler
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someone who repairs shoes
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coda
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final passage of a piece of music
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coeval
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existing at the same tie
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cogent
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convincing
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cogitate
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ponder
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cognizance
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notice; acknowledgement
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colander
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漏勺
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collage
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拼贴画
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collate
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to compare critically in order to consolidate
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collateral
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parallel; subordinate; property pledged by a borrower to protect the interest of the lender
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collude
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to act in conspire
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colonnade
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a series of columns supporting a roof sturcture
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coltish
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frisky, frolicsome
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commedienne
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female comedian
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comely
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pleasant to look at; attractive
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comity
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courtesy; civility
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commensurate
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equal in measure; proportionate
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commingle
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to mix up
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commodious
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offering plenty of room; spacious; roomy
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compendium
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a summary
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complaisance
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willingness to do what pleases others
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composed
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tranquil; self-possessed
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compunction
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a sense of guilt; remorse; penitence
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concatenate
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to link together
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concomitant
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accompanying; attendant
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condescend
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to deal with people in a superior manner
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condone
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to treat an offense as if it were not serious
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conduit
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a large pipe for fluids
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confection
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any kind of candy or sweet preparation
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confer
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to have discussions; to reward to
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confound
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to puzzle and surprise sb.
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conjoin
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to cause to join together
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connive
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to feign ignorance of something one ought to oppose; to conspire
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consequential
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thinking oneself very important
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consign
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to another's care; to give over to another's care
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consternation
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great fear or shock
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construe
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to explain or interpret
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contort
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deform; to twist or wrench into grotesque form
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contravene
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to conflict with; violate
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contrive
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to think up; devise; scheme; plan
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controvert
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to argue or reason against; contradict; disprove
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contumacious
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unreasonably disobediant
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convalesce
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to regain strength and health
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conversant
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familiar or acquainted; versed
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convivial
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having sth to do with a feast or festive activity
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coop
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chicken cage
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cornucopia
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丰收羊角`
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corral
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an enclosure for livestock such as cow
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corrugate
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to shape into folds or parallel and alternating ridges and grooves
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cosset
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to protect too carefully
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coterie
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a close circle of friends; clique
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coterminous
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having a boundary in common
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countenance
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to sanction; to tolerate; the look on your face
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countermand
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to cancel or revoke
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covet
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to desire inordinately or culpably
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coy
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shrinking from contact with others; shy
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cozen
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to coax; deceive
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cravat
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a neckerchief
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crescendo
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a gradual increase in loudness
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cringing
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谄媚的
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crochet
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needlework; to make sth out of yarn with hooked needle
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crockery
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things made of baked clay
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cronyism
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favoritism shown to cronies
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crudity
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to quality of being crude
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curdle
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to form into curd
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curmudgeon
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a surly, bad tempered person
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cuticle
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the outer layer of the skin; epidermis
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daft
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silly foolish
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daguerreotype
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a early photographic technique
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dainty
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small tasty piece of food
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dally
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to waste time; loiter
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dandy
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a man who pays too much attention to his clothes and appearance
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dapper
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neat and trim; quick in movements
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dappled
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covered with spots of different color
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dawdle
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to waste time in trifling
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deadpan
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wooden; impassive; with no show of feeling
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debouch
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to come forth from a narrow place into open country; emerge
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decadence
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to process of becoming decadent
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deciduous
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not lasting; falling off
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declamation
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speech in a dramatic, pompous, or blustering way
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defile
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to make filthy or dirty; pollute
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defraud
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to cheat
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deign
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to condescend to do sth
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delectable
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pleasing to the taste
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delimit
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to fix the limit of
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delinquency
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failure or neglect to do what duty or law requires; misdeed
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demean
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to lower in status or character; degrade; humble
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demography
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the stat study or human populations
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demotic
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of or pertaining to the people
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denizen
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an inhabitant or occupant; an alien granted citizenship
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