Jessie Week 4

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Loquacious

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liking to talk and talking smoothly and easily

健谈的

— loquaciously

adverb

— loquaciousness

noun

love talking

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soporific

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causing a person to become tired and ready to fall asleep

无聊的

soporific

soporifics

boring

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Tangential

Back 3

slightly or indirectly related to something : not closely connected to something

有关联的

--tangentially adverb

related

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Garrulous

Back 4

tending to talk a lot : very talkative

健谈的

talktive

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petulant

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having or showing the attitude of people who become angry and annoyed when they do not get what they want

生气的

— petulance

— petulantly

angry

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annex

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to add (an area or region) to a country, state, etc. : to take control of (a territory or place)

占领

— annexation

take over

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atone

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to do something good as a way to show that you are sorry about doing something bad

抱歉

— atonement

pay for

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presumptuous

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too confident especially in a way that is rude

狂妄自大的

— presumptuously

adverb

— presumptuousness

noun

self-confident

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jovial

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full of happiness and joy

开心的

— joviality

— jovially

happy

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pugnacious

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showing a readiness or desire to fight or argue

想打架的心情

— pugnaciously

— pugnacity

eager to fight

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protean

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able to change into many different forms or able to do many different things

改变

change sth.

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perfidy

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the act of betraying someone or something : the state of not being loyal

背叛

betray

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parochial

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always used before a noun : of or relating to a church parish and the area around it

周遭的

— parochialism

around

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misanthrope

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a person who does not like other people

独行者

loner

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dilettante

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a person whose interest in an art or in an area of knowledge is not very deep or serious

艺术爱好者

— dilettantish

— dilettantism

art lover

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grumble

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to complain quietly about something : to talk in an unhappy way

抱怨

— grumbler

— grumbling

complain

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quenching

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to stop (a fire) from burning : to put out (a fire)

扑灭

put off

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lustrous

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the shiny quality of a surface that reflects light

明亮的

— lusterless

— lustrous

bright

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doleful

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very sad

悲伤的

— dolefully

sad

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laborious

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requiring a lot of time and effort

耗时的

— laboriously

— laboriousness

time-costing

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gritty

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containing very small pieces of sand or stone : containing grit

碎片的

pieces

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probe

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to ask a lot of questions in order to find secret or hidden information about someone or something

审问

— probing

asking

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pillory

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to publicly criticize (someone) in a very harsh way

尖锐的批评

harch criticisms

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shoddy

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poorly done or made

做的很差

— shoddily

badly done

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flux

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a series of changes : continuous change

连续的变化

continuous change

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fluke

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unusual thing that happens by accident

不正常的

abnormal

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alacrity

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a quick and cheerful readiness to do something

细心

careful

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diffident

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lacking confidence : not feeling comfortable around people

自卑的

— diffidence

— diffidently

not confident

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disseminate

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to cause (something, such as information) to go to many people

引起

— dissemination

— disseminator

cause

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parsimonious

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very unwilling to spend money

不情愿的

— parsimoniously

unwilling

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capitulate

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to stop fighting an enemy or opponent : to admit that an enemy or opponent has won

停战

--capitulation

stop fight

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heretic

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someone who believes or teaches something that goes against accepted or official beliefs

反对者

— heretical

opponents

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immutable

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unable to be changed

无法改变的

— immutability

— immutably

unchangeable

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insipid

Back 34

not interesting or exciting : dull or boring

无聊的

— insipidly

— insipidity

uninteresting

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mundane

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dull and ordinary

普通的，沉闷的

boring

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obdurate

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refusing to do what other people want : not willing to change your opinion or the way you do something

拒绝从众

— obduracy

— obdurately

don't want to be normal

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penury

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the state of being very poor : extreme poverty

贫困的

very very poor

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surreptitious

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done in a secret way

秘密的做

— surreptitiously

— surreptitiousness

secretly do

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tenacious

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not easily stopped or pulled apart : firm or strong

坚固的

— tenaciously

— tenacity

strong

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vindicate

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to show that (someone) should not be blamed for a crime, mistake, etc. : to show that (someone) is not guilty

证明无罪的

— vindication

proved not guilty