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124 Cards in this Set
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earnest |
adj.严肃认真的serious state of mind
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earshort |
n.听力所及范围the range within which one may hear aperson's unaided voice
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earsplitting |
adj.震耳欲聋的distressingly loud
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easel |
n.画架a frame for supporting canvas
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eavesdrop |
v.偷听to listen secretly to the private conversation of others
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ebullient |
adj.热情奔放的zesfully enthusiastic
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eccentric |
adj.行为出格的deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct
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eclat |
n.辉煌成就brilliant or conspicuous success
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eclipse |
v.使声望下降不明显，to obscure or diminish in importance, fame, or reputation
v.使黯然失色eclipse <> make distinctive/make more prominent |
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ecstacy |
n.无法自控的情绪byond reason and self-control狂喜
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ecumenical |
adj.世界范围内的普遍性的worldwird or general in extent, influence, or application
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eddy |
n.逆流a current moving contrary to the direction of the main current
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edifice |
n.大厦a large or massive structure
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efface |
v.擦掉抹去to eliminate
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efferversce |
v.兴奋，热情洋溢to show high spirits or animation
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effete |
adj.衰弱的depleted of vitality, forse, exhausted
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effluvium |
n.没用的副产品a by-product especially in the formm of waste
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effrontery |
n.厚颜无耻shameless boldness
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effulgence |
adj.光辉灿烂resplendent
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effusive |
adj.感情奔放的great or excessive emotion or enthusiasm
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egalitarian |
adj.平等主义rpomoting in equal political
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egonism |
n.利己主义self-interest, altruism
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elastic |
adj.有弹性的，能伸展的easily stretched or expanded
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elate |
v.使开心to fill with joy or pride
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elbow |
n.肘关节
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ellemosynary |
adj.慈善的supported by charity
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elegy |
n.挽歌a song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation
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elephantine |
adj.巨大的having enormous size or strength
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elevate |
v.道德，智力，文化水平的提升to improve morally, intellectually, or culturally
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elicit |
v.激起唤起bring out
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ellipsis |
n.省略号an omission
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elliptical |
adj.含糊不清的deliberate obscurity
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elucidate |
v.阐明to give a clarifying explanation
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emaciate |
v.使变瘦变虚弱become very thin and feeble
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emancipate |
v.解放，解除束缚to free from bondage
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embargo |
n.贸易禁止令a legal prohibition on commerce
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embezzle |
v.盗用to appropriate fraudulently
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embolden |
v.鼓励to instill with boldness or courage
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embroider |
v.用刺绣装饰to ornament with needlework
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eminence |
n.显赫
a position of prominence or superiority |
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emollient |
n.润肤剂an agent that softens or soothes the skin
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encomium |
n.赞颂之词praise
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encumber |
v.阻碍to impede or hamper the function or activity
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endemic |
adj.地方性的region
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endorse |
v.公开支持to approve opently
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enervate |
v.使衰弱to weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of
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enfranchise |
v.给予全力to endow with the rights of vote
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engross |
v.使全神贯注to occupy exclusively, absorb
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enlighten |
v.启发，点拨使知道inform or instruct
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ennoble |
v.使尊贵to make noble
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ennui |
n.缺乏兴趣listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest
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ensue |
v.紧随其后take place afterward
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entangle |
v.卷入to involve in a troublesome situation
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entrap |
v.诱骗to lure into a compromising statement or act
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entreat |
v.恳求to plead with in order to persuade, ask urgently
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ennunciate |
v.清晰发言to utter articulate sounds
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ephemeral |
adj.短暂的lasting a very short time
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epic |
adj.超出正常范围的surpassing the usual or ordinary
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epicure |
n.美食家
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epidermis |
n.表皮，上皮the outer, protective layer of the skin
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epigram |
n.机智的短诗 a short, witty poem
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epilogue |
n.文学作品的结局a concluding section of a literary work
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epitaph |
n.墓志铭an inscription on a tombstone
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epitomize |
v.摘要to make or give an epitome of
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equable |
adj.脾气性情温和的serene
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errant |
adj.误入歧途的straying from the proper course or standars
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erratic |
adj.缺乏连续性，善变的lack of consistency, regularity
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escalate |
v.战争等升级扩大
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eschew |
v.刻意避开戒绝acoid
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esoteric |
adj.深奥难懂的difficult to understand, restricted to a small group
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estimable |
adj.值得尊敬的admirable
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estrange |
v.疏远离间mutual enmity or indifference
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eternal |
adj.永恒的having infinite duration, everlasting, perpetual
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ethereal |
adj.飘逸的lacking material substance, immaterial, intangible
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ethicss |
n.道德规范 |
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eulogize |
v.称赞，颂扬to speak or write in high praise of
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suphemism |
n.委婉的说法inoffensive expression
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euphonious |
adj.悦耳的pleasing, agreeable to the ear
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euphoria |
n.感觉极其愉快a feeling of great happiness
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evacuate |
v.撤退撤空to empty or remove, remove
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evanescent |
adj.短暂的vanish
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evasive |
adj.含糊其辞的 |
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everlasting |
adj.持久永恒的 lasting forever |
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evict |
v.赶出逐出 to put out, expel |
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evince |
v.表明 |
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exacting |
adj.严格苛求的 rigorous |
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exalt |
v.提拔raise in rank 赞扬prise |
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exasperate |
v.激怒 to excite the anger of |
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excavate |
v.挖掘挖空 to dig out and remove |
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exceptional |
adj.格外的非凡的 uncommon, extraordinary |
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excerpt |
n.摘录 |
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excrete |
v.排汗 |
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exculpate |
v.adj.短暂的vanish |
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exemplary |
adj.榜样的值得效仿的deserving imitation
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exorbitant |
adj.过度的exceeding the customary or appropriate limits in intensity, quality, amount or size
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exotic |
adj.外来的，非本地的not native
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expedition |
n.动作迅速speed in performance
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explate |
v.赎罪，纠正to extinguish the guild
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expire |
v.断气死亡die
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exponent |
n.倡导者advocates
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expurgate |
v.净化，删除不当处remove
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exquisite |
adj.精美的
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extant |
adj现存的still in existence, not destroyed
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extemporize |
v.即兴表演without prior preparation or practice
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extenuate |
v.减轻罪过lessen the seriousness
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extinct |
adj.灭绝的no longer existing
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extinguish |
v.熄灭put out fire |
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extol |
v.赞美吹捧to praise highly
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extort |
v.勒索to obtain froom a person by force, intimidation
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extract |
n.用力拔出pull or take out forcibly
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extraction |
n.血统origin, lineage, ancestry
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extavagant |
adj.挥霍的spending much more than necessary
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extraneous |
adj.无关的no relevance
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extricate |
v.使解脱，救出free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty
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exuberant |
adj.非常高兴的，生机勃勃的joyously unrestrained and enthusiastic
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exude |
v.使流出，散发spread out in all directions
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emporium |
n. 大型商场emporium : commerce :: laboratory : experimentation
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earmark |
n.预先安排，指定用途earmark: funds :: schedule : time
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express |
adj.意味深长的inane <> express
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exalt |
vt.提升，提拔，赞扬=promote, upgrade, prefer, elevateexalt <> lower in status
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exhaustive |
v.全盘考虑exhaustive : careful :: mesmerizing : interestingbe mesmerized by something被迷住
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epistemology |
RF: the philosophical theory of knowledge.Eg. Major topics of epistemology: skepticism, knowledge, justification, and truth.aesthetics : beauty :: epistemology : knowledge
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epicenter |
n.中心，震中epicenter <> sheath
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eponymous |
adj.同名的
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