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"base=low (to lower)"
to humble, disgrace |
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"bate = reduce" ex: rebate, debate
to decrease, reduce |
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"not speak (in public)"
to give up a position, right or power |
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aberrant adj.
aberration n. |
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"ab+err(error) = run into error"
deviating from normal |
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"bad bet"
to aid, act as accomplice 教唆，怂恿 |
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"又被摁死"
temporary suppresion or suspension |
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"hor-horrible; run into horrible"
detest, loathe, disgust |
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"ject=throw; being thrown"
miserable, pitiful |
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"jure=swear; swear to abandon"
to reject, abandon formally |
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"lut=wash"
act of cleansing in religious ceremony |
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"neg=deny"
to deny, self-denial |
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abolish v.
abolition n.
abolitionist n. |
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"ab-olish; to polish the bad"
to end a practice |
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abominate v.
abomination n. |
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"omin (omen)=foreshow; bad foreshow" ex: ominous, omen
to feel hatred and disgust, loathe, abhor |
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abortion
interrupted while incomplete |
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abrade v.
abrasion n.
abrasive adj. |
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rade=scrape
to scrape or rub off |
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"use bridge to shorten (the distance)"
to condense, shorten |
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"ab-scis-sion; to cut away" ex: scissors
act of cutting, natural separtion of leaf of a plant |
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"cond=stow, hide; to hide away"
to depart secretly, to run away and hide in order to escape the law |
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Absolute
all power in single authority |
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| to forgive, free from blame |
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"stem=stomach"
moderate in appetite |
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abstinence n.
abstinent adj. |
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"from abstain"
the giving up of certain pleasures |
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abstention n.
abstentious adj. |
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"from abstain"
the practice of avoiding sth |
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"too abstract to use"
hard to understand |
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"col=neck; put metal on the neck" ex: collar
praise, distinction |
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"commond=fit"
bring into harmony |
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| to apporach and speak to someone |
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accrue v.
accrete v.
accretion n. |
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"cret=grow"
to grow in size, increase in amount |
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"run into a culture"
adoption of the curtual patterns of another group |
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"acer=sour,sharp"
sharp in taste or temper |
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"acid"
sour in taste or manner, sharp, caustic |
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| highest point, summit, zenith |
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acquiesce v.
acquiescent adj. |
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"agree quitely"
to agree without protesting |
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"quit accuse"
release from blame |
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"acid"
harsh, bitter (opposite to "gentle") |
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acrimonious adj.
acrimony n. |
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"acri=acid, sharp"
bitterness, animosity |
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"acu=sharp"
sharpness of insight |
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"add-age"
old saying or proberb |
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"a damn ant"
uncompromising, unyielding |
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"duce=lead"
to cite as an example for proof. 引证 |
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"jud=judge"
act as judge in a competition or court |
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from adjoin
something added, attached or joined |
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"moni=warn"
to reprove mildly, to warn |
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| to praise or flatter excessive |
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| to make impure by adding another substance |
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"umbr=shade"
to sketch in a shadowy way, foreshadow |
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"vent=come"
coming or arrival |
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"from advent; come suddently"
accidental, added from outside |
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"ad-verse; turn bad"
contrary, unfavorable, unlucky, harmful |
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adversary n.
adversarial adj. |
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"from adverse"
an enemy, antagonist, oponent |
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"aeri=air"
relating to or occurring in the air |
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"esthete=feeling"
pertaining to beauty or art
guiding principle in art |
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"f=friend"
friendly, pleasant to speak to, approachable |
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affectation n.
affected adj. |
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"fect=make; af-fect-ation; make too much"
artifical behavior to impress others, 做作，虚伪
pretentious |
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"firm=strong"
to make a positive assertion; confirm |
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affluent adj.
affluence n. |
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"af-front; against in front"
personal offense, insult |
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"grand=large"
to make greater or larger |
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"grav=gravity"
to make worse, intensity |
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"greg=gather"
to gather into a whole |
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"grieve=sorrow"
to afflict, to distress, make suffer 使...伤害 |
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"flict=dash" ex: conflict
to cause persistent pain or suffering |
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| well=coordinated, able to move quickly and easily |
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| disturb or excite, stir up interest or concern |
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"gnost=knowledge; not known"
one who doubts that people can know god; noncommittal |
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"agr=field"
relating to the land and its cultivation |
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cheerful willingness, eagerness
乐意，欣然，渴望 |
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alchemical adj.
alchemy n. |
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| medieval chemical change of turning metal into gold or silver |
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"algori=number" ex: algebra
a problem-solving procedure; decimal notation of number |
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"ali=other, ex: alien"
assumed name |
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alienated adj.
alienation n. |
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from alien
estrange, distanced 疏远 |
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"lay=put down"
to lessen, ease, or soothe |
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"lev=light"
to lighten or relieve |
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"loc=place; send to (different) places"
to assign sth., distribute |
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| amount of money allowed or given regularly |
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"lud=play; talk like playing"
indirect reference 暗示 |
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"all=bind"
a combination; mixture of tow or more metals. |
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"lur=entice, attract"
the power to entice by charm |
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| detached, distant, unsympathetic， 冷淡的 |
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altercate v.
altercation n. |
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altruism n.
altruistic adj. |
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"altr=other"
unselfish generosity |
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"am+am"
mixture, combination |
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"ambi-dextr; both right hand, use both hands like right hand"
able to use both hands well |
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"from ambit"
the special mood or atomsphere created by a particular environment |
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ambivalence n.
ambivalent adj. |
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"ambi-val-ence; both valued"
the state of having conflicting emotional attitude |
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"melior=卖力哦"
to improve, make better |
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"a-men-able; a person able to deal"
agreeable, cooperative, submissive |
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amiable adj.
amicable adj.
amity n. |
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"am=friend"
friendly and agreeable, good natured
friendship |
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| neither moral nor immoral, not caring |
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"a-morph-ous; without shape"
lacking definite form |
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from amplify
abundant, adequate |
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"let love (come to me)"
ornament worn as a charm against evial spirits |
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anachronism n.
anachronistic adj. |
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"ana-chron-ism; wrong time"
out of proper time, error in date of an event |
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anarchy n.
anarchic adj.
anarchist n. |
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"an-arch; no rule"
absence of government, state of disorder, lawless |
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"alg=pain"
medication that reduces pain |
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"ana-the-ma; against god"
curse |
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"An-Hilary, assist president"
accessory, subordinate |
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"andro-id; having male identity"
a robot with a human appearance |
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"ane=not, cdot=document"
short account of an event, 趣闻，轶事 |
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"anim=alive, mind, vert=turn: to turn someone's mind --> criticize"
to comment critically 苛责 |
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"anim=life, mind"
enthusiasm; excitement |
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"from animus=enemy"
hatred, hostility |
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"nex=bind"
to add or join to |
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annihilate v.
annihilation n. |
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"nihi=nothing"
destroy completely |
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| to add notes or commentary |
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"nul=none"
to cancel, nullify, or declare void |
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"odyn=pain"
sth that calms or soothes pain |
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"norm=norm"
deviating from or inconsistent |
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"nom=norm"
irregularity; deviation from the norm |
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"from anomaly"
lack of the usual social or ethical standards |
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anonymity n.
anonymous adj |
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"onym=name"
the state of being unknown; having no name |
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antagonism n.
antagonistic adj.
antagonize v. |
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"agon=contest, against"
hostility; opposition |
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"ante=before, bell=conflict"
before or existing before the war |
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"ante=before, cede=go"
sth that comes before sth else |
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"ante=before"
preecede in time |
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"anthrop=human being"
caused by human |
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"anti=against, path=feeling"
dislike, hostility |
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| any two places on opposite sides of the earth |
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"antique=old"
too old to be fashionable, outmoded |
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"antique=old"
ancient times |
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antithesis n.
antithetical adj. |
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| contrast, the opposite of |
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"from apart"
an official policy of racial segregation |
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"a=no, path=feeling"
lacking feeling or emotion |
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"opposite to perihelion"
point in a planet;s orbit furthest from the sun |
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| short pithy (简练的) statement |
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| substance arousing or intensifying sexual desire， 春药 |
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"plomb=铅锤"
self-confident assurance |
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"apo=apart, cryph=hidden"
not genuine, fictional 假冒的，虚假的 |
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“ge=earth”
the point in an orbit most distant from the body being orbited, 远地点 |
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"apolog=defense"
a formal defense or justification |
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"apo=away, apart; state=stand, stay"
one who renounces a religious faith 变节者 |
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"relate to aphorism"
terse, witty saying |
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"apo=away, theo=god --> make a god"
glorification, florifed ideal |
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"relate to appeal, pell=spell"
name |
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| conscious perception with full awareness |
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| strikingly appropriate and relevant, 恰当的，合适的 |
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| to understand, know, dread |
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"prob=good"
praise, approval |
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| to take possession for one's own use |
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"from appropriate"
relevant |
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"apt=fit"
precisely suitable |
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"apt=fit, ability to fit"
a natural or acquired talent or ablity , intelligence |
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"Arab style"
ornate design feathering intertwined， 蔓藤图释 |
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"ar=agr=field"
suitable for cultivation |
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"arbitra=to judge: ex: arbitrary=judge by one's own"
a person chosen to settle an issue in dispute between parties, 仲裁
权威，泰斗 |
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arboreal adj.
arboretum n. |
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"arbor=tree"
relating to trees, living in trees |
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"ar=we, only we can (understand)"
secret, obscure, known only to a few |
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archaic adj.
archaeology n. |
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"from archaea"
antiquated, out of date |
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archetype n.
archetypal adj. |
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"arche=old: old type"
original model after which others are patterned |
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"ard=burn"
passionate, enthusiastic, fervent |
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"ardu=steep, difficult, due=hard"
extremely difficult, laborious |
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"ar=we: only we got it"
a specialized vacabulary used by a group |
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"arist=arise"
hereditary ruling class; government by the elite |
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"raign=reason"
to call to court to answer an indictment |
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| an impressive display of person or objects |
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"rogat=ask: not asked --> self-claimed"
to claim or seize without justification, 诈称 |
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distinct, effective
to speak clearly and distinctly, to express in coherent verbal form |
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"fact=make"
item made by human craft |
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"fice=do, make"
stratagem, trickery, ingenious or artful device |
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| a skilled manual worker, a craftsperson |
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ascend v.
ascendancy n.
ascendant adj. |
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ascertain v.
ascertainment n. |
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| to determine, make certain |
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ascetic adj.
asceticism n. |
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| self-denying, austere, 禁欲的 |
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ascribable adj.
ascribe v. |
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attribuable to
to attribute to |
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"from skew"
crooked, titled |
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"asper=rough"
severity, irritability, harshness of manner 刻薄，严厉 |
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"a=bad, sper=spread: spread bad"
slander, false rumor, 谣言，诽谤 |
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aspiration n.
aspire v.
aspirant n. (person) |
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"spir=breathe: want to breathe high"
desire to achieve
to have great hopes |
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"sail=jump, leap: jump out to attack"
to attack |
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"sent=think, feel"
to express agreement |
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| to declare to be true, maintain |
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"sid=sit: never sit --> work hard"
diligent, hard-working |
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| appointment for lovers' meeting |
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assimilate v.
assimilation n. |
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"simil=like --> make it alike, 同化，吸收"
blending in |
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"similar in sound"
resemblance in sound |
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"suag=sugar"
to make less severe |
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"string=bind"
styptic (止血的); harsh, severe |
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"the=god"
person who does not believe in the existence of God |
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| to make amends for a wrong 弥补，调和 |
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atrocious adj.
atrocity n. |
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"atrox=cruel, 臭死饿死"
shockingly bad |
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"aug=increase"
to make greater |
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| to predict. especially from omens 占卜 |
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"aug=increase"
dignified, awe-inspiring 威严的，尊贵的 |
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"au=good, spice=good --> to make look good --> support"
protection, support, patronage, forecast |
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"from auspices"
favorable, promising, good omen |
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"au=good, good standard"
stern (严肃的), unadorned（朴素的） |
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"from authority"
favoring or exercising total control |
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autocracy n.
autocratic adj. |
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| government by a single person who has unlimited power |
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autonomous adj.
autonomy n. |
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| self-governing, independent， 自治 |
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| examination of a deal body to determine the cause of death |
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"aux=increase"
supplementary |
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"vanguard"
relating to a group active in the invention of new techniques |
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"var=many: want many"
greed |
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"ver=true"
to affirm, declare to be true |
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"from avert: turn away from --> dislike"
intense dislike |
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"vert=turn"
to turn away, prevent |
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"I like AV"
having keen (eager, ardent) interest |
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"job I do in vocation --> second job"
secondary occupation |
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"vow=call"
to state openly, admit, confess |
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"av=like, uncul=uncle"
like an uncle, benevolent and tolerant |
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| premise, postulate, widely accepted principle, 真理 |
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| to put up with, to endure 容忍，忍受 |
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| to pronounce with an accent or stress, to emphasize 重(zhong)读，强调 |
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"爱过你"
very great mental or physical pain |
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"leg=law 不受法律约束的"
to state without proof |
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| sth that conduces to comfort, convenience, or enjoyment |
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"pal=pale, 苍白"
greatly dismay or horrify 使惊骇，恐怖 |
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| to assess the value or quality, 评价，鉴定 |
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"sault=leap"
a sudden or violent attack |
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| off the right path or way |
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"as-under, 在底下就会碎"
apart or separate; into pieces |
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