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  1. invigilator
    someone who watches examination candidates to prevent cheating
  2. claustrophobia
    a morbid fear of being closed in a confined space
  3. airing
    the act of supplying fresh air and getting rid of foul air
  4. propagate
    transmit or cause to broaden or spread
  5. irate
    feeling or showing extreme anger
  6. reckon
    expect, believe, or suppose
  7. roisterer
    an especially noisy and unrestrained merrymaker
  8. yeoman
    a ceremonial officer in the bodyguard of the British monarch
  9. circumspect
    careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk
  10. grievous
    of great gravity or crucial import
  11. coarseness
    the quality of lacking taste and refinement
  12. marred
    blemished by injury or rough wear
  13. afters
    a dish served as the last course of a meal
  14. masquerade
    a party of guests wearing costumes and disguises
  15. veranda
    a porch along the outside of a building
  16. implode
    burst inward
  17. approximation
    a rough calculation of quantity or degree or worth
  18. converse
    of words such that one reverses the relation of the other
  19. negligible
    so small as to be meaningless; insignificant
  20. resonant
    characterized by a loud deep sound
  21. tessellate
    fit together exactly, of identical shapes
  22. hypothetical
    based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
  23. corridor
    an enclosed passageway
  24. formulated
    devised; developed according to an orderly plan
  25. singularity
    the quality of being one of a kind
  26. muzzle
    forward projecting part of the head of certain animals
  27. cremate
    reduce to ashes
  28. anemic
    relating to or having a deficiency of red blood cells
  29. schizophrenia
    a psychotic disorder characterized by distortions of reality
  30. latitude
    an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
  31. peninsular
    of a mass of land projecting into a body of water
  32. stimulated
    emotionally aroused
  33. scarper
    flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
  34. aggressor
    someone who attacks
  35. lorry
    a large truck designed to carry heavy loads
  36. induce
    reason from detailed facts to general principles
  37. torch
    a small portable battery-powered electric lamp
  38. cosmopolitan
    a sophisticated person who has traveled in many countries
  39. giddy
    lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
  40. deduce
    reason from the general to the particular
Created on 八月 14, 2012 (updated 八月 14, 2012)

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