Thursday, May 24, 2012

词汇汇

Lissome
- easily flexed, limber, agile; gracefully slender
E.g. The lissome stalks of wheat swayed slowly in the gentle breeze.

Consummate
- extremely skilled; perfect
E.g. She was a consummate performer.

Alleviate
- to make something less severe
E.g. A number of measures were taken to alleviate the problem.

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