同義字

Question 1

disavow

Answer 1

disavow=repudiate=refuse=否決
dis(not)+a+vow(發誓）
re(回)+ pudi(put)+ate
re(不)+fu(fa)+se

Question 2

wind up with

Answer 2

wind up with=end up with=以⋯結束

Question 3

submerge

Answer 3

submerge=plunge in liquid=浸泡

sub(下）+merge(mix)

Question 4

humiliate

Answer 4

丟臉
=humiliate
=embarrass
=mortify
=abash
=confound

Question 5

pernicious

Answer 5

pernicious=malicious=有害的
per(強調)+nic(negative)+ious
mal(bad)+(l)ic(negative)ious

Question 6

soar

Answer 6

soar=rise to a higher level=升空

so(exo)+ar(air)

Question 7

be sanguine about

Answer 7

be sanguine about=be optimistic about

=充滿信心的

Question 8

contaminated

Answer 8

contaminated=polluted=vitiate
=受污染的
con(same)+ta+min(poll)+ated

Question 9

virtually

Answer 9

virtually

=almost but not quite=實質上的

Question 10

a myriad of

Answer 10

a myriad of = a variety of = sundry

= miscellaneous=各式各樣的

Question 11

proclaim

Answer 11

宣佈
=proclaim（非官方）
=announce（非官方）
=pronounce（官方）
=promulgate
=avow

Question 12

savvy

Answer 12

專家
=savvy
=connoisseur
=expert
=professional
=specialist
=maven
=pundit
=virtuoso
savvy(電腦專家）
con(全部)+noi(know)+sseur(人)
expertise=專業知識
expert at=在⋯擅長

Question 13

indict 意思+介系詞

Answer 13

indict 人 for 罪
accuse 人 of 罪
charge 人 with 罪
sue 人 for 罪（口語）

Question 14

accuse / convict / condemn 的差別？

Answer 14

accuse 告發
convict 判有罪or無罪
condemn / sentence 人 徒刑 in prison/ in jail /imprisonment

Question 15

denounce

Answer 15

批評
denounce
=criticize
=censure
=condemn
=decry
=revile
=equanimity
=find fault with
de(錯)+nounce(說）

Question 16

nominate 人
appoint 人
accredit 人
差在哪？

Answer 16

nominate 人 ：提名
appoint 人 :指派（選擇提名的人）
accredit 人 :派駐（已經派過去）

Question 17

obey

Answer 17

obey=follow
=abide by=comply with
=conform to=adhere to=stick to
=be in compliance with=守規矩
後加 laws/rules/regulations

Question 18

sabotage

Answer 18

破壞=ruin=raze=mar
=sabotage=impair
=demolish=dismantle
=deface
=devastate=destroy
=ravage
ru(rat磨損)+in / ra(rat)+ze / mar(bat)
de(強調)+mol(bat)+ish
dis(強調)+man(bat)+tle
im(強調)+pair(bat) / de(強調)+fa(bat)+ce
de(強調)+vast(bat)+ate
sa(b)(super強調)+bot(bat)+age

Question 19

incentive

Answer 19

動機=incentive=motivation=spur
=stimulus=stimulation
in+cent(candle)+ive —心中的火
stimulus(單數）stimuli(複數）

Question 20

cautious

Answer 20

小心的(adj)
=cautious
=meticulous
=circumspect
=careful
=scrupulous

meticul(medicine)+ous
circum(周圍)+spect

Question 21

facilities

Answer 21

設施（library,swimming pool)
設備：equipment(computer,Pinter)
電器用品：appliance
農具：utensil(use+tool+土地)

Question 22

gadget

Answer 22

gadget=small tool(起子)
apparatus(套組件：工具箱)
instrument(度量衡)
communications(通訊設備)

Question 23

conspicuous

Answer 23

明顯的=conspicuous
remarkable=significant
=evident=obvious=apparent
=transparent=manifest
=translucent
=distinct=telling
re(強調)+mark(記號)+able
sign(記號)+i+fic(make)+ant
e+vid(video)+ent
ob(強調)+vi(video)+ous
ap(強調)+par(video)+ent
trans(穿透)+par(video)+ent
man(video)+ifest
trans(穿透)+luc(light)+ent

Question 24

enormous

Answer 24

龐大的
=enormous
=gigantic
=tremendous
=mammoth
=immense
=massive
=vast
=astronomical
tre(三)+mendous
e(不)+norm(正常)+ous
giga(巨大)+ntic
mam(媽媽)+moth(蛾)
mammoth 名詞有長毛象的意思

Question 25

dejected

Answer 25

沮喪
=dejected
=melancholy
=gloomy
=sluggish
=lethargic
=languish
=languid
=listless
de(向下)+ject(jet)+ed
melan(black)+chol(gall膽汁)
(p.s膽汁是黑色代表憂鬱)
gloomy(glue漿糊)
心情像漿糊
slug(slow)+gish
動作變的很慢很無力

Question 26

surmount

Answer 26

征服=surmount=surpass
=conquer
=triumph over
=exceed
=out weigh
sur(上)+mount(山)
sur(上)+pass(走過)

Question 27

nausea

Answer 27

嘔吐=nausea=vomit=throw up

Question 28

despite+N

Answer 28

儘管=despite=in spite of
=regardless of=irrespective of
(都是介系詞後面接名詞)

Question 29

thrive

Answer 29

生命的繁衍
thrive=flourish=prosper
th(動詞字頭)+rive(河流)
(河流孕育生命)
flou(flow水流)+r+ish
pro(強調)+sper(spring泉水)

Question 30

derive

Answer 30

起源=derive=spring
=arise=originate=stem
=result=come
(後面加from)(也可以加in不正式)
其中只有derive可以用被動
be derived from

Question 31

rival

Answer 31

敵人=rival=foe=enemy=adversary
=opponent=antagonist
riv(水)+al(名詞字尾)=搶水的人
foe(fight)
enemy(animal)
以前人的敵人是動物
ad(動詞字頭)+ver(轉變)+sary
變節的人
op(ab不)+pon(put)+ent
搶東西不放手的人
ant(反)+agon(痛)+ist
站在反方讓你痛的人

Question 32

anguish

Answer 32

痛苦、苦惱
anguish
=agony
=pain
=suffering
=tribulation
He is in anguish

Question 33

nostalgia

Answer 33

nostalgia=homesickness

nost(nest)+alg(痛)+ia(病)

Question 34

analgesic

Answer 34

止痛藥
analgesic=painkiller
an(不)+alg(痛)+esic(死)

Question 35

belligerent

Answer 35

好戰的，窮兵黷武的，有敵意的
belligerent=bellicose=militant
=antagonistic=hostile=warlike
=aggressive
bell(bat)+iger(act)+ent
bell(bat)+ico(act)+se
mil(bat)+it(go)+ant
ant(相反)+agon(痛)+ist(人)+ic(adj)
hostile(以前醫院反動派的根據地)

Question 36

imminent

Answer 36

接近，迫近
approaching
=impending=imminent
=threatening=oncoming
ap(強調)+p(ro)(強調)+roach(reach)+ing
im(in裡面)+pend(foot)+ing
(快走到裡面了！)
im(in)+min(foot)+ent
threatening 用於暴風雨迫近
threatening storm
oncoming storm

Question 37

be accustomed to

Answer 37

被用來
be accustom to + ving
=be used to + ving
=accustom oneself to + ving

Question 38

rampant

Answer 38

流行
=rampant
=prevalent
=pandemic
=epidemic
=ubiquitous
=widespread
ram(run)+pant
跑在前面
pre(前)+val(will心)+ent
很前面的心

Question 39

be teeming with

Answer 39

充滿
be teeming with
=be abundant in
=be high in
=be full of
=be filled with
=be fraught with
=be gravid with
=be rich in (口語)
teem(滿)
gravid 懷孕

Question 40

be apathetic to

Answer 40

冷漠
be aloof from
=be detached from
=be withdrawn from
=be callous to
=be lukewarm to
=be indifferent to
=be apathetic to
a+loof(leave)
de(不)+tach(touch)+ed
call(cold)+ous
luke(lack)+warm
a(不)+path(feel)+etic

Question 41

be sympathetic for

Answer 41

同情
be sympathetic for
=have sympathy for
=have compassion for
=sympathize with
=(take/have) (pity/mercy) on
sym(same)+path(feel)+etic
com(same)+pass(feel)+ion

Question 42

flabbergast

Answer 42

被嚇到/驚訝
用法：be X at N
X=aghast
=astonished
=astounded
=appalled
=stunned
=shocked
=surprised
=thunderstruck
=flabbergast

Question 43

furnish

Answer 43

提供東西
X 人 with 物
X=furnish
=endow=equip
=provide=supply
en+dow(dollar)

Question 44

rex

Answer 44

君王
rex
=monarch
=despot
=ruler
=sovereign
mon(one)+arch(天空)
de(在)+spot(現場---位置)
rul(rule規定)+er
rex有皇冠的意思
比較despotic：恣意妄為

Question 45

monotonous

Answer 45

單調無趣
monotonous=boring
mono(一)+ton(聲調)+ous

Question 46

archaic

Answer 46

上古的/古代的
archaic=ancient
=antique
arch(上)+aic(時間)
ant(前)+ique(時間)

Question 47

zenith

Answer 47

頂峰/尖端/極盛+of
acme=apex=climax
=pinnacle
=paramount
=peak
=zenith
=top=tip
ac(尖端)+me
a+pex(big)
zen(Zeus)+ith
pin(筆)+n+acle(ace尖)
para(over上方)+mount

Question 48

extend

Answer 48

延長
prolong=elongate
=lengthen=extend
e(ex向外)+long+ate
ex(向外)+tend(long)

Question 49

perennial

Answer 49

永恆
permanent=perpetual
=perennial=eternal
e(不)+tern(term期限)+al
(字根前母音表不)

Question 50

eccentric

Answer 50

古怪的/異常的
eccentric
=weird
=odd
=bizarre
=queer

Question 51

be rooted in

Answer 51

be rooted in
=be based on
=on the basis of

Question 52

genuine

Answer 52

真的
genuine
=authentic
=accurate
=veracious
gen(基因)+uine
authen(author)+tic
ver(very真的)+acious
She is a very girl.
=She is a real girl.
她是一個很真的女孩

Question 53

artificial

Answer 53

手工的/合成的
artificial=synthetic
=manual=man-made
art(手)+i+fic(make)+ial
藝術是手做的
syn(same)+the(do)+tic
man(hand)+ual

Question 54

be garnished with

Answer 54

裝飾=perk up
be X with
X=ornamented=adorned
=garnished
=decorated
=embellished
=festoon
gar=cor=orn=calli=美麗
em(字頭)+bell(美麗)+ished

Question 55

surreptitiously

Answer 55

surreptitiously
=secretly
=on the sly

Question 56

塞在車陣中

Answer 56

be X in the traffic Y
X=caught=detained
Y=jam=queue=congestion
de(強調)+tain(take)+ed

Question 57

massacre

Answer 57

大屠殺
massacre=genocide
=butchery=annihilation
=holocaust
=carnage
=mass killing
mass(群眾)+acre(土地)
geno(gene)+cide(cut)
an(強調)nihila(negative)+tion
butcher=屠夫
slaughter=小屠殺

Question 58

打折

Answer 58

have a X of 折扣% off
X=discount
=reduction
=deduction

Question 59

of no account
on no account
on one's account
on account of
take into account

Answer 59

(1)of no account
=of no importance
(2)take sb/sth into account
=take sb/sth into consideration
(3)On no account
=By no means=In no way
=under no circumstances
全部都要倒裝
(4)on your account
=because of you
(5)on account of
=because of

Question 60

in dilemma

Answer 60

進退兩難，困境、逆境
in X
X=predicament
=plight
=dilemma
=distress
=tribulation
=adversity
=agony
=anguish
=impasse
=quandary
=misfortune
=mishap

Question 61

devote

Answer 61

貢獻
X to Ving = be X to Ving
X=contribute
=devote=dedicate
(P.S advocates
=proponents
=champion)支持者

Question 62

restricted

Answer 62

受限制的
be X to Ving
X=restricted
=limited
=circumscribed
=restrained
=tied
只能用被動
circum(圈圈)+scribe(畫)+d

Question 63

in hazard

Answer 63

在危險中
=in peril =in danger
=in jeopardy =in hazard
=at risk
haz(hay 乾草)+ard(火)

Question 64

by virtue of

Answer 64

藉著⋯的方法
by X of
X=virtue =dint
=means =way

Question 65

attribute A to B

Answer 65

將A歸諸於B
X A to B
X=attribute
  =owe
  =ascribe
  =assign
  =accredit

Question 66

eminent

Answer 66

知名的
=celebrated=known
=famous=eminent
=prominent

Question 67

at once

Answer 67

不久
=immediately
=at once
=right away
=before long
=soon

Question 68

synchronously

Answer 68

同時的
=simultaneously
=synchronously
=concurrently
=contemporarily
=at the same time

Question 69

in addition to

Answer 69

此外(介系詞）（包括在內）
=besides
=in addition to
=apart from
=aside from
=on top of
(P.S in addition(界+名) ,+SV)

Question 70

except for

Answer 70

除⋯之外（不包括在內）
=save (for)=saving
=except (for)
=with the exception of

Question 71

philanthropy

Answer 71

仁慈、博愛(N)
=benevolence
=charity
=philanthropy
=beneficence

Question 72

outstanding balance

Answer 72

未付賬款
=outstanding balance
=outstanding accounts

Question 73

brochure

Answer 73

小冊子
=booklet
=pamphlet
=manual

Question 74

be assessed

Answer 74

評估
estimated
=evaluated
=appraised
=assessed

Question 75

be detrimental to

Answer 75

致命的
be X to
X=fatal
=lethal
=detrimental
=mortal
=harmful
=hazardous
=harm
=damage

Question 76

epidemic

Answer 76

流行病
=pandemic
=epidemic

Question 77

in the offing

Answer 77

可見的未來

=in the near future

Question 78

be adapted to
=adapt to
=adapt oneself to ving

Answer 78

適應
X=adapted
=acclimated
=adjusted
=accommodated
=accustomed

Question 79

foment

Answer 79

鼓舞、刺激(V)
=animate
=agitate
=excite
=energize
=instigate
=infuse
=provoke
=rouse
=key up
=foment

Question 80

inundation

Answer 80

水災、氾濫
=inundation
=flood
=deluge
=submerge

Question 81

abandon

Answer 81

放棄、消滅
=abdicate
=abolish
=abandon
=eradicate
=obliterate
=relinquish
=renounce

Question 82

ostracize

Answer 82

放逐(V)
=expatriate
=extrude
=exile
=banish
=dispel
=ostracize

Question 83

obligatory

Answer 83

強制的、義務的
=compulsory
=obligatory
=mandatory

Question 84

expulsion

Answer 84

逐出,放逐(N)
=expulsion
=banishment
=ejection

Question 85

complaisant

Answer 85

順從的、謙恭的
=complaisant
=compliant
=submissive
=polite

Question 86

coax

Answer 86

說服
=cajole
=convince
=inveigle
=wheedle
=persuade

Question 87

amalgamate

Answer 87

合併，融合
=amalgamate
=blend
=merge
=combine
=consolidate

Question 88

domestic

Answer 88

國家的(adj)
=domestic
=domesticated
=tame
=internal
=native

Question 89

pandemic

Answer 89

流行的，普遍的
=rampant
=prevalent
=pandemic
=epidemic
=ubiquitous
=widespread

Question 90

straight

Answer 90

建立，豎立
=establish
=elevate
=construct
=straight
=build
=raise