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Question 1

banter

Answer 1

打趣
to talk to someone in a friendly and humorous way:

He stood around bantering with his colleagues.

Question 2

hedge

Answer 2

回避, evade

Stop hedging and tell me what you really think.

Question 3

ascetic

Answer 3

苦行的
avoiding physical pleasures and living a simple life, often for religious reasons:

They live a very ascetic life.

Question 4

pecuniary

Answer 4

金钱的

pecuniary interest/loss/benefit
a pecuniary matter

Question 5

predate

Answer 5

早于

Question 6

layperson

Answer 6

门外汉

someone who is not an expert in or does not have a detailed knowledge of a particular subject:

Question 7

prevaricate

Answer 7

speak evasively, equivocally, 闪烁其词

He accused the governor of prevaricating.

Question 8

contravene

Answer 8

触犯, break the law/rule

The company knew its actions contravened international law.

Question 9

construe

Answer 9

诠释，分析, interpret (esp. action or statement)

Any changes to the plan would be construed as indecision.

Question 10

fusty

Answer 10

霉臭的 (smell)；

old-fashioned in ideas and beliefs, 守旧的

Question 11

misconstrue

Answer 11

曲解
false understanding of the meaning or intention of something that someone does or says

(construe->interpret)

Question 12

churlish

Answer 12

无礼的

… I thought it would be churlish to refuse.

Question 13

lugubrious

Answer 13

悲伤的

Question 14

protean

Answer 14

变化多端的；多才多艺的

the protean talents of this comedian

Question 15

disdain

Answer 15

鄙视

Question 16

civility

Answer 16

礼貌

Question 17

keep abreast of

Answer 17

了解…的最新情况

Question 18

impugn

Answer 18

质疑
to cause people to doubt someone’s character, qualities, or reputation by criticizing them:

Are you impugning my competence as a professional designer?

Question 19

perfunctory

Answer 19

敷衍的
done quickly and without showing that you care or have much interest:

His smile was perfunctory.
She asked a few perfunctory questions about my family and then ended the conversation.

Question 20

recalcitrant

Answer 20

倔强反抗的

unwilling to do what you are asked or ordered to do, even if it is reasonable:

Question 21

mollify

Answer 21

平息，抚慰 [allay, alleviate]
to make someone less angry or upset

I tried to mollify her by giving her flowers.

Question 22

defiant

Answer 22

蔑视的，挑战的，违抗的

a defiant attitude/gesture

proudly refusing to obey authority; not willing to accept criticism or disapproval

Question 23

pedestrian

Answer 23

乏味的, dull, tedious

Question 24

burgeon

Answer 24

迅速生长

Jobs’ interest in literature and the arts burgeoned

Question 25

badger

Answer 25

烦扰；反复劝说

Stop badgering me - I’ll do it when I’m ready.

Question 26

profitmonger

Answer 26

唯利是图的人，商人

Question 27

provincial

Answer 27

狭隘的；省的
having opinions and ideas that are old-fashioned and simple:

provincial attitudes

Question 28

exiguous

Answer 28

very small in size/amount
[diminutive, very little]

I got a teaching job at an exiguous rate of pay.

Question 29

belligerent

Answer 29

好斗的

Question 30

quaff

Answer 30

痛饮

咕咚咕咚咕咚咕咚

Question 31

heterodox

Answer 31

bizarre (beliefs)
different from and opposing generally accepted beliefs or standards

His opinions have always been distinctly heterodox.

Question 32

anathema

Answer 32

非常讨厌的人或物

… is an anathema to someone

Question 33

circumvent

Answer 33

avoid sth, especially cleverly or illegally

Ships were registered abroad to circumvent employment and safety regulations.

Question 34

invective

Answer 34

猛烈抨击
criticism that is very forceful, unkind, and often rude

And the stuff that came out of his mouth was some of the most outrageous, racist invective many of the men had ever heard.

Question 35

businesslike

Answer 35

高效率的

Question 36

inborn

Answer 36

天生的

Question 37

obsequious

Answer 37

谄媚的

She is embarrassingly obsequious to anyone in authority.

Question 38

boast

Answer 38

吹嘘，自夸

Question 39

compromise

Answer 39

妥协n；

危害v
We would never compromise the safety of our passengers.

Question 40

probity

Answer 40

诚实，正直

Her probity and integrity are beyond question.

Question 41

prolix

Answer 41

冗长的
using too many words and therefore boring or difficult to read or listen to:

The author’s prolix style has done nothing to encourage sales of the book.

Question 42

naivete

Answer 42

天真 n

in my naïveté I though…

Question 43

flagrant

Answer 43

明目张胆的

a flagrant misuse of funds/privilege

Question 44

meager

Answer 44

very small amount or numbers, not enough
[dearth, insufficient]

Meager salary

Question 45

fallacious

Answer 45

谬误的, not correct

His argument is based on fallacious reasoning.

Question 46

qualm

Answer 46

不安，疑虑
an uncomfortable feeling when you doubt if you are doing the right thing:

She had no qualms about lying to the police.

Question 47

dispassionate

Answer 47

冷静客观的, 公正客观的

Question 48

narrow

Answer 48

in a narrow sense/broader sense

exact, precise, limited

Question 49

partisan

Answer 49

有偏见的
strongly supporting a person, principle, or political party, often without considering or judging the matter very carefully

The audience was very partisan, and refused to listen to her speech.

Question 50

onetime

Answer 50

过去的

former, once was

Question 51

infinitesimal

Answer 51

Extremely small

The amounts of radioactivity present were infinitesimal.