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Question 1

rattle

Answer 1

使紧张，使不安

Question 2

aversion

Answer 2

厌恶

Question 3

factious

Answer 3

宗派的，派系的

Question 4

noxious

Answer 4

有害的，有毒的
noxious fume, gas
noxious influence

Question 5

caricature

Answer 5

夸张的描述

there are elements of caricature in the portrayal of the hero

Question 6

acumen

Answer 6

精明

shrewdness, sharpness

Question 7

dissemble

Answer 7

伪装，掩盖

she smiled, dissembling her true feeling

Question 8

patchwork

Answer 8

大杂烩

a patchwork of…

Question 9

engender

Answer 9

导致

the issue engendered continuing controversy

Question 10

mordant

Answer 10

尖刻的，尖酸的
acerbic, cutting, sardonic

a mordant sense of humor

Question 11

preclude

Answer 11

排除; 防止

the secret nature of his work precluded official recognition

Question 12

obfuscate

Answer 12

使模糊 obscure & confuse truth/facts

使困惑 bewilder

Question 13

abate

Answer 13

减弱

the storm abated

Question 14

meld

Answer 14

混合

a meld of many contribution

Question 15

entrench

Answer 15

使…牢固，确立

ageism is entrenched in our society

Question 16

endowment

Answer 16

捐赠；天赋

Question 17

nondescript

Answer 17

无个性的, 无特征的

Question 18

infamy

Answer 18

声名狼藉

Question 19

nebulous

Answer 19

模糊的

Question 20

deleterious

Answer 20

有害的，有毒的

Question 21

hew to

Answer 21

遵守

Question 22

blighted

Answer 22

枯萎的；毁坏的

Question 23

purveyor

Answer 23

供应商 (of things or idea)

purveyor of luxury cars / Christian values

Question 24

goundless

Answer 24

无根据的

Question 25

absorbing

Answer 25

吸引人的

Question 26

at odds with

Answer 26

与…矛盾

Question 27

perennial

Answer 27

持久的
his perennial distrust of the media

(of a plant: living for several year)

Question 28

relic

Answer 28

遗迹

Question 29

covert

Answer 29

秘密的，隐蔽的

a covert military operation

Question 30

garrulous

Answer 30

喋喋不休的

having a garrulous neighbor on the plane

Question 31

egregious

Answer 31

shocking, outstandingly bad，太过分的

an egregious abuse of copyright

Question 32

predilection

Answer 32

偏爱

my predilection for spicy food

Question 33

damp

Answer 33

使减弱

She damped down the fire
He damped down his feelings of despair

Question 34

kindred

Answer 34

同类的，相似的；血缘关系

books on kindred subject

Question 35

cumbersome

Answer 35

笨重的；

复杂，难处理的

Question 36

imminent

Answer 36

即将发生的

They were in imminent danger of being swept away

Question 37

entailed by

Answer 37

使需要，导致

Question 38

intelligible

Answer 38

明白易懂的，可理解的

this will make the system more intelligible to the public

Question 39

blameless

Answer 39

无可指责的

Question 40

quixotic

Answer 40

不切实际的

exceedingly idealistic

Question 41

prescient

Answer 41

有先见之明的，有预知能力的

Question 42

droll

Answer 42

滑稽的，古怪有趣的

Question 43

convulsion

Answer 43

动乱, upheaval, turmoil

大笑
the story was so funny we are all in convulsion

Question 44

insipid

Answer 44

无味的；枯燥乏味的

Question 45

prosaic

Answer 45

平淡的，乏味的

Question 46

precarious

Answer 46

危险的，不稳固的

our financial situation is still precarious
a precarious ladder

Question 47

perspicacious

Answer 47

有洞察力的

discerning, astute, observant, shrewd

Question 48

rapacious

Answer 48

贪婪的

aggressively greedy

Question 49

judicious

Answer 49

审慎的, 明智的
having, showing, or done with good judgement

a judicious choice, decision

Question 50

imperil

Answer 50

危及

the fast growing debt imperial the nation’s future