Barrons 3500 C

Question 1

doodle

Answer 1

V. /涂鸦；浪费时间/scribble or draw aimlessly; waste time. Art’s teachers scolded him when he doodled all over the margins of his papers.

Question 2

dormant

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ADJ. /睡着的；隐匿的/sleeping; lethargic; latent. At fifty her long?dormant ambition to write flared up once more; within a year she had completed the first of her great historical novels.

Question 3

dormer

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N. /天窗/window projecting from roof. In remodeling the attic into a bedroom, we decided that we needed to put in dormers to provide sufficient ventilation for the new room.

Question 4

dossier

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N. /档案，资料/file of documents on a subject. Ordered by J. Edgar Hoover to investigate the senator, the FBI compiled a complete dossieron him.

Question 5

dote

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V. /昏聩；溺爱/be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline. Not only grandmothers bore you with stories about their brilliant grandchildren; grandfathers dote on the little rascals, too. Poor old Alf clearly doted: the senile old dotard was past it; in fact, he was in his dotage.

Question 6

douse

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V. /浸泡；弄湿；弄灭/plunge into water; drench; extinguish. They doused each other with hoses and water balloons.

Question 7

dowdy

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ADJ. /邋遢的；衣衫不整/slovenly; untidy. She tried to change her dowdy image by buying a new fashionable wardrobe.

Question 8

downcast

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ADJ. /沮丧/disheartened; sad. Cheerful and optimistic by nature, Beth was never downcast despite the difficulties she faced.

Question 9

drab

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ADJ. /迟钝的；单调的/dull; lacking color; cheerless. The Dutch woman’s drab winter coat contrasted with the distinctive, colorful native costume she wore beneath it.

Question 10

draconian

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ADJ. /极其严重/extremely severe. When the principal can?celed the senior prom because some seniors had been late to school that week, we thought the draconian punish?ment was far too harsh for such a minor violation of the rules.

Question 11

dregs

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N. /沉淀物；残渣/sediment; worthless residue. David poured the wine carefully to avoid stirring up the dregs.

Question 12

drivel

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N. /胡言乱语；愚蠢/nonsense; foolishness. Why do I have to spend my days listening to such idiotic drivel? Drivel is related to dribble: think of a dribbling, driveling idiot.

Question 13

droll

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ADJ. /滑稽可笑；离奇古怪，怪里怪气/queer and amusing. He was a popular guest because his droll anecdotes were always entertaining.

Question 14

drone

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N. /闲人；雄蜂/idle person; male bee. Content to let his wife support him, the would-be writer was in reality nothing but a drone.

Question 15

drone

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V. /嗡嗡声；语气呆板的声音/talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee. On a gor?geous day, who wants to be stuck in a classroom listening to the teacher drone ?

Question 16

dross

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N. /渣滓，废物/waste matter; worthless impurities. Many meth?ods have been devised to separate the valuable metal from the dross.

Question 17

drudgery

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N. /苦差事，苦工/menial work. Cinderella’s fairy godmother res?cued her from a life of drudgery.

Question 18

dubious

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ADJ. /可疑的/questionable; filled with doubt. Many critics of SAT I contend the test is of dubious worth. Jay claimed he could get a perfect 1600 on SAT I, but Ellen was dubi?ous: she knew he hadn’t cracked a book in three years.

Question 19

ductile

Answer 19

ADJ. /柔软的，有韧性/malleable; flexible; pliable. Copper is an extremely ductile material: you can stretch it into the thinnest of wires, bend it, even wind it into loops.

Question 20

dulcet

Answer 20

ADJ. /甜美的（声音）/sweet sounding. The dulcet sounds of the birds at dawn were soon drowned out by the roar of traffic passing our motel.

Question 21

dumbfound

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V. /使人惊讶/astonish. Egbert’s perfect 1600 on his SAT I exam dumbfounded his classmates, who had always found him to be perfectly dumb.

Question 22

dupe

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N. /易被开涮的人/someone easily fooled. While the gullible Watson often was made a dupe by unscrupulous parties, Sherlock Holmes was far more difficult to fool. alsoV.

Question 23

duplicity

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N. /奸诈，狡猾；伪善；两面三刀，两面派/double-dealing; hypocrisy. When Tanya learned that Mark had been two-timing her, she was furious at his duplicity.

Question 24

duration

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N. /持续时间/length of time something lasts. Because she wanted the children to make a good impression on the din?ner guests, Mother promised them a treat if they’d behave for the duration of the meal.

Question 25

duress

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N. /（非法的）限制，关押/forcible restraint, especially unlawfully. The hostages were held under duress until the prisoners’ demands were met.

Question 26

dutiful

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ADJ. /恭敬的；尊重的/respectful; obedient. When Mother told Billy to kiss Great-Aunt Hattie, the boy obediently gave the old woman a dutiful peck on her cheek.

Question 27

dwarf

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V. /使看上去矮小/cause to seem small. The giant redwoods and high cliffs dwarfed the elegant Ahwahnee Hotel, making it appear a modest lodge rather than an imposing hostelry.

Question 28

dwindle

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V. /缩水；减少/shrink; reduce. The food in the life boat gradu?ally dwindled away to nothing; in the end, they ate the ship’s cook.

Question 29

dynamic

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ADJ. /充满活力的/energetic; vigorously active. The dynamic aerobics instructor kept her students on the run; she was a little dynamo.

Question 30

earthy

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ADJ. /粗糙的；未加工的/unrefined; coarse. His earthy remarks often embarrassed the women in his audience.

Question 31

ebb

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V. /衰退/recede; lessen. Sitting on the beach, Mrs. Dalloway watched the tide ebb: the waters receded, drawing away from her as she sat there all alone. also N.

Question 32

ebullient

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ADJ. /热情的，激动的/showing excitement; overflowing with enthu?siasm. Amy’s ebullient nature could not be repressed; she’ was always bubbling over with excitement. ebullience, N.

Question 33

eccentric

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ADJ. /古怪的，奇怪的/irregular; odd; whimsical; bizarre. The comet veered dangerously close to the earth in its eccentric orbit. People came up with some eccentric ideas for deal?ing with the emergency: someone even suggested tieing a knot in the comet’s tail!

Question 34

eccentricity

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N. /怪僻，古怪；特性/oddity; idiosyncrasy. Some of his friends tried to account for his rudeness to strangers as the eccen?tricity of genius.

Question 35

ecclesiastic

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ADJ. /神职的/pertaining to the church. The minister donned his ecclesiastic garb and walked to the pulpit. also N.

Question 36

eclectic

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ADJ. /折衷的/composed of elements drawn from dis?parate sources. His style of interior decoration was eclec?tic: bits and pieces of furnishings from widely divergent periods, strikingly juxtaposed to create a unique decor. eclecticism, N.

Question 37

eclipse

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V. /超越；衰落；失色/darken; extinguish; surpass. The new stock market high eclipsed the previous record set in 1995.

Question 38

ecologist

Answer 38

N. /生态学家/a person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment. The ecolo?gist was concerned that the new dam would upset the nat?ural balance of the creatures living in Glen Canyon.

Question 39

economy

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N. /俭省节约的，经济的/efficiency or conciseness in using something. Reading the epigrams of Pope, I admire the economy of his verse: in few words he conveys worlds of meaning. (sec?ondary meaning)

Question 40

ecstasy

Answer 40

N. /全神贯注，入迷，高兴/rapture; joy; any overpowering emotion. When Allison received her long-hoped-for letter of acceptance from Harvard, she was in ecstasy. ecstatic,ADJ.

Question 41

eddy

Answer 41

N. /漩涡/swirling current of water, air, etc. The water in the tide pool was still, except for an occasional eddy.

Question 42

edict

Answer 42

N. /法令，号令；布告/decree (especially issued by a sovereign); official command. The emperor issued an edict decreeing that everyone should come see him model his magnificent new clothes.

Question 43

edify

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V. /教导；启迪，陶冶/instruct; correct morally. Although his purpose was to edify and not to entertain his audience, many of his listeners were amused rather than enlightened.

Question 44

eerie

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ADJ. /怪异的/weird. In that eerie setting, it was easy to believe in ghosts and other supernatural beings.

Question 45

efface

Answer 45

V. /抹掉/rub out. The coin had been handled so many times that its date had been effaced.

Question 46

effectual

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ADJ. /有效的/able to produce a desired effect; valid. Medical researchers are concerned because of the devel?opment of drug-resistant strains of bacteria; many once useful antibiotics are no longer effectual in curing bacterial infections.

Question 47

effervescence

Answer 47

N. /泡腾，沸腾；兴奋，活泼/inner excitement or exuberance; bub?bling from fermentation or carbonation. Nothing depressed Sue for long; her natural effervescence soon reasserted itself. Soda that loses its effervescence goes flat. efferves?cent, ADJ. effervesce,V.

Question 48

efficacy

Answer 48

N. /功效/power to produce desired effect. The efficacy of this drug depends on the regularity of the dosage. effica?cious,ADJ.

Question 49

effigy

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N. /假人（被人憎恨的，如秦桧）/dummy. The mob showed its irritation by hanging the judge in effigy.

Question 50

effrontery

Answer 50

N. /厚颜无耻/shameless boldness. She had the effrontery to insult the guest.

Question 51

effusive

Answer 51

ADJ. /激情澎湃的/pouring forth; gushing. Her effusive manner of greeting her friends finally began to irritate them. effu?sion, N.

Question 52

egoism

Answer 52

N. /自我中心，利己主义/excessive interest in one’s self; belief that one should be interested in one’s self rather than in others. His egoism prevented him from seeing the needs of his col?leagues.

Question 53

egotistical

Answer 53

ADJ. /极度自我中心；自以为是，逞能/excessively self-centered; self-important; conceited. Typical egotistical remark: “But enough of this chit-chat about you and your little problems. Let’s talk about what’s really important: Me!”

Question 54

egregious

Answer 54

ADJ. /及其令人痛恨的，声名狼藉；令人吃惊的/notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking. She was an egregious liar; we all knew better than to believe a word she said. Ed’s housekeeping was egregious: he let his dirty dishes pile up so long that they were stuck together with last week’s food.

Question 55

egress

Answer 55

N. /出口/exit. Barnum’s sign “To the Egress” fooled many people who thought they were going to see an animal and instead found themselves in the street.

Question 56

ejaculation

Answer 56

N. /迸出；惊叹/exclamation. He could not repress an ejacu?lation of surprise when he heard the news.

Question 57

elaboration

Answer 57

N. /细节；复杂/addition of details; intricacy. Tell what hap?pened simply, without any elaboration. elaborate,V.

Question 58

elated

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ADJ. /过分高兴的；兴高采烈/overjoyed; in high spirits. Grinning from ear to ear, Bonnie Blair was clearly elated by her fifth Olympic gold medal. elation, N.

Question 59

elegy

Answer 59

N. /挽歌，悲歌/poem or song expressing lamentation. On the death of Edward King, Milton composed the elegy “Lyci?das.” elegiacal,ADJ.

Question 60

elicit

Answer 60

V. /得出/draw out by discussion. The detectives tried to elicit where he had hidden his loot.

Question 61

elixir

Answer 61

N. /包治百病，万能药/cure-all; something invigorating. The news of her chance to go abroad acted on her like an elixir.

Question 62

ellipsis

Answer 62

N. /省略/omission of words from a text. Sometimes an ellipsis can lead to a dangling modifier, as in the sentence “Once dressed, you should refrigerate the potato salad.”

Question 63

elliptical

Answer 63

ADJ. /椭圆的；有意模棱两可的/oval; ambiguous, either purposely or because key words have been left out. An elliptical billiard ball wobbles because it is not perfectly round; an elliptical remark baffles because it is not perfectly clear.

Question 64

eloquence

Answer 64

N. /雄辩；修辞/expressiveness; persuasive speech. The crowds were stirred by Martin Luther King’s eloquence. elo?quent,ADJ.

Question 65

elucidate

Answer 65

V. /解释；启迪/explain; enlighten. He was called upon to elu?cidate the disputed points in his article.

Question 66

elusive

Answer 66

ADJ. /难懂的，难捉摸的；令人困惑的/evasive; baffling; hard to grasp. Trying to pin down exactly when the contractors would be finished remodeling the house, Nancy was frustrated by their elusive replies. elude,V.

Question 67

emaciated

Answer 67

ADJ. /瘦弱的，脆弱的/thin and wasted. His long period of starva?tion had left him emaciated.

Question 68

emanate

Answer 68

V. /散发，发出/issue forth. A strong odor of sulphur emanated from the spring.

Question 69

emancipate

Answer 69

V. /释放，解放/set free. At first, the attempts of the Aboli?tionists to emancipate the slaves were unpopular in New England as well as in the South.

Question 70

embargo

Answer 70

N. /禁运/ban on commerce or other activity. As a result of the embargo, trade with the colonies was at a standstill.

Question 71

embark

Answer 71

V. /开始旅程，开始，登机，上船，上车/commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey. In devoting herself to the study of gorillas, Dian Fossey embarked on a course of action that was to cost her her life.

Question 72

embed

Answer 72

V. /封装，嵌入，插入/enclose; place in something. Tales of actual his?torical figures like King Alfred have become embedded in legends.

Question 73

embellish

Answer 73

V. /装饰/adorn; ornament. The costume designer embellished the leading lady’s ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.

Question 74

embezzlement

Answer 74

N. /偷窃，侵占/stealing. The bank teller confessed his embezzlement of the funds.

Question 75

embody

Answer 75

V. /具体化；包含，收录/personify; make concrete; incorporate. Cheer?ing on his rival Mark McGwire’s efforts to break Roger Maris’s home run record, Sammy Sosa embodied the spirit of true sportsmanship.

Question 76

embrace

Answer 76

V. /拥抱；接受，包含/hug; adopt or espouse; accept readily; encir?cle; include. Clasping Maid Marian in his arms, Robin Hood embraced her lovingly. In joining the outlaws in Sherwood Forest, she had openly embraced their cause.

Question 77

embroider

Answer 77

V. /镶边，绣花；添油加醋/decorate with needlework; ornament with fancy or fictitious details. For her mother’s birthday, Beth embroidered a lovely design on a handkerchief. When asked what made her late getting home, Jo embroidered her account with tales of runaway horses and rescuing peo?ple from a ditch. embroidery, N.

Question 78

embroil

Answer 78

V. /连累，牵连；使其混乱，麻烦缠身/throw into confusion; involve in strife; entangle. He became embroiled in the heated discussion when he tried to arbitrate the dispute.

Question 79

embryonic

Answer 79

ADJ. /胚胎的；未开发的，原始的/undeveloped; rudimentary. The evil of class and race hatred must be eliminated while it is still in an embry?onic state; otherwise, it may grow to dangerous proportions. emend V. correct; correct by a critic. The critic emended the book by selecting the passages which he thought most appropriate to the text.

Question 80

emendation

Answer 80

N. /改进；修订/correction of errors; improvement. Please initial all the emendations you have made in this contract.

Question 81

eminent

Answer 81

ADJ. /高的/high; lofty. After his appointment to this emi?nent position, he seldom had time for his former friends.

Question 82

emissary

Answer 82

N. /代理；信使，使者/agent; messenger. The secretary of state was sent as the president’s special emissary to the conference on disarmament.

Question 83

emollient

Answer 83

N. /缓和，安抚/soothing or softening remedy. The nurse applied an emollientto the inflamed area. alsoADJ.

Question 84

empathy

Answer 84

N. /移情作用，心入/ability to identify with another’s feelings, ideas, etc. What made Ann such a fine counselor was her empa?thy, her ability to put herself in her client’s place and feel his emotions as if they were her own. empathize,V.

Question 85

empirical

Answer 85

ADJ. /经验主义/based on experience. He distrusted hunches and intuitive flashes; he placed his reliance entirely on empirical data.

Question 86

emulate

Answer 86

V. /仿效；抗衡/imitate; rival. In a brief essay, describe a person you admire, someone whose virtues you would like to emulate.

Question 87

enamored

Answer 87

ADJ. /爱情的；坠入爱河的/in love. Narcissus became enamored of his own beauty.

Question 88

encipher

Answer 88

V. /编码/encode; convert a message into code. One of Bond’s first lessons was how to encipher the messages he sent to Miss Moneypenny so that none of his other lady friends could decipher them.

Question 89

enclave

Answer 89

N. /飞地/territory enclosed within an alien land. The Vati?can is an independent enclave in Italy.

Question 90

encomium

Answer 90

N. /赞美之词/high praise; eulogy. Uneasy with the encomiums expressed by his supporters, Tolkien felt unworthy of such high praise.

Question 91

encompass

Answer 91

V. /包围/surround. Although we were encompassed by enemy forces, we were cheerful for we were well stocked and could withstand a siege until our allies joined us.

Question 92

encroachment

Answer 92

N. /侵蚀；”和平演变”/gradual intrusion. The encroachment of the factories upon the neighborhood lowered the value of the real estate.

Question 93

encumber

Answer 93

V. /拖累，负担/burden. Some people encumber themselves with too much luggage when they take short trips.

Question 94

endearment

Answer 94

N. /爱慕；爱的表示/fond statement. Your gifts and endear?ments cannot make me forget your earlier insolence.

Question 95

endemic

Answer 95

ADJ. /地方的；小范围内流行/prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country. This disease is endemic in this part of the world; more than 80 percent of the popula?tion are at one time or another affected by it.

Question 96

endorse

Answer 96

V. /认可，默许；支持/approve; support. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for the city council the mayor would endorse. (secondary meaning) endorsement, N.

Question 97

enduring

Answer 97

ADJ. /持久的；不朽的/lasting; surviving. Keats believed in the enduring power of great art, which would outlast its cre?ators’ brief lives.

Question 98

energize

Answer 98

V. /鼓舞/invigorate; make forceful and active. Rather than exhausting Maggie, dancing energized her.

Question 99

enervate

Answer 99

V. /使变弱/weaken. She was slow to recover from her ill?ness; even a short walk to the window would enervate her.

Question 100

enfranchise

Answer 100

V. /赋予公民权（投票权）/to admit to the rights of citizenship (espe?cially the right to vote). Although Blacks were enfranchised shortly after the Civil War, women did not receive the right to vote until 1920.

Question 101

engage

Answer 101

V. /吸引；雇佣；答应；结合；订婚/attract; hire; pledge oneself; confront. “Your case has engaged my interest, my lord,” said Holmes. “You may engage my services.”

Question 102

engaging

Answer 102

ADJ. /有魅力的，有吸引力的/charming; attractive. Everyone liked Nancy’s pleasant manners and engaging personality.

Question 103

engender

Answer 103

V. /产生，导致/cause; produce. To receive praise for real accomplishments engenders self-confidence in a child.

Question 104

engross

Answer 104

V. /独占/occupy fully. John was so engrossed in his studies that he did not hear his mother call.

Question 105

enhance

Answer 105

V. /增加；改进/increase; improve. You can enhance your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well; an excellent essay can enhance any application.

Question 106

enigma

Answer 106

N. /谜/puzzle; mystery. “What do women want?” asked Dr. Sigmund Freud. Their behavior was an enigma to him.

Question 107

enigmatic

Answer 107

ADJ. /朦胧的；谜一样的/obscure; puzzling. Many have sought to fathom the enigmatic smile of the Mona Lisa.

Question 108

enmity

Answer 108

N. /憎恨；仇恨/ill will; hatred. At Camp David, President Carter labored to bring an end to the enmity that prevented the peaceful coexistence of Egypt and Israel.

Question 109

ennui

Answer 109

N. /厌倦/boredom. The monotonous routine of hospital life induced a feeling of ennui that made him moody and irritable.

Question 110

enormity

Answer 110

N. /巨大的，严重的，极恶劣/hugeness (in a bad sense). He did not realize the enormity of his crime until he saw what suffering he had caused.

Question 111

enrapture

Answer 111

V. /使其狂喜/please intensely. The audience was enrap?tured by the freshness of the voices and the excellent orchestration.

Question 112

ensconce

Answer 112

V. /安排妥当/settle comfortably. Now that their children were ensconced safely in the private school, the jet-setting parents decided to leave for Europe.

Question 113

ensemble

Answer 113

N. /全体；歌舞团；套装/group of (supporting) players; organic unity; costume. As a dancer with the Oakland Ballet, Benjamin enjoyed being part of the ensemble. Having acted with one another for well over a decade, the cast members have developed a true sense of ensemble: They work together seamlessly. Mitzi wore a charming two-piece ensemble designed by Donna Karan.

Question 114

entail

Answer 114

V. /要求，需要；牵涉到/require; necessitate; involve. Building a college?level vocabulary will entail some work on your part.

Question 115

enterprising

Answer 115

ADJ. /有魄力/full of initiative. By coming up with fresh ways to market the company’s products, Mike proved him?self to be an enterprising businessman.

Question 116

enthrall

Answer 116

V. /俘获/capture; enslave. From the moment he saw her picture, he was enthralled by her beauty.

Question 117

entice

Answer 117

V. /吸引；引诱/lure; attract; tempt. She always tried to entice her baby brother into mischief.

Question 118

entitlement

Answer 118

N. /权利/right to claim something; right to benefits. While Bill was entitled to use a company car while he worked for the firm, the company’s lawyers questioned his entitlement to the vehicle once he’d quit his job.

Question 119

entity

Answer 119

N. /实体/real being. As soon as the Charter was adopted, the United Nations became an entity and had to be consid?ered as a factor in world diplomacy.

Question 120

entomology

Answer 120

N. /昆虫学/study of insects. Kent found entomology the most annoying part of his biology course; studying insects bugged him.

Question 121

entourage

Answer 121

N. /随从，随行人员/group of attendants; retinue. Surrounded by the members of his entourage, the mayor hurried into city hall, shouting a brusque “No comment!” to the reporters lin?ing the steps.

Question 122

entrance

Answer 122

V. /使其着迷；使其神志恍惚/put under a spell; carry away with emotion. Shafts of sunlight on a wall could entrance her and leave her spellbound.

Question 123

entreat

Answer 123

V. /恳求/plead; ask earnestly. She entreated her father to let her stay out till midnight.

Question 124

entrepreneur

Answer 124

N. /商人，企业家，承包人/businessman; contractor. Opponents of our present tax program argue that it discourages entrepre?neurs from trying new fields of business activity.

Question 125

enumerate

Answer 125

V. /枚举/list; mention one by one. Huck hung his head in shame as Miss Watson enumerated his many flaws.

Question 126

enunciate

Answer 126

V. /阐明/speak distinctly. Stop mumbling! How will people understand you if you do not enunciate?

Question 127

eon

Answer 127

N. /时代/long period of time; an age. It has taken eons for our civilization to develop.

Question 128

ephemeral

Answer 128

ADJ. /朝生暮死，短暂，短命/short-lived; fleeting. The mayfly is an ephemeral creature: its adult life lasts little more than a day.

Question 129

epic

Answer 129

N. /史诗；剧作/long heroic poem, or similar work of art. Kuro?sawa’s film Seven Samurai is an epic portraying the strug?gle of seven warriors to destroy a band of robbers. alsoADJ.

Question 130

epicure

Answer 130

N. /老饕；享乐主义者/connoisseur of food and drink. Epicures fre?quent this restaurant because it features exotic wines and dishes. epicurean,ADJ.

Question 131

epigram

Answer 131

N. /警句；讽刺民谣/witty thought or saying, usually short. Poor Richard’s epigrams made Benjamin Franklin famous.

Question 132

epilogue

Answer 132

N. /尾声；收场白/short speech at conclusion of dramatic work. The audience was so disappointed in the play that many did not remain to hear the epilogue.

Question 133

episodic

Answer 133

ADJ. /插曲式的/loosely connected; divided into incidents. Though he tried to follow the plot of Gravity’s Rainbow, John found the novel too episodic; he enjoyed individual pas?sages, but had trouble following the work as a whole.

Question 134

epistolary

Answer 134

ADJ. /书信的/consisting of letters. Mark Harris’s Wake Up, Stupid! is a modern epistolary novel that uses letters, telegrams, and newspaper clippings to tell the hero’s story. The movie You’ve Got Mail tells a story using e-mail; does that make it an e-pistolary movie? epistle, N.

Question 135

epitaph

Answer 135

N. /墓志铭，挽联/inscription in memory of a dead person. In his will, he dictated the epitaph he wanted placed on his tomb?stone.

Question 136

epithet

Answer 136

N. /绰号/word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing. So many kings of France were named Charles that you could tell them apart only by their epithets: Charles the Wise was someone far different from Charles the Fat.

Question 137

epitome

Answer 137

N. /典型，摘要/perfect example or embodiment. Singing “I am the very model of a modern Major-General,” in The Pirates of Penzance, Major-General Stanley proclaimed himself the epitome of an officer and a gentleman.

Question 138

epoch

Answer 138

N. /时代/period of time. The glacial epoch lasted for thou?sands of years.

Question 139

equable

Answer 139

ADJ. /平静的，均衡的，稳定的/tranquil; steady; uniform. After the hot sum?mers and cold winters of New England, he found the cli?mate of the West Indies equable and pleasant.

Question 140

equanimity

Answer 140

N. /镇定/calmness of temperament; composure. Even the inevitable strains of caring for an ailing mother did not disturb Bea’s equanimity.

Question 141

equestrian

Answer 141

N. /骑师/rider on horseback. These paths in the park are reserved for equestrians and their steeds. alsoADJ.

Question 142

equilibrium

Answer 142

N. /平衡/balance. After the divorce, he needed some time to regain his equilibrium.

Question 143

equine

Answer 143

ADJ. /似马的/resembling a horse. His long, bony face had an equine look to it.

Question 144

equinox

Answer 144

N. /昼夜平分点，春分，秋分/period of equal days and nights; the beginning of Spring and Autumn. The vernal equinox is usually marked by heavy rainstorms.

Question 145

equitable

Answer 145

ADJ. /公平的，公允的/fair; impartial. I am seeking an equitable solution to this dispute, one that will be fair and acceptable to both sides.

Question 146

equity

Answer 146

N. /公平，公正/fairness; justice. Our courts guarantee equity to all.

Question 147

equivocal

Answer 147

ADJ. /蓄意误导；含混，模棱两可/ambiguous; intentionally misleading. Rejecting the candidate’s equivocal comments on tax reform, the reporters pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue. equivocate,V.

Question 148

equivocate

Answer 148

V. /撒谎；误导/lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth. The audience saw through his attempts to equivocate on the subject under discussion and ridiculed his remarks.

Question 149

erode

Answer 149

V. /侵蚀/eat away. The limestone was eroded by the drip?ping water until only a thin shell remained. erosion, N.

Question 150

erotic

Answer 150

ADJ. /激情的/pertaining to passionate love. The erotic pas?sages in this novel should be removed as they are merely pornographic.

Question 151

erratic

Answer 151

ADJ. /奇怪的；不可预测的/odd; unpredictable. Investors become anxious when the stock market appears erratic.

Question 152

erroneous

Answer 152

ADJ. /错误/mistaken; wrong. I thought my answer was correct, but it was erroneous.

Question 153

erudite

Answer 153

ADJ. /博学的/learned; scholarly. Though his fellow students thought him erudite, Paul knew he would have to spend many years in serious study before he could consider him?self a scholar.

Question 154

escapade

Answer 154

N. /胡闹；奇怪、出格的行为/prank; flighty conduct. The headmaster could not regard this latest escapade as a boyish joke and expelled the young man.

Question 155

escapism

Answer 155

N. /逃避现实，纸醉金迷/avoiding reality by diverting oneself with amusements. Before you criticize her constant reading as mere escapism, note how greatly her vocabulary has improved since she began spending her days buried in books.

Question 156

eschew

Answer 156

V. /避免/avoid. Hoping to present himself to his girlfriend as a totally reformed character, he tried to eschew all the vices, especially chewing tobacco and drinking bathtub gin.

Question 157

esoteric

Answer 157

ADJ. /难以理解的，深奥的/hard to understand; known only to the cho?sen few. The New Yorker short stories often include esoteric allusions to obscure people and events: the implication is, if you are in the in-crowd, you’ll get the reference; if you come from Cleveland, you won’t.

Question 158

espionage

Answer 158

N. /间谍行为/Spying. In order to maintain its power, the government developed a system of espionage that pene?trated every household.

Question 159

espouse

Answer 159

V. /接受，支持/adopt; support. She was always ready to espouse a worthy cause.

Question 160

esteem

Answer 160

V. /尊重；估价/respect; value. Jill esteemed Jack’s taste in music, but she deplored his taste in clothes.

Question 161

estranged

Answer 161

ADJ. /分离的；孤立的/separated; alienated. The estranged wife sought a divorce. estrangement, N.

Question 162

ethereal

Answer 162

ADJ. /轻的，空气的；像天堂的/light; heavenly; unusually refined. In Shake?speare’s The Tempest, the spirit Ariel is an ethereal crea?ture, too airy and unearthly for our mortal world.

Question 163

ethnic

Answer 163

ADJ. /种族的/relating to races. Intolerance between ethnic groups is deplorable and usually is based on lack of infor?mation.

Question 164

ethos

Answer 164

N. /社会精神特质，思潮，风气；气质/underlying character of a culture, group, etc. Seeing how tenderly ordinary Spaniards treated her small daughter made author Barbara Kingsolver aware of how greatly children were valued in the Spanish ethos.

Question 165

etymology

Answer 165

N. /语源学/study of word parts. A knowledge of etymol?ogy can help you on many English tests: if you know what the roots and prefixes mean, you can determine the mean?ings of unfamiliar words.

Question 166

eulogy

Answer 166

N. /颂词；赞美词/expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone’s death. Instead of delivering a spoken eulogy at Genny’s memorial service, Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.

Question 167

euphemism

Answer 167

N. /委婉的表达/mild expression in place of an unpleasant one. The expression “he passed away” is a euphemism for “he died.”

Question 168

euphonious

Answer 168

ADJ. /悦耳的/pleasing in sound. Euphonious even when spoken, the Italian language is particularly pleasing to the ear when sung. euphony. N.

Question 169

euphoria

Answer 169

N. /非常愉快；病态的愉快，愉悦症/feeling of great happiness and well-being (sometimes exaggerated). Delighted with her SAT scores, sure that the university would accept her, Allison was filled with euphoria. euphoric,ADJ.

Question 170

evanescent

Answer 170

ADJ. /消散的；凋零的/fleeting; vanishing. Brandon’s satisfaction in his new job was evanescent, for he immediately began to notice its many drawbacks. evanescence, N.

Question 171

evasive

Answer 171

ADJ. /逃避的/not frank; eluding. Your evasive answers con?vinced the judge that you were withholding important evi?dence. evade,V.

Question 172

evenhanded

Answer 172

ADJ. /公平的/impartial; fair. Do men and women receive evenhanded treatment from their teachers, or, as recent studies suggest, do teachers pay more attention to male students than to females?

Question 173

evince

Answer 173

V. /表示/show clearly. When he tried to answer the ques?tions, he evinced his ignorance of the subject matter.

Question 174

evocative

Answer 174

ADJ. /唤起的/tending to call up (emotions, memories). Scent can be remarkably evocative: the aroma of pipe tobacco evokes the memory of my father; a whiff of talcum powder calls up images of my daughter as a child.

Question 175

ewe

Answer 175

N. /母羊/female sheep. The flock of sheep was made up of dozens of ewes, together with only a handful of rams.

Question 176

exacerbate

Answer 176

V. /恶化，加剧/worsen; embitter. The latest bombing exac?erbated England’s already existing bitterness against the IRA, causing the prime minister to break off the peace talks abruptly.

Question 177

exacting

Answer 177

ADJ. /苛刻的/extremely demanding. Cleaning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was an exacting task, one that demanded extremely meticulous care on the part of the restorers. exaction, N.

Question 178

exalt

Answer 178

V. /晋升；赞扬/raise in rank or dignity; praise. The actor Alec Guinness was exalted to the rank of knighthood by the queen.

Question 179

exasperate

Answer 179

V. /激怒/vex. Johnny often exasperates his mother with his pranks.

Question 180

exceptionable

Answer 180

ADJ. /不可的，可反对的/objectionable. Do you find the punk rock band Green Day a highly exceptionable, thoroughly distasteful group, or do you think they are exceptionally tal?ented performers?

Question 181

excerpt

Answer 181

N. /摘抄，摘录/selected passage (written or musical). The cin?ematic equivalent of an excerpt from a novel is a clip from a film. alsoV.

Question 182

excise

Answer 182

V. /去除/cut away; cut out. When you excise the dead and dying limbs of a tree, you not only improve its appear?ance but also enhance its chances of bearing fruit. exci?sion. N.

Question 183

exclaim

Answer 183

V. /呼喊，大叫/cry out suddenly. “Watson! Behind you!” Holmes exclaimed, seeing the assassin hurl himself on his friend.

Question 184

excoriate

Answer 184

V. /责难，挖苦，批判；揭露/scold with biting harshness; strip the skin off. Seeing the holes in Bill’s new pants, his mother furiously excoriated him for ruining his good clothes. The tight, starched collar chafed and excoriated his neck, rubbing it raw.

Question 185

exculpate

Answer 185

V. /开脱，洗脱/clear from blame. He was exculpated of the crime when the real criminal confessed.

Question 186

execrable

Answer 186

ADJ. /非常糟糕的/very bad. The anecdote was in such exe?crable taste that it revolted the audience.

Question 187

execute

Answer 187

V. /执行，完成/put into effect; carry out. The choreographer wanted to see how well she could execute a pirouette. (sec?ondary meaning) execution, N.

Question 188

exegesis

Answer 188

N. /解释，注解，通译/explanation; interpretation, especially of a bib?lical text. The minister based her sermon on her exegesis of a difficult passage from the book of Job. exegetical,ADJ.

Question 189

exemplary

Answer 189

ADJ. /出色的；典范的；（杀鸡儆猴的）例子/serving as a model; outstanding. At com?mencement the dean praised Ellen for her exemplary behavior as class president.

Question 190

exemplify

Answer 190

V. /作为典型；具体化/serve as an example of; embody. For a gen?eration of balletgoers, Rudolf Nureyev exemplified the ideal of masculine grace.

Question 191

exempt

Answer 191

ADJ. /被免除的/not subject to a duty, obligation. Because of his flat feet, Foster was exempt from serving in the armed forces. alsoV.

Question 192

exertion

Answer 192

N. /努力，尽力/effort; expenditure of much physical work. The exertion spent in unscrewing the rusty bolt left her exhausted.

Question 193

exhaustive

Answer 193

ADJ. /彻底的，完全的/thorough; comprehensive. We have made an exhaustive study of all published SAT tests and are happy to share our research with you.

Question 194

exhilarating

Answer 194

ADJ. /爽快的，使人愉快的/invigorating and refreshing; cheering. Though some of the hikers found tramping through the snow tiring, Jeffrey found the walk on the cold, crisp day exhilarating.

Question 195

exhort

Answer 195

V. /劝诫，忠告/urge. The evangelist exhorted all the sinners in his audience to reform. exhortation, N.

Question 196

exhume

Answer 196

V. /出土，发掘/dig out of the ground; remove from the grave. Could evidence that might identify the serial killer have been buried with his victim? To answer this question, the police asked the authorities for permission to exhume the victim’s body.

Question 197

exigency

Answer 197

N. /紧急情况/urgent situation. In this exigency, we must look for aid from our allies.

Question 198

exodus

Answer 198

N. /离开，启程/departure. The exodus from the hot and stuffy city was particularly noticeable on Friday evenings.

Question 199

exonerate

Answer 199

V. /开脱，免罪/acquit; exculpate. The defense team fever?ishly sought fresh evidence that might exonerate their client.

Question 200

exorbitant

Answer 200

ADJ. /过度的/excessive. The people grumbled at his exor?bitant prices but paid them because he had a monopoly.

Question 201

exorcise

Answer 201

V. /驱邪/drive out evil spirits. By incantation and prayer, the medicine man sought to exorcise the evil spirits which had taken possession of the young warrior.

Question 202

exotic

Answer 202

ADJ. /陌生的，外来的，奇异的，异国情调/not native; strange. Because of his exotic headdress, he was followed in the streets by small children who laughed at his strange appearance.

Question 203

expansive

Answer 203

ADJ. /扩张的；爽快的；广阔的/outgoing and sociable; broad and exten?sive; able to increase in size. Mr. Fezziwig was in an expan?sive humor, cheerfully urging his guests to join in the Christmas feast. Looking down on his expansive paunch, he sighed: if his belly expanded any further, he’d need an expansive waistline for his pants.

Question 204

expatriate

Answer 204

N. /放逐；被放逐者/exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land. Henry James was an American expatriate who settled in England.

Question 205

expedient

Answer 205

ADJ. /合适的，有利的；策略性的/suitable; practical; politic. A pragmatic politician, he was guided by what was expedient rather than by what was ethical. expediency, N.

Question 206

expedite

Answer 206

V. /加速，催促/hasten. Because we are on a tight schedule, we hope you will be able to expedite the delivery of our order. The more expeditious your response is, the happier we’ll be.

Question 207

expenditure

Answer 207

N. /支出，花费/payment or expense; output. When you are operating on an expense account, you must keep receipts for all your expenditures. If you don’t save your receipts, you won’t get repaid without the expenditure of a lot of energy arguing with the firm’s accountants.

Question 208

expertise

Answer 208

N. /专业知识，技能/specialized knowledge; expert skill. Although she was knowledgeable in a number of fields, she was hired for her particular expertise in computer programming.

Question 209

expiate

Answer 209

V. /赎罪/make amends for (a sin). He tried to expiate his crimes by a full confession to the authorities.

Question 210

expletive

Answer 210

N. /感叹词；咒骂/interjection; profane oath. The sergeant’s remarks were filled with expletives that offended the new recruits.

Question 211

explicate

Answer 211

V. /解释，澄清/explain; interpret; clarify. Harry Levin expli?cated James Joyce’s often bewildering novels with such clarity that even Finnegan’s Wake seemed comprehensible to his students.

Question 212

explicit

Answer 212

ADJ. /清晰的；坦率的/totally clear; definite; outspoken. Don’t just hint around that you’re dissatisfied: be explicit about what’s bugging you.

Question 213

exploit

Answer 213

N. /壮举/deed or action, particularly a brave deed. Raoul Wallenberg was noted for his exploits in rescuing Jews from Hitler’s forces.

Question 214

exploit

Answer 214

V. /开发，开拓/make use of, sometimes unjustly. Cesar Chavez fought attempts to exploit migrant farmworkers in California. exploitation, N. exploitative,ADJ.

Question 215

expository

Answer 215

ADJ. /解释性的/explanatory; serving to explain. The man?ual that came with my VCR was no masterpiece of exposi?tory prose: its explanations were so garbled that I couldn’t even figure out how to rewind a tape. exposition, N.

Question 216

exposure

Answer 216

N. /曝光，揭露；暴露（于疾病、恶劣的环境等）的状态/risk, particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements; unmasking; act of laying something open. Exposure to sun and wind had dried out her hair and weathered her face. She looked so changed that she no longer feared exposure as the notorious Irene Adler, one?time antagonist of Sherlock Holmes.

Question 217

expropriate

Answer 217

V. /没收，剥夺，征用/take possession of. He questioned the gov?ernment’s right to expropriate his land to create a wildlife preserve.

Question 218

expunge

Answer 218

V. /取消，去除，排除/cancel; remove. If you behave, I will expunge this notation from your record.

Question 219

expurgate

Answer 219

V. /清除，净化/clean; remove offensive parts of a book. The editors felt that certain passages in the book had to be expurgated before it could be used in the classroom.

Question 220

extant

Answer 220

ADJ. /现存的/still in existence. Although the book is out of print, some copies are still extant. Unfortunately, all of them are in libraries or private collections; none are for sale.

Question 221

extent

Answer 221

N. /范围；程度/degree; magnitude; scope. What is the extentof the patient’s injuries? If they are not too extensive, we can treat him on an outpatient basis.

Question 222

extenuate

Answer 222

V. /弱化；减轻/weaken; mitigate. It is easier for us to extenu?ate our own shortcomings than those of others.

Question 223

extol

Answer 223

V. /赞美/praise; glorify. The president extolled the astro?nauts, calling them the pioneers of the Space Age.

Question 224

extort

Answer 224

V. /敲诈，勒索/wring from; get money by threats, etc. The black?mailer extorted money from his victim.

Question 225

extradition

Answer 225

N. /引渡/surrender of prisoner by one state to another. The lawyers opposed the extradition of their client on the grounds that for more than five years he had been a model citizen.

Question 226

extraneous

Answer 226

ADJ. /肤浅的，不重要的/not essential; superfluous. No wonder Ted can’t think straight! His mind is so cluttered up with extraneous trivia, he can’t concentrate on the essentials.

Question 227

extrapolation

Answer 227

N. /推测，推断/projection; conjecture. Based on their extrapolation from the results of the primaries on Super Tuesday, the networks predicted that Bob Dole would be the Republican candidate for the presidency. extrapolate,V.

Question 228

extricate

Answer 228

V. /解脱，放出，释放/free; disentangle. Icebreakers were needed to extricate the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.

Question 229

extrinsic

Answer 229

ADJ. /外围的，不重要的；外来的/external; not essential; extraneous. A criti?cally acclaimed extrinsic feature of the Chrysler Building is its ornate spire. The judge would not admit the testimony, ruling that it was extrinsic to the matter at hand.

Question 230

extrovert

Answer 230

N. /性格外向的人/person interested mostly in external objects and actions. A good salesman is usually an extrovert, who likes to mingle with people.

Question 231

extrude

Answer 231

V. /挤压，逼/force or push out. Much pressure is required to extrude these plastics.

Question 232

exuberance

Answer 232

N. /富得流油的；精力充沛；浪费，过度/overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness. I was bowled over by the exuber?ance of Amy’s welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!

Question 233

exude

Answer 233

V. /卸下，流出/discharge; give forth. We get maple syrup from the sap that exudes from the trees in early spring. exudation, N.

Question 234

exult

Answer 234

V. /高兴，兴高采烈/rejoice. We exulted when our team won the victory.

Question 235

fabricate

Answer 235

V. /制造；编造（谎言）/build; lie. If we fabricate the buildings in this project out of standardized sections, we can reduce construction costs considerably. Because of Jack’s tendency to fabricate, Jill had trouble believing a word he said.

Question 236

facade

Answer 236

N. /正面的；表面的，肤浅的/front (of building); superficial or false appearance. The ornate facade of the church was often photographed by tourists, who never bothered to walk around the building to view its other sides. Susan seemed super-confident, but that was just a facade she put on to hide her insecurity.

Question 237

facet

Answer 237

N. /（宝石的）琢面；方面/small plane surface (of a gem); a side. The stone?cutter decided to improve the rough diamond by providing it with several facets.

Question 238

facetious

Answer 238

ADJ. /不合时宜的玩笑；幽默/joking (often inappropriately); humorous. I’m serious about this project; I don’t need any facetious, smart?alecky cracks about do-gooder little rich girls.

Question 239

facile

Answer 239

ADJ. /充足的；容易完成的；肤浅的/easily accomplished; ready or fluent; superfi?cial. Words came easily to Jonathan: he was a facile speaker and prided himself on being ready to make a speech at a moment’s notice.

Question 240

facilitate

Answer 240

V. /促进；帮助；使变容易/help bring about; make less difficult. Rest and proper nourishment should facilitate the patient’s recovery.

Question 241

facsimile

Answer 241

N. /复制品/COPY. Many museums sell facsimiles of the works of art on display.

Question 242

faction

Answer 242

N. /派别；内讧；纠纷/party; clique; dissension. The quarrels and bick?ering of the two small factions within the club disturbed the majority of the members.

Question 243

faculty

Answer 243

N. /才能，教职员工/mental or bodily powers; teaching staff. As he grew old, Professor Twiggly feared he might lose his facul?ties and become unfit to teach. However, he had tenure: whether or not he was in full possession of his faculties, the school couldn’t kick him off the faculty.

Question 244

fallacious

Answer 244

ADJ. /假的；误导的/false; misleading. Paradoxically, fallacious reasoning does not always yield erroneous results: even though your logic may be faulty, the answer you get may nevertheless be correct. fallacy, N.

Question 245

fallible

Answer 245

ADJ. /容易犯错的/liable to err. I know I am fallible, but I feel con?fident that I am right this time.

Question 246

fallow

Answer 246

ADJ. /休耕地；潜伏的；不活跃的/plowed but not sowed; uncultivated. Farmers have learned that it is advisable to permit land to lie fallow every few years.

Question 247

falter

Answer 247

V. /犹豫；踌躇/hesitate. When told to dive off the high board, she did not falter, but proceeded at once.

Question 248

fanaticism

Answer 248

N. /狂热的，盲目的/excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause. When Islamic fundamentalists demanded the death of Salman Rushdie because his novel questioned their faith, world opinion condemned them for their fanati?cism.

Question 249

fancy

Answer 249

N. /爱好；奇特；想象/notion; whim; inclination. Martin took a fancy to paint his toenails purple. Assuming he would outgrow such fanciful behavior, his parents ignored his fancy feet. alsoADJ.

Question 250

fanfare

Answer 250

N. /号角声/call by bugles or trumpets. The exposition was opened with a fanfare of trumpets and the firing of cannon.

Question 251

farce

Answer 251

N. /闹剧；嘲笑/broad comedy; mockery. Nothing went right; the entire interview degenerated into a farce. farcical,ADJ.

Question 252

fastidious

Answer 252

ADJ. /挑剔的；难伺候的/difficult to please; squeamish. Bobby was such a fastidious eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.

Question 253

fatalism

Answer 253

N. /宿命论/belief that events are determined by forces beyond one’s control. With fatalism, he accepted the hard?ships that beset him. fatalistic,ADJ.

Question 254

fathom

Answer 254

V. /领会；调查，测量/comprehend; investigate. I find his motives impossible to fathom; in fact, I’m totally clueless about what goes on in his mind.

Question 255

fatuous

Answer 255

ADJ. /愚蠢的；不可理喻的；不理智的/foolish; inane. He is far too intelligent to utter such fatuous remarks.

Question 256

fauna

Answer 256

N. /动物志/animals of a period or region. The scientist could visualize the fauna of the period by examining the skeletal remains and the fossils.

Question 257

fawning

Answer 257

ADJ. /奉承/courting favor by cringing and flattering. She was constantly surrounded by a group of fawning admirers who hoped to win some favor. fawn,V.

Question 258

faze

Answer 258

V. /折磨，打击/disconcert; dismay. No crisis could faze the resourceful hotel manager.

Question 259

feasible

Answer 259

ADJ. /可行的/practical. Is it feasible to build a new stadium for the Yankees on New York’s West Side? Without addi?tional funding, the project is clearly unrealistic.

Question 260

fecundity

Answer 260

N. /丰饶/fertility; fruitfulness. The fecundity of his mind is illustrated by the many vivid images in his poems.

Question 261

feign

Answer 261

V. /假装；捏造/pretend. Lady Macbeth feigned illness although she was actually healthy.

Question 262

feint

Answer 262

N. /假的，淡的，不鲜明的；佯攻/trick; shift; sham blow. The boxer was fooled by his opponent’s feint and dropped his guard. alsoV.

Question 263

felicitous

Answer 263

ADJ. /措辞巧妙的；精巧的/apt; suitably expressed; well chosen. He was famous for his felicitous remarks and was called upon to serve as master-of-ceremonies at many a banquet. felicity, N.

Question 264

felicity

Answer 264

N. /欢乐；适当/happiness; appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.). She wrote a note to the newlyweds wishing them great felicity in their wedded life.

Question 265

fell

Answer 265

ADJ. /凶猛的，致命的/cruel; deadly. The newspapers told of the tragic spread of the fell disease.

Question 266

fell

Answer 266

V. /放倒，打倒/cut or knock down; bring down (with a missile). Cry?ing “Timber!” Paul Bunyan felled the mighty redwood tree. Robin Hood loosed his arrow and felled the king’s deer.

Question 267

felon

Answer 267

N. /重罪犯/person convicted of a grave crime. A convicted felon loses the right to vote.

Question 268

feral

Answer 268

ADJ. /野生的，未驯服的/not domestic; wild. Abandoned by their owners, dogs may revert to their feral state, roaming the woods in packs.

Question 269

ferment

Answer 269

N. /激怒；挑起骚动、暴乱/agitation; commotion. With the breakup of the Soviet Union, much of Eastern Europe was in a state of fer?ment.

Question 270

ferret

Answer 270

V. /侦查；搜出；赶出/drive or hunt out of hiding. She ferreted out their secret.

Question 271

fervent

Answer 271

ADJ. /炙热的/ardent; hot. She felt that the fervent praise was excessive and somewhat undeserved.

Question 272

fervid

Answer 272

ADJ. /炙热的/ardent. Her fervid enthusiasm inspired all of us to undertake the dangerous mission.

Question 273

fervor

Answer 273

N. /热情；激情/glowing ardor; intensity of feeling. At the protest rally, the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal fervor.

Question 274

fester

Answer 274

V. /使溃烂，化脓/rankle; produce irritation or resentment. Joe’s insult festered in Anne’s mind for days, and made her too angry to speak to him.

Question 275

festive

Answer 275

ADJ. /欢乐；庆祝/joyous; celebratory. Their wedding in the park was a festive occasion.

Question 276

fetid

Answer 276

ADJ. /恶臭的/malodorous. The neglected wound became fetid.

Question 277

fetter

Answer 277

V. /羁绊/shackle. The prisoner was fettered to the wall.

Question 278

fiasco

Answer 278

N. /彻底失败/total failure. Our ambitious venture ended in a fiasco and we were forced to flee.

Question 279

fickle

Answer 279

ADJ. /变化无常的；薄情的/changeable; faithless. As soon as Romeo saw Juliet, he forgot all about his old girlfriend Rosaline. Was Romeo fickle?

Question 280

fictitious

Answer 280

ADJ. /想象的/imaginary. Although this book purports to be a biography of George Washington, many of the incidents are fictitious.

Question 281

fidelity

Answer 281

N. /忠诚/loyalty. A dog’s fidelity to its owner is one of the reasons why that animal is a favorite household pet.

Question 282

figment

Answer 282

N. /发明；臆造的事务/invention; imaginary thing. That incident never took place; it is a figment of your imagination.

Question 283

figurative

Answer 283

ADJ. /比喻/not literal, but metaphorical; using a figure of speech. “To lose one’s marbles” is a figurative expres?sion; if you’re told that Jack has lost his marbles, no one expects you to rush out to buy him a replacement set.

Question 284

figurine

Answer 284

N. /小雕像/small ornamental statuette. In The Maltese Fal?con, Sam Spade was hired to trace the missing figurine of a black bird.

Question 285

filament

Answer 285

N. /灯丝；精细的织物或线/fine thread or fiber; threadlike structure within a light bulb. A ray of sunlight illuminated the filaments of the spider web, turning the web into a net of gold.

Question 286

filch

Answer 286

V. /偷/steal. The boys filched apples from the fruit stand.

Question 287

filial

Answer 287

ADJ. /子女的/pertaining to a son or daughter. Many children forget their filial obligations and disregard the wishes of their parents.

Question 288

filibuster

Answer 288

V. /（发表长篇演讲来）阻挠法案通过/to block legislation by making long speeches. Even though we disapproved of Senator Foghorn’s political goals, we were impressed by his ability to filibuster end?lessly to keep an issue from coming to a vote.

Question 289

finale

Answer 289

N. /结论，结尾，结局/conclusion. It is not until we reach the finale of this play that we can understand the author’s message.

Question 290

finesse

Answer 290

N. /精密的技巧/delicate skill. The finesse and adroitness with which the surgeon wielded her scalpel impressed all the observers in the operating room.

Question 291

finicky

Answer 291

ADJ. /过分讲究；鸡毛蒜皮/too particular; fussy. The little girl was finicky about her food, leaving over anything that wasn’t to her taste.

Question 292

firebrand

Answer 292

N. /总惹麻烦的人，惹事生非者，捣乱人/hothead: troublemaker. The police tried to keep track of all the local firebrands when the President came to town.

Question 293

fissure

Answer 293

N. /裂缝；分歧/crevice. The mountain climbers secured footholds in tiny fissures in the rock.

Question 294

fitful

Answer 294

ADJ. /断断续续；间歇/spasmodic; intermittent. After several fitful attempts, he decided to postpone the start of the project until he felt more energetic.

Question 295

flabbergasted

Answer 295

ADJ. /大吃一惊；目瞪口呆/astounded; astonished; overcome with surprise. In the film Flubber, the hero invents a remarkable substance whose amazing properties leave his coworkers flabbergasted. flabbergast,V.

Question 296

flaccid

Answer 296

ADJ. /软弱的；无活力的/flabby. His sedentary life had left him with flac?cid muscles.

Question 297

flag

Answer 297

V. /萎缩；衰退/droop; grow feeble. When the opposing hockey team scored its third goal only minutes into the first quarter, the home team’s spirits flagged. flagging,ADJ.

Question 298

flagrant

Answer 298

ADJ. /非常坏的；残忍的；恶名昭著的/conspicuously wicked; blatant; outrageous. The governor’s appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a flagrant violation of the state laws against nepotism (favoritism based on kinship).

Question 299

flair

Answer 299

N. /才能/talent. She has an uncanny flair for discovering new artists before the public has become aware of their existence.

Question 300

flamboyant

Answer 300

ADJ. /华丽的/ornate. Modern architecture has dis?carded the flamboyant trimming on buildings and empha?sizes simplicity of line.

Question 301

flaunt

Answer 301

V. /招摇；炫耀/display ostentatiously. Mae West saw nothing wrong with showing off her considerable physical charms, saying, “Honey, if you’ve got it, flaunt it!”

Question 302

fleck

Answer 302

V. /使起斑点/spot. Her cheeks, flecked with tears, were testi?mony to the hours of weeping.

Question 303

fledgling

Answer 303

ADJ. /无经验的/inexperienced. While it is necessary to pro?vide these fledgling poets with an opportunity to present their work, it is not essential that we admire everything they write. also N.

Question 304

fleece

Answer 304

N. /羊毛外套/wool coat of a sheep. They shear sheep of their fleece, which they then comb into separate strands of wool.

Question 305

fleece

Answer 305

V. /抢劫；诈骗/rob; plunder. The tricksters fleeced him of his inheritance.

Question 306

flick

Answer 306

N. /轻弹；轻打/light stroke as with a whip. The horse needed no encouragement; one flick of the whip was all the jockey had to apply to get the animal to run at top speed.

Question 307

flinch

Answer 307

V. /畏首畏尾，退缩；犹豫/hesitate, shrink. He did not flinch in the face of danger but fought back bravely.

Question 308

flippant

Answer 308

ADJ. /轻率的，没礼貌的，嬉皮笑脸的/lacking proper seriousness. When Mark told Mona he loved her, she dismissed his earnest declaration with a flippant “Oh, you say that to all the girls!” flippancy, N.

Question 309

flit

Answer 309

V. /掠过/fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by. Like a bee flitting from flower to flower, Rose flitted from one boyfriend to the next.

Question 310

floe

Answer 310

N. /浮殡冰块；大浮冰/mass of floating ice. The ship made slow progress as it battered its way through the ice floes.

Question 311

flora

Answer 311

N. /植物志/plants of a region or era. Because she was a botanist, she spent most of her time studying the flora of the desert.

Question 312

florid

Answer 312

ADJ. /华丽的；红润的/ruddy; reddish; flowery. If you go to Florida and get a sunburn, your complexion will look florid.

Question 313

flounder

Answer 313

V. /挣扎，辗转；困难地奋斗/struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or falter. Up to his knees in the bog, Floyd floundered about, trying to regain his footing. Bewildered by the new software, Flo floundered until Jan showed her how to get started.

Question 314

flourish

Answer 314

V. /生长；繁荣；装饰/grow well; prosper; decorate with ornaments. The orange trees flourished in the sun.

Question 315

flout

Answer 315

V. /轻视；嘲笑；愚弄/reject; mock. The headstrong youth flouted all authority; he refused to be curbed.

Question 316

fluctuate

Answer 316

V. /波动的；起伏的，摇摆不定的/waver; shift. The water pressure in our shower fluctuates wildly; you start rinsing yourself off with a trickle, and, two minutes later, a blast of water nearly knocks you down.

Question 317

fluency

Answer 317

N. /（语言）流利/smoothness of speech. He spoke French with fluency and ease.

Question 318

fluke

Answer 318

N. /意外；小概率事件/unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune. When Dou- glas defeated Tyson for the heavyweight championship, some sportscasters dismissed his victory as a fluke.

Question 319

fluster

Answer 319

V. /使混乱，使迷惑/confuse. The teacher’s sudden question flus?tered him and he stammered his reply.

Question 320

flux

Answer 320

N. /变迁；流动/flowing; series of changes. While conditions are in such a state of flux, I do not wish to commit myself too deeply in this affair.

Question 321

fodder

Answer 321

N. /粗饲料；饲养/coarse food for cattle, horses, etc. One of Nancy’s chores at the ranch was to put fresh supplies of fodder in the horses’ stalls.

Question 322

foible

Answer 322

N. /缺点；弱点/weakness; slight fault. We can overlook the foibles of our friends; no one is perfect.

Question 323

foil

Answer 323

N. /烘托；衬托/contrast. In Star Wars, dark, evil Darth Vader is a perfect foil for fair-haired, naive Luke Skywalker.

Question 324

foil

Answer 324

V. /打击；打败，挫败/defeat; frustrate. In the end, Skywalker is able to foil Vader’s diabolical schemes.

Question 325

foliage

Answer 325

N. /树叶/masses of leaves. Every autumn before the leaves fell he promised himself he would drive through New England to admire the colorful fall foliage.

Question 326

foment

Answer 326

V. /鼓动，煽动/stir up; instigate. Cheryl’s archenemy Heather spread some nasty rumors that fomented trouble in the club. Do you think Cheryl’s foe meant to foment such discord?

Question 327

foolhardy

Answer 327

ADJ. /愚勇的；傻大胆儿/rash. Don’t be foolhardy. Get the advice of experienced people before undertaking this venture.

Question 328

fop

Answer 328

N. /花花公子；过分注意衣着的男人/dandy; man excessively concerned with his clothes. People who dismissed young Mizrahi as a fop felt chagrined when he turned into one of the top fashion designers of his day. foppish,ADJ.

Question 329

forbearance

Answer 329

N. /耐心/patience. We must use forbearance in dealing with him because he is still weak from his illness.

Question 330

ford

Answer 330

N. /津；浅滩/place where a river can be crossed on foot. Rather than risk using the shaky rope bridge, David walked a half?mile downstream until he came to the nearest ford. alsoV.

Question 331

forebears

Answer 331

N. /前人；祖先/ancestors. Reverence for one’s forebears (sometimes referred to as ancestor worship) plays an important part in many Oriental cultures.

Question 332

foreboding

Answer 332

N. /不详的预感/premonition of evil. Suspecting no conspira?cies against him, Caesar gently ridiculed his wife’s forebod?ings about the Ides of March.

Question 333

forensic

Answer 333

ADJ. /法院的；适于法庭的/suitable to debate or courts of law. In her best forensic manner, the lawyer addressed the jury. foren?SiCS, N.

Question 334

foreshadow

Answer 334

V. /预言；预测/give an indication beforehand; portend; pre?figure. In retrospect, political analysts realized that Yeltsin’s defiance of the attempted coup foreshadowed his emer?gence as the dominant figure of the new Russian republic.

Question 335

foresight

Answer 335

N. /洞察力/ability to foresee future happenings; pru?dence. A wise investor, she had the foresight to buy land just before the current real estate boom.

Question 336

forestall

Answer 336

V. /预防/prevent by taking action in advance. By setting up a prenuptial agreement, the prospective bride and groom hoped to forestall any potential arguments about money in the event of a divorce.

Question 337

forgo

Answer 337

V. /放弃/give up; do without. Determined to lose weight for the summer, Ida decided to forgo dessert until she could fit into a size eight again.

Question 338

forlorn

Answer 338

ADJ. /孤苦的，凄凉的/sad and lonely; wretched. Deserted by her big sisters and her friends, the forlorn child sat sadly on the steps awaiting their return.

Question 339

formality

Answer 339

N. /仪式；礼节/ceremonious quality; something done just for form’s sake. The president received the visiting heads of state with due formality: flags waving, honor guards stand?ing at attention, anthems sounding at full blast. Signing this petition is a mere formality; it does not obligate you in any way.

Question 340

formidable

Answer 340

ADJ. /威胁的，险恶的/menacing; threatening. We must not treat the battle lightly for we are facing a formidable foe.

Question 341

forsake

Answer 341

V. /放弃/desert; abandon; renounce. No one expected Foster to forsake his wife and children and run off with another woman.

Question 342

forswear

Answer 342

V. /放弃/renounce; abandon. The captured knight could escape death only if he agreed to forswear Christian?ity and embrace Islam as the one true faith.

Question 343

forte

Answer 343

N. /强项，特殊才能/strong point or special talent. I am not eager to play this rather serious role, for my forte is comedy.

Question 344

forthright

Answer 344

ADJ. /坦率的；豪爽的/outspoken; straightforward; frank. Never afraid to call a spade a spade, she was perhaps too forth?rightto be a successful party politician.

Question 345

fortitude

Answer 345

N. /勇敢的/bravery; courage. He was awarded the medal for his fortitude in the battle.

Question 346

fortuitous

Answer 346

ADJ. /偶然的/accidental; by chance. Though he pre?tended their encounter was fortuitous, he’d actually been hanging around her usual haunts for the past two weeks, hoping she’d turn up.

Question 347

forum

Answer 347

N. /论坛/place of assembly to discuss public concerns; meeting for discussion. The film opens with a shot of the ancient Forum in Rome, where several senators are dis?cussing the strange new sect known as Christians. At the end of the movie, its director presided over a forum examin?ing new fashions in filmmaking.

Question 348

foster

Answer 348

V. /养育，培养；鼓励/rear; encourage. According to the legend, Romu?lus and Remus were fostered by a she-wolf who raised the abandoned infants with her own cubs. alsoADJ.

Question 349

founder

Answer 349

V. /完全失败；沉默/fail completely; sink. After hitting the sub?merged iceberg, the Titanic started taking in water rapidly and soon foundered.

Question 350

founder

Answer 350

N. /创办人/person who establishes (an organization, busi?ness). Among those drowned when the Titanic sank was the founder of the Abraham & Straus department store.

Question 351

fracas

Answer 351

N. /争吵；混战/brawl, melee. The military police stopped the fra?cas in the bar and arrested the belligerents.

Question 352

fractious

Answer 352

ADJ. /蛮横倔强的/unruly; disobedient; irritable. Bucking and kicking, the fractious horse unseated its rider.

Question 353

frail

Answer 353

ADJ. /弱的/weak. The delicate child seemed too frail to lift the heavy carton. frailty, N.

Question 354

franchise

Answer 354

N. /公民权；营业执照/right granted by authority; right to vote; busi?ness licensed to sell a product in a particular territory. The city issued a franchise to the company to operate surface transit lines on the streets for ninety-nine years. For most of American history women lacked the right to vote: not until the early twentieth century was the franchise granted to women. Stan owns a Carvel’s ice cream franchise in Chinatown.

Question 355

frantic

Answer 355

ADJ. /狂乱/wild. At the time of the collision, many people became frantic with fear.

Question 356

fraternize

Answer 356

V. /友善/associate in a friendly way. After the game, the members of the two teams fraternized as cheerfully as if they had never been rivals.

Question 357

fraudulent

Answer 357

ADJ. /欺骗的/cheating; deceitful. The government seeks to prevent fraudulent and misleading advertising.

Question 358

fraught

Answer 358

ADJ. /满的/filled. Since this enterprise is fraught with danger, I will ask for volunteers who are willing to assume the risks.

Question 359

fray

Answer 359

N. /争吵/brawl. The three musketeers were in the thick of the fray.

Question 360

frenetic

Answer 360

ADJ. /发狂的/frenzied; frantic. His frenetic activities con?vinced us that he had no organized plan of operation.

Question 361

frenzied

Answer 361

ADJ. /狂乱的/madly excited. As soon as they smelled smoke, the frenzied animals milled about in their cages.

Question 362

fresco

Answer 362

N. /壁画/painting on plaster (usually fresh). The cathedral is visited by many tourists who wish to admire the frescoes by Giotto.

Question 363

fret

Answer 363

V. /被激怒/to be annoyed or vexed. To fret over your poor grades is foolish; instead, decide to work harder in the future.

Question 364

friction

Answer 364

N. /摩擦/clash in opinion; rubbing against. At this time when harmony is essential, we cannot afford to have any friction in our group.

Question 365

frigid

Answer 365

ADJ. /刺骨寒/intensely cold. Alaska is in the frigid zone.

Question 366

frivolous

Answer 366

ADJ. /轻佻的；嬉皮笑脸的/lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently care?free; relatively unimportant. Though Nancy enjoyed Bill’s frivolous, lighthearted companionship, she sometimes won?dered whether he could ever be serious. frivolity, N.

Question 367

frolicsome

Answer 367

ADJ. /闹着玩的；嬉戏的/prankish; gay. The frolicsome puppy tried to lick the face of its master.

Question 368

frond

Answer 368

N. /棕榈叶；蕨叶/fern leaf; palm or banana leaf. After the storm the beach was littered with the fronds of palm trees.

Question 369

frugality

Answer 369

N. /俭省节约/thrift; economy. In economically hard times, anyone who doesn’t learn to practice frugality risks bank?ruptcy. frugal,ADJ.

Question 370

fruition

Answer 370

N. /享用；成就；实现/bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization. This building marks the fruition of all our aspirations and years of hard work.

Question 371

frustrate

Answer 371

V. /阻碍；挫败/thwart; defeat. We must frustrate this dictator’s plan to seize control of the government.

Question 372

fugitive

Answer 372

ADJ. /短暂的，易变的；流动的/fleeting or transitory; roving. The film brought a few fugitive images to her mind, but on the whole it made no lasting impression upon her.

Question 373

fulcrum

Answer 373

N. /（杠杆的）支点/support on which a lever rests. If we use this stone as a fulcrum and the crowbar as a lever, we may be able to move this boulder.

Question 374

fulsome

Answer 374

ADJ. /过分的/disgustingly excessive. His fulsome praise of the dictator revolted his listeners.

Question 375

fundamental

Answer 375

V. /基本的，基础的/basic; primary; essential. The committee discussed all sorts of side issues without ever getting down to addressing the fundamental problem.

Question 376

furlough

Answer 376

N. /休假/leave of absence; vacation granted a soldier or civil servant. Dreaming of her loved ones back in the States, the young soldier could hardly wait for her upcom?ing furlough.

Question 377

furor

Answer 377

N. /非常激动/frenzy; great excitement. The story of her embez?zlement of the funds created a furor on the Stock Exchange.

Question 378

furtive

Answer 378

ADJ. /隐秘的；偷偷摸摸，鬼祟/stealthy; sneaky. Noticing the furtive glance the customer gave the diamond bracelet on the counter, the jeweler wondered whether he had a potential shoplifter on his hands.

Question 379

fusion

Answer 379

N. /熔合；熔接/union; coalition. The opponents of the political party in power organized a fusion of disgruntled groups and became an important element in the election.

Question 380

futile

Answer 380

ADJ. /没出息；无望，没效果的/useless; hopeless; ineffectual. It is futile for me to try to get any work done around here while the telephone is ringing every thirty seconds. futility, N.

Question 381

gadfly

Answer 381

N. /牛蝇；招人烦的人/animal-biting fly; an irritating person. Like a gad?fly, he irritated all the guests at the hotel; within forty-eight hours, everyone regarded him as an annoying busybody.

Question 382

gaffe

Answer 382

N. /失态；出丑/social blunder. According to Miss Manners, to call your husband by your lover’s name is worse than a mere gaffe; it is a tactical mistake.

Question 383

gainsay

Answer 383

V. /否认，拒绝/deny. She was too honest to gainsay the truth of the report.

Question 384

gait

Answer 384

N. /步态，步法；速度/manner of walking or running; speed. The lame man walked with an uneven gait.

Question 385

galaxy

Answer 385

N. /星系；一群显赫的人；一系列重要的人或物/large, isolated system of stars, such as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities. Science fiction stories speculate about the possible existence of life in other galaxies. The deaths of such famous actors as John Candy and George Burns tells us that the galaxy of Holly?wood superstars is rapidly disappearing.

Question 386

gale

Answer 386

N. /大风；一阵感情的爆发/windstorm; gust of wind; emotional outburst (laughter, tears). The Weather Channel warned viewers about a rising gale, with winds of up to sixty miles per hour.

Question 387

gall

Answer 387

N. /痛苦；烦恼；恼怒/bitterness; nerve. The knowledge of his failure filled him with gall.

Question 388

gall

Answer 388

V. /惹恼；侮辱/annoy; chafe. Their taunts galled him.

Question 389

galleon

Answer 389

N. /大帆船/large sailing ship. The Spaniards pinned their hopes on the galleon, the large warship; the British, on the smaller and faster pinnace.

Question 390

galvanize

Answer 390

V. /电镀；刺激，激励/stimulate by shock; stir up; revitalize. News that the prince was almost at their door galvanized the ugly stepsisters into a frenzy of combing and primping.

Question 391

gambit

Answer 391

N. /弃子抢先/opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed. The player was afraid to accept his opponent’s gambit because he feared a trap which as yet he could not see. gambol V. skip; leap playfully. Watching children gambol-ing in the park is a pleasant experience. also N.

Question 392

gamely

Answer 392

ADV. /勇敢的，有精神的/bravely; with spirit. Because he had fought gamely against a much superior boxer, the crowd gave him a standing ovation when he left the arena.

Question 393

gamut

Answer 393

N. /整个领域/entire range. In this performance, the leading lady was able to demonstrate the complete gamut of her acting ability.

Question 394

gape

Answer 394

V. /张着嘴呆看；裂缝/open widely; stare open-mouthed. The huge pit gaped before him; if he stumbled, he would fall in. Slack?jawed in wonder, Huck gaped at the huge stalactites hang?ing down from the ceiling of the limestone cavern.

Question 395

garbled

Answer 395

ADJ. /混淆/mixed up; jumbled; distorted. A favorite party game involves passing a whispered message from one per?son to another until, by the time it reaches the last player, the message is totally garbled.

Question 396

gargantuan

Answer 396

ADJ. /巨大的/huge; enormous. The gargantuan wrestler was terrified of mice.

Question 397

garish

Answer 397

ADJ. /俗气；颜色太杂/over-bright in color; gaudy. She wore a gaudy rhinestone necklace with an excessively garish gold lame dress.

Question 398

garner

Answer 398

V. /收集，储存/gather; store up. She hoped to garner the world’s literature in one library.

Question 399

garnish

Answer 399

V. /装饰/decorate. Parsley was used to garnish the boiled potato. also N.

Question 400

garrulous

Answer 400

ADJ. /贫嘴/loquacious; wordy; talkative. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. He is the most garrulous person in Cayuga County. garrulity, N.

Question 401

gauche

Answer 401

ADJ. /粗笨的，粗糙的/clumsy; coarse and uncouth. Compared to the sophisticated young ladies in their elegant gowns, tomboyish Jo felt gauche and out of place.

Question 402

gaudy

Answer 402

ADJ. /华而不实的/flashy; showy. The newest Trump skyscraper is typically gaudy, covered in gilded panels that gleam in the sun.

Question 403

gaunt

Answer 403

ADJ. /瘦骨嶙峋，憔悴；荒芜/lean and angular; barren. His once round face looked surprisingly gaunt after he had lost weight.

Question 404

gavel

Answer 404

N. /棒槌/hammerlike tool; mallet. “Sold!” cried the auction?eer, banging her gavel on the table to indicate she’d accepted the final bid.

Question 405

gawk

Answer 405

V. /张着嘴呆看/stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe. The country boy gawked at the skyscrapers and neon lights of the big city.

Question 406

genealogy

Answer 406

N. /家谱/record of descent; lineage. He was proud of his genealogy and constantly referred to the achievements of his ancestors.

Question 407

generality

Answer 407

N. /一般性/vague statement. This report is filled with generalities; be more specific in your statements.

Question 408

generate

Answer 408

V. /产生；创造/cause; produce; create. In his first days in office, President Clinton managed to generate a new mood of optimism; we just hoped he could generate some new jobs.

Question 409

generic

Answer 409

ADJ. /普通的/characteristic of an entire class or species. Sue knew so many computer programmers who spent their spare time playing fantasy games that she began to think that playing Dungeons & Dragons was a generic trait.

Question 410

genesis

Answer 410

N. /发源，源头/beginning; origin. Tracing the genesis of a fam?ily is the theme of Roots.

Question 411

geniality

Answer 411

N. /亲切；同情/cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy. This restaurant is famous and popular because of the geniality of the proprietor who tries to make everyone happy.

Question 412

genre

Answer 412

N. /风格（文学、艺术）/particular variety of art or literature. Both a short story writer and a poet, Langston Hughes proved himself equally skilled in either genre.

Question 413

genteel

Answer 413

ADJ. /上流的/well-bred; elegant. We are looking for a man with a genteel appearance who can inspire confidence by his cultivated manner.

Question 414

gentility

Answer 414

N. /有教养，文雅/those of gentle birth; refinement. Her family was proud of its gentility and elegance.

Question 415

gentry

Answer 415

N. /贵族/people of standing; class of people just below nobility. The local gentry did not welcome the visits of the summer tourists and tried to ignore their presence in the community.

Question 416

germane

Answer 416

ADJ. /密切相关/pertinent; bearing upon the case at hand. The judge refused to allow the testimony to be heard by the jury because it was not germane to the case.

Question 417

germinal

Answer 417

ADJ. /未成熟的，幼芽的/pertaining to a germ; creative. Such an idea is germinal, I am certain that it will influence thinkers and philosophers for many generations.

Question 418

germinate

Answer 418

V. /发芽/cause to sprout; sprout. After the seeds ger?minate and develop their permanent leaves, the plants may be removed from the cold frames and transplanted to the garden.

Question 419

gesticulation

Answer 419

N. /动作；手势/motion; gesture. Operatic performers are trained to make exaggerated gesticulations because of the large auditoriums in which they appear.

Question 420

ghastly

Answer 420

ADJ. /恐怖的/horrible. The murdered man was a ghastly sight.

Question 421

gibberish

Answer 421

N. /胡话；嘟囔/nonsense; babbling. Did you hear that fool boy spouting gibberish about monsters from outer space? gibber,V.

Question 422

gibe

Answer 422

V. /嘲笑/mock. As you gibe at their superstitious beliefs, do you realize that you, too, are guilty of similarly foolish thoughts?

Question 423

giddy

Answer 423

ADJ. /眼花缭乱/light-hearted; dizzy. He felt his giddy youth was past.

Question 424

gingerly

Answer 424

ADV. /小心翼翼地/very carefully. To separate egg whites, first crack the egg gingerly.

Question 425

girth

Answer 425

N. /方圆；周围环境/distance around something; circumference. It took an extra-large cummerbund to fit around Andrew Carnegie’s considerable girth.

Question 426

gist

Answer 426

N. /精华/essence. She was asked to give the gist of the essay in two sentences.

Question 427

glacial

Answer 427

ADJ. /冰河的，冰川的/like a glacier; extremely cold. Never a warm person, when offended John could seem positively glacial.

Question 428

glaring

Answer 428

ADJ. /耀眼的/highly conspicuous; harshly bright. Glaring spelling or grammatical errors in your resume will unfavor?ably impress potential employers.

Question 429

glaze

Answer 429

V. /上釉/cover with a thin and shiny surface. The freezing rain glazed the streets and made driving hazardous. also N.

Question 430

glib

Answer 430

ADJ. /光滑，柔顺；口齿伶俐，圆滑/fluent; facile; slick. Keeping up a steady patter to entertain his customers, the kitchen gadget salesman was a glib speaker, never at a loss for a word.

Question 431

glimmer

Answer 431

V. /闪烁/shine erratically; twinkle. In the darkness of the cavern, the glowworms hanging from the cavern roof glim?mered like distant stars,

Question 432

gloat

Answer 432

V. /垂涎；幸灾乐祸，洋洋得意/express evil satisfaction; view malevolently. As you gloat over your ill-gotten wealth, do you think of the many victims you have defrauded?

Question 433

glossary

Answer 433

N. /词汇表/brief explanation of words used in the text. I have found the glossary in this book very useful; it has elim?inated many trips to the dictionary.

Question 434

gloss over

Answer 434

V. /掩盖/explain away. No matter how hard he tried to talk around the issue, President Bush could not gloss over the fact that he had raised taxes after all.

Question 435

glossy

Answer 435

ADJ. /光滑有光泽的/smooth and shining. I want this photograph printed on glossy paper, not matte.

Question 436

glower

Answer 436

V. /瞪着，愤怒的看着/scowl. The angry boy glowered at his father.

Question 437

glut

Answer 437

V. /充斥；过量/overstock; fill to excess. The many manufacturers glutted the market and could not find purchasers for the excess articles they had produced. also N.

Question 438

glutton

Answer 438

N. /暴饮暴食者，饭桶/someone who eats too much. When Mother saw that Bobby had eaten all the cookies, she called him a little glutton. gluttonous,ADJ.

Question 439

gnarled

Answer 439

ADJ. /扭曲/twisted. The gnarled oak tree had been a landmark for years and was mentioned in several deeds.

Question 440

gnome

Answer 440

N. /地精；小矮人；土地公公/dwarf; underground spirit. In medieval mythol?ogy, gnomes were the special guardians and inhabitants of subterranean mines.

Question 441

goad

Answer 441

V. /刺激；激励；驱策/urge on. He was goaded by his friends until he yielded to their wishes. also N.

Question 442

gorge

Answer 442

N. /峡谷/small, steep-walled canyon. The white-water raft?ing guide warned us about the rapids farther downstream, where the river cut through a narrow gorge.

Question 443

gorge

Answer 443

V. /狼吞虎咽/stuff oneself. The gluttonous guest gorged him?self with food as though he had not eaten for days.

Question 444

gory

Answer 444

ADJ. /血腥的/bloody. The audience shuddered as they lis?tened to the details of the gory massacre.

Question 445

gouge

Answer 445

V. /挖出；撕下/tear out. In that fight, all the rules were forgotten; the adversaries bit, kicked, and tried to gouge each other’s eyes out.

Question 446

gourmand

Answer 446

N. /老饕/epicure; person who takes excessive plea?sure in food and drink. Gourmands lack self-restraint; if they enjoy a particular cuisine, they eat far too much of it.

Question 447

gourmet

Answer 447

N. /品尝家；美食比赛的评委/connoisseur of food and drink. The gourmet stated that this was the best onion soup she had ever tasted.

Question 448

graduated

Answer 448

ADJ. /分级；排序/arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc.). Margaret loved her graduated set of Russian hollow wooden dolls; she spent hours happily putting the smaller dolls into their larger counterparts.

Question 449

graft

Answer 449

N. /移植；移植物；嫁接/piece of transplanted tissue; portion of plant inserted in another plant. After the fire, Greg required skin grafts to replace the badly damaged areas on his forearms. alsoV.

Question 450

grandeur

Answer 450

N. /庄严，伟大，威严/impressiveness; stateliness; majesty. No mat?ter how often he hiked through the mountains, David never failed to be struck by the grandeur of the Sierra Nevada range.

Question 451

grandiloquent

Answer 451

ADJ. /语言夸张的；词藻浮华的/pompous; bombastic; using high?sounding language. The politician could never speak sim?ply; she was always grandiloquent.

Question 452

grandiose

Answer 452

ADJ. /自命不凡；堂皇；夸张的/pretentious; high-flown; ridiculously exag?gerated; impressive. The aged matinee idol still had grandiose notions of his supposed importance in the the?atrical world.

Question 453

granulate

Answer 453

V. /粒化/form into grains. Sugar that has been granu?lated dissolves more readily than lump sugar. granule, N.

Question 454

graphic

Answer 454

ADJ. /图像的；图画的/pertaining to the art of delineating; vividly described. I was particularly impressed by the graphic pre?sentation of the storm.

Question 455

grapple

Answer 455

V. /格斗，摔跤/wrestle; come to grips with. He grappled with the burglar and overpowered him.

Question 456

grate

Answer 456

V. /磨碎；惹恼；因摩擦发出的刺耳声音/make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred. The screams of the quarreling children grated on her nerves.

Question 457

gratify

Answer 457

V. /取悦/please. Lori’s parents were gratified by her suc?cessful performance on the SAT.

Question 458

gratis

Answer 458

ADJ. /免费的/free. The company offered to give one package gratis to every purchaser of one of their products. alsoADJ.

Question 459

gratuitous

Answer 459

ADJ. /无条件的；无理由的；免费的/given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for. Quit making gratuitous comments about my driving; no one asked you for your opinion.

Question 460

gravity

Answer 460

N. /重力；严重，庄严，严肃/seriousness. We could tell we were in serious trouble from the gravity of the principal’s expression. (sec?ondary meaning) grave,ADJ.

Question 461

gregarious

Answer 461

ADJ. /社交的；群居/sociable. Typically, partygoers are gregar?ious; hermits are not.

Question 462

grievance

Answer 462

N. /委屈；冤情；不平/cause of complaint. When her supervisor ignored her complaint, she took her grievance to the union.

Question 463

grill

Answer 463

V. /盘问/question severely. In violation of the Miranda law, the police grilled the suspect for several hours before read?ing him his rights. (secondary meaning)

Question 464

grimace

Answer 464

N. /扭曲的脸；做鬼脸/a facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust, etc. Even though he remained silent, his grimace indicated his displeasure. alsoV.

Question 465

grisly

Answer 465

ADJ. /毛骨悚然的；恐怖的，可怕的/ghastly. She shuddered at the grisly sight.

Question 466

grouse

Answer 466

V. /发牢骚/complain; fuss. Students traditionally grouse about the abysmal quality of “mystery meat” and similar dormitory food.

Question 467

grotesque

Answer 467

ADJ. /稀奇古怪的；怪异/fantastic; comically hideous. On Halloween people enjoy wearing grotesque costumes.

Question 468

grove

Answer 468

N. /小树林/group of trees (smaller than a forest); orchard. To the child, the small grove of oaks was as vast as Sherwood Forest, in which he played that legendary hero, Robin Hood.

Question 469

grovel

Answer 469

V. /趴，匍匐/crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate. Even though we have been defeated, we do not have to grovel before our conquerors.

Question 470

grudging

Answer 470

ADJ. /不情愿；勉强/unwilling; reluctant; stingy. We received only grudging support from the mayor despite his earlier promises of aid.

Question 471

gruel

Answer 471

V. /稀粥；极度紧张/liquid food made by boiling oatmeal, etc., in milk or water. Our daily allotment of gruel made the meal not only monotonous but also unpalatable.

Question 472

grueling

Answer 472

ADJ. /重罚；使其筋疲力尽/exhausting. The marathon is a grueling race.

Question 473

gruesome

Answer 473

ADJ. /可怕的/grisly; horrible. His face was the stuff of nightmares: all the children in the audience screamed when Freddy Kruger’s gruesome countenance was flashed on the screen.

Question 474

gruff

Answer 474

ADJ. /粗糙的；粗暴的/rough-mannered. Although he was blunt and gruff with most people, he was always gentle with children.

Question 475

guffaw

Answer 475

N. /狂笑，哄笑/boisterous laughter. The loud guffaws that came from the closed room indicated that the members of the committee had not yet settled down to serious business. alsoV.

Question 476

guile

Answer 476

N. /奸诈狡猾；诡计/deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning. lago uses considerable guile to trick Othello into believing that Desde?mona has been unfaithful.

Question 477

guileless

Answer 477

ADJ. /诚实的/without deceit. He is naive, simple, and guileless; he cannot be guilty of fraud.

Question 478

guise

Answer 478

N. /外观；装束/appearance; costume. In the guise of a plumber, the detective investigated the murder case.

Question 479

gullible

Answer 479

ADJ. /易受骗的/easily deceived. Overly gullible people have only themselves to blame if they fall for con artists repeat?edly. As the saying goes, “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.”

Question 480

gustatory

Answer 480

ADJ. /味觉的/affecting the sense of taste. The Thai restaurant offered an unusual gustatory experience for those used to a bland cuisine.

Question 481

gusto

Answer 481

N. /爱好，嗜好；喜欢/enjoyment; enthusiasm. He accepted the assign?ment with such gusto that I feel he would have been satis?fied with a smaller salary.

Question 482

gusty

Answer 482

ADJ. /多风的/windy. The gusty weather made sailing precari?ous.

Question 483

hackneyed

Answer 483

ADJ. /常见的；不希罕，陈腐/commonplace; trite. When the reviewer criticized the movie for its hackneyed plot, we agreed; we had seen similar stories hundreds of times before.

Question 484

haggard

Answer 484

ADJ. /枯槁的；憔悴的/wasted away; gaunt. After his long illness, he was pale and haggard.

Question 485

haggle

Answer 485

V. /讨价还价/argue about prices. I prefer to shop in a store that has a one-price policy because, whenever I haggle with a shopkeeper, I am never certain that I paid a fair price for the articles I purchased.

Question 486

hallowed

Answer 486

ADJ. /神圣化的/blessed; consecrated. Although the dead girl’s parents had never been active churchgoers, they insisted that their daughter be buried in hallowed ground.

Question 487

hallucination

Answer 487

N. /幻觉，幻想/delusion. I think you were frightened by a hallucination you created in your own mind.

Question 488

halting

Answer 488

ADJ. /犹豫的/hesitant; faltering. Novice extemporaneous speakers often talk in a halting fashion as they grope for the right words.

Question 489

hamper

Answer 489

V. /阻挡，牵制，妨碍/obstruct. The new mother didn’t realize how much the effort of caring for an infant would hamper her ability to keep an immaculate house.

Question 490

haphazard

Answer 490

ADJ. /随机的/random; by chance. His haphazard read?ing left him unacquainted with the authors of the books.

Question 491

harangue

Answer 491

N. /夸大的讲话/noisy speech. In her lengthy harangue, the principal berated the offenders. alsoV.

Question 492

harass

Answer 492

V. /烦恼/to annoy by repeated attacks. When he could not pay his bills as quickly as he had promised, he was harassed by his creditors.

Question 493

harbinger

Answer 493

N. /先驱/forerunner. The crocus is an early harbinger of spring.