Barrons 3500 F

Question 1

problematic

Answer 1

ADJ. /忧郁的；忧心忡忡的；心存疑虑的；有疑问的/doubtful; unsettled; questionable; per?plexing. Given the way building costs have exceeded esti?mates for the job, whether the arena will ever be completed is problematic.

Question 2

proclivity

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N. /倾向；自然倾向/inclination; natural tendency. Watching the two-year-old voluntarily put away his toys, I was amazed by his proclivityfor neatness.

Question 3

procrastinate

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V. /推迟；延期/postpone; delay or put off. Looking at four years of receipts and checks he still had to sort through, Bob was truly sorry he had procrastinated for so long and not finished filing his taxes long ago.

Question 4

prod

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V. /刺；刺激；激励/poke; stir up; urge. If you prod him hard enough, he’ll eventually clean his room.

Question 5

prodigal

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ADJ. /浪费的/wasteful; reckless with money. Don’t be so prodigal spending my money; when you’ve earned some money yourself, you can waste it as much as you want! also N.

Question 6

prodigious

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ADJ. /巨大的/marvelous; enormous. Watching the champion weight lifter heave the weighty barbell to shoul?der height and then boost it overhead, we marveled at his prodigious strength.

Question 7

prodigy

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N. /奇才；天才/marvel; highly gifted child. Menuhin was a prodigy, performing wonders on his violin when he was barely eight years old.

Question 8

profane

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V. /亵渎/violate; desecrate; treat unworthily. The mem?bers of the mysterious Far Eastern cult sought to kill the British explorer because he had profaned the sanctity of their holy goblet by using it as an ashtray. alsoADJ.

Question 9

profligate

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ADJ. /放荡的；放肆的；不检点的/dissipated; wasteful; wildly immoral. Although surrounded by wild and profligate companions, she nevertheless managed to retain some sense of decency.

Question 10

profound

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ADJ. /深刻的/deep; not superficial; complete. Freud’s remarkable insights into human behavior caused his fellow scientists to honor him as a profound thinker. profundity, N.

Question 11

profusion

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N. /过量；过剩/overabundance; lavish expenditure; excess. Freddy was so overwhelmed by the profusion of choices on the menu that he knocked over his wine glass and soaked his host. He made profuse apologies to his host, the waiter, the bus boy, the people at the next table, and the attendant handing out paper towels.

Question 12

progenitor

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N. /祖先/ancestor. The Roth family, whose progeni?tors emigrated from Germany early in the nineteenth cen?tury, settled in Peru, Illinois.

Question 13

progeny

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N. /后裔/children; offspring. He was proud of his prog?eny in general, but regarded George as the most promising of all his children.

Question 14

prognosis

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N. /预言；疾病警告/forecasted course of a disease; prediction. If the doctor’s prognosis is correct, the patient will be in a coma for at least twenty-four hours.

Question 15

projectile

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N. /发射；导弹/missile. Man has always hurled projectiles at his enemy whether in the form of stones or of highly explo?sive shells.

Question 16

proletarian

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N. /无产阶级的；蓝领的/member of the working class; blue collar person. “Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains” is addressed to proletarians, not preppies. So is Blue Collar Holler. proletariat, N.

Question 17

proliferation

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N. /迅速增长，倍增；扩散/rapid growth; spread; multiplication. Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage the proliferation of countless get-rich-quick schemes. proliferate,V.

Question 18

prolific

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ADJ. /多产的；丰富的/abundantly fruitful. My editors must assume I’m a prolific writer: they expect me to revise six books this year!

Question 19

prolixity

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N. /冗长的；啰嗦的/tedious wordiness; verbosity. A writer who suf?fers from prolixity tells his readers everything they never wanted to know about his subject (or were too bored to ask). prolix,ADJ.

Question 20

prologue

Answer 20

N. /序（诗歌，歌剧的）/introduction (to a poem or play). In the pro?logue to Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare introduces the audience to the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets.

Question 21

prolong

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V. /拖延/make longer; draw out; lengthen. In their deter?mination to discover ways to prolong human life, doctors fail to take into account that longer lives are not always happier ones.

Question 22

prominent

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ADJ. /显著的；突出的；卓越的/conspicuous; notable; sticking out. Have you ever noticed that Prince Charles’s prominent ears make him look like the big-eared character in Mad comics?

Question 23

promiscuous

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ADJ. /随意混合的；打乱的；随便的/mixed indiscriminately; haphazard; irregular, particularly sexually. In the opera La Boheme, we get a picture of the promiscuous life led by the young artists of Paris.

Question 24

promontory

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N. /岬；海角/headland. They erected a lighthouse on the promontory to warn approaching ships of their nearness to the shore.

Question 25

promote

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V. /提升；促进/help to flourish; advance in rank; publicize. Founder of the Children's Defense Fund, Marian Wright Edelman ceaselessly promotes the welfare of young people everywhere. 0

Question 26

prompt

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V. /提示；鼓动；迅速及时的/cause; provoke; provide a cue for an actor. Whatever prompted you to ask for such a big piece of cake when you're on a diet?

Question 27

promulgate

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V. /发布；公布/proclaim a doctrine or law; make known by official publication. When Moses came down from the mountain top all set to promulgate God's commandments, he freaked out on discovering his followers worshipping a golden calf.

Question 28

prone

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ADJ. /倾向于/inclined to; prostrate. She was prone to sudden fits of anger during which she would lie prone on the floor, screaming and kicking her heels.

Question 29

propagate

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V. /迅速增长，传播，扩散/multiply; spread. Since bacteria propagate more quickly in unsanitary environments, it is important to keep hospital rooms clean.

Question 30

propellants

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N. /推进剂/substances that propel or drive forward. The development of our missile program has forced our sci?entists to seek more powerful propellants.

Question 31

propensity

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N. /自然倾向/natural inclination. Convinced of his own tal?ent, Sol has an unfortunate propensity to belittle the talents of others.

Question 32

prophetic

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ADJ. /预言的/foretelling the future. I have no magical prophetic powers; when I predict what will happen, I base my predictions on common sense. prophesy,V.

Question 33

propinquity

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N. /亲近；血缘/nearness; kinship. Their relationship could not be explained as being based on mere propinquity; they were more than relatives, they were true friends.

Question 34

propitiate

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V. /劝解；平静；安抚/appease. The natives offered sacrifices to propitiate the gods.

Question 35

propitious

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ADJ. /吉利的；有利的/favorable; fortunate; advantageous. Chloe consulted her horoscope to see whether Tuesday would be a propitious day to dump her boyfriend.

Question 36

proponent

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N. /支持者；建议者/supporter; backer; opposite of opponent. In the Senate, proponents of the universal health care mea?sure lobbied to gain additional support for the controversial legislation.

Question 37

propound

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V. /提出/put forth for analysis. In your discussion, you have propounded several questions; let us consider each one separately.

Question 38

propriety

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N. /适当/fitness; correct conduct. Miss Manners coun?sels her readers so that they may behave with due propriety in any social situation and not embarrass themselves.

Question 39

propulsive

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ADJ. /推进的；有推进力的/driving forward. The jet plane has a greater propulsive power than the engine-driven plane.

Question 40

prosaic

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ADJ. /事实的；平淡的；缺乏想象力的/dull and unimaginative; matter-of-fact; factual. Though the ad writers came up with an original way to pub?licize the product, the head office rejected it for a more pro?saic, ordinary slogan.

Question 41

proscribe

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V. /禁止/ostracize; banish; outlaw. Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus proscribed all those who had conspired against Julius Caesar.

Question 42

proselytize

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V. /劝其改宗；改宗/convert to a religion or belief. In these inter?faith meetings, there must be no attempt to proselytize; we must respect all points of view.

Question 43

prosperity

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N. /繁荣；好运/good fortune; financial success; physical well-being. Promising to stay together "for richer, for poorer," the newlyweds vowed to be true to one another in prosperity and hardship alike.

Question 44

prostrate

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V. /弄倒；降伏/stretch out full on ground. He prostrated him?self before the idol. alsoADJ.

Question 45

protean

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ADJ. /变化多端的/versatile; able to take on many shapes. A remarkably protean actor, Alec Guinness could take on any role.

Question 46

protégé

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N. /被保护人/person receiving protection and support from a patron. Born with an independent spirit, Cyrano de Berg?erac refused to be a protégé of Cardinal Richelieu.

Question 47

protocol

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N. /协议/diplomatic etiquette. We must run this state dinner according to protocol if we are to avoid offending any of our guests.

Question 48

prototype

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N. /原型/original work used as a model by others. The crude typewriter on display in this museum is the prototype of the elaborate machines in use today.

Question 49

protract

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V. /延长/prolong. Seeking to delay the union members' vote, the management team tried to protract the negotia?tions endlessly.

Question 50

protrude

Answer 50

V. /突出/stick out. His fingers protruded from the holes in his gloves. protrusion, N.

Question 51

protuberance

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N. /隆起；突出；瘤/protrusion; bulge. A ganglionic cyst is a fluid-filled tumor that develops near a joint membrane or tendon sheath, and that bulges beneath the skin, forming a protuberance.

Question 52

provident

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ADJ. /有远见的/displaying foresight; thrifty; preparing for emergencies. In his usual provident manner, he had insured himself against this type of loss.

Question 53

provincial

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ADJ. /省级的；视野不宽的；简单的/pertaining to a province; limited in outlook; unsophisticated. As provincial governor, Sir Henry adminis?tered the Queen's law in his remote corner of Canada. Caught up in local problems, out of touch with London news, he became sadly provincial.

Question 54

provisional

Answer 54

ADJ. /临时的/tentative. Kim's acceptance as an Ameri?can Express card holder was provisional: before issuing her a card, American Express wanted to check her employment record and credit history.

Question 55

provocative

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ADJ. /煽动的；刺激的；激怒的/arousing anger or interest; annoying. In a typically provocative act, the bully kicked sand into the weaker man's face.

Question 56

provoke

Answer 56

V. /激怒；惹；煽动；挑起/stir to anger; cause retaliation. In order to pre?vent a sudden outbreak of hostilities, we must not provoke our foe. provocation, N; provocative,ADJ.

Question 57

prowess

Answer 57

N. /非常勇猛/extraordinary ability; military bravery. Perform?ing triple axels and double lutzes at the age of six, the young figure skater was world famous for her prowess on the ice.

Question 58

proximity

Answer 58

N. /接近；亲近/nearness. Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the proximity of objects around them.

Question 59

proxy

Answer 59

N. /代理/authorized agent. Please act as my proxy and vote for this slate of candidates in my absence.

Question 60

prude

Answer 60

N. /规矩的人；正经人；故作正经的人/excessively modest person. The X-rated film was definitely not for prudes, prudish,ADJ.

Question 61

prudent

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ADJ. /谨慎的/cautious; careful. A miser hoards money not because he is prudent but because he is greedy. prudence, N.

Question 62

prune

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V. /切掉；修剪/cut away; trim. With the help of her editor, she was able to prune her overlong manuscript into publishable form.

Question 63

prurient

Answer 63

ADJ. /好色的；渴望的/having or causing lustful thoughts and desires. Aroused by his prurient impulses, the dirty old man leered at the sweet young thing and offered to give her a sample of his "prowess."

Question 64

pseudonym

Answer 64

N. /假名；笔名/pen name. Samuel Clemens' pseudonym was Mark Twain.

Question 65

psyche

Answer 65

N. /灵魂/soul; mind. It is difficult to delve into the psyche of a human being.

Question 66

pterodactyl

Answer 66

N. /翼龙/extinct flying reptile. The remains of ptero?dactyls indicate that these flying reptiles had a wingspan of as much as twenty feet.

Question 67

puerile

Answer 67

ADJ. /幼稚的，孩子气的/childish. His puerile pranks sometimes offended his more mature friends.

Question 68

pugilist

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N. /拳击家/boxer. The famous pugilist Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammed Ali.

Question 69

pugnacity

Answer 69

N. /好斗的/combativeness; disposition to fight. "Put up your dukes!" he cried, making a fist to show his pugnacity. pugnacious,ADJ.

Question 70

pulchritude

Answer 70

N. /美丽；标致/beauty; comeliness. I do not envy the judges who have to select this year's Miss America from this collection of female pulchritude.

Question 71

pulverize

Answer 71

V. /磨碎；粉碎/crush or grind into dust. Before sprinkling the dried herbs into the stew, Michael first pulverized them into a fine powder.

Question 72

pummel

Answer 72

V. /用拳头打/beat or pound with fists. Swinging wildly, Pam pummeled her brother around the head and shoulders.

Question 73

punctilious

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ADJ. /谨小慎微的；一丝不苟的/laying stress on niceties of conduct or form; minutely attentive to fine points (perhaps too much so). Percy is punctilious about observing the rules of eti?quette whenever Miss Manners invites him to stay. punctil?iousness.N.

Question 74

pundit

Answer 74

N. /博学者；梵文学家/authority on a subject; learned person; expert. Some authors who write about SAT I as if they are pundits actually know very little about the test.

Question 75

pungent

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ADJ. /刺激的；辛辣的；尖锐的/stinging; sharp in taste or smell; caustic. The pungent odor of ripe Limburger cheese appealed to Simone but made Stanley gag.

Question 76

punitive

Answer 76

ADJ. /惩罚的/punishing. He asked for punitive measures against the offender.

Question 77

puny

Answer 77

ADJ. /不显著的；不明显的；细微的/insignificant; tiny; weak. Our puny efforts to stop the flood were futile.

Question 78

purchase

Answer 78

N. /赢得；换得；努力争取得；购买/firm grasp or footing. The mountaineer strug?gled to get a proper purchase on the slippery rock. (sec?ondary meaning)

Question 79

purge

Answer 79

V. /净化；清除；拉肚子/remove or get rid of something unwanted; free from blame or guilt; cleanse or purify. When the Communist government purged the party to get rid of members sus?pected of capitalist sympathies, they sent the disloyal mem?bers to labor camps in Siberia.

Question 80

purported

Answer 80

ADJ. /传说的；谣传的/alleged; claimed; reputed or rumored. The purported Satanists sacrificing live roosters in the park turned out to be a party of Shriners holding a chicken barbecue.

Question 81

purse

Answer 81

V. /折叠；褶皱；钱包；手提包（女式）/pucker; contract into wrinkles. Miss Watson pursed her lips to show her disapproval of Huck's bedrag?gled appearance.

Question 82

purveyor

Answer 82

N. /承办商/furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer. As purveyor of rare wines and viands, he traveled through France and Italy every year in search of new products to sell.

Question 83

pusillanimous

Answer 83

ADJ. /懦弱的；优柔寡断的/cowardly; fainthearted. You should be ashamed of your pusillanimous conduct during this dispute.

Question 84

putrid

Answer 84

ADJ. /恶臭的；腐烂的/foul; rotten; decayed. The gangrenous condi?tion of the wound was indicated by the putrid smell when the bandages were removed. putrescence, N.

Question 85

pyromaniac

Answer 85

N. /纵火狂/person with an insane desire to set things on fire. The detectives searched the area for the pyroma?niac who had set these costly fires.

Question 86

quack

Answer 86

N. /骗子；吹嘘的人/charlatan; impostor. Do not be misled by the exorbitant claims of this quack; he cannot cure you.

Question 87

quadruped

Answer 87

N. /四足动物/four-footed animal. Most mammals are quadrupeds.

Question 88

quaff

Answer 88

V. /一饮而尽/drink with relish. As we quaffed our ale, we lis?tened to the lively songs of the students in the tavern.

Question 89

quagmire

Answer 89

N. /沼泽；湿地/soft wet boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself. Up to her knees in mud, Myra wondered how on earth she was going to extricate herself from this quagmire.

Question 90

quail

Answer 90

V. /懦弱；胆怯/cower; lose heart. The Cowardly Lion was afraid that he would quail in the face of danger.

Question 91

quaint

Answer 91

ADJ. /离奇古怪的；做的精巧的；过时的/odd; old-fashioned; picturesque. Her quaint clothes and old-fashioned language marked her as an eccentric.

Question 92

qualified

Answer 92

ADJ. /有资格的；有限制的；被限制的/limited; restricted. Unable to give the candi?date full support, the mayor gave him only a qualified endorsement. (secondary meaning)

Question 93

qualms

Answer 93

N. /担心，害怕；担惊受怕；愧对良心/misgivings; uneasy fears, especially about mat?ters of conscience. I have no qualms about giving this assignment to Helen; I know she will handle it admirably.

Question 94

quandary

Answer 94

N. /两难的困境/dilemma. When both Harvard and Stanford accepted Laura, she was in a quandary as to which school she should attend.

Question 95

quarantine

Answer 95

N. /隔离/isolation of person or ship to prevent spread of infection. We will have to place this house under quaran?tine until we determine the exact nature of the disease. alsoV.

Question 96

quarry

Answer 96

N. /猎物；受害者/Victim; object of a hunt. The police closed in on their quarry.

Question 97

quarry

Answer 97

V. /挖掘出，寻找出/dig into. They quarried blocks of marble out of the hillside. also N.

Question 98

quay

Answer 98

N. /码头/dock; landing place. Because of the captain's carelessness, the ship crashed into the quay.

Question 99

queasy

Answer 99

ADJ. /神经质的，洁癖的；易呕吐的/easily nauseated; squeamish. Remember that great chase movie, the one with the carsick passenger? That's right: Queasy Rider!

Question 100

quell

Answer 100

V. /扑灭；镇压；平息/extinguish; put down; quiet. Miss Minchin's demeanor was so stern and forbidding that she could quell any unrest among her students with one intimidating glance.

Question 101

quench

Answer 101

V. /弄湿；扑灭；熄灭；淬火/douse or extinguish; assuage or satisfy. No matter how much water the hiker drank, she could not quench her thirst.

Question 102

querulous

Answer 102

ADJ. /鸣不平的；易发牢骚的/fretful; whining. Even the most agreeable toddlers can begin to act querulous if they miss their nap.

Question 103

query

Answer 103

N. /问询；质问/inquiry; question. In her column "Ask Beth," the columnist invites young readers to send her their queries about life and love.

Question 104

quibble

Answer 104

N. /遁词；狡辩；支吾；吹毛求疵/minor objection or complaint. Aside from a few hundred teensy-weensy quibbles about the set, the script, the actors, the director, the costumes, the lighting, and the props, the hypercritical critic loved the play. alsoV.

Question 105

quiescent

Answer 105

ADJ. /睡眠的；休息的；暂停活动的/at rest; dormant; temporarily inactive. After the great eruption, fear of Mount Etna was great; people did not return to cultivate its rich hillside lands until the volcano had been quiescent for a full two years. quiescence, N.

Question 106

quietude

Answer 106

N. /平静；宁静/tranquility. He was impressed by the air of qui?etude and peace that pervaded the valley.

Question 107

quintessence

Answer 107

N. /精粹；精华/purest and highest embodiment. Noel Coward displayed the quintessence of wit.

Question 108

quip

Answer 108

N. /嘲弄；讽刺/taunt. You are unpopular because you are too free with your quips and sarcastic comments. alsoV.

Question 109

quirk

Answer 109

N. /反复无常；怪僻/startling twist; caprice. By a quirk of fate, he found himself working for the man whom he had discharged years before.

Question 110

quiver

Answer 110

V. /振动的；颤抖的；敏捷的/tremble; shake. The bird dog's nose twitched and his whiskers quivered as he strained eagerly against the leash. also N.

Question 111

quiver

Answer 111

N. /射箭的/case for arrows. Robin Hood reached back and plucked one last arrow from his quiver. (secondary meaning)

Question 112

quixotic

Answer 112

ADJ. /空想的；狂想的/idealistic but impractical. Constantly coming up with quixotic, unworkable schemes to save the world, Simon has his heart in the right place, but his head some-where in the clouds.

Question 113

quizzical

Answer 113

ADJ. /古怪的；嘲弄的；令人好奇的/teasing; bantering; mocking; curious. When the skinny teenager tripped over his own feet stepping into the bullpen, Coach raised one quizzical eyebrow, shook his head, and said, "Okay, kid. You're here, let's see what you've got."

Question 114

quorum

Answer 114

N. /法定人数/number of members necessary to conduct a meeting. The senator asked for a roll call to determine whether a quorum was present.

Question 115

rabid

Answer 115

ADJ. /狂暴的；激烈的/like a fanatic; furious. He was a rabid follower of the Dodgers and watched them play whenever he could go to the ball park.

Question 116

raconteur

Answer 116

N. /善谈的人；满肚子故事的人/storyteller. My father was a gifted raconteur with an unlimited supply of anecdotes.

Question 117

rail

Answer 117

V. /责骂；斥责；咆哮/scold; rant. You may rail at him all you want; you will never change him.

Question 118

raiment

Answer 118

N. /衣服/clothing. "How can I go to the ball?" asked Cin?derella. "I have no raiment fit to wear."

Question 119

rally

Answer 119

V. /复原，恢复；召集，集合/call up or summon (forces, vital powers, etc.); revive or recuperate. Washington quickly rallied his troops to fight off the British attack. The patient had been sinking throughout the night, but at dawn she rallied and made a complete recovery.

Question 120

ramble

Answer 120

V. /游荡；漫无目的游荡/wander aimlessly (physically or mentally). Lis?tening to the teacher ramble, Judy wondered whether he'd ever get to his point.

Question 121

ramification

Answer 121

N. /分支；分叉/branching out; subdivision. We must exam?ine all the ramifications of this problem.

Question 122

ramify

Answer 122

V. /分支；分开/divide into branches or subdivisions. When the plant begins to ramify, it is advisable to nip off most of the new branches.

Question 123

ramp

Answer 123

N. /斜面；斜坡/slope; inclined plane. The house was built with ramps instead of stairs in order to enable the man in the wheelchair to move easily from room to room and floor to floor.

Question 124

rampant

Answer 124

ADJ. /猖獗的；滋生的；猛烈的/growing in profusion; unrestrained. The ram?pant weeds in the garden choked the flowers until they died.

Question 125

ramshackle

Answer 125

ADJ. /摇摆的；摇摇欲坠的/rickety; falling apart. The boys propped up the ramshackle clubhouse with a couple of boards.

Question 126

rancid

Answer 126

ADJ. /油脂一样腐臭的/having the odor of stale fat. A rancid odor filled the ship's galley and nauseated the crew.

Question 127

rancor

Answer 127

N. /苦难/bitterness; hatred. Thirty years after the war, she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with ran?cor against the foe.

Question 128

random

Answer 128

ADJ. /随机的/without definite purpose, plan, or aim; hap?hazard. Although the sponsor of the raffle claimed all win?ners were chosen at random, people had their suspicions when the grand prize went to the sponsor's brother-in-law.

Question 129

rankle

Answer 129

V. /激怒；溃烂；化脓/irritate; fester. The memory of having been jilted rankled him for years.

Question 130

rant

Answer 130

V. /咆哮；激昂的演说；斥责/rave; talk excitedly; scold; make a grandiloquent speech. When he heard that I'd totaled the family car, Dad began to rant at me like a complete madman.

Question 131

rapacious

Answer 131

ADJ. /极度贪婪的；捕食的；掠夺的/excessively greedy; predatory. The rapa?cious brigands stripped the villagers of all their posses?sions. rapacity, N.

Question 132

rapport

Answer 132

N. /情感的亲近；和谐/emotional closeness; harmony. In team teach?ing, it is important that all teachers in the group have good rapport with one another.

Question 133

rapt

Answer 133

ADJ. /迷住的；全神贯注的/absorbed; enchanted. Caught up in the wonder of the storyteller's tale, the rapt listeners sat motionless, hanging on his every word.

Question 134

rarefied

Answer 134

ADJ. /稀释（气体）/made less dense (of a gas]. The mountain climbers had difficulty breathing in the rarefied atmosphere. rarefy,V.

Question 135

raspy

Answer 135

ADJ. /刺耳的；焦躁的/grating; harsh. The sergeant's raspy voice grated on the recruits' ears.

Question 136

ratify

Answer 136

V. /批准，认可/approve formally; confirm; verify. Party leaders doubted that they had enough votes in both houses of Con?gress to ratify the constitutional amendment.

Question 137

ratiocination

Answer 137

N. /推理；推论/reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises. While Watson was a man of average intelli?gence, Holmes was a genius, whose gift for ratiocination made him a superb detective.

Question 138

rationale

Answer 138

N. /基础科学；基本原理/fundamental reason or justification; grounds for an action. Her need to have someplace to hang her ear?ring collection was Dora's rationale for piercing fifteen holes in each ear.

Question 139

rationalize

Answer 139

V. /合理化/give a plausible reason for an action in place of a true, less admirable one; offer an excuse. When David told gabby Gabrielle he couldn't give her a ride to the dance because he had no room in the car, he was rational?izing; actually, he couldn't stand being cooped up in a car with anyone who talked as much as she did.

Question 140

raucous

Answer 140

ADJ. /沙哑的/harsh and shrill; disorderly and boisterous. The raucous crowd of New Year's Eve revelers got progres?sively noisier as midnight drew near.

Question 141

rave

Answer 141

N. /咆哮/overwhelmingly favorable review. Though critic John Simon seldom has a good word to say about most contemporary plays, his review of All in the Timing was a total rave.

Question 142

ravel

Answer 142

V. /使混乱；解开混乱，解决混乱/fall apart into tangles; unravel or untwist; entangle. A single thread pulled loose, and the entire scarf started to ravel.

Question 143

ravenous

Answer 143

ADJ. /饥饿的/extremely hungry. The ravenous dog upset several garbage pails in its search for food.

Question 144

raze

Answer 144

V. /彻底摧毁/destroy completely. Spelling is important: to raise a building is to put it up; to raze a building is to tear it down.

Question 145

reactionary

Answer 145

ADJ. /反作用的/recoiling from progress; politically ultra?conservative. Opposing the use of English in worship ser?vices, reactionary forces in the church fought to reinstate the mass in Latin.

Question 146

realm

Answer 146

N. /领域/kingdom; field or sphere. In the animal realm, the lion is the king of beasts.

Question 147

reaper

Answer 147

N. /收割者；收割机/one who harvests grain. Death, the Grim Reaper, cuts down mortal men and women, just as a farmer cuts down the ripened grain. reap,V.

Question 148

rebuff

Answer 148

V. /回绝/snub; beat back. She rebuffed his invitation so smoothly that he did not realize he had been snubbed. also N.

Question 149

rebuke

Answer 149

V. /严厉批评；猛烈的训斥/scold harshly; criticize severely. No matter how sharply Miss Watson rebuked Huck for his misconduct, he never talked back but just stood there like a stump. also N.

Question 150

rebuttal

Answer 150

N. /驳斥；举反证/refutation; response with contrary evidence. The defense lawyer confidently listened to the prosecutor sum up his case, sure that she could answer his arguments in her rebuttal.

Question 151

recalcitrant

Answer 151

ADJ. /反抗的；顽抗的/obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly. Which animal do you think is more recalci?trant, a pig or a mule?

Question 152

recant

Answer 152

V. /放弃；宣布放弃/disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error. Those who can, keep true to their faith; those who can't, recant. Hoping to make Joan of Arc recant her sworn testimony, her English captors tried to convince her that her visions had been sent to her by the Devil.

Question 153

recapitulate

Answer 153

V. /概括；总结/summarize. Let us recapitulate what has been said thus far before going ahead.

Question 154

recast

Answer 154

V. /重建/reconstruct (a sentence, story, etc.); fashion again. Let me recast this sentence in terms your feeble brain can grasp: in words of one syllable, you are a fool.

Question 155

receptive

Answer 155

ADJ. /善于接受的/quick or willing to receive ideas, sugges?tions, etc. Adventure-loving Huck Finn proved a receptive audience for Tom's tales of buried treasure and piracy.

Question 156

recession

Answer 156

N. /撤退/withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity. The slow recession of the flood waters created problems for the crews working to restore power to the area. recede,V.

Question 157

recidivism

Answer 157

N. /累犯；惯犯/habitual return to crime. Prison reformers in the United States are disturbed by the high rate of recidivism; the number of men serving second and third terms in prison indicates the failure of prisons to rehabilitate the inmates.

Question 158

recipient

Answer 158

N. /接受的东西；容器/receiver. Although he had been the recipient of many favors, he was not grateful to his benefactor.

Question 159

reciprocal

Answer 159

ADJ. /互相的；互动的；互惠的/mutual; exchangeable; interacting. The two nations signed a reciprocal trade agreement.

Question 160

reciprocate

Answer 160

V. /互给；呼唤；酬答/repay in kind. If they attack us, we shall be compelled to reciprocate and bomb their territory. reci?procity, N.

Question 161

recluse

Answer 161

N. /隐遁者；寂寞者/hermit; loner. Disappointed in love, Miss Emily became a recluse; she shut herself away in her empty man?sion and refused to see another living soul. reclusive,ADJ.

Question 162

reconcile

Answer 162

V. /抛弃前嫌；不打不相识；结为好友；化解冲突/correct inconsistencies; become friendly after a quarrel. Each month when we try to reconcile our checkbook with the bank statement, we quarrel. However, despite these monthly lovers' quarrels, we always manage to reconcile.

Question 163

reconnaissance

Answer 163

N. /侦查/survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoi?tering. If you encounter any enemy soldiers during your reconnaissance, capture them for questioning.

Question 164

recount

Answer 164

V. /解说，告诉；重新数/narrate or tell; count over again. A born story?teller, my father loved to recount anecdotes about his early years in New York.

Question 165

recourse

Answer 165

N. /求助；求援/resorting to help when in trouble. The boy's only recourse was to appeal to his father for aid.

Question 166

recrimination

Answer 166

N. /反责；反击/countercharges. Loud and angry recrimi?nations were her answer to his accusations.

Question 167

rectify

Answer 167

V. /纠正/set right; correct. You had better send a check to rectify your account before American Express cancels your credit card.

Question 168

rectitude

Answer 168

N. /垂直；正直；公正/uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judg?ment. The Eagle Scout was a model of rectitude.

Question 169

recumbent

Answer 169

ADJ. /靠着的；斜躺的；不动的；休息的/reclining; lying down completely or in part. The command "AT EASE" does not permit you to take a recumbent position.

Question 170

recuperate

Answer 170

V. /恢复/recover. The doctors were worried because the patient did not recuperate as rapidly as they had expected.

Question 171

recurrent

Answer 171

ADJ. /一遍又一遍发生的；循环发生的/occurring again and again. Richard's recurrent asthma attacks disturbed us and we consulted a physician.

Question 172

redolent

Answer 172

ADJ. /有味道的；有香味儿的/fragrant; odorous; suggestive of an odor. Even though it is February, the air is redolent of spring.

Question 173

redoubtable

Answer 173

ADJ. /可怕的/formidable; causing fear. During the Cold War period, neighboring countries tried not to offend the Russians because they could be redoubtable foes.

Question 174

redress

Answer 174

N. /补偿；赔偿/remedy; compensation. Do you mean to tell me that I can get no redress for my injuries? also v.

Question 175

redundant

Answer 175

ADJ. /冗余的；多余的/superfluous; repetitious; excessivejy wordy. The bottle of wine I brought to Bob's was certainly redundant how was I to know Bob owned a winery? In your essay, you repeat several points unnecessarily; try to be less redundant in the future. redundancy, N.

Question 176

reek

Answer 176

V. /散发（气味）/emit (odor). The room reeked with stale tobacco smoke. also N.

Question 177

refraction

Answer 177

N. /（光线的）折射，弯曲/bending of a ray of light. When you look at a stick inserted in water, it looks bent because of the refrac?tion of the light by the water.

Question 178

refractory

Answer 178

ADJ. /按不住的；不服气的；倔强的/stubborn; unmanageable. The refractory horse was eliminated from the race when he refused to obey the jockey.

Question 179

refrain

Answer 179

V. /抵制；抵抗；远离，节制/abstain from; resist. Whenever he heard a song with a lively chorus, Sol could never refrain from joining in on the refrain.

Question 180

refurbish

Answer 180

V. /刷新；修复；擦亮/renovate; make bright by polishing. The flood left a deposit of mud on everything; we had to refurbish our belongings.

Question 181

refute

Answer 181

V. /反驳/disprove. The defense called several respectable witnesses who were able to refute the false testimony of the prosecution's sole witness. refutation, N.

Question 182

regal

Answer 182

ADJ. /皇家的/royal. Prince Albert had a regal manner.

Question 183

regale

Answer 183

V. /取悦，娱乐，享受/entertain. John regaled us with tales of his adventures in Africa.

Question 184

regime

Answer 184

N. /政体/method or system of government. When the French mention the Old Regime, they refer to the govern?ment existing before the revolution.

Question 185

regimen

Answer 185

N. /摄生法/prescribed diet and habits. I doubt whether the results warrant our living under such a strict regimen.

Question 186

rehabilitate

Answer 186

V. /恢复；复原/restore to proper condition. We must reha?bilitate those whom we send to prison.

Question 187

reimburse

Answer 187

V. /偿还/repay. Let me know what you have spent and I will reimburse you.

Question 188

reiterate

Answer 188

V. /重申；重复/repeat. He reiterated the warning to make sure everyone understood it.

Question 189

rejoinder

Answer 189

N. /反驳；回应/retort; comeback; reply. When someone has been rude to me, I find it particularly satisfying to come up with a quick rejoinder.

Question 190

rejuvenate

Answer 190

V. /返老还童；青春重回/make young again. The charlatan claimed that his elixir would rejuvenate the aged and weary.

Question 191

relegate

Answer 191

V. /指派；下放；贬/banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign. After Ralph dropped his second tray of drinks that week, the manager swiftly relegated him to a minor post cleaning up behind the bar.

Question 192

relent

Answer 192

V. /变宽厚；变温和/give in. When her stern father would not relent and allow her to marry Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett eloped with her suitor. relentless,ADJ.

Question 193

relevant

Answer 193

ADJ. /有关的；相对的/pertinent; referring to the case in hand. How relevant Virginia Woolf's essays are to women writers today! It's as if Woolf in the 1930s foresaw our current literary struggles. relevancy, N.

Question 194

relic

Answer 194

N. /纪念物；废墟，遗留/surviving remnant; memento. Egypt's Department of Antiquities prohibits tourists from taking mummies and other ancient relics out of the country. Mike keeps his photos of his trip to Egypt in a box with other relics of his travels.

Question 195

relinquish

Answer 195

V. /不情愿的屈服，放弃（某物）/give up something with reluctance; yield. Denise never realized how hard it would be for her to relinquish her newborn son to the care of his adoptive par?ents. Once you get used to fringe benefits like expense account meals and a company car, it's very hard to relin?quish them.

Question 196

relish

Answer 196

V. /品味；享受/savor; enjoy. Watching Peter enthusiastically chow down, I thought, "Now there's a man who relishes a good dinner!" also N.

Question 197

remediable

Answer 197

ADJ. /可挽回的/reparable. Let us be grateful that the damage is remediable.

Question 198

remedial

Answer 198

ADJ. /治疗的，补救的/curative; corrective. Because he was a slow reader, he decided to take a course in remedial reading.

Question 199

reminiscence

Answer 199

N. /怀旧；回想/recollection. Her reminiscences of her experiences are so fascinating that she ought to write a book.

Question 200

remiss

Answer 200

ADJ. /玩忽职守的，粗心大意的/negligent. The guard was accused of being remiss in his duty when the prisoner escaped.

Question 201

remission

Answer 201

N. /减轻，缓解；宽恕/temporary moderation of disease symptoms; cancellation of a debt; forgiveness or pardon. Though the senator had been treated for cancer, his symptoms were in remission, and he was considered fit enough to handle the strains of a presidential race.

Question 202

remnant

Answer 202

N. /残留物/remainder. I suggest that you wait until the store places the remnants of these goods on sale.

Question 203

remonstrance

Answer 203

N. /抗议/protest; objection. The authorities were deaf to the pastor's remonstrances about the lack of police protection in the area. remonstrate,V.

Question 204

remorse

Answer 204

N. /懊悔，自责/guilt; self-reproach. The murderer felt no remorse for his crime.

Question 205

remunerative

Answer 205

ADJ. /有利益的；有报酬的/compensating; rewarding. I find my new work so remunerative that I may not return to my previ?ous employment. remuneration, N.

Question 206

rend

Answer 206

V. /分开；撕开/split; tear apart. In his grief, he tried to rend his garments. rent, N.

Question 207

render

Answer 207

V. /呈递；开账单；给予；还以，报以；放弃，投降投降或交出；放弃；描写以文字形式表现，描绘；以图像或绘画表现；演奏，诠释；翻译；正式宣布；裁决；使成为；熔解，精炼；打底/deliver; provide; represent. He rendered aid to the needy and indigent.

Question 208

rendition

Answer 208

N. /表演，诠释；翻译/translation; artistic interpretation of a song, etc. The audience cheered enthusiastically as she com?pleted her rendition of the aria.

Question 209

renegade

Answer 209

N. /变节者/deserter; traitor. Because he had abandoned his post and joined forces with the Indians, his fellow offi?cers considered the hero of Dances with Wolves a rene?gade. alsoADJ.

Question 210

renege

Answer 210

V. /食言；反悔；否认；翻供/deny; go back on. He reneged on paying off his debt.

Question 211

renounce

Answer 211

V. /放弃；断绝关系/abandon; disown; repudiate. Even though she knew she would be burned at the stake as a witch, Joan of Arc refused to renounce her belief that her voices came from God. renunciation, N.

Question 212

renovate

Answer 212

V. /革新；刷新；修复/restore to good condition; renew. They claim that they can renovate worn shoes so that they look like new ones.

Question 213

renown

Answer 213

N. /名望/fame. For many years an unheralded researcher, Barbara McClintock gained international renown when she won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. renowned,ADJ.

Question 214

rent

Answer 214

N. /撕；裂口/rip; split. Kit did an excellent job of mending the rent in the lining of her coat.

Question 215

reparable

Answer 215

ADJ. /可修复的/capable of being repaired. Fortunately, the damages we suffered in the accident were reparable and our car looks brand new.

Question 216

reparation

Answer 216

N. /修订；弥补；补偿/amends; compensation. At the peace con?ference, the defeated country promised to pay reparations to the victors.

Question 217

repast

Answer 217

N. /餐；宴会/meal; feast; banquet. The caterers prepared a delicious repast for Fred and Judy's wedding day.

Question 218

repeal

Answer 218

V. /废除；撤除/revoke; annul. What would the effect on our soci?ety be if we decriminalized drug use by repealing the laws against the possession and sale of narcotics?

Question 219

repel

Answer 219

V. /撤退；退却/drive away; disgust. At first, the Beast's ferocious appearance repelled Beauty, but she came to love the ten?der heart hidden behind that beastly exterior.

Question 220

repellent

Answer 220

ADJ. /排斥的/driving away; unattractive. Mosquitoes find the odor so repellent that they leave any spot where this liq?uid has been sprayed. also N.

Question 221

repercussion

Answer 221

N. /反弹；弹回/rebound; reverberation; reaction. I am afraid that this unfortunate incident will have serious reper?cussions.

Question 222

repertoire

Answer 222

N. /节目表；保留节目/list of works of music, drama, etc., a per?former is prepared to present. The opera company decided to include Madame Butterfly in its repertoire for the follow-ing season.

Question 223

replenish

Answer 223

V. /补充/fill up again. Before she could take another backpacking trip, Carla had to replenish her stock of freeze-dried foods.

Question 224

replete

Answer 224

ADJ. /充满的；充足的/filled to the brim or to the point of being stuffed; abundantly supplied. The movie star's memoir was replete with juicy details about the love life of half of Hollywood.

Question 225

replica

Answer 225

N. /复制/copy. Are you going to hang this replica of the Declaration of Independence in the classroom or in the auditorium?

Question 226

replicate

Answer 226

V. /复制/reproduce; duplicate. Because he had always wanted a palace, Donald decided to replicate the Tai Mahal in miniature on his estate.

Question 227

repository

Answer 227

N. /仓库；知识库；智囊团/storehouse. Libraries are repositories of the world's best thoughts.

Question 228

reprehensible

Answer 228

ADJ. /应该谴责的/deserving blame. Shocked by the viciousness of the bombing, politicians of every party uni?formly condemned the terrorists' reprehensible deed.

Question 229

repress

Answer 229

V. /压迫；压制；压/restrain; crush; oppress. Anne's parents tried to curb her impetuosity without repressing her boundless high spirits.

Question 230

reprieve

Answer 230

N. /暂缓；缓刑/temporary stay. During the twenty-four-hour reprieve, the lawyers sought to make the stay of execution permanent. alsoV.

Question 231

reprimand

Answer 231

V. /谴责/reprove severely; rebuke. Every time Ermen?garde made a mistake in class, she was afraid that Miss Minchin would reprimand her and tell her father how badly she was doing in school. also N.

Question 232

reprisal

Answer 232

N. /报复/retaliation. I am confident that we are ready for any reprisals the enemy may undertake.

Question 233

reprise

Answer 233

N. /年金；重奏；重复的行动/musical repetition; repeat performance; recur?rent action. We enjoyed the soprano's solo in Act I so much that we were delighted by its reprise in the finale.

Question 234

reproach

Answer 234

V. /表示失望；责备/express disapproval or disappointment. He never could do anything wrong without imagining how the look on his mother's face would reproach him afterwards. reproachful,ADJ.

Question 235

reprobate

Answer 235

N. /有重罪的人；道德败坏的人，无耻的人/person hardened in sin, devoid of a sense of decency. I cannot understand why he has so many admir?ers if he is the reprobate you say he is.

Question 236

reprove

Answer 236

V. /责备/censure; rebuke. The principal severely reproved the students whenever they talked in the halls.

Question 237

repudiate

Answer 237

V. /批判/disown; disavow. On separating from Tony, Tina announced that she would repudiate all debts incurred by her soon-to-be ex-husband.

Question 238

repugnant

Answer 238

ADJ. /不一致的；令人讨厌的/loathsome; hateful. She found the snake repugnant and looked on it with loathing and fear.

Question 239

repulsion

Answer 239

N. /排斥；反驳/distaste; act of driving back. Hating blood?shed, she viewed war with repulsion. Even defensive bat?tles distressed her, for the repulsion of enemy forces is never accomplished bloodlessly.

Question 240

reputable

Answer 240

ADJ. /著名的；令人尊敬的/respectable. If you want to buy antiques, look for a reputable dealer; far too many dealers today pass off fakes as genuine antiques.

Question 241

reputed

Answer 241

ADJ. /名誉好的；有名气的；名誉的/supposed. Though he is the reputed father of the child, no one can be sure. repute, N.

Question 242

requiem

Answer 242

N. /安灵弥撒；安灵歌，挽歌/mass for the dead; dirge. They played Mozart's Requiem at the funeral.

Question 243

requisite

Answer 243

N. /必须品；必要的/necessary requirement. Many colleges state that a student must offer three years of a language as a requisite for admission.

Question 244

requite

Answer 244

V. /报答；酬谢/repay; revenge. The wretch requited his bene?factors by betraying them.

Question 245

rescind

Answer 245

V. /取消/cancel. Because of the public outcry against the new taxes, the senator proposed a bill to rescind the unpopular financial measure.

Question 246

resentment

Answer 246

N. /怨恨；愤恨/indignation; bitterness; displeasure. Not wanting to appear a sore loser, Bill tried to hide his resent?ment of Barry's success.

Question 247

reserve

Answer 247

N. /自我控制；疏远/self-control; formal but distant manner. Although some girls were attracted by Mark's air of reserve, Judy was put off by it, for she felt his aloofness indicated a lack of openness. reserved,ADJ.

Question 248

residue

Answer 248

N. /残留物；余额/remainder; balance. In his will, he requested that after payment of debts, taxes, and funeral expenses, the residue be given to his wife. residual,ADJ.

Question 249

resigned

Answer 249

ADJ. /认命，顺从；听天由命/accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive. Resigned to his downtrodden existence, Bob Cratchit was too meek to protest Scrooge's bullying. resig?nation, N.

Question 250

resilient

Answer 250

ADJ. /弹性的/elastic; having the power of springing back. Highly resilient, steel makes excellent bedsprings. resilience, N.

Question 251

resolution

Answer 251

N. /坚定；决心；决定/determination; resolve. Nothing could shake his resolution that his children would get the best education that money could buy. resolute,ADJ.

Question 252

resolve

Answer 252

N. /决心；解决/determination; firmness of purpose. How dare you question my resolve to take up sky-diving! Of course I haven't changed my mind!

Question 253

resolve

Answer 253

V. /决定；安排/decide; settle; solve. Holmes resolved to travel to Bohemia to resolve the dispute between Irene Adler and the king.

Question 254

resonant

Answer 254

ADJ. /共鸣的/echoing; resounding; deep and full in sound. The deep, resonant voice of the actor James Earl Jones makes him particularly effective when he appears on stage.

Question 255

respiration

Answer 255

N. /呼吸；呼吸作用；呼气/breathing; exhalation. The doctor found that the patient's years of smoking had adversely affected both his lung capacity and his rate of respiration.

Question 256

respite

Answer 256

N. /暂缓/interval of relief; time for rest; delay in punish?ment. After working nonstop on this project for three straight months. I need a respite! For David, the two weeks vaca?tioning in New Zealand were a delightful respite from the pressures of his job.

Question 257

resplendent

Answer 257

ADJ. /辉煌的；光辉的/dazzling; glorious; brilliant. While all the adults were commenting how glorious the emperor looked in his resplendent new clothes, one little boy was heard to say, "But he's naked!"

Question 258

responsiveness

Answer 258

N. /响应的/state of reacting readily to appeals, orders, etc. The audience cheered and applauded, delight?ing the performers by its responsiveness.

Question 259

restitution

Answer 259

N. /归还；补偿/reparation; indemnification. He offered to make restitution for the window broken by his son.

Question 260

restive

Answer 260

ADJ. /焦躁不安的；难以压抑的/restlessly impatient; obstinately resisting con?trol. Waiting impatiently in line to see Santa Claus, even the best-behaved children grow restive and start to fidget.

Question 261

restraint

Answer 261

N. /抑制；控制/moderation or self-control; controlling force; restriction. Control yourself. young lady! Show some restraint!

Question 262

resumption

Answer 262

N. /恢复；重新开始/taking up again; recommencement. During summer break, Don had not realized how much he missed university life: at the resumption of classes, however, he felt marked excitement and pleasure. resume,V.

Question 263

resurge

Answer 263

V. /复活/rise again; flow to and fro. It was startling to see the spirit of nationalism resurge as the Soviet Union disinte?grated into a loose federation of ethnic and national groups. resurgence, N.

Question 264

retain

Answer 264

V. /保持；使用/keep; employ. Fighting to retain his seat in Con?gress, Senator Foghorn retained a new manager to head his reelection campaign.

Question 265

retaliation

Answer 265

N. /报仇/repayment in kind (usually for bad treat?ment). Because everyone knew the Princeton Band had stolen Brown's mascot, the whole Princeton student body expected some sort of retaliation from Brown. retaliate,V.

Question 266

retentive

Answer 266

ADJ. /保持的；记性好的/holding; having a good memory. The pupil did not need to spend much time studying, for he had a retentive mind and remembered all he read.

Question 267

reticence

Answer 267

N. /不动声色的；深藏不露的；沉默寡言的/reserve; uncommunicativeness; inclination to silence. Fearing his competitors might get advance word about his plans from talkative staff members, Hughes pre?ferred reticence from his employees to loquacity. reticent,ADJ.

Question 268

retinue

Answer 268

N. /随行人员；扈从/following; attendants. The queen's retinue fol?lowed her down the aisle.

Question 269

retiring

Answer 269

ADJ. /退休的；谦虚的，害羞的/modest; shy. Given Susan's retiring personal?ity, no one expected her to take up public speaking; sur?prisingly enough, she became a star of the school debate team,

Question 270

retort

Answer 270

N. /反驳；曲颈甑/quick sharp reply. Even when it was advisable for her to keep her mouth shut, she was always ready with a quick retort. alsoV.

Question 271

retract

Answer 271

V. /撤回，撤退/withdraw; take back. When I saw how Fred and his fraternity brothers had trashed the frat house, I decided to retract my offer to let them use our summer cottage for the weekend. retraction, N.

Question 272

retrench

Answer 272

V. /裁减，削减；紧缩，节约/cut down; economize. In order to be able to afford to send their children to college, they would have to retrench. retrenchment, N.

Question 273

retribution

Answer 273

N. /复仇；补偿；惩罚/vengeance; compensation; punishment for offenses. The evangelist maintained that an angry deity would exact retribution from the sinners.

Question 274

retrieve

Answer 274

V. /重新得到；找回/recover; find and bring in. The dog was intelligent and quickly learned to retrieve the game killed by the hunter.

Question 275

retroactive

Answer 275

ADJ. /反动的；（法律）追溯的（由制定之日前的某一天生效）/of a law that dates back to a period before its enactment. Because the law was retroactive to the first of the year, we found she was eligible for the pension.

Question 276

retrograde

Answer 276

V. /倒退的/go backwards; degenerate. instead of advancing, our civilization seems to have retrograded in ethics and culture. alsoADJ.

Question 277

retrospective

Answer 277

ADJ. /回顾的/looking back on the past. The Museum of Graphic Arts is holding a retrospective showing of the paintings of Michael Whelan over the past two decades.

Question 278

revelry

Answer 278

N. /狂欢/boisterous merrymaking. New Year's Eve is a night of revelry

Question 279

reverent

Answer 279

ADJ. /尊敬的；可敬的/respectful; worshipful. Though I bow my head in church and recite the prayers, sometimes I don't feel properly reverent. revere,V.

Question 280

reverie

Answer 280

N. /冥想；发呆；白日梦/daydream; musing. He was awakened from his reverie by the teacher's question.

Question 281

revert

Answer 281

V. /回复；故态复萌/relapse; backslide; turn back to. Most of the time Andy seemed sensitive and mature, but occasionally he would revert to his smart-alecky, macho, adolescent self.

Question 282

revile

Answer 282

V. /辱骂，谩骂，诽谤/attack with abusive language; vilify. Though most of his contemporaries reviled Captain Kidd as a notorious, bloody-handed pirate, some of his fellow merchant-cap?tains believed him innocent of his alleged crimes.

Question 283

revoke

Answer 283

V. /撤回；取消/cancel; retract. Repeat offenders who continue to drive under the influence of alcohol face having their dri?ver's licenses permanently revoked.

Question 284

revulsion

Answer 284

N. /剧变（情感的）；抽回；收手/sudden violent change of feeling; reaction. Many people in this country who admired dictatorships underwent a revulsion when they realized what Hitler and Mussolini were trying to do.

Question 285

rhapsodize

Answer 285

V. /狂热地描述；写狂想文，作狂想曲/to speak or write in an exaggeratedly enthu?siastic manner. She greatly enjoyed her Hawaiian vacation and rhapsodized about it for weeks.

Question 286

rhetoric

Answer 286

N. /说话的学问；花言巧语/art of effective communication; insincere lan?guage. All writers, by necessity, must be skilled in rhetoric.

Question 287

rhetorical

Answer 287

ADJ. /修辞色彩的；花言巧语的/pertaining to effective communication; insincere in language. To win his audience; the speaker used every rhetorical trick in the book.

Question 288

ribald

Answer 288

ADJ. /下流的；放荡的；亵渎的/wanton; profane. He sang a ribald song that offended many of the more prudish listeners.

Question 289

riddle

Answer 289

V. /刺出无数窟窿，打排孔；充斥，弥漫；通过粗眼筛子过滤；谜语；解决，解释；提出，解谜/pierce with holes; permeate or spread through?out. With his machine gun, Tracy riddled the car with bullets till it looked like a slice of Swiss cheese. During the proof?readers' strike, the newspaper was riddled with typos.

Question 290

rider

Answer 290

N. /附文；扶手/amendment or clause added to a legislative bill. Senator Foghorn said he would support Senator Filibuster's tax reform bill only if Filibuster agreed to add an antipollu-tion riderto the bill.

Question 291

rife

Answer 291

ADJ. /普遍的/abundant; current. In the face of the many rumors of scandal, which are rife at the moment, it is best to remain silent.

Question 292

rift

Answer 292

N. /裂缝；破口/opening; break. The plane was lost in the stormy sky until the pilot saw the city through a rift in the clouds.

Question 293

rig

Answer 293

V. /配备；装备/fix or manipulate. The ward boss was able to rig the election by bribing people to stuff the ballot boxes with bal?lots marked in his candidate's favor.

Question 294

rigid

Answer 294

ADJ. /刚硬的；不屈的/stiff and unyielding; strict; hard and unbending. By living with a man to whom she was not married, George Eliot broke Victorian society's most rigid rule of respectable behavior.

Question 295

rigor

Answer 295

N. /严格，苛刻；精确/severity. Many settlers could not stand the rigors of the New England winters.

Question 296

rigorous

Answer 296

ADJ. /严峻的；严格的；严厉的/severe; harsh; demanding; exact. Disliked by his superiors, the officer candidate in An Officer and a Gen?tleman endured an extremely rigorous training program.

Question 297

rile

Answer 297

V. /激怒/vex; irritate; muddy. Red had a hair-trigger temper: he was an easy man to rile.

Question 298

riveting

Answer 298

ADJ. /迷人的/absorbing; engrossing. The reviewer described Byatt's novel Possession as a riveting tale, one so absorbing that he had finished it in a single night.

Question 299

rivulet

Answer 299

N. /小溪/small stream. As the rains continued, the small trickle of water running down the hillside grew into a rivulet that threatened to wash away a portion of the slope.

Question 300

robust

Answer 300

ADJ. /健壮的/vigorous; strong. After pumping iron and tak?ing karate for six months, the little old lady was so robust that she could break a plank with her fist.

Question 301

roil

Answer 301

V. /搅动（使水变浑）;激怒/to make liquids murky by stirring up sediment. Be careful when you pour not to roil the wine; if you stir up the sediment you'll destroy the flavor.

Question 302

roster

Answer 302

N. /列表/list. They print the roster of players in the sea?son's program.

Question 303

rostrum

Answer 303

N. /演讲台；讲道坛/platform for speech-making; pulpit. The crowd murmured angrily and indicated that they did not care to lis?ten to the speaker who was approaching the rostrum.

Question 304

rote

Answer 304

N. /生搬硬套；死记硬背/repetition. He recited the passage by rote and gave no indication he understood what he was saying.

Question 305

rotundity

Answer 305

N. /圆形，球状；洪亮的演讲/roundness; sonorousness of speech. Wash?ington Irving emphasized the rotundity of the governor by describing his height and circumference.

Question 306

rousing

Answer 306

ADJ. /活跃的；煽动的/lively; stirring. "And now, let's have a rousing welcome for TV's own Roseanne Barr, who'll lead us in a rousing rendition of 'The Star-Spangled Banner."'

Question 307

rout

Answer 307

V. /吓跑；赶出；击退/stampede; drive out. The reinforcements were able to rout the enemy. also N.

Question 308

rubble

Answer 308

N. /碎片/broken fragments. Ten years after World War II, some of the rubble left by enemy bombings could still be seen.

Question 309

ruddy

Answer 309

ADJ. /红的；红润的，白里透红的；健康的/reddish; healthy-looking. Santa Claus's ruddy cheeks nicely complement Rudolph the Reindeer's bright red nose.

Question 310

rudimentary

Answer 310

ADJ. /原始的；最初的；原来的/not developed; elementary; crude. Although my grandmother's English vocabulary was limited to a few rudimentary phrases, she always could make her?self understood.

Question 311

rue

Answer 311

V. /懊悔；后悔；感伤/regret; lament; mourn. Tina rued the night she met Tony and wondered how she ever fell for such a jerk. rueful,ADJ.

Question 312

ruffian

Answer 312

N. /流氓；恶棍；痞子/bully; scoundrel. The ruffians threw stones at the police.

Question 313

ruminate

Answer 313

V. /反复咀嚼；消化；深思；反刍/chew over and over (mentally, or, like cows, physically); mull over; ponder. Unable to digest quickly the baffling events of the day, Reuben ruminated about them till four in the morning.

Question 314

rummage

Answer 314

V. /到处翻寻/ransack; thoroughly search. When we rum?maged through the trunks in the attic, we found many sou?venirs of our childhood days. also N.

Question 315

ruse

Answer 315

N. /技巧；策略，计谋/trick; stratagem. You will not be able to fool your friends with such an obvious ruse.

Question 316

rustic

Answer 316

ADJ. /乡村的；笨拙的，不舒服的/pertaining to country people; uncouth. The backwoodsman looked out of place in his rustic attire.

Question 317

ruthless

Answer 317

ADJ. /无情的/pitiless; cruel. Captain Hook was a danger?ous, ruthless villain who would stop at nothing to destroy Peter Pan.

Question 318

saboteur

Answer 318

N. /破坏分子；怠工者/one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property. Members of the Resistance acted as saboteurs, blowing up train lines to prevent supplies from reaching the Nazi army.

Question 319

saccharine

Answer 319

ADJ. /糖精的；代糖的；极甜的/cloyingly sweet. She tried to ingratiate herself, speaking sweetly and smiling a saccharine smile.

Question 320

sacrilegious

Answer 320

ADJ. /亵渎的，天谴的/desecrating; profane. His stealing of the altar cloth was a very sacrilegious act.

Question 321

sacrosanct

Answer 321

ADJ. /非常神圣的/most sacred; inviolable. The brash insur?ance salesman invaded the sacrosanct privacy of the office of the president of the company.

Question 322

sadistic

Answer 322

ADJ. /虐待狂的；残忍成性的/inclined to cruelty. If we are to improve condi- tions in this prison, we must first get rid of the sadistic warden.

Question 323

saga

Answer 323

N. /斯堪的纳维亚的传说；传奇/Scandinavian myth; any legend. This is a saga of the sea and the men who risk their lives on it.

Question 324

Sagacious

Answer 324

ADJ. /有洞察力的/perceptive; shrewd; having insight. My father was a sagacious judge of character: he could spot a phony a mile away. sagacity, N.

Question 325

sage

Answer 325

N. /智者；圣人/person celebrated for wisdom. Hearing tales of a mysterious Master of All Knowledge who lived in the hills of Tibet, Sandy was possessed with a burning desire to con?sult the legendary sage. alsoADJ.

Question 326

salacious

Answer 326

ADJ. /好色的；淫荡的/lascivious; lustful. Chaucer's monk is not pious but salacious. a teller of lewd tales and ribald jests.

Question 327

salient

Answer 327

ADJ. /显著的；突出的；卓越的/prominent. One of the salient features of that newspaper is its excellent editorial page.

Question 328

salubrious

Answer 328

ADJ. /对健康有益的，利于养生的/healthful. Many people with hay fever move to more salubrious sections of the country during the months of August and September.

Question 329

salutary

Answer 329

ADJ. /有用的；有益的/tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome. The punishment had a salutary effect on the boy, as he became a model student.

Question 330

salvage

Answer 330

V. /补救；抢救；打捞；营救/rescue from loss. All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed. also N.

Question 331

salvo

Answer 331

N. /解除武装；敬礼；保留条款/discharge of firearms; military salute. The boom of the enemy's opening salvo made the petrified private jump.

Question 332

sanctimonious

Answer 332

ADJ. /假正经的；假装神圣的/displaying ostentatious or hypocritical devoutness. You do not have to be so sanctimonious to prove that you are devout.

Question 333

sanction

Answer 333

V. /批准，许可/approve; ratify. Nothing will convince me to sanction the engagement of my daughter to such a worth?less young man.

Question 334

sanctuary

Answer 334

N. /避难所/refuge; shelter; shrine; holy place. The tiny attic was Helen's sanctuary to which she fled when she had to get away from the rest of her family.

Question 335

sanguine

Answer 335

ADJ. /高兴的；有希望的；乐天的/cheerful; hopeful. Let us not be too san?guine about the outcome; something could go wrong.

Question 336

sap

Answer 336

V. /减少；破坏/diminish; undermine. The element kryptonite has an unhealthy effect on Superman: it saps his strength.

Question 337

sarcasm

Answer 337

N. /挖苦；讽刺/scornful remarks; stinging rebuke. Though Ralph pretended to ignore the mocking comments of his supposed friends, their sarcasm wounded him deeply.

Question 338

sardonic

Answer 338

ADJ. /讽刺的/disdainful; sarcastic; cynical. The sardonic humor of nightclub comedians who satirize or ridicule patrons in the audience strikes some people as amusing and others as rude.

Question 339

sartorial

Answer 339

ADJ. /裁缝的；缝纫机的；缝匠肌的/pertaining to tailors. He was as famous for the sartorial splendor of his attire as he was for his acting.

Question 340

sate

Answer 340

V. /使心满意足；使过度满足；使腻/satisfy to the full; cloy. Its hunger sated. the lion dozed.

Question 341

satellite

Answer 341

N. /卫星/small body revolving around a larger one. Dur?ing the first few years of the Space Age, hundreds of satel?lites were launched by Russia and the United States.

Question 342

satiate

Answer 342

V. /完全满足/satisfy fully. Having stuffed themselves until they were satiated, the guests were so full they were ready for a nap.

Question 343

satire

Answer 343

N. /讽刺的/form of literature in which irony, sarcasm, and ridicule are employed to attack vice and folly. Gulliver's Travels, which is regarded by many as a tale for children, is actually a bitter satire attacking man's folly.

Question 344

satirical

Answer 344

ADJ. /嘲弄的/mocking. The humor of cartoonist Gary Trudeau often is satirical; through the comments of the Doonesbury characters, Trudeau ridicules political corrup?tion and folly.

Question 345

saturate

Answer 345

V. /湿透/soak thoroughly. Saturate your sponge with water until it can't hold any more.

Question 346

saturnine

Answer 346

ADJ. /阴郁的/gloomy. Do not be misled by his saturnine countenance; he is not as gloomy as he looks.

Question 347

saunter

Answer 347

V. /漫步；闲逛/stroll slowly. As we sauntered through the park, we stopped frequently to admire the spring flowers.

Question 348

savant

Answer 348

N. /专家，学者/scholar. Our faculty includes many world?famous savants.

Question 349

savor

Answer 349

V. /有滋有味儿的；享受这种滋味/enjoy; have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality. Relishing his triumph, the actor especially savored the cha?grin of the critics who had predicted his failure.

Question 350

savory

Answer 350

ADJ. /有味道的；吸引人的/tasty; pleasing, attractive, or agreeable. Julia Child's recipes enable amateur chefs to create savory deli?cacies for their guests.

Question 351

scabbard

Answer 351

N. /剑鞘/case for a sword blade; sheath. The drill mas?ter told the recruit to wipe the blood from his sword before slipping it back into the scabbard.

Question 352

scad

Answer 352

N. /大批的，许多/a great quantity. Refusing Dave's offer to lend him a shirt, Phil replied, "No, thanks, I've got scads of clothes."

Question 353

scaffold

Answer 353

N. /脚手架；绞刑架/temporary platform for workers; bracing frame?work; platform for execution. Before painting the house, the workers put up a scaffold to allow them to work on the sec?ond story.

Question 354

scale

Answer 354

V. /爬升；升高/climb up; ascend. In order to locate a book on the top shelf of the stacks, Lee had to scale an exceptionally rickety ladder.

Question 355

scamp

Answer 355

N. /流氓，无赖/rascal. Despite his mischievous behavior, Mal?colm was such an engaging scamp that his mother almost lacked the heart to punish him.

Question 356

scanty

Answer 356

ADJ. /缺乏的；稀疏的/meager; insufficient. Thinking his helping of food was scanty, Oliver Twist asked for more.

Question 357

scapegoat

Answer 357

N. /替罪羊/someone who bears the blame for others. After the Challenger disaster, NASA searched for scape?goats on whom they could cast the blame.

Question 358

scavenge

Answer 358

V. /腐食；打扫/hunt through discarded materials for usable items; search, especially for food. If you need car parts that the dealers no longer stock, try scavenging for odd bits and pieces at the auto wreckers' yards. scavenger, N.

Question 359

scenario

Answer 359

N. /情节；剧本大纲；（电影、歌剧）剧本/plot outline; screenplay; opera libretto. Scara?mouche startled the other actors in the commedia troupe when he suddenly departed from their customary scenario and began to improvise.

Question 360

schematic

Answer 360

ADJ. /示例的；示意性的/relating to an outline or diagram; using a system of symbols. In working out the solution to this logic puzzle, you may find it helpful to construct a simple schematic diagram outlining the order of events.

Question 361

schism

Answer 361

N. /分离/division; split. Let us not widen the schism by further bickering.

Question 362

scintillate

Answer 362

V. /迸出火花；发出闪烁/sparkle; flash. I enjoy her dinner parties because the food is excellent and the conversation scintil?lates.

Question 363

scoff

Answer 363

V. /嘲弄，奚落/mock; ridicule. He scoffed at dentists until he had his first toothache.

Question 364

scourge

Answer 364

N. /鞭笞；蹂躏/lash; whip; severe punishment. They feared the plague and regarded it as a deadly scourge. alsoV.

Question 365

scruple

Answer 365

V. /踌躇；忧郁/fret about; hesitate, for ethical reasons. Fearing that her husband had become involved in an affair, she did not scruple to read his diary. also N.

Question 366

scrupulous

Answer 366

ADJ. /小心翼翼的；谨慎的/conscientious; extremely thorough. Though Alfred is scrupulous in fulfilling his duties at work, he is less conscientious about his obligations to his family and friends.

Question 367

scrutinize

Answer 367

V. /明察/examine closely and critically. Searching for flaws, the sergeant scrutinized every detail of the private's uniform.

Question 368

scuffle

Answer 368

V. /徘徊（思考问题）；混战/struggle confusedly; move off in a confused hurry. The twins briefly scuffled, wrestling to see which of them would get the toy. When their big brother yelled, "Let go of my Gameboy!" they scuffled off down the hall. scurrilous ADJ. obscene; indecent. Your scurrilous remarks are especially offensive because they are untrue.

Question 369

scurry

Answer 369

V. /轻快的；活泼的移动/move briskly. The White Rabbit had to scurry to get to his appointment on time.

Question 370

scurvy

Answer 370

ADJ. /下流的；卑鄙的，无理的；坏血病/despicable; contemptible. Peter Pan sneered at Captain Hook and his scurvy crew.

Question 371

scuttle

Answer 371

V. /迈着碎步轻快的走/scurry; run with short, rapid steps. The bug scut?tled rapidly across the floor.

Question 372

scuttle

Answer 372

V. /沉没/sink. The sailors decided to scuttle their vessel rather than surrender it to the enemy.

Question 373

seamy

Answer 373

ADJ. /丑恶的；露出嘴脸的/sordid; unwholesome. In The Godfather, Michael Corleone is unwilling to expose his wife and chil?dren to the seamy side of his life as the son of a Mafia don. sear V. char or burn; brand. Accidentally brushing against the hot grill, she seared her hand badly.

Question 374

seasoned

Answer 374

ADJ. /老练的/experienced. Though pleased with her new batch of rookies, the basketball coach wished she had a few more seasoned players on the team.

Question 375

secession

Answer 375

N. /撤退；脱离/withdrawal. The secession of the Southern states provided Lincoln with his first major problem after his inauguration. secede,V.

Question 376

seclusion

Answer 376

N. /隔离/isolation; solitude. One moment she loved crowds; the next, she sought seclusion. seclude,V.

Question 377

secrete

Answer 377

V. /隐匿；藏匿；分泌/hide away; produce and release a substance into an organism. The pack rat secretes odds and ends in its nest; the pancreas secretes insulin in the islets of Langerhans. sect N. separate religious body; faction. As university chaplain, she sought to address universal religious issues and not limit herself to concerns of any one sect.

Question 378

sectarian

Answer 378

ADJ. /宗派主义的；地区主义的；宗派主义者；狭窄的/relating to a religious faction or subgroup; narrow-minded; limited. Far from being broad-minded, the religious leader was intolerant of new ideas, paying atten?tion only to purely sectarian interests. sect. N.

Question 379

secular

Answer 379

ADJ. /世俗的；现世的；永久的/worldly; not pertaining to church matters; temporal. The church leaders decided not to interfere in secular matters.

Question 380

sedate

Answer 380

ADJ. /安静的；稳重的；低沉的/composed; grave. The parents were worried because they felt their son was too quiet and sedate.

Question 381

sedentary

Answer 381

ADJ. /久坐的；坐惯的/requiring sitting. Disliking the effect of her sedentary occupation on her figure, Stacy decided to work out at the gym every other day.

Question 382

sedition

Answer 382

N. /抵抗当局；反抗；暴动/resistance to authority; insubordination. His words, though not treasonous in themselves, were calcu?lated to arouse thoughts of sedition.

Question 383

sedulous

Answer 383

ADJ. /勤奋的；勤勤恳恳的/diligent; hardworking. After weeks of patient and sedulous labor, we completed our detailed analysis of every published SAT examination.

Question 384

seedy

Answer 384

ADJ. /破烂不堪的；褴褛的；不合适的/run-down; decrepit; disreputable. I would rather stay in dormitory lodgings in a decent youth hostel than have a room of my own in a seedy downtown hotel.

Question 385

seemly

Answer 385

ADJ. /适宜的，合适的/proper; appropriate. Lady Bracknell did not think it was seemly for Ernest to lack a proper family: no baby abandoned on a doorstep could grow up to be a fit match for her daughter.

Question 386

seep

Answer 386

V. /渗出；渗漏/ooze; trickle. During the rainstorm, water seeped through the crack in the basement wall and damaged the floor boards. seepage, N.

Question 387

seethe

Answer 387

V. /扰乱的；沸腾/be disturbed; boil. The nation was seething with discontent as the noblemen continued their arrogant ways.

Question 388

seismic

Answer 388

ADJ. /地震的/pertaining to earthquakes. The Richter scale is a measurement of seismic disturbances.

Question 389

seminary

Answer 389

N. /神学院；学院；发祥地/school for training future ministers; academy for young women. Sure of his priestly vocation, Terrence planned to pursue his theological training at the local Roman Catholic seminary.

Question 390

sensual

Answer 390

ADJ. /感官的；肉欲的；感官论的/devoted to the pleasures of the senses; car?nal; voluptuous. I cannot understand what caused him to abandon his sensual way of life and become so ascetic.

Question 391

sententious

Answer 391

ADJ. /简洁的；警句式的，格言式的/terse; concise; aphoristic. After reading so many redundant speeches, I find his sententious style particularly pleasing.

Question 392

sentinel

Answer 392

N. /哨兵/sentry; lookout. Though camped in enemy terri?tory, Bledsoe ignored the elementary precaution of posting sentinels around the encampment.

Question 393

sequester

Answer 393

V. /隐退；隔离/isolate; retire from public life; segregate; seclude. Banished from his kingdom, the wizard Prospero sequestered himself on a desert island. To prevent the jurors from hearing news broadcasts about the case, the judge decided to sequester the jury.

Question 394

serendipity

Answer 394

N. /有发现意外之财的运气/gift for finding valuable or desirable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck. Many scien?tific discoveries are a matter of serendipity. Newton was not sitting under a tree thinking about gravity when the apple dropped on his head.

Question 395

serenity

Answer 395

N. /平静/calmness; placidity. The sound of air raid sirens pierced the serenity of the quiet village of Pearl Harbor. serpentine ADJ. winding; twisting. The car swerved at every curve in the serpentine road.

Question 396

serrated

Answer 396

ADJ. /锯齿状的/having a sawtoothed edge. The beech tree is one of many plants that have serrated leaves.

Question 397

servile

Answer 397

ADJ. /奴隶的；奴性的/slavish; cringing. Constantly fawning on his employer, humble Uriah Heap was a servile creature.

Question 398

servitude

Answer 398

N. /奴隶身份；苦工/slavery; compulsory labor. Born a slave, Fred?erick Douglass resented his life of servitude and plotted to escape to the North.

Question 399

sever

Answer 399

V. /切断/cut; separate. The released prisoner wanted to begin a new life and sever all connections with his criminal past. Dr. Guillotin invented a machine that could neatly sever an aristocratic head from its equally aristocratic body. Unfortu?nately, he couldn't collect any severance pay. severance, N.

Question 400

severity

Answer 400

N. /严肃；严格；激烈/harshness; intensity; sternness; austerity. The severity of Jane's migraine attack was so great that she took to her bed for a week.

Question 401

shackle

Answer 401

V. /手铐；枷锁；脚镣/chain; fetter. The criminal's ankles were shack?led to prevent his escape. also N.

Question 402

sham

Answer 402

V. /佯装；假的；赝品/pretend. He shammed sickness to get out of going to school. also N.

Question 403

shambles

Answer 403

N. /混乱的地方；肉铺/wreck; mess. After the hurricane, the Car?olina coast was a shambles. After the New Year's Eve party, the apartment was a shambles.

Question 404

shard

Answer 404

N. /碎片（陶瓷的）/fragment, generally of pottery. The archaeologist assigned several students the task of reassembling earth?enware vessels from the shards he had brought back from the expedition.

Question 405

sheaf

Answer 405

N. /捆；扎（秸秆）/bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together. The lawyer picked up a sheaf of papers as he rose to question the witness.

Question 406

shear

Answer 406

V. /剪；修剪/cut or clip (hair, fleece); strip of something. You may not care to cut a sheep's hair, but Sarah shears sheep for Little Bo Peep.

Question 407

sheathe

Answer 407

V. /插入鞘/place into a case. As soon as he recognized the approaching men, he sheathed his dagger and hailed them as friends.

Question 408

sheer

Answer 408

ADJ. /纯粹的,，绝对的；透明的；峻峭的；避开，躲避；偏航，避开/very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute. Wearing nothing but an almost sheer robe, Delilah draped herself against the sheer temple wall. Beholding her, Sam?son was overcome by her sheer beauty. Then she sheared his hair.

Question 409

shimmer

Answer 409

V. /微光/glimmer intermittently. The moonlight shim?mered on the water as the moon broke through the clouds for a moment. also N.

Question 410

shirk

Answer 410

V. /逃避，推卸；避免/avoid (responsibility, work, etc.); malinger. Brian has a strong sense of duty; he would never shirk any responsibility.

Question 411

shoddy

Answer 411

ADJ. /以次充好的；赝品/sham; not genuine; inferior. You will never get the public to buy such shoddy material.

Question 412

shrewd

Answer 412

ADJ. /精明；敏锐/clever; astute. A shrewd investor, he took clever advantage of the fluctuations of the stock market.

Question 413

shroud

Answer 413

V. /裹尸；隐藏/hide from view; wrap for burial. Fog shrouded Dracula's castle, hiding the ruined tower beneath sheets of mist.

Question 414

shun

Answer 414

V. /避免/keep away from. Cherishing his solitude, the recluse shunned the company of other human beings.

Question 415

shyster

Answer 415

N. /讼棍；政界的奸诈之徒/lawyer using questionable methods. On L.A. Law, Brackman is horrified to learn that his newly-discov?ered half brother is nothing but a cheap shyster.

Question 416

sibling

Answer 416

N. /兄弟姐妹/brother or sister. We may not enjoy being sib?lings, but we cannot forget that we still belong to the same family.

Question 417

simian

Answer 417

ADJ. /像猴的/monkeylike. Lemurs are nocturnal mammals and have many simian characteristics, although they are less intelligent than monkeys.

Question 418

simile

Answer 418

N. /明喻；比较/comparison of one thing with another, using the word like or as. "My love is like a red, red rose" is a simile.

Question 419

simper

Answer 419

V. /痴笑；傻笑/smirk; smile affectedly. Complimented on her appearance, Stella self-consciously simpered.

Question 420

Simplistic

Answer 420

ADJ. /过分单纯化的/oversimplified. Though Jack's solution dealt adequately with one aspect of the problem, it was simplistic in failing to consider various complications that might arise.

Question 421

simulate

Answer 421

V. /模仿；冒充/feign. He simulated insanity in order to avoid punishment for his crime.

Question 422

sinecure

Answer 422

N. /闲职，报纸茶水的工作/well-paid position with little responsibility. My job is no sinecure; I work long hours and have much responsibility.

Question 423

sinewy

Answer 423

ADJ. /结实；硬朗的/tough; strong and firm. The steak was too sinewy to chew.

Question 424

singular

Answer 424

ADJ. /奇的；独一无二的/unique; extraordinary; odd. Though the young man tried to understand Father William's singular behavior, he still found it odd that the old man incessantly stood on his head. singularity, N.

Question 425

sinister

Answer 425

ADJ. /邪恶的/evil. We must defeat the sinister forces that seek our downfall.

Question 426

sinuous

Answer 426

ADJ. /蜿蜒的；弯曲复杂的；不老实的/winding; bending in and out; not morally hon?est. The snake moved in a sinuous manner.

Question 427

skeptic

Answer 427

N. /怀疑论者/doubter; person who suspends judgment until the evidence supporting a point of view has been exam?ined. I am a skeptic about the new health plan; I want some proof that it can work. skepticism, N.

Question 428

skiff

Answer 428

N. /小船/small, light sailboat or rowboat. Tom dreamed of owning an ocean-going yacht but had to settle for a skiff he could sail in the bay.

Question 429

skimp

Answer 429

V. /节约的使用/provide scantily; live very economically. They were forced to skimp on necessities in order to make their limited supplies last the winter.

Question 430

skinflint

Answer 430

N. /守财奴；吝啬鬼/stingy person; miser. Scrooge was an ungener?ous old skinflint until he reformed his ways and became a notable philanthropist.

Question 431

skirmish

Answer 431

N. /小规模战争；小打小闹/minor fight. Custer's troops expected they might run into a skirmish or two on maneuvers; they did not expect to face a major battle. alsoV.

Question 432

skulk

Answer 432

V. /偷懒；偷偷的移动/move furtively and secretly. He skulked through the less fashionable sections of the city in order to avoid meeting any of his former friends.

Question 433

slacken

Answer 433

V. /放松；放慢/slow up; loosen. As they passed the finish line, the runners slackened their pace.

Question 434

slag

Answer 434

N. /矿渣；炉渣；渣滓/residue from smelting metal; dross; waste matter. The blast furnace had a special opening at the bottom to allow the workers to remove the worthless slag.

Question 435

slake

Answer 435

V. /结束；平息；消除；伺候舒服/quench; sate. When we reached the oasis, we were able to slake our thirst.

Question 436

slander

Answer 436

N. /诽谤/defamation; utterance of false and malicious statements. Considering the negative comments politicians make about each other, it's a wonder that more of them aren't sued for slander. alsoV.

Question 437

slapdash

Answer 437

ADJ. /匆促的/haphazard; careless; sloppy. From the number of typos and misspellings I've found in it, it's clear that Mario proofread the report in a remarkably slapdash fashion.

Question 438

sleeper

Answer 438

N. /睡眠；卧铺；枕木；冬眠的动物/something originally of little value or importance that in time becomes very valuable. Unnoticed by the critics at its publication, the eventual Pulitzer Prize winner was a classic sleeper.

Question 439

sleight

Answer 439

N. /灵巧的/dexterity. The magician amazed the audience with his sleight of hand.

Question 440

slight

Answer 440

N. /怠慢；斥责；侮辱/insult to one's dignity; snub. Hypersensitive and ready to take offense at any discourtesy, Bertha was always on the lookout for real or imaginary slights. alsoV.

Question 441

slipshod

Answer 441

ADJ. /邋遢的；慢吞吞的；漫不经心的/untidy or slovenly; shabby. As a master craftsman, the carpenter prided himself on not doing slip?shod work.

Question 442

slither

Answer 442

V. /滑动/slip or slide. During the recent ice storm, many people slithered down this hill as they walked to the station.

Question 443

slothful

Answer 443

ADJ. /懒的/lazy. Lying idly on the sofa while others worked, Reggie denied he was slothful: "I just supervise better lying down."

Question 444

slough

Answer 444

V. /脱落；蜕皮/cast off. Each spring, the snake sloughs off its skin.

Question 445

slovenly

Answer 445

ADJ. /邋遢的；漫不经心的/untidy; careless in work habits. Unshaven, sitting around in his bathrobe all afternoon, Gus didn't seem to care about the slovenly appearance he presented. The dark ring around the bathtub and the spider webs hanging from the beams proved what a slovenly housekeeper she was.

Question 446

sluggard

Answer 446

N. /懒人/lazy person. "You are a sluggard, a drone, a parasite," the angry father shouted at his lazy son.

Question 447

sluggish

Answer 447

ADJ. /行动迟缓的/Slow; lazy; lethargic. After two nights without sleep, she felt sluggish and incapable of exertion.

Question 448

slur

Answer 448

V. /模糊不清的说/speak indistinctly; mumble. When Sol has too much to drink, he starts to slur his words: "Washamatter? Cansh you undershtand what I shay?"

Question 449

slur

Answer 449

N. /诽谤；侮辱/insult to one's character or reputation; slander. Polls revealed that the front-runner's standing had been badly damaged by the slurs and innuendoes circulated by his opponent's staff. also V. (secondary meaning)

Question 450

smelt

Answer 450

V. /冶炼；精炼/melt or blend ores, changing their chemical com?position. The furnaceman smelts tin with copper to create a special alloy used in making bells.

Question 451

smirk

Answer 451

N. /傻笑/conceited smile. Wipe that smirk off your face! alsoV.

Question 452

smolder

Answer 452

V. /闷烧；随时准备爆发/burn without flame; be liable to break out at any moment. The rags smoldered for hours before they burst into flame.

Question 453

snicker

Answer 453

N. /窃笑/half-stifled laugh. The boy could not suppress a snicker when the teacher sat on the tack. alsoV.

Question 454

snivel

Answer 454

V. /流鼻涕；啜泣；鼻子一把泪一把/run at the nose; snuffle; whine. Don't you come sniveling to me complaining about your big brother. sobriety N. moderation (especially regarding indulgence in alcohol); seriousness. Neither falling-down drunks nor stand-up comics are noted for sobriety. sober,ADJ.

Question 455

sodden

Answer 455

ADJ. /湿透的/soaked; dull, as if from drink. He set his sod?den overcoat near the radiator to dry.

Question 456

sojourn

Answer 456

N. /逗留/temporary stay. After his sojourn in Florida, he began to long for the colder climate of his native New Eng?land home.

Question 457

solace

Answer 457

N. /安慰/comfort in trouble. I hope you will find solace in the thought that all of us share your loss.

Question 458

solder

Answer 458

V. /焊接/repair or make whole by using a metal alloy. The plumber fixed the leak in the pipes by soldering a couple of joints from which water had been oozing.

Question 459

solecism

Answer 459

N. /语法错误；谬误/construction that is flagrantly incorrect gram?matically. I must give this paper a failing mark because it contains many solecisms.

Question 460

solemnity

Answer 460

N. /严肃的；一本正经的/seriousness; gravity. The minister was con?cerned that nothing should disturb the solemnity of the mar?riage service. solemn,ADJ.

Question 461

solicit

Answer 461

V. /恳求/request earnestly; seek. Knowing she needed to have a solid majority for the budget to pass, the mayor tele?phoned all the members of the city council to solicit their votes.

Question 462

solicitous

Answer 462

ADJ. /担心的；关切的；期望的/worried; concerned. The employer was very solicitous about the health of her employees as replace?ments were difficult to get.

Question 463

soliloquy

Answer 463

N. /自言自语；独白/talking to oneself. The soliloquy is a device used by the dramatist to reveal a character's innermost thoughts and emotions.

Question 464

solitude

Answer 464

N. /独身/state of being alone; seclusion. Much depends on how much you like your own company. What to one per?son seems fearful isolation to another is blessed solitude.

Question 465

soluble

Answer 465

ADJ. /可溶解的；可解决的/able to be dissolved; able to be explained. Sugar is soluble in water; put a sugar cube in water and it will quickly dissolve.

Question 466

solvent

Answer 466

ADJ. /有偿付能力的/able to pay all debts. By dint of very frugal liv?ing, he was finally able to become solvent and avoid bank?ruptcy proceedings.

Question 467

somber

Answer 467

ADJ. /阴森的；昏暗的；抑郁的/gloomy; depressing; dark; drab. From the doctor's grim expression, I could tell he had somber news. Dull brown and charcoal gray are pretty somber colors; can't you wear something bright?

Question 468

somnambulist

Answer 468

N. /梦游症患者/sleepwalker. The most famous somnam?bulist in literature is Lady Macbeth; her monologue in the sleepwalking scene is one of the highlights of Shake?speare's play.

Question 469

somnolent

Answer 469

ADJ. /催眠的；半睡半醒的/half asleep. The heavy meal and the over?heated room made us all somnolent and indifferent to the speaker.

Question 470

sonorous

Answer 470

ADJ. /醒目的/resonant. His sonorous voice resounded through the hall.

Question 471

sophisticated

Answer 471

ADJ. /世故的；复杂的/worldly-wise and urbane; complex. When Sophie makes wisecracks, she thinks she sounds sophisticated, but instead she sounds sophomoric. The new IBM laptop with the butterfly keyboard and the built-in quadspeed FAX modem is a pretty sophisticated machine.

Question 472

sophistry

Answer 472

N. /似真实假的/seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning. Instead of advancing valid arguments, he tried to over?whelm his audience with a flood of sophistries.

Question 473

sophomoric

Answer 473

ADJ. /一知半解的；不成熟的/immature; half-baked, like a sophomore. Even if you're only a freshman, it's no compliment to be told your humor is sophomoric. The humor in Dumb and Dumber is sophomoric at best.

Question 474

soporific

Answer 474

ADJ. /催眠的/sleep-causing; marked by sleepiness. Pro?fessor Pringle's lectures were so soporific that even he fell asleep in class. also N.

Question 475

sordid

Answer 475

ADJ. /肮脏；卑鄙/filthy; base; vile. The social worker was angered by the sordid housing provided for the homeless.

Question 476

sovereign

Answer 476

ADJ. /君主的；至高无上的/efficacious; supreme or paramount; self?governing. Professor Pennywhistle claimed his panacea was a sovereign cure for all chronic complaints. In medi-cine the sovereign task of the doctor is to do no harm. Rebelling against the mother country, the onetime colony now proclaimed itself a sovereign state. also N.

Question 477

spangle

Answer 477

N. /衣服上亮晶晶的小金属饰件/small metallic piece sewn to clothing for orna?mentation. The thousands of spangles on her dress sparkled in the glare of the stage lights.

Question 478

sparse

Answer 478

ADJ. /稀少的；稀疏的/not thick; thinly scattered; scanty. No matter how carefully Albert combed his hair to make it look as full as possible, it still looked sparse.

Question 479

spartan

Answer 479

ADJ. /刚毅的；朴素的；纪律严格的；斯巴达的/avoiding luxury and comfort; sternly disci?plined. Looking over the bare, unheated room, with its hard cot, he wondered what he was doing in such spartan quar?ters. Only his spartan sense of duty kept him at his post.

Question 480

spasmodic

Answer 480

ADJ. /断断续续的；间歇的/fitful; periodic. The spasmodic coughing in the auditorium annoyed the performers.

Question 481

spat

Answer 481

N. /争论；口角；扇巴掌/squabble; minor dispute. What had started out as a mere spat escalated into a full-blown argument.

Question 482

spate

Answer 482

N. /爆发；大洪水；一大群的/sudden flood or strong outburst; a large number or amount. After the spate of angry words that came pour?ing out of him, Mary was sure they would never be recon?ciled.

Question 483

spatial

Answer 483

ADJ. /空间的/relating to space. NASA is engaged in an ongoing program of spatial exploration. When Jay says he's studying spatial relations, that doesn't mean he has rela?tives in outer space.

Question 484

spatula

Answer 484

N. /压舌板；抹刀；批灰刀/broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing. The manufacturers of this frying pan recommend the use of a rubber spatula to avoid scratching the specially treated surface.

Question 485

spawn

Answer 485

V. /孵化；下蛋/lay eggs. Fish ladders had to be built in the dams to assist the salmon returning to spawn in their native streams. also N.

Question 486

specious

Answer 486

ADJ. /似是而非的/seemingly reasonable but incorrect; mis?leading (often intentionally). To claim that, because houses and birds both have wings, both can fly, is extremely spe?cious reasoning.

Question 487

spectrum

Answer 487

N. /光谱/colored band produced when beam of light passes through a prism. The visible portion of the spectrum includes red at one end and violet at the other.

Question 488

spendthrift

Answer 488

N. /挥霍的人/someone who wastes money. Easy access to credit encourages people to turn into spendthrifts who shop till they drop.

Question 489

sphinx-like

Answer 489

ADJ. /谜的/enigmatic; mysterious. The Mona Lisa's sphinx-like expression has intrigued and mystified art lovers for centuries.

Question 490

splice

Answer 490

V. /绑定的；联合的/fasten together; unite. Before you splice two strips of tape together, be sure to line them up evenly. also N.

Question 491

spontaneity

Answer 491

N. /自发的；自然的；无预谋的/lack of premeditation; naturalness; freedom from constraint. When Anne and Amy met, Amy impulsively hugged her new colleague, but Anne drew back, unpre?pared for such spontaneity. The cast over-rehearsed the play so much that the eventual performance lacked any spontaneity. spontaneous,ADJ.

Question 492

sporadic

Answer 492

ADJ. /零星的/occurring irregularly. Although you can still hear sporadic outbursts of laughter and singing outside, the big Halloween parade has passed; the party's over till next year.