Ca-Da

Question 1

nostalgic

Answer 1

N: the state of being homesick : homesickness.
2. a sentimental longing for the past.
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Question 2

comprehensive

Answer 2

A: complete

A comprehensive list of sources

Question 3

concise

Answer 3

A: brief but comprehensive

A concise account of the country’s history

N: conciseness, concision

Question 4

fastidious

Answer 4

A: very attentive about accuracy and detail; scrupulous, perfectionist

He was fastidious about personal hygiene.

Question 5

condemn

Answer 5

V: express complete disapproval of, typically in public
2. sentence (someone) to a particular punishment, especially death.

“fair-minded people declined to condemn her on mere suspicion”
2. “the rebels had been condemned to death”

Question 6

tangential

Answer 6

A: hardly touching a matter

Question 7

counterfeit

Answer 7

A/V/N: made in exact imitation of sth valuable

counterfeit 100 dollar bills

He knew the bills to be a counterfeit

My signature is hard to be counterfeited.

Question 8

digressive

Answer 8

A: tending to depart from the subject

Question 9

conspicuous

Answer 9

A: standing out to be clear and visible

He was very thin, but his adam’s apple was conspicuous.

N: conspicuity

Question 10

pyre

Answer 10

N: 火葬柴堆

Question 11

decibel

Answer 11

N: a unit used to measure sound

Question 12

fathom

Answer 12

V: understand a difficult problem or person after much thought
2. measure the dept of water

she couldn’t fathom why he was being so anxious
2. an attempt to fathom the ocean

N: a unit of length equal to 6 feet( 1.8 )