Day 1 - List 1 First Half

Question 1

surfeit

Answer 1

v. satiate (充分满足); stuff; indulge to excess in anything

[surfeit ab/oneself with/on sth]

Question 2

expurgate

Answer 2

v. remove offensive parts of a piece of writing

Question 3

yen

Answer 3

n. longing; urge

Question 4

flinch

Answer 4

v. hesitate, shrink(退缩)

Question 5

grandiloquent

Answer 5

adj. pompous (华而不实的); bombastic (夸大的); using highsouding language

Question 6

gingerly

Answer 6

adv. very carefully

Question 7

invincible

Answer 7

adj. unconquerable

Question 8

antiquated

Answer 8

adj. old-fashioned; obsolete (过时的)

Question 9

buxom

Answer 9

adj. plump; full-bosomed

Question 10

impale

Answer 10

v. pierce

Question 11

subdued

Answer 11

adj. less intense;quieter

Question 12

mendicant

Answer 12

n. beggar

Question 13

deft

Answer 13

adj. neat; skillful

Question 14

deliberate

Answer 14

v. consider; ponder

Question 15

aureole

Answer 15

n. sun’s corona; halo

Question 16

pummel

Answer 16

v. beat or pound with fists

Question 17

divergent

Answer 17

adj. differing; deviating

Question 18

fitful

Answer 18

adj. spasmodic (occuring or done in brief, irregular bursts); intermittent (断续的)

Question 19

hiatus

Answer 19

n. gap; interruption in duration or continuity; pause

Question 20

stint

Answer 20

n. supply; allotted amount; assigned portion of work

v. be thrifty; set limits

Question 21

catechism

Answer 21

n. book for religious instruction; instruction by question and answer

Question 22

infuriate

Answer 22

v. enrage; anger

Question 23

molecule

Answer 23

n. the smallest particle (one or more atoms) of a substance, having all properties of that substance

Question 24

reverent

Answer 24

adj. respectful; worshipful

Question 25

conspicuous

Answer 25

adj. easily seen; noticeable; striking

Question 26

discomposure

Answer 26

n. agitation; loss of poise

Question 27

truism

Answer 27

n. self-evident truth

Question 28

annals

Answer 28

n. records; history

Question 29

dissemble

Answer 29

v. disguise; pretend

Question 30

uncouth

Answer 30

adj. outlandish (奇异的); clumsy; boorish(粗野的)

Question 31

infidel

Answer 31

n. unbeliever

Question 32

concession

Answer 32

n. the act of conceding (让步) or yielding

Question 33

esoteric

Answer 33

adj. hard to understand; known only to the chosen few

Question 34

bestow

Answer 34

v. give

Question 35

antidote

Answer 35

n. medicine to counteract a poison or disease

Question 36

seethe

Answer 36

v. be disturbed; boil

Question 37

unique

Answer 37

adj. without an equal; single in kind

Question 38

conundrum

Answer 38

n. riddle

Question 39

receptive

Answer 39

adj. quick or willing to receive ideas, suggestions, etc.

Question 40

imperious

Answer 40

adj. domineering (专断的); haughty (傲慢的)

Question 41

intimidate

Answer 41

v. frighten

Question 42

retrograde

Answer 42

v. go backwards; degenerate

adj. going backwards; degenerating

Question 43

meticulous

Answer 43

adj. excessively careful; painstaking; scrupulous (极其仔细的)

Question 44

masochist

Answer 44

n. person who enjoys his own pain

Question 45

toxic

Answer 45

adj. poisonous

Question 46

injurious

Answer 46

adj. harmful

Question 47

riddle

Answer 47

v. pierce with holes, permeate or spread throughout

Question 48

aseptic

Answer 48

adj. preventing infection; having a cleansing effect

Question 49

nettle

Answer 49

v. annoy; vex (使恼火)

Question 50

jurisprudence

Answer 50

n. science of law