Day 7 - List 4 First Half

Question 1

labyrinth

Answer 1

n. maze

Question 2

appease

Answer 2

v. pacify or soothe; relieve

Question 3

precursor

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Answer 3

n. forerunner

precursor of/to …

Question 4

paucity

Answer 4

n. scarcity

Question 5

doctrinaire

Answer 5

adj. unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding

Question 6

belligerent

Answer 6

adj. quarrelsome (好争吵的)

Question 7

grandiose

Answer 7

adj. pretentious; high-flown; ridiculously exaggerated

Question 8

somber

Answer 8

adj. gloomy; depressing; dark; drab (乏味的,无生气的)

Question 9

divulge

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Answer 9

v. reveal

divulge sth to sb

Question 10

ovation

Answer 10

n. ethusiastic applause

Question 11

bungle

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Answer 11

v. mismanage; blunder (犯错误)

a bungled robbery

Question 12

premise

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Answer 12

n. assumption; postulate

on the premise of/that

Question 13

cavalcade

Answer 13

n. procession (行列); parade

Question 14

beset

Answer 14

v. harass or trouble; hem in (包围)

Question 15

render

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Answer 15

v. deliver; provide; represent

render sth (for sth); render sth (to sb)

Question 16

dappled

Answer 16

adj. spotted

Question 17

pittance

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Answer 17

n. a small allowance (补贴,限额) or wage

earn/be paid a pittance

Question 18

automaton

Answer 18

n. robot; person performing a task mechanically

Question 19

illuminate

Answer 19

v. brighten; clear up or make understandable; enlighten

Question 20

disabuse

Answer 20

v. correct a false impression; undeceive (使醒悟)

Question 21

craftiness

Answer 21

n. slyness; trickiness

Question 22

knoll

Answer 22

n. little round hill

Question 23

assent

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Answer 23

v. agree; accept

assent to

Question 24

exotic

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adj. not native; strange

Question 25

extrapolation

Answer 25

n. projection; conjecture (猜想)

Question 26

salutary

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adj. tending to improve; beneficial; wholesome (有益健康的)

Question 27

anomaly

Answer 27

n. irregularity

Question 28

delusion

Answer 28

n. false belief; hallucination

Question 29

mock

Answer 29

v. ridicule; imitate, often in derision (嘲笑)

Question 30

pejorative

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Answer 30

adj. negative in connotation; having a belittling effect; derogatory (贬义的)

pejorative term

Question 31

reconnaissance

Answer 31

n. survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering (侦查)

Question 32

transitory

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adj. impermanent; fleeting (短暂的)

Question 33

accesory

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n. additional object; useful but not essential thing

Question 34

cornucopia

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n. horn overflowing with fruit and grain; symbol of abundance

Question 35

podiatrist

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n. doctor who treats ailments of the feet

Question 36

curmudgeon

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n. churlish (粗鲁的,脾气坏的), miserly (吝啬的) individual

Question 37

chaff

Answer 37

n. worthless products of an endeavor (努力)

Question 38

lucid

Answer 38

adj. easily understood; clear; intelligible

Question 39

delude

Answer 39

v. deceive

Question 40

dismantle

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v. take apart

Question 41

daub

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v. smear (as with paint)

n. the act or a stroke of daubing; a soft, adhesive coating material, such as plaster, grease (油脂), or mud

Question 42

knit

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v. contract into wrinkles [编织]; grow together

Question 43

depravity

Answer 43

n. extreme corruption; wickedness

Question 44

manipulate

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v. operate with one’s hands; control or play upon (people, forces, etc.) artfully

Question 45

tangible

Answer 45

adj. able to be touched; real; palpable [可意识到的]

Question 46

rapport

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Answer 46

n. emotional closeness; harmony

rapport with sb/between A and B

Question 47

influx

Answer 47

n. flowing into

Question 48

eclipse

Answer 48

v. darken; extinguish; surpass (超过,声誉)

Question 49

gist

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Answer 49

n. essence

gist of sth

Question 50

unequivocal

Answer 50

adj. plain; obvious; unmistakable