Day 8 - List 4 Second Half

Question 1

mandatory

Answer 1

adj. obligatory; compulsory

Question 2

presevere

搭

Answer 2

v. persist; endure; strive

persevere with; persevere in (doing) something

Question 3

stalemate

Answer 3

n. deadlock (僵局)

Question 4

nefarious

Answer 4

adj. very wicked

Question 5

stratagem

Answer 5

n. deceptive scheme

Question 6

aggregate

搭

Answer 6

v. gather; accumulate

aggregate sb to …

Question 7

apposite

搭

Answer 7

adj. appropriate; fitting

be apposite to sth

Question 8

validate

Answer 8

v. confirm; ratify

Question 9

seedy

Answer 9

adj. run-down; decrepit (破旧的); disreputable (不体面的)

Question 10

munificent

Answer 10

adj. very generous

Question 11

credo

Answer 11

n. creed (信条)

Question 12

disingenuous

Answer 12

adj. lacking genuine candor (坦率); insincere

Question 13

slander

Answer 13

n. defamation (诽谤); utterance of false and malicious statements

Question 14

ravenous

Answer 14

adj. extremely hungry

Question 15

liability

Answer 15

n. drawback; debts

Question 16

accessible

搭

Answer 16

adj. easy to approach; obtainable

accessible to

Question 17

saboteur

Answer 17

n. one who commits sabotage; destroyer of property

Question 18

panache

Answer 18

n. flair (天赋,才华); flamboyance (艳丽,炫耀)

Question 19

invidious

Answer 19

adj. designed to create ill will or envy

Question 20

staid

Answer 20

adj. sober; sedate (镇定的)

Question 21

barb

Answer 21

n. sharp projection from fishhook, etc; openly cutting remark

Question 22

deviate

搭

Answer 22

v. turn away from (a principle, norm); depart; diverge

deviate from

Question 23

sojourn

Answer 23

n. temporary stay

Question 24

drab

Answer 24

adj. dull; lacking color; cheerless

Question 25

facet

Answer 25

n. small plane surface (of a gem); a side

Question 26

crestfallen

Answer 26

adj. dejected; dispirited [沮丧的]

Question 27

fractious

Answer 27

adj. unruly; disobedient; irritable

Question 28

prolong

Answer 28

v. make longer; draw out; lengthen

Question 29

centrifugal

Answer 29

adj. radiating (放射的); departing from the center

Question 30

erode

Answer 30

v. eat away

Question 31

dishearten

Answer 31

v. discourage; cause to lose courage or hope

Question 32

mnemonic

Answer 32

adj. pertaining to memory

Question 33

unfrock

Answer 33

v. strip a priest or minister of church authority

Question 34

acrid

Answer 34

adj. sharp; bitterly pungent (味道强烈的,刺激性的)

Question 35

retroactive

Answer 35

adj. taking effect before its enactment (as a law) or imposition (as a tax)

Question 36

wince

Answer 36

v. shrink back; flinch (退缩)

Question 37

congruent

Answer 37

adj. in agreement; corresponding

Question 38

emendation

Answer 38

n. correction of errors; improvement

Question 39

duplicity

Answer 39

n. double-dealing; hypocrisy

Question 40

foster

Answer 40

v. rear; encourage

Question 41

arcane

Answer 41

adj. secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated

Question 42

defunct

Answer 42

adj. dead; no longer in use or existence

Question 43

tremulous

Answer 43

adj. trembling; wavering (摇晃的)

Question 44

tactile

Answer 44

adj. pertaining to the organs or sense of touch

Question 45

askance

搭

Answer 45

adv. with a sideways or indirect look

look askance at sb/sth

Question 46

bard

Answer 46

n. poet

Question 47

anesthetic

搭

Answer 47

n. substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness

anesthetic agent

Question 48

clapper

Answer 48

n. striker (tongue) of a bell

Question 49

obliterate

Answer 49

destroy completely