Day 9 - List 5 First Half

Question 1

multilingual

Answer 1

adj. having many languages

Question 2

artless

Answer 2

adj. without guile; open and honest

Question 3

etymology

Answer 3

n. study of word parts

Question 4

verbose

Answer 4

adj. wordy

Question 5

vilify

Answer 5

v. slander (诋毁,诽谤)

Question 6

apprehension

Answer 6

n. fear

Question 7

monochromatic

Answer 7

adj. having only one color

Question 8

dictum

Answer 8

n. authoritative and weighty statement; saying; maxim (格言)

Question 9

ingrained

Answer 9

adj. deeply established; firmly rooted

Question 10

infiltrate

Answer 10

v. pass into or through; penetrate (an organization) sneakily

Question 11

patrician

Answer 11

adj. noble; aristocratic

Question 12

flick

Answer 12

n. light stroke with a whip

Question 13

appellation

Answer 13

n. name; title

Question 14

quench

Answer 14

v. douse (浇灭) or extinguish; assuage or satisfy

Question 15

expedient

Answer 15

adj. suitable; practical

n. action

Question 16

corrode

Answer 16

v. destroy by chemical action

Question 17

rejuvenate

Answer 17

v. make young again

Question 18

tortuous

Answer 18

adj. winding (曲折的); full of curves

Question 19

winsome

Answer 19

adj. agreeable; gracious; engaging

Question 20

pivotal

Answer 20

adj. crucial; key; vital

Question 21

notoriety

Answer 21

n. disrepute; ill frame

Question 22

epitaph

Answer 22

n. inscription in memory of a dead person

Question 23

earthy

Answer 23

adj. unrefined; coarse

Question 24

prototype

Answer 24

n. original work used as a model by others

Question 25

practicable

Answer 25

adj. feasible

Question 26

impending

Answer 26

adj. nearing; approaching

Question 27

bauble

Answer 27

n. trinket (小首饰); trifle

Question 28

unimpeachable

Answer 28

adj. blameless and exemplary

Question 29

codify

Answer 29

v. arrange (laws, rules) as a code; classify

Question 30

viper

Answer 30

n. poisonous snake

Question 31

discount

Answer 31

v. disregard; dismiss

Question 32

zany

Answer 32

adj. funny; comic; foolish

Question 33

brandish

Answer 33

v. wave around; flourish

Question 34

animated

Answer 34

adj. lively; spirited

Question 35

deplete

Answer 35

v. reduce; exhaust

Question 36

plaintive

Answer 36

adj. mournful

Question 37

felicity

Answer 37

n. happiness; appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.)

Question 38

circumscribe

Answer 38

v. limit; confine

Question 39

consequential

Answer 39

adj. pompous (虚华的); self-important; important

Question 40

shear

Answer 40

v. cut or clip (hair, fleece); strip of something

Question 41

glut

Answer 41

v. overstock; fill to excess

Question 42

rant

Answer 42

v. rave (热烈讨论); scold (骂); talk excitedly; make a grandiloquent speech

Question 43

complaisant

Answer 43

adj. trying to please; obliging

Question 44

anthropomorphic

Answer 44

adj. having human form or characteristics

Question 45

foolhardy

Answer 45

adj. rash (轻率的)

Question 46

decoy

Answer 46

n. lure or bait

v. lure or entrap by or as if by a decoy

Question 47

dermatologist

Answer 47

n. physician who studies the skin and its diseases

Question 48

domineer

Answer 48

v. rule over tyrannically [压制]

Question 49

adulterate

Answer 49

v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

Question 50

suborn

Answer 50

v. persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury [伪证])