GKV 16

Question 1

innocuous

(i NAHK yoo us)

Answer 1

无害的

adj. harmless; banal

Question 2

inordinate

(in OR duh nit)

Answer 2

过度的

adj. excessive; unreasonable

Question 3

insatiable

(in SAY shuh bul)

Answer 3

贪得无厌

adj. hard or impossible to satisfy; greedy; avaricious

Question 4

insidious

(in SID ee us)

Answer 4

阴险

adj. treacherous; sneaky

Question 5

insinuate

(in SIN yoo ayt)

Answer 5

暗示

v. to hint; to creep in

Question 6

insipid

(in SIP id)

Answer 6

平淡

adj. dull; bland; banal

Question 7

insolent

(IN suh lunt)

Answer 7

蛮横的

adj. arrogant; insulting

Question 8

instigate

(IN stuh gayt)

Answer 8

唆

v. to provoke; to stir up

Question 9

insular

(IN suh lur)

Answer 9

孤岛

adj. like an island; isolated

Question 10

insurgent

(in SUR junt)

Answer 10

叛乱分子

n. a rebel; someone who revolts against a government

Question 11

integral

(IN tuh grul)

Answer 11

不可缺少的

adj. essential

Question 12

integrate

(IN tuh grayt)

Answer 12

整合

v. to combine two or more things into a whole

Question 13

intractable

(in TRAK tuh bul)

Answer 13

棘手的

adj. uncontrollable; stubborn; disobedient

Question 14

intransigent

(in TRAN suh junt)

Answer 14

不妥协的

adj. uncompromising; stubborn

Question 15

intrinsic

(in TRIN sik)

Answer 15

固有的

adj. part of the essential nature of something; inherent

Question 16

introspective

(in truh SPEC tiv)

Answer 16

内省的

adj. tending to think about oneself; examining one’s feelings

Question 17

inundate

(IN un dayt)

Answer 17

淹没

v. to flood; to cover completely

Question 18

invective

(in VEK tiv)

Answer 18

谩骂的

n. insulting or abusive speech

Question 19

inveterate

(in VET ur it)

Answer 19

根深蒂固

adj. habitual; firm in habit; deeply rooted

Question 20

irascible

(i RAS uh bul)

Answer 20

暴躁

adj. easily angered or provoked; irritable

Question 21

ironic

(eye RAHN ik)

Answer 21

讽刺的

adj. meaning opposite of what you seem to say; using words to mean something other than what they seem to mean

Question 22

irrevocable

(i REV uh kuh bul)

Answer 22

不可撤销

adj. irreversible

Question 23

itinerant

(eye TIN ur unit)

Answer 23

巡回

adj. moving from place to place

Question 24

judicious

(joo DISH us)

Answer 24

明智的

adj. exercising sound judgment

Question 25

juxtapose | (JUK stuh pohz)

Answer 25

并列 *v.* to place side by side

Question 26

kinetic | (ki NET ik)

Answer 26

动力学 *adj.* having to do with motion; lively; active

Question 27

labyrinth | (LAB uh rinth)

Answer 27

迷宫 *n.* a maze; something like a maze

Question 28

laconic | (luh KAHN ik)

Answer 28

简洁 *adj.* using few words, especially to the point of seeming rude

Question 29

lament | (luh MENT)

Answer 29

哀叹 *v.* to mourn

Question 30

lampoon | (lam POON)

Answer 30

讽刺 *v.* to satirize; to mock; to parody