List 26

Question 1

ingenue

Answer 1

ingenue​N. /天真无邪的少女；扮演天真无邪的少女的女演员/an artless girl; an actress who plays such parts. Although she was forty, she still insisted that she be cast as an ingenue and refused to play more mature roles.

Question 2

ingrained

Answer 2

ingrained​ADJ. /牢固的；深深扎根的；深入人心的/deeply established; firmly rooted. Try as they would, the missionaries were unable to uproot the ingrained superstitions of the natives.

Question 3

ingrate

Answer 3

ingrate​N. /忘恩负义者；不领情的人/ungrateful person. That ingrate Bob sneered at the tie I gave him.

Question 4

ingratiate

Answer 4

ingratiate​V. /迎合，讨好；流行开来/become popular with. He tried to ingratiate himself into her parents’ good graces.

Question 5

inimical

Answer 5

inimical​ADJ. /不友好的；敌意的；有害的/unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental. I’ve always been friendly to Martha. Why is she so inimical to me?

Question 6

inimitable

Answer 6

inimitable​ADJ. /独一无二的，独特的；防伪的，难以模仿的/matchless; not able to be imitated. We admire Auden for his inimitable use of language; he is one of a kind.

Question 7

iniquitous

Answer 7

iniquitous​ADJ. /邪恶的/wicked; immoral; unrighteous. Whether or not King Richard III was responsible for the murder of the two young princes in the Tower, it was an iniquitous deed. iniquity, N.

Question 8

inkling

Answer 8

inkling​N. /暗示，提示/hint. This came as a complete surprise to me as I did not have the slightest inkling of your plans.

Question 9

innocuous

Answer 9

innocuous​ADJ. /无害的，无辜的/harmless. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively innocuous and should have no ill effect on you.

Question 10

innovative

Answer 10

innovative​ADJ. /新奇的；创新的/novel; introducing a change. The establishment of our SAT I computer data base has enabled us to come up with some innovative tactics for doing well on the SAT.

Question 11

innuendo

Answer 11

innuendo​N. /暗示，旁侧敲击；暗讽；讽刺，冷嘲热讽/hint; insinuation. I can defend myself against direct accusations; innuendos and oblique attacks on my character are what trouble me.

Question 12

inquisitor

Answer 12

inquisitor ​N. /调查者；盘问者/questioner (especially harsh); investigator. Fearing being grilled ruthlessly by the secret police, Masha faced her inquisitors with trepidation.

Question 13

insalubrious

Answer 13

insalubrious​ADJ. /有害的/unwholesome; not healthful. The mosquito-ridden swamp was an insalubrious place, a breeding ground for malarial contagion.

Question 14

insatiable

Answer 14

insatiable​ADJ. /不容易伺候的；贪婪的/not easily satisfied; unquenchable; greedy. David’s appetite for oysters was insatiable: he could easily eat four dozen at a single sitting.

Question 15

inscrutable

Answer 15

inscrutable​ADJ. /不可渗透的；不可理解的，谜/impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious. Experienced poker players try to keep their expressions inscrutable, hiding their reactions to the cards behind a so-called “poker face.”

Question 16

insinuate

Answer 16

insinuate​V. /暗示，含沙射影；慢慢的夺取，巧妙的迂回（进入）/hint; imply; creep in. When you said I looked robust, did you mean to insinuate that I’m getting fat?

Question 17

insipid

Answer 17

insipid​ADJ. /索然无味的；单调的/lacking in flavor; dull. Flat prose and flat ginger ale are equally insipid: both lack sparkle.

Question 18

insolvent

Answer 18

insolvent​ADJ. /破产/bankrupt; unable to repay one’s debts. Although young Lord Widgeon was insolvent, he had no fear of being thrown into debtors’ prison, for he was sure that if his creditors pressed him for payment his wealthy parents would repay what he owed. insolvency

Question 19

insomnia

Answer 19

insomnia​N. /失眠/wakefulness; inability to sleep. He refused to join us in a midnight cup of coffee because he claimed it gave him insomnia.

Question 20

instigate

Answer 20

instigate​V. /驱使；激励，鼓动/urge; start; provoke. Rumors of police corruption led the mayor to instigate an investigation into the department’s activities.

Question 21

insubordination

Answer 21

insubordination​N. /反抗，不屈/disobedience; rebelliousness. At the slightest hint of insubordination from the sailors of the Bounty, Captain Bligh had them flogged; finally, they mutinied.

Question 22

insularity

Answer 22

insularity​N. /与外界隔绝；僵化；思想狭窄/narrow-mindedness; isolation. The insularity of the islanders manifested itself in their suspicion of anything foreign. insular,ADJ.

Question 23

insulated

Answer 23

insulated​ADJ. /分离；隔离/set apart; isolated. A well-to-do bachelor, James spent his money freely, insulated from the cares of his friends, who had families to support.

Question 24

insuperable

Answer 24

insuperable​ADJ. /不可战胜的，不能克服的/insurmountable; unbeatable. Though the odds against their survival seemed insuperable, the Apollo 13 astronauts reached earth safely.

Question 25

insurgent

Answer 25

insurgent​ADJ. /造反的，起义的/rebellious. Because the insurgent forces had occupied the capital and had gained control of the railway lines, several of the war correspondents covering the uprising predicted a rebel victory.

Question 26

insurmountable

Answer 26

insurmountable​ADJ. /不能克服的，不能超越的/overwhelming; unbeatable; insuperable. Faced by almost insurmountable obstacles, the members of the underground maintained their courage and will to resist.

Question 27

insurrection

Answer 27

insurrection​N. /谋反的，造反的/rebellion; uprising. In retrospect, given how badly the British treated the American colonists, the eventual insurrection seems inevitable.

Question 28

integral

Answer 28

integral​ADJ. /一体的，完整的/complete; necessary for completeness. Physical education is an integral part of our curriculum; a sound mind and a sound body are complementary.

Question 29

inter

Answer 29

inter​V. /埋/bury. They are going to inter the body tomorrow at Broadlawn Cemetery.

Question 30

interim

Answer 30

interim​N. /临时的；间歇的/meantime. The company will not consider our proposal until next week; in the interim, let us proceed as we have in the past.

Question 31

interloper

Answer 31

interloper ​N. /闯入者；干涉者/intruder; unwanted meddler. The merchant thought of his competitors as interlopers who were stealing away his trade.

Question 32

interment

Answer 32

interment​N. /埋葬/burial. Interment will take place in the church cemetery at 2 P.M. Wednesday.

Question 33

interminable

Answer 33

interminable​ADJ. /无尽的/endless. Although his speech lasted for only twenty minutes, it seemed interminable to his bored audience.

Question 34

intermittent

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intermittent​ADJ. /间歇的；断断续续的/periodic; on and off. The outdoor wedding reception had to be moved indoors to avoid the intermittent showers that fell on and off all afternoon.

Question 35

interrogate

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interrogate​V. /审问；讯问/question closely; cross-examine. Knowing that the Nazis would interrogate him about his background, the secret agent invented a cover story that would help him meet their questions.

Question 36

intervene

Answer 36

intervene​V. /干预；干涉/come between. When two close friends get into a fight, be careful if you try to intervene; they may join forces to gang up on you.

Question 37

intransigence

Answer 37

intransigence ​N. /不妥协；不让步/refusal of any compromise; stubbornness. The negotiating team had not expected such intransigence from the striking workers, who rejected any hint of a compromise. intransigent,ADJ.

Question 38

intrepid

Answer 38

intrepid​ADJ. /无畏的/fearless. For her intrepid conduct nursing the wounded during the war, Florence Nightingale was honored by Queen Victoria.

Question 39

intrude

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intrude​V. /强挤入，侵入；强加于人/trespass; enter as an uninvited person. She hesitated to intrude on their conversation.

Question 40

inundate

Answer 40

inundate​V. /淹没；吞并/overwhelm; flood; submerge. This semester I am inundated with work: You should see the piles of paperwork flooding my desk. Until the great dam was built, the waters of the Nile used to inundate the river valley like clockwork every year.

Question 41

inured

Answer 41

inured​ADJ. /习惯了的，适应了的/accustomed; hardened. She became inured to the Alaskan cold.

Question 42

invective

Answer 42

invective​N. /谩骂；非难；恶言相加/abuse. He had expected criticism but not the invective that greeted his proposal. inveigh,V.

Question 43

invidious

Answer 43

invidious​ADJ. /易招嫉妒的；不公平的/designed to create ill will or envy. We disregarded her invidious remarks because we realized how jealous she was.

Question 44

invigorate

Answer 44

invigorate​V. /激发；鼓舞/energize; stimulate. A quick dip in the pool invigorated Meg, and with renewed energy she got back to work.