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Question 1

invincible

Answer 1

invincible​ADJ. /无敌的/unconquerable. Superman is invincible.

Question 2

inviolable

Answer 2

inviolable​ADJ. /无敌的；神圣不可亵渎的/secure from corruption, attack, or violation; unassailable. Batman considered his oath to keep the people of Gotham City inviolable: nothing on earth could make him break this promise.

Question 3

invocation

Answer 3

invocation​N. /祈祷/prayer for help; calling upon as a reference or support. The service of Morning Prayer opens with an invocation during which we ask God to hear our prayers.

Question 4

invoke

Answer 4

invoke​V. /恳请，借助于，找来，调用/call upon; ask for. She invoked her advisor’s aid in filling out her financial aid forms.

Question 5

invulnerable

Answer 5

invulnerable​ADJ. /无懈可击的/incapable of injury. Achilles was invulnerable except in his heel.

Question 6

iota

Answer 6

iota​N. /极少量的/very small quantity. She hadn’t an iota of common sense.

Question 7

irascible

Answer 7

irascible​ADJ. /易怒的；暴躁的/irritable; easily angered. Miss Minchin’s irascible temper intimidated the younger schoolgirls, who feared she’d burst into a rage at any moment.

Question 8

irate

Answer 8

irate​ADJ. /愤怒的；生气的/angry. When John’s mother found out he had overdrawn his checking account for the third month in a row, she was so irate she could scarcely speak to him.

Question 9

ire

Answer 9

ire​N. /怒气/anger. The waiter tried unsuccessfully to placate the ire of the diner who had found a cockroach in her soup.

Question 10

iridescent

Answer 10

iridescent​ADJ. /虹彩的/exhibiting rainbowlike colors. She admired the iridescent hues of the oil that floated on the surface of the water.

Question 11

irksome

Answer 11

irksome​ADJ. /令人厌恶的；冗长乏味的/annoying; tedious. He found working on the assembly line irksome because of the monotony of the operation he had to perform. irk,V.

Question 12

irrefutable

Answer 12

irrefutable​ADJ. /不可否认的；不能驳倒的/indisputable; incontrovertible; undeniable. No matter how hard I tried to find a good comeback for her argument, I couldn’t think of one: her logic was irrefutable.

Question 13

irremediable

Answer 13

irremediable​ADJ. /不能挽回的；不能治愈的/incurable; uncorrectable. The error she made was irremediable; she could see no way to repair it.

Question 14

irreproachable

Answer 14

irreproachable​ADJ. /无可指责的；没有缺点的/blameless; impeccable. Homer’s conduct at the office party was irreproachable; even Marge didn’t have anything bad to say about how he behaved.

Question 15

irrevocable

Answer 15

irrevocable​ADJ. /不能取消的；不能变更的/unalterable; irreversible. As Sue dropped the “Dear John” letter into the mailbox, she suddenly had second thoughts and wanted to take it back, but she could not: her action was irrevocable.

Question 16

itinerant

Answer 16

itinerant​ADJ. /巡回的/wandering; traveling. He was an itinerant peddler and traveled through Pennsylvania and Virginia selling his wares. also N.

Question 17

itinerary

Answer 17

itinerary​N. /旅行计划；路线/plan of a trip. Disliking sudden changes in plans when she traveled abroad, Ethel refused to make any alterations in her itinerary.

Question 18

jabber

Answer 18

jabber​V. /快速的说，含混不清的说/chatter rapidly or unintelligibly. Why does the fellow insist on jabbering away in French when I can’t understand a word he says?

Question 19

jaded

Answer 19

jaded​ADJ. /疲倦的/fatigued; surfeited. He looked for exotic foods to stimulate his jaded appetite.

Question 20

jargon

Answer 20

jargon​N. /黑话，行话，胡话/language used by a special group; technical terminology; gibberish. The computer salesmen at the store used a jargon of their own that we simply couldn’t follow; we had no idea what they were jabbering about.

Question 21

jaundiced

Answer 21

jaundiced​ADJ. /患黄疸病的；有偏见的/prejudiced (envious, hostile or resentful); yellowed. Because Sue disliked Carolyn, she looked at Carolyn’s paintings with a jaundiced eye, calling them formless smears. Newborn infants afflicted with jaundice look slightly yellow: they have jaundiced skin.

Question 22

jaunt

Answer 22

jaunt​N. /短途旅行/trip; short journey. He took a quick jaunt to Atlantic City.

Question 23

jaunty

Answer 23

jaunty​ADJ. /无忧无虑的，快乐的，轻松的/lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree. In An American in Paris, Gene Kelly sang and danced his way through “Singing in the Rain” in a properly jaunty style.

Question 24

jeopardize

Answer 24

jeopardize​V. /置于危险之中/endanger; imperil; put at risk. You can’t give me a D in chemistry: you’ll jeopardize my chances of getting into M.I.T. jeopardy, N.

Question 25

jettison

Answer 25

jettison​V. /投弃货物/throw overboard. In order to enable the ship to ride safely through the storm, the captain had to jettison much of his cargo.

Question 26

jingoist

Answer 26

jingoist​N. /狂热好战分子；侵略主义者/extremely aggressive and militant patriot; warlike chauvinist. Always bellowing “America first!,” the congressman was such a jingoist you could almost hear the sabers rattling as he marched down the halls. jingoism, N.

Question 27

jocose

Answer 27

jocose​ADJ. /诙谐的/given to joking. The salesman was so jocose that many of his customers suggested that he become a .,stand-up” comic.

Question 28

jocular

Answer 28

jocular​ADJ. /诙谐的/said or done in jest. Although Bill knew the boss hated jokes, he couldn’t resist making one jocular remark.

Question 29

jollity

Answer 29

jollity​N. /高兴的；欢乐的/gaiety; cheerfulness. The festive Christmas dinner was a merry one, and old and young alike joined in the general jollity.

Question 30

jovial

Answer 30

jovial​ADJ. /天性善良的；好的；高兴的，愉快的/good-natured; merry. A frown seemed out of place on his invariably jovial face.

Question 31

jubilation

Answer 31

jubilation​N. /庆祝/rejoicing. There was great jubilation when the armistice was announced. jubilant,ADJ.

Question 32

judicious

Answer 32

judicious​ADJ. /公平的/sound in judgment; wise. At a key moment in his life, he made a judicious investment that was the foundation of his later wealth.

Question 33

junta

Answer 33

junta​N. /小集团；政治团伙/group of men joined in political intrigue; cabal. As soon as he learned of its existence, the dictator ordered the execution of all of the members of the junta.

Question 34

jurisprudence

Answer 34

jurisprudence​N. /法学/science of law. He was more a student of jurisprudence than a practitioner of the law.

Question 35

kaleidoscope

Answer 35

kaleidoscope​N. /万花筒/tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass, etc., produce interesting symmetrical effects. People found a new source of entertainment while peering through the kaleidoscope; they found the ever-changing patterns fascinating.

Question 36

kernel

Answer 36

kernel​N. /核心的/central or vital part; whole seed (as of corn). “Watson, buried within this tissue of lies there is a kernel of truth; when I find it, the mystery will be solved.”

Question 37

killjoy

Answer 37

killjoy​N. /扫兴的人；煞风景/grouch; spoilsport. At breakfast we had all been enjoying our bacon and eggs until that killjoy John started talking about how bad animal fats were for our health.

Question 38

kindle

Answer 38

kindle​V. /点燃，照亮，激起/start a fire; inspire. One of the first things Ben learned in the Boy Scouts was how to kindle a fire by rubbing two dry sticks together. Her teacher’s praise for her poetry kindled a spark of hope inside Maya.

Question 39

kindred

Answer 39

kindred​ADJ. /同族的，同类的；血缘的/related; belonging to the same family. Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn were two kindred spirits. also N.

Question 40

kleptomaniac

Answer 40

kleptomaniac​N. /偷窃狂；盗窃癖/person who has a compulsive desire to steal. They discovered that the wealthy customer was a kleptomaniac when they caught her stealing some cheap trinkets.

Question 41

knave

Answer 41

knave ​N. /流氓；无赖；恶棍/untrustworthy person; rogue; scoundrel. Any politician nicknamed Tricky Dick clearly has the reputation of a knave. knavery, N.

Question 42

knit

Answer 42

knit​V. /编织；结合/contract into wrinkles; grow together. Whenever David worries, his brow knits in a frown. When he broke his leg, he sat around the house all day waiting for the bones to knit.

Question 43

knoll

Answer 43

knoll​N. /小山包/little round hill. Robert Louis Stevenson’s grave is on a knoll in Samoa; to reach the grave site, you must climb uphill and walk a short distance along a marked path.

Question 44

knotty

Answer 44

knotty​ADJ. /复杂的，错综的；精细的/intricate; difficult; tangled. What to Watson had been a knotty problem, to Sherlock Holmes was simplicity itself.

Question 45

kudos

Answer 45

kudos​N. /名望，声誉/honor; glory; praise. The singer complacently received kudos from his entourage on his performance.

Question 46

laborious

Answer 46

laborious​ADJ. /艰苦的，勤劳的/demanding much work or care; tedious. In putting together his dictionary of the English language, Doctor Johnson undertook a laborious task.

Question 47

labyrinth

Answer 47

labyrinth​N. /迷宫/maze. Hiding from Indian Joe, Tom and Becky soon lost themselves in the labyrinth of secret underground caves. labyrinthine,ADJ.

Question 48

laceration

Answer 48

laceration​N. /破口/torn, ragged wound. The stock car driver needed stitches to close up the lacerations he received in the car crash.

Question 49

lachrymose

Answer 49

lachrymose​ADJ. /爱哭的/producing tears. His voice has a lachrymose quality more appropriate to a funeral than a class reunion.

Question 50

lackadaisical

Answer 50

lackadaisical​ADJ. /懒洋洋的，没上进心的/lacking purpose or zest; halfhearted; languid. Because Gatsby had his mind more on his love life than on his finances, he did a very lackadaisical job of managing his money.

Question 51

lackluster

Answer 51

lackluster​ADJ. /暗淡的，无光的；单调的/dull. We were disappointed by the lackluster performance.

Question 52

laconic

Answer 52

laconic​ADJ. /简洁的/brief and to the point. Many of the characters portrayed by Clint Eastwood are laconic types: strong men of few words.

Question 53

laggard

Answer 53

laggard​ADJ. /缓慢的，迟缓的/slow; sluggish. The sailor had been taught not to be laggard in carrying out orders. lag, ​N.,V.