List 31

Question 1

missive

Answer 1

missive​N. /信件/letter. The ambassador received a missive from the secretary of state.

Question 2

mite

Answer 2

mite​N. /小东西；小硬币/very small object or creature; small coin. Gnats are annoying mites that sting.

Question 3

mnemonic

Answer 3

mnemonic​ADJ. /记忆的/pertaining to memory. He used mnemonic tricks to master new words.

Question 4

mollify

Answer 4

mollify​V. /平息；安抚/soothe. The airline customer service representative tried to mollify the angry passenger by offering her a seat in first class.

Question 5

molt

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molt​V. /换毛；褪毛/shed or cast off hair or feathers. When Molly’s canary molted, he shed feathers all over the house.

Question 6

monastic

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monastic​ADJ. /僧侣的；遁入空门的，不问世事/related to monks or monasteries; removed from worldly concerns. Withdrawing from the world, Thomas Merton joined a contemplative religious order and adopted the monastic life.

Question 7

monochromatic

Answer 7

monochromatic​ADJ. /单色的/having only one color. Most people who are color blind actually can distinguish several colors; some, however, have a truly monochromatic view of a world all in shades of gray.

Question 8

monolithic

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monolithic​ADJ. /单片的，单块的；一体不动摇的/solidly uniform; unyielding. Knowing the importance of appearing resolute, the patriots sought to present a monolithic front.

Question 9

monosyllabic

Answer 9

monosyllabic​ADJ. /单音节的/having only one syllable. No matter what he was asked, the taciturn New Englander answered with a monosyllabic “Yep” or “Nope.” monosyllable, N.

Question 10

monotony

Answer 10

monotony​N. /千篇一律的/sameness leading to boredom. What could be more deadly dull than the monotony of punching numbers into a computer hour after hour?

Question 11

montage

Answer 11

montage ​N. /蒙太奇/photographic composition combining elements from different sources. In one early montage, Beauchamp brought together pictures of broken mannequins and newspaper clippings about the Vietnam War.

Question 12

moratorium

Answer 12

moratorium​N. /延期偿还/legal delay of payment. If we declare a moratorium and delay collection of debts for six months, I am sure the farmers will be able to meet their bills.

Question 13

mores

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mores ​N. /风俗习惯/conventions; moral standards; customs. In America, Benazir Bhutto dressed as Western women did; in Pakistan, however, she followed the mores of her people, dressing in traditional veil and robes.

Question 14

moribund

Answer 14

moribund​ADJ. /垂死的/dying. Hearst took a moribund, failing weekly newspaper and transformed it into one of the liveliest, most profitable daily papers around.

Question 15

mortician

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mortician​N. /殡仪业者/undertaker. The mortician prepared the corpse for burial.

Question 16

mortify

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mortify​V. /侮辱；体罚/humiliate; punish the flesh. She was so mortified by her blunder that she ran to her room in tears.

Question 17

mote

Answer 17

mote​N. /小半点/small speck. The tiniest mote in the eye is very painful.

Question 18

motif

Answer 18

motif​N. /主旨，本意；动机/theme. This simple motif runs throughout the entire score.

Question 19

motley

Answer 19

motley​ADJ. /多彩的，杂色的；混合的/multi-colored; mixed. The jester wore a motley tunic, red and green and blue and gold all patched together haphazardly. Captain Ahab had gathered a motley crew to sail the vessel: old sea dogs and runaway boys, pillars of the church and drunkards, even a tattooed islander who terrified the rest of the crew.

Question 20

mottled

Answer 20

mottled​ADJ. /有斑点的；弄脏的/blotched in coloring; spotted. When old Falstaff blushed, his face was mottled with embarrassment, all pink and purple and red.

Question 21

muddle

Answer 21

muddle​V. /迷惑的；搞乱了的，混淆了的/confuse; mix up. His thoughts were muddled and chaotic. also N.

Question 22

muggy

Answer 22

muggy​ADJ. /又热又潮的（天气）/warm and damp. August in New York City is often muggy.

Question 23

multifaceted

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multifaceted​ADJ. /多面的/having many aspects. A multifaceted composer, Roger Davidson has recorded original pieces that range from ragtime tangos to choral masses.

Question 24

multifarious

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multifarious​ADJ. /多样的；各式各样的/varied; greatly diversified. A career woman and mother, she was constantly busy with the multifarious activities of her daily life.

Question 25

multiform

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multiform​ADJ. /多态的/having many forms. Snowflakes are multiform but always hexagonal.

Question 26

multilingual

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multilingual​ADJ. /多语种的/having many languages. Because they are bordered by so many countries, the Swiss people are multilingual.

Question 27

multiplicity

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multiplicity​N. /多样性/state of being numerous. He was appalled by the multiplicity of details he had to complete before setting out on his mission.

Question 28

munificent

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munificent​ADJ. /宽宏大量的；慷慨大方的/very generous. Shamelessly fawning over a particularly generous donor, the dean kept on referring to her as “our munificent benefactor.” munificence, N.

Question 29

murky

Answer 29

murky​ADJ. /暗的，模糊的，暧昧的/dark and gloomy; thick with fog; vague. The murky depths of the swamp were so dark that one couldn’t tell the vines and branches from the snakes.

Question 30

mushroom

Answer 30

mushroom​V. /膨胀，迅速生长/expand or grow rapidly. Between 1990 and 1999, the population of Silicon Valley mushroomed; with the rapidly increasing demand for housing, home prices skyrocketed as well.

Question 31

musky

Answer 31

musky​ADJ. /麝香味儿的/having the odor of musk. She left a trace of musky perfume behind her.

Question 32

muster

Answer 32

muster​V. /收集；集合/gather; assemble. Washington mustered his forces at Trenton. also N.

Question 33

musty

Answer 33

musty​ADJ. /陈腐的，变质的；时间长损失品质的/stale; spoiled by age. The attic was dark and musty.

Question 34

mutability

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mutability​N. /变化能力/ability to change in form; fickleness. Going from rags to riches, and then back to rags again, the bankrupt financier was a victim of the mutability of fortune.

Question 35

mutinous

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mutinous​ADJ. /反抗的；暴动的/unruly; rebellious. The captain had to use force to quiet his mutinous crew. mutiny, N.

Question 36

nadir

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nadir​N. /谷底，最低点；天底/lowest point. Although few people realized it, the Dow-Jones averages had reached their nadir and would soon begin an upward surge.

Question 37

narcissist

Answer 37

narcissist​N. /自我陶醉的人；逞能的人/conceited person; someone in love with his own image. A narcissist is her own best friend.

Question 38

nascent

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nascent​ADJ. /初生的/incipient; coming into being. If we could identify these revolutionary movements in their nascent state, we would be able to eliminate serious trouble in later years.

Question 39

natty

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natty​ADJ. /穿着整齐干净的/neatly or smartly dressed. Priding himself on being a natty dresser, the gangster Bugsy Siegel collected a wardrobe of imported suits and ties.