List A Flashcards
arid
- barren, lifeless
2. dry,waterless
balmy
- mild, moderate
2. 芳香的
barometer
indicator气压计
gale
storm, tempest
precipitate adj. v.
v. fall sharply加速,bring about abruptly, 降水
adj. hasty
precipitation 降水
serene
晴朗的,安静的tranquil, placid
serenity n. calmness, tranquility, quietude
tepid
- lukewarm,warm
- halfhearted (little interest)
lukewarm:warm,indifferent冷淡的
paganism
异教
pagan n. 异教徒
prodigious
adj. colossal, enormous
prodigal adj. wasteful
mammoth
adj. giant, gigantic
gargantuan
adj. enormous
infinitesimal
adj. n. 极小(量)microscopic
miscellaneous
- mixed, various, assorted混杂
- 多才多艺的
Latin. miscellus: mixed
rimption
n. 大量
teeming
adj.丰富的
teem vi. be full of, abound, move in large number(swarm)
sedate adj. v.
adj. calm, placid, serene, staid: sober & steady沉着
v. tranquilizer
squalidity
filthiest, squalor, foulness
squalid adj. morally degraded, foul & run-down
dingy
adj. shabby, dirty
n. dinginess
smear
smudge, smutch, stain, smirch, blur
attaint n. v.
vt. n. stain, taint
grimy
adj. begrimed, dingy
begrimed
adj. grimy
blotch
splotch, splodge
propinquiry
n. proximity
abut
v. adjoin, border, edge
adj. abutting
contiguous
adj. adjoining, adjacent, bordering, neighboring, conterminous(terminus: end, boundary line)
savor
taste, relish
adj. savory
palatable
adj. savory, flavorous, toothsome
ant. unsavory, distasteful
cardinal
adj. essential, pivotal, crucial, central, fundamental, primal
gist
n. key, sum, tenor, substance, core, center
momentous
important, critical
frigid
- freezing, icy, glacial, arctic, polar
2. 性冷淡
prodigal
wasteful
prodigious: colossal, enormous
paucity
n. dearth
sparse
adj. thin, scanty
defile
v. taint, tarnish, maculate, befoul
spoilage
n. soil: dirt, filth, stain
slovenly adj.
frowzy, untidy
obscene
adj. detestable, indecent, filthy
indecent
adj. indecorous (decorous 有礼节,端正的), improper, imacceptable
smirch
smear, smudge, smutch, defame, slander
motif
n. theme, subject
substantial adj.
- considerable, in a large number
- real, tangible, touchable
- sturdy, solidly built
- rich, prosperous, wealthy