List I

Question 1

hydroponics n.

Answer 1

Gk. ponos: work 水栽培

Question 2

inexplicable adj.

Answer 2

inscrutable ( scrutari: investigate), inexplicit (tacit, implied, underlying)

Question 3

pathological adj.

Answer 3

pathologic, 反常，病变的

Gk. pathos: disease

pathology: 病理学

Question 4

hominid n.

Answer 4

primate原始人

Question 5

descent n.

Answer 5

1. ancestry, origin, stemma(family tree)

2. decline

Question 6

antecedent n.

Answer 6

precursor, ancestor, predecessor

Question 7

precursor n.

Answer 7

1. antecedent, predecessor, ancester

2. sign先兆

Question 8

disparity n.

Answer 8

inequality

Latin. par: equal

Question 9

coordinate adj. n. v.

Answer 9

n. 同等者，coordinates象限
adj. equal
v. co-ordinate

Question 10

heterogeneous adj.

Answer 10

assorted, miscellaneous

ant. homogeneous

Gk. heteros: other genos: kind

Question 11

peerless adj.

Answer 11

matchless, unparalleled

peer v. 偷看n. 同等者

Question 12

content n. adj. v.

Answer 12

n. matter 内容
adj. satisfied
v. compete, rival

Question 13

digress vi.

Answer 13

deviate, turn away, divert

Latin. gradus: step
digredi: step aside

Question 14

extraneous adj.

Answer 14

irrelevant, unrelated, extrinsic, impertinent

Question 15

impertinent adj.

Answer 15

unrelated, extraneous

ant. pertinent

Latin. tenere: hold pertinere: hold to

Question 16

dissect vt.

Answer 16

analyze

Latin. secare: cut dissecare: cut apart

Question 17

gauge vt. n.

Answer 17

vt. calculate

n. measurement, criterion

Question 18

conjecture n.vt.

Answer 18

guess, suppose, anticipate(v.), presume (v.)

Question 19

assumption n.

Answer 19

hypothesis, premise, presumption, supposition, presupposition

Question 20

burnish vt.

Answer 20

smooth, smoothen, polish

Question 21

glaze vt. n.

Answer 21

vt. burnish, polish 使光滑，上釉
n. 釉面(glass)

blaze n. flame
ablaze adj. gleaming, glowing

Question 22

gleam v. n.

Answer 22

n. flash一闪

v. glimmer

Question 23

impute vt.

Answer 23

ascribe, attribute, put down to

Latin. putare: reckon
imputare: bring into reckoning