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Question 1

commission n. v.

Answer 1

v. assign task
n. 1. assignment, delegation, deputation, mission
2. committee 特派小组,委员会
3. 佣金

Question 2

dispensation

Answer 2

n. 特许，赦免

dispensable adj. unnecessary

Question 3

factious

Answer 3

adj. divisive 党派的，爱搞分裂的

fractious adj. 易怒的

Question 4

affiliate n. vt.

Answer 4

n. association
v. 联合，接纳

Latin. affiliare: adopt as a son (filius: son)

afflict v. 使痛苦

Question 5

confer

Answer 5

1. discuss

2. bestow

Question 6

ostracism

Answer 6

n. exclusion, expulsion

ostracize v. expel, exclude, shut out, impel, oust, banish, evict, deport

Question 7

hustle

Answer 7

vt. impel, expel, force out, ostracize, throw out

Question 8

banish

Answer 8

1. exile, expel

2. ban禁止入内

Question 9

evict

Answer 9

expel, ostracize, hustle, impel

convict v.判罪 n.罪犯

Question 10

abdicate

Answer 10

vt. renounce, resign, relinquish, cede

Question 11

inaugurate

Answer 11

vt. initiate, commence就职

Question 12

squirt

Answer 12

v. spurt, eject, jet, squeeze out喷出

Question 13

stratum

Answer 13

n. 地层，阶层

Question 14

catalysm

Answer 14

地震，大灾calamity

catalysis n. 催化作用

Question 15

debacle

Answer 15

1.flood 2. chaos failure溃逃

Question 16

deluge n. v.

Answer 16

n. flood

v. swamp, flood, inundate, submerge泛滥，压倒

Question 17

crumple

Answer 17

1. collapse, crash
2. wrinkle弄皱

crumb n.小量，面包屑

Question 18

mangle

Answer 18

tear, destroy

Question 19

ravage

Answer 19

1.devastate, ruin 2. plunder掠夺

Question 20

raze

Answer 20

damage, demolish

razor n.

Question 21

rupture n. v.

Answer 21

breach, disunite, divide

Question 22

scrap

Answer 22

n. 碎片，废料
vt. tear, seperate

scrape v. 刮擦

Question 23

defection

Answer 23

desertion离弃，渎职，abandonment

Question 24

subvert

Answer 24

undermine, overthrow, overturn

Question 25

treason

Answer 25

n.1.treachery叛国 2. trick诡计

Question 26

havoc

Answer 26

n. 1.devastation, damage, destruction

2. chaos

Question 27

discern

Answer 27

vt. detect, distinguish

discernment n.
Latin. discernere: seperate off (cernere: seperate)

Question 28

discretion

Answer 28

judgement, discernment

discrete vt. distinct

Question 29

illegible

Answer 29

unreadable

Latin. legere: to read

Question 30

confound

Answer 30

confuse, puzzle

Question 31

enigma

Answer 31

n. mystery, perplexity

Question 32

captivate

Answer 32

fascinate, rapture, enthrall, enchant

captive adj.

Question 33

enthrall

Answer 33

captivate, enrapture

Question 34

labyrinth

Answer 34

maze, perplexity, riddle

Question 35

delude

Answer 35

beguile, deceive, elude

Question 36

baffle

Answer 36

perplex, puzzle

Question 37

dangle

Answer 37

v. swing, suspend, hang

Question 38

pitch n. v.

Answer 38

n. 程度，斜度

v. 定音

Question 39

slant n. v.

Answer 39

n. 斜面

v. lean, tilt, slope

Question 40

stuffy adj.

Answer 40

airless, unventilated闷热，不通风

Question 41

abate

Answer 41

v. lessen, diminish, dwindle, subside

Question 42

dwindle

Answer 42

diminish, abate, decrease

Question 43

indent

Answer 43

vt.缩进

Question 44

curtail

Answer 44

vt. 1. restrict

2. reduce, cut off

Question 45

poise n.

Answer 45

n. 1. balance 2. 犹豫

v. balance

Question 46

contingent

Answer 46

adj. possible, conditional, uncertain

be contingent on sth.

Question 47

fortuitous

Answer 47

adj. accidental, coincidental

Latin. fortuna

fortitude n.坚忍

Question 48

haphazard

Answer 48

adj. casual, random

Question 49

exploit vt. n.

Answer 49

v. explore剥削，开发

n. feat业绩，功绩