Part 4 Flashcards
(v.) sharpened使…變鋒利;訓練
h..ed
honed
(a.) (of a person) unwilling to obey orders or to do what should be done, or (of an animal) refusing to be controlled; intransigent; **refractory, **restive, rebellious
(人)不守規章的,桀驁不馴的
[記法] (cal- 鈣/石頭,向石頭一樣堅硬的)
r..t
recalcitrant
(a.) behaviour is bad and impossible to change or improve.
無可救藥的
i..ible
incorrigible
(a.) dishonest, fallacious虛偽的、說謊的
[記法] (mend修補, 修補的–說謊)
m..s
mendacious
(a.) sleepy; slow to move or act; quiescent, somnolent 萎靡不振的,無精打采的
[c.f.] slumbered: be in a state of sleep
l..c
lethargic
(a.) using very few words to express, brief 簡潔的
l..c
laconic
(v.) bewilder, perplex, confuse, baffle, puzzle, 迷惑的
[c.f.] flummox 內心迷惑的
b..e
befuddle
(a.) irritable, contentious, controversial, quarrelsome, polemical 易怒的 有爭議的
[記法]frac-碎裂
f..s
fractious
(a.) wise, wise, prudent 睿智的
[記法] saga: 中世紀斯堪第納維亞長篇傳奇
s..s
sagacious
(a.) lacking a definite plan, random, scattered, arbitrary, erratic隨機的
[記法]hazard危險是隨機的
h..d
haphazard
(n.) an unorganized collection or mixture of various things; medley 混成曲;模仿作品
[記法] patch補丁 補來補去–混合
p..e
pastiche
(v.) simplify
[記法] 流線型 更有效率 更簡化
s..e
streamline
(a.) motivating, stimulating, inflammatory; **instigating 煽動的
(a.) motivative, inspirational 激發思想的 (e.g., thought-provoking)
p..e
provocative
(a.) being in an original and unused; virgin, mint 嶄新的
p..e
pristine
(a.) small. not broad or open in views or opinions;
provincial, **insular [記法insu- 島嶼的]
[記法] “波蘿”麵包是有地區性的
p..l
parochial
(n.) delegation代表團
(a.)**dependent
(a.) unpredictable 偶然的
c..t
contingent
(v.) compensate, reimburse賠償
r..e
remunerate
(n.) appeal, attractiveness, glamour 誘惑;魅力;吸引力
a..e
allure
(n.) realism 逼真
[記法] veri 非常,similar 相似的
(ver-真實; veracious誠實的 veritable名副其實的)
v..e
verisimilitude
(n.) an unorganized collection or mixture of various things; patchwork大雜燴
[記法]好紙破紙
h..e
hodgepodge