Part3

Question 1

(n.) approval, endorsement
批准，認可
a..n

Answer 1

approbation

Question 2

(v.) to pay or promise to pay someone an amount of money if they suffer damage or loss 賠償並保障 (法律上) 免責
i..y

Answer 2

indemnify

Question 3

(a.) excessively conceited or absorbed in oneself; self-centered 自私的 (ego自我..)
e..l

Answer 3

egotistical

Question 4

(n.)日蝕
(v.) to obscure遮住…的光；使黯然失色
to surpass 超越
e..e

Answer 4

eclipse

Question 5

(a.) prehistoric, archaic, antiquated 大洪水以前的，上古時期
a..n

Answer 5

antediluvian

Question 5

(a.) lack importance, inconsequential, insignificant 輕浮的，不嚴肅的, 無聊的；不重要的
[名詞]facetiousness, flippancy, levity, (+ness)輕浮
f..s

Answer 5

frivolous

Question 5

(a.) showy, pretentious 賣弄的(喔 + stanford)
o .. s

Answer 5

ostentatious

Question 6

(a.) anomalous, unusual 偏差的 異常的
a..t

Answer 6

aberrant

Question 6

(v.) increase rapidly in number; multiply激增
p..e

Answer 6

proliferate

Question 7

(a.) vague, obscure, indistinct, 模糊不清的 (星雲太遠，模糊不清)
n..s

Answer 7

nebulous

Question 8

(a.) sufficient, abundant, bountiful, plentiful, plenitudinous 充足的
a..e

Answer 8

ample

Question 8

(a.) tending to excite anger; **seditious; provocative 煽動性的，挑釁的

i..y

Answer 8

inflammatory

Question 8

(v.)(n.) support, reinforce, bolster 支持
b..s

Answer 8

buttress

Question 9

(a.)(n.) things that are added or attached to something, less important 附加的
(+ professor) 兼任教授
a..t

Answer 9

adjunct

Question 10

(a.) appropriate, corresponding in size or degree; in proportion 相稱 相符合的
[記法]共同 測量…
c..e

Answer 10

commensurate

Question 10

(n.)(a.) a lot, a great number of大量
(~ million, mi..)
m..d

Answer 10

myriad

Question 10

(a.) serious and expecting to be obeyed 嚴厲的；苛刻的；堅定的
s..n

Answer 10

stern

Question 10

(v.) to praise something or someone very much 讚揚
[記法] (-tol)托高 – 讚美
e..l

Answer 10

extol

Question 10

(v.) detest 對…深感遺憾；強烈反對
(+able) 糟糕的，惡劣的
d..e

Answer 10

deplore

Question 11

(V.) deny or contradict (a fact or statement).否認、反駁
[c.f.] naysayer: someone who refuses to do or agree to something
g..y

Answer 11

gainsay

Question 12

(a.) not hopeful or encouraging; unlikely to have a favorable outcome; gloomy, dreary, miserable（境況）慘淡的，無希望的
[記法] black – 沒有希望的
b..k

Answer 12

bleak

Question 12

(ph.) in disagreement with與…不合;與…不一致;與…相矛盾
(3 words)

Answer 12

at odds with

Question 12

(a.) making a show of being morally superior to other people 假裝聖潔的
[類] preachy, moralistic 說教的
s..s

Answer 12

sanctimonious

Question 13

(a.) complaining in a rather petulant or whining manner 易怒的、愛發牢騷的 (quarrel - ous)
q..s

Answer 13

querulous

Question 13

(a.) lacking strength of character; infirm 虛弱的 [記法]要付費(fee)就很虛弱 f..e

Answer 13

feeble

Question 14

(a.) with one side lower or smaller than the other; asymmetrical; skew, 不平衡的、傾向一邊的 l..ed

Answer 14

lopsided

Question 15

(v.) criticize, condemn, scold, **reprimand, denounce, berate 批評、痛打 [記法] lame 跛腳 + bat (combat打) l..e

Answer 15

lambaste

Question 16

(n.) 腳鐐；枷鎖；(v.)束縛 restrain, restrict, constrain, hamper, 阻擋hinder, impede, confine, **stymie, **hamstring s..e

Answer 16

shackle

Question 17

(a.)overflow with happiness, lively; ** ebullient 熱情的、繁茂的 [記法] 向外(ex) + uber -->熱情的 e..t

Answer 17

exuberant

Question 17

(a.) irritable, having or showing a tendency to be easily angered易怒的 (erase, -ras: 摩擦，一磨就壞) i..e

Answer 17

irascible

Question 17

(a.) 慎重的 (測量要很慎重) m..ed

Answer 17

measured

Question 18

(a.) respected, honored, worshipped, acclaimed, **revered, esteemed, **hallowed (Halloween 萬"聖"節) 尊敬的 v..e

Answer 18

venerable

Question 19

(a.)naive, credulous易受騙的 g..e

Answer 19

gullible

Question 19

(n.) a part of a river not reached by the current, where the water is stagnant; a place or situation in which no development or progress is taking place 死水(實體/抽象) b..r

Answer 19

backwater

Question 20

(a.) challenging, strenuous, laborious, onerous 艱難的 a..s

Answer 20

arduous

Question 21

(ph.) be ready for準備好(2 words) p..ed for

Answer 21

poised for

Question 22

(v.) clear (someone) of blame or suspicion; **exonerate, acquit 為...平反 v..e

Answer 22

vindicate

Question 22

(a.) showing a sign of evil or calamity to come; ominous, sinister, menacing 極其可怕的；不詳的 緊急(情況situation） d..e

Answer 22

dire

Question 23

(v.) ridicule, mock, make fun at嘲笑 d..e

Answer 23

deride

Question 24

(a.)related to each other in such a way that one completes the other 互惠的 r..l

Answer 24

reciprocal

Question 25

(v.) openly disregard (a rule, law, or convention); scorn, disdain歧視 f..t

Answer 25

flout

Question 26

(a.) not influenced by considerations of personal advantage, impartial, impersonal無私的 d..ted

Answer 26

disinterested

Question 27

(a.) difficult to use or operate especially because of size, weight, or design; clumsy, cumbersome, unwieldy, clunky笨拙的 p..s

Answer 27

ponderous

Question 28

(a.) lasting only for a short time; temporary, evanescent, transitory 朝生暮死的, 短暫的, 短命的 (phem-: day, only lasting for day--短暫的) e..l

Answer 28

ephemeral

Question 29

(a.) to make less active; decrease in speed, loosen （使）變鬆；放緩 s..ned

Answer 29

slackened

Question 30

(v.) shrink, diminish, decrease 變小 d..e

Answer 30

dwindle

Question 31

(v.) guess, conjecture, speculate, suspect 推測、猜測 s..e

Answer 31

surmise

Question 32

(adv.)儘管 n..ding

Answer 32

notwithstanding

Question 33

(v.) pause (n.) tranquillity, rest, placidity, serenity 休止、暫停 [c.f.] *lull: a momentary halt in an activity r..e

Answer 33

respite

Question 34

(n.) precursor, portent, forerunner 先兆 [記法] herald h..r

Answer 34

harbinger