Preliminary

Question 1

acquit

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v. to free or release

Question 2

countenance

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n. the face
n. approval; support; sanction
n. calm control; composure

Question 3

billious

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adj. bad-tempered; of the bile

Question 4

petulant

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adj. impatient or irritable

Question 5

pique

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n. resentment

Question 6

riposte

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n. retort

Question 7

abatement

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n. reduction; subsidence

Question 8

respite

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n. delay

n. an interval of temporary relief or rest

Question 9

antithetic

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adj. direct opposite

Question 10

anathema

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n. adj. (a thing or person) greatly detested

Question 11

propitiate

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v. pacify, placate

Question 12

propitious

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adj. favorable

Question 13

adventitious

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adj. unplanned; foreign

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pernicious

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adj. baleful, harmful

Question 15

penurious

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adj. vulgar, covetous, miserly; impoverished

Question 16

cavil

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v. to object when there is little reason to do so; quibble (at or about)
n. a trivial objection; quibble

Question 17

belabor

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v. to beat; to criticize

Question 18

reproof

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n. rebuke

Question 19

turgid

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adj. swollen, distended; bombastic, grandiloquent

Question 20

sidle

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v. to move sideways, esp. In a shy or stealthy manner

n. a sliding movement

Question 21

careen

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v. to cause (a ship) to lean or lie in one side, as on a beach, for cleaning, repair, etc.; to caulk, clean or repair (a ship in this position); to cause to lean sideways, tip, tilt; to lurch from side to side, esp. while moving rapidly

Question 22

probity

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n. integrity

Question 23

fealty

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n. loyalty

Question 24

abeyance

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终止，暂缓；（所有权的）归属待定

Question 25

abjure

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恳求

Question 26

abnegation

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renunciation, abdication, abjuration, self-denial, abstinence, temperance, continence, asceticism

Question 27

abrogate

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revoke, repeal

Question 28

decamp

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abscond

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demur

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object, cavil

Question 30

recant

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renounce; be apostate, renege

Question 31

recidivism

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（罪行）累犯，（病）复发

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remission

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cancellation; respite (2); 宽恕

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renege

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default on, go back on a promise

Question 34

rescind

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abrogate

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expatiate

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详说，详写，漫游

Question 36

forage

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饲料 fodder；寻食物

Question 37

perigrination

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（徒步）旅行；漫谈；人生历程

Question 38

sojourn

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stay

Question 39

obviate

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排除（困难等），prevent，make unnecessary

Question 40

apothegm

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格言

Question 41

dictum

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声明，权威意见；格言；pronouncement；dictate； precept

Question 42

epigram

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quip, dictum, witticism, gnome, proverb

Question 43

sententious

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moralistic; sanctimonious; priggish; canting; terse

Question 44

forlorn

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despondent; desolate

Question 45

lugubrious

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doleful, melancholy

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threnody

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elegy, dirge

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dolor

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sorrow

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trepidation

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惊恐；不安

Question 49

compendious

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curt, laconic, pithy

Question 50

curt

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compendious, brusque, laconic, pithy

Question 51

accredit

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v. 授权

Question 52

acolyte

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n. （教士的）助手，寺僧

Question 53

acquiescence

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n. 默许

Question 54

adulation

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n. 奉承，谄媚，slavish admiration

Question 55

agoraphobic

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adj./n. 患旷野恐惧症的（人）

Question 56

amiability

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n. 亲切，友善

Question 57

amicable

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adj. 有好的

Question 58

affable

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adj. 和蔼的，友善的

Question 59

anathema

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n. 被诅咒的人；（天主教的）革出教门（an ecclesiastical ban），诅咒

Question 60

antithetical

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adj. 相反的（marked by antithesis），对立的

Question 61

apprise

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v. 通知，告知

Question 62

approbation

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n. 赞许（commendation）；任何

Question 63

apropos

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adj./adv. 适当的（地）；有关（regarding）

Question 64

arcane

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adj. 神秘的

Question 65

archetypally

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adj. 典型地

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arresting

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adj. 醒目的，引人注意的

Question 67

assail

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v. 质问；攻击（beset）

Question 68

assiduous

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adj. 勤勉的；专心的

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asunder

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adj./adv. 分离的（地）；化为碎片的（地）

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attrition

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n. 摩擦

Question 71

auspices

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n. 支持，赞助

Question 72

balk

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n. 梁木，大梁；v.妨碍；畏缩不前【同】bilk, foil, thwart

Question 73

banter

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v. 打趣

Question 74

bilk

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v. 欺骗，骗取；逃（债），赖（账）；使受挫折 n. 骗局，赖账者

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beset

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v. 困扰；围攻；镶嵌；包围住；阻塞（通道）

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beleaguer

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v. 围攻；骚扰

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belie

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v. 掩饰 【同】garble, misstate；证明为假

Question 78

bastion

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n. 防御工事

Question 79

beneficiary

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n. 受益人

Question 80

blighted

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adj. 枯萎的（withered）

Question 81

boon

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n. 恩惠，天赐福利

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bootless

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adj. 无益处的；无用的【同】otiose, unavailing

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bonanza

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n. 富矿脉，贵金属矿 【同】eldorado, golconda

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bluff

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n. 虚张声势；悬崖峭壁

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blithe

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adj. 快乐的，无忧无虑的

Question 86

boisterous

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adj. 喧闹的；猛烈地 【同】rambunctious, tumultuous