Set 1 (04/30) Flashcards

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1
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irascible

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易怒的; 暴躁的

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inscrutable

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不可理解的; 不可思議的; 不可測知的

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lugubrious

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很哀傷的

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4
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imperturbable

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沈著的; 冷靜的

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5
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libertine

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放蕩者; 玩樂者

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levity

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輕率; 輕浮

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7
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incipient

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起初的

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indigence

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貧乏; 窮困

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9
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idolatrous

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崇拜偶像的

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limpid

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清澈的; 透明的

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11
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transgress

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違反, 違背

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12
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transliterate

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把…譯成另一語系中相應的字母, 翻譯

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transfix

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(用尖銳物)刺穿…; 戳穿 嚇呆

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14
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transcribe

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抄寫, 謄寫

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15
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transact

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辦理、處理

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16
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swerve

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突然轉向; 轉彎; 偏離方向

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wallow

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(豬等在泥水中)打滾

18
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jostle

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推擠、競爭

19
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wriggle

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蠕動; 扭動; 蜿蜒而行

20
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declaim

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慷慨陳詞; 朗讀

21
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scoff

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嘲笑, 嘲弄

22
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garble

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斷章取義、曲解

23
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deride

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嘲笑、嘲弄

24
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blather

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滔滔不絕的講

25
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wrought

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Just remember overwrought

26
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potboiler

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賺稿費的文學作品或作家

27
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pique

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生氣, 嘔氣, 慍怒

28
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feint

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假裝; 佯(攻)

29
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foil

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使受挫折; 擊退

30
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xyst

zist

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(in an ancient Roman villa) a garden walk planted with trees.

(in ancient Greek and Roman architecture) a covered portico, as a promenade.

Paganism never troubled itself to be angry with mere philosophers who aired their elegant doubts in the shady xystus.
– F.W. Farrar , “The Victories of Christianity,” The Witness of History to Christ , 1870

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Penultimate

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adjective

  • next to the last: the penultimate scene of the play.
  • of or pertaining to a penult.

noun
-a penult.

Quotes

I forced myself to picture the last moments. The penultimate breath. A final sigh. And yet. It was always followed by another.
– Nicole Krauss , The History of Love , 2005

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hokum

HOH-kuhm

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noun
-out-and-out nonsense; bunkum.
elements of low comedy introduced into a play, novel, etc., for the laughs they may bring.
-sentimental matter of an elementary or stereotyped kind introduced into a play or the like.
-false or irrelevant material introduced into a speech, essay, etc., in order to arouse interest, excitement, or amusement.

Probably nowhere else do the popular playmakers of Broadway reveal their imaginative shortcomings so clearly as in the employment of what is known colloquially as hokum.
– George Jean Nathan , Comedians All , 1919