Taiga Fujiwara Round 1

Question 1

Buffet

Answer 1

to strike with force / 奪い合う

Question 2

Abjure

Answer 2

to reject / 放棄する

Question 3

Inchoate

Answer 3

not completely developed / 不完全な

Question 4

Fatuous

Answer 4

not carefully thought / ひどい

Question 5

Acumen

Answer 5

keen insight / 洞察力

Question 6

Nascent

Answer 6

being born, coming to existence / 新生

Question 7

Polemic

Answer 7

an aggressive argument against a specific opinion / 論争的な

Question 8

Pertinacious

Answer 8

adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose / しつこい

Question 9

Sanguine

Answer 9

marked by eager hopefulness, optimistic / 楽観的な

Question 10

Rancor

Answer 10

bitterness or resentfulness / 恨み

Question 11

Reprobate

Answer 11

an unprincipled or depraved person / ろくでなし

Question 12

Obtuse

Answer 12

lacking quickness of sensibility or intellect / 鈍い

Question 13

Invective

Answer 13

an angry verbal attack / 毒舌

Question 14

Fecund

Answer 14

fruitful in the offspring or vegetation / 多産な

Question 15

Exculpate

Answer 15

to free from guilt or blame / 無罪にする

Question 16

The boat was BUFFETED countless times by the waves.

Answer 16

船は波に何度も打ちつけられた。

Question 17

He ABJURED my religious belief.

Answer 17

彼は私の宗教的信念を否認した。

Question 18

The INCHOATE nature of the new law led to confusion and debates among lawmakers.

Answer 18

新しい法律の未完成な性質は、立法者たちの間で混乱と議論を引き起こした。

Question 19

It was a FATUOUS idea, so no one in the classroom listened.

Answer 19

愚かな考えだったので、教室の誰も彼に耳を傾けなかった。

Question 20

His political ACUMEN helped him navigate complex negotiations.

Answer 20

彼の政治的洞察力は、複雑な交渉を乗り切る助けとなった。

Question 21

The actress is now focusing on her NASCENT singing career.

Answer 21

女優は今、始まったばかりの歌手としてのキャリアに集中している。

Question 22

Her book is fierce POLEMIC against the inequalities in our society.

Answer 22

彼女の本は、社会の不平等に対する激しい論争的主張である。

Question 23

He was a PERTINACIOUS salesman who would simply not take a no for an answer.

Answer 23

彼は決して「ノー」を受け入れない粘り強いセールスマンだった。

Question 24

He has been strangely SANGUINE about this, blandly ignoring the mounting evidence that dissident elements in the police are stirring trouble.

Answer 24

彼はこれに対して不思議なほど楽観的で、警察内の反体制的な勢力が騒ぎを起こしているという増え続ける証拠を淡々と無視している。

Question 25

She answer to all the criticizing comments calmly and without RANCOR.

Answer 25

彼女は批判的なコメントに対して冷静に、そして恨みを込めることなく答えた。

Question 26

He is a REPROBATE who cannot listen to other people’s advice.

Answer 26

彼は他人の助言を聞くことのできない非道徳的な人物だ。

Question 27

He was too OBTUSE to even realize that the kid was lying.

Answer 27

彼はその子供が嘘をついていることに気づくには鈍すぎた。

Question 28

Said a few bad words and INVECTIVE at the driver who cut us off in traffic.

Answer 28

交通で割り込んできたドライバーに対して、いくつか悪口や罵倒を言った

Question 29

A FECUND environment dotted with birds and fungi.

Answer 29

鳥やキノコが点在する豊かな環境。

Question 30

The court EXCULPATED him after a through investigation.

Answer 30

裁判所は徹底的な調査の後、彼を無罪とした。