unit 26

Question 1

torpid

Answer 1

麻木的，没有知觉的

torpid state/tongue

Question 2

torpor

Answer 2

1缺乏兴趣的
dull torpor
2（肉体或精神上的）迟钝，懒散
in a contented torpor

Question 3

torrid

Answer 3

1酷热的
torrid summers
2热情的，感情深厚的
torrid love affair

Question 4

tortuous

Answer 4

转弯抹角的

a tortuous path

Question 5

toy

Answer 5

草率或不认真地对待

toy with great issues

Question 6

transcend

Answer 6

超越，超过极限

transcend human intelligence

Question 7

transgress

Answer 7

违背，犯错

transgressing the drug laws

Question 8

transitory

Answer 8

短暂的

transitory period

Question 9

transparent

Answer 9

没有歧义的，清晰易懂的

transparent a lie

Question 10

travail

Answer 10

辛苦劳动

writer’s literary travail

Question 11

traverse

Answer 11

横穿

the spider traversed the wall from end to end

Question 12

travesty

Answer 12

拙劣的，嘲弄型模仿的

a travesty of his classmate’s manner

Question 13

trenchant

Answer 13

(言辞）一针见血

trenchant criticisms

Question 14

trickle

Answer 14

一滴一滴地流，缓缓地流

tears trickled down her cheeks

Question 15

trite

Answer 15

陈腐的，陈词滥调的

a trite expression

Question 16

truant

Answer 16

逃避责任

play truant

Question 17

trudge

Answer 17

吃力而笨拙地走

trudge over hill

Question 18

truncate

Answer 18

截短，缩短

a truncated version

Question 19

turbid

Answer 19

浑浊的

a turbid stream

Question 20

turgid

Answer 20

浮夸的，过分装饰的

a turgid prose

Question 21

turncoat

Answer 21

叛徒

he was labeled as turncoat

Question 22

turpitude

Answer 22

卑鄙

moral turpitude

Question 23

trope

Answer 23

比喻

Question 24

unassailable

Answer 24

无可争辩的，无法否认的

an unassailable article

Question 25

uncouth

Answer 25

粗俗的，没有品位的 | uncouth humor

Question 26

unctuous

Answer 26

油嘴滑舌的，谄媚的 | an unctuous appraisal

Question 27

undergird

Answer 27

加强，巩固...底部 | facts and statistics undergird his commentary

Question 28

underscore

Answer 28

强调 | underscore the value of education

Question 29

unexceptionable

Answer 29

无懈可击的 | unexceptionable movie/book

Question 30

unflappable

Answer 30

镇定的，从容的 | a unflappable general

Question 31

unkempt

Answer 31

凌乱的，无序的 | unkempt hotels rooms

Question 32

unflagging

Answer 32

不懈的，不知疲倦的 | unflagging efforts

Question 33

unsung

Answer 33

被埋没的，不知名的 | unsung heroes

Question 34

unruly

Answer 34

难驾驭的，不守规矩的 | an unruly monkey

Question 35

untold

Answer 35

数不清的，无数的 | untold issues

Question 36

untoward

Answer 36

1倒霉的，不吉利的 an untoward experience 2难以驯服的 untoward teenagers

Question 37

upbraid

Answer 37

(严厉的）谴责，责骂 | upbriad sb with ingratitude

Question 38

urbane

Answer 38

彬彬有礼的 | urbane host

Question 39

vacillate

Answer 39

犹豫不决 | parents vacillate between saying no and yes

Question 40

vacuous

Answer 40

茫然的，愚蠢的 | vacuous dialogue

Question 41

vagary

Answer 41

不可预测的思想或行为 | strange vagaries

Question 42

valediction

Answer 42

告别词 | a touching valediciton

Question 43

vanquish

Answer 43

打败，征服 | he vanquish his inner fear

Question 44

varicance

Answer 44

不一致，不和谐 | persisitent varicance within the band

Question 45

variegated

Answer 45

杂色的，斑驳的 | variegated costumes

Question 46

valorize

Answer 46

提升，赞美 | using subsidies to valorize coffee

Question 47

vaunt

Answer 47

吹嘘 | he always vaunted his country's military might

Question 48

vehement

Answer 48

(情感）强烈的，热情的 | vehement criticism/storm

Question 49

venal

Answer 49

贪污受贿的 | a venal officer

Question 50

venial

Answer 50

可宽恕的 | a venial offense

Question 51

venom

Answer 51

恶意，恶毒的用心