verbal

Question 1

precarious

Answer 1

不稳固
not securely held or in position, dangerously
例句：she made a precarious living by writing

Question 2

underscore

Answer 2

强调

例句：the company underscored the progress made with fuel cells

Question 3

Equivocal

Answer 3

Ambiguous

Question 4

Epiphany

Answer 4

Sudden realization

Question 5

polemical

Answer 5

好辩的，好争论的；挑起论战的

Daniels is at his best when he’s cool and direct, rather than combative and polemical.

Question 6

capricious

Answer 6

反复无常的，任性的

Calling them a bunch of capricious kids with half-formed ideas does them an injustice.

Question 7

corroborating

Answer 7

证实，确证；使坚固

He could not get a single witness to establish independent corroboration of his version of the accident.

Question 8

bogus

Answer 8

假的；伪造的；伪币

Bogus social workers have been preying on old people living alone.

Question 9

acerbic

Answer 9

尖刻的；酸的；辛辣的

The letter was written in her usual acerbic style.

Question 10

scathing

Answer 10

严厉的；损伤的；损害

He was scathing about the government’s performance.

Question 11

miserliness

Answer 11

贪婪；吝啬

In many cases, the problem does not seem to be miserliness so much as ignorance.

Question 12

austerity

Answer 12

紧缩；朴素；苦行；严厉

The rest were scrapped as unacceptable symbols of excess in an era of wartime austerity.

Question 13

stringiness

Answer 13

粘性；纤维性

There was no stringiness in it and he knew that it would bring the highest price in the market

Question 14

diffidence

Answer 14

无自信，羞怯，内向

Building robotic traffic police and guides will make it easier for people to overcome their diffidence.

Question 15

fanciful

Answer 15

想象的，稀奇的，异想天开的

They’re fanciful in the manner of much late-‘60s pop, but they never just float along.

Question 16

acceding

Answer 16

答应，满足

the authorities did not accede to the strikers’ demand

Question 17

overshadow

Answer 17

使黯然失色，给蒙上阴影

he was always overshadowed by his brilliant elder brother

Question 18

injudicious

Answer 18

showing very poor judgment

Question 19

belie

Answer 19

fail to fulfill or justify;

fail to give a true notion or impression of

Question 20

prolixity

Answer 20

using or containing too many words;

tediously lengthy

Question 21

frivolity

Answer 21

lack of seriousness; lightheartedness

example: a night of fun and frivolity

Question 22

belligerent

Answer 22

hostile and aggressive

Question 23

penitential

Answer 23

悔罪的

Question 24

intractable

Answer 24

hard to control or deal with

Question 25

impetuous

Answer 25

acting or done quickly without thought or care

Question 26

prodigality

Answer 26

spending money or resources freely and without holding back

Question 27

pellucidity

Answer 27

transparency

Question 28

involved

Answer 28

difficult to comprehend; complicated