verbal7/4

Question 1

paucity

Answer 1

不足

“The police cannot act with such a paucity of evidence.”

Question 2

prodigious

Answer 2

庞大的，惊人的

the stove consumed a prodigious amount of fuel

Question 3

temperance

Answer 3

节制；戒酒

a temperance movement

Question 4

belie

Answer 4

证明…是错误的；
belie rumors, assurances, fear

使…落空；
belie hopes, forecasts, expectations

掩饰
his smile belied his despair

Question 5

inimical

Answer 5

不友好的，不利的，有害的

actions inimical to our interests

Question 6

transitory

Answer 6

短暂的

transitory periods of medieval greatness

Question 7

conciliatory

Answer 7

调解的，和解的，安抚的

a conciliatory gesture

Question 8

injunctions

Answer 8

警告，命令

the injunction prevents Sunday trading

Question 9

insidious

Answer 9

潜伏的，有隐患的，阴险的

the insidious bond between big money and political decisions

Question 10

potent

Answer 10

迅速见效的，有能力的，强大的

thrones were potent symbols of authority

Question 11

prototypical

Answer 11

“the prototypical vehicle”

denoting the first, original, or typical form of something

Question 12

artifact

Answer 12

人工制品

hundreds of unidentified artifacts were stored in the numerous rooms beneath the museum

Question 13

transience

Answer 13

短暂

the transience of life and happiness

Question 14

moralize

Answer 14

道德说教

it isn’t your job to moralize me

Question 15

thorny

Answer 15

多刺的，棘手的

the thorny subject of confidentiality

Question 16

emblem

Answer 16

徽章

america’s national emblem, the bald eagle

Question 17

vernacular

Answer 17

方言的，民间风格的

he wrote in the vernacular to reach a larger audience

Question 18

pervasive

Answer 18

弥漫的，普遍的

ageism is pervasive and entrenched in our country

Question 19

bridle

Answer 19

马笼头；约束
to put a bridle on something; bridle one’s tongue
动怒
to bridle at something

Question 20

laboriousness

Answer 20

requiring considerable effort and time

Question 21

caveat

Answer 21

警告，预告

he added the caveat that the results still have to be corroborated

Question 22

harpoon

Answer 22

鱼叉，用鱼叉来叉

the whalers were equipped with harpoons

Question 23

eloquence

Answer 23

雄辩；传达神意；修辞

a preacher with great power and eloquence

Question 24

pertinent

Answer 24

有关的

the unreleased section of the tape was not pertinent to the investigation

Question 25

incongruous

Answer 25

不协调的，不适宜的

the duffel coat looked incongruous with the black dress she wore underneath

Question 26

commensurate

Answer 26

相称的，适当的

salary will be commensurate with experience

Question 27

phony

Answer 27

虚假的，虚伪的；假冒者

I thought your accent was a bit phony

Question 28

ideologues

Answer 28

意识形态倡导者；空想家

a conservative ideologue

Question 29

zealots

Answer 29

狂热者

a religious zealot

Question 30

the benefit of the doubt

Answer 30

假定其无过失或无罪

Question 31

agrarian

Answer 31

农业的，土地的

Jefferson’s vision of an agrarian society

Question 32

denigrate

Answer 32

诽谤，诋毁，贬低

there is a tendency to denigrate the poor