verball Flashcards
avid
having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something: an avid reader for science fiction
sartorial
relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress
panache
flamboyant confidence of style or manner
pious
devoutly religious
quixotic
exceedingly unrealistic; impractical
brandish
wave or flourish (weapon) as a threat or in danger or excitement
flout
openly disregard
公然藐视
innocuous
not harmful or offensive
无意冒犯的
gawkiness
nervously awkward and ungainly:
a gawky teenager
ungainly
awkward, clumsy
tendentiousness
偏见
“a tendentious reading of history”
fractiousness
irritable and quarrelsome
difficult to control; unruly
“they fight and squabble like fractious children”
antithetical
directly opposed or contrasted; 对立的
“people whose religious beliefs are antithetical to mine”
defy
openly resist or refuse to obey
“a woman who defies convention”
inform
give an essential or formative principle or quality to
“The relationship of the citizen to the state is informed by the democratic ideal”
赋特征于…,；告发
whereby
by which; 凭此
“a system whereby people can vote by telephone”
trite
overused and consequently brought up
cloak
hide, cover, disguise
invigoration
give strength or energy to
synoptic
of or forming a general summary
概要的
abridged
shorten without losing the sense
“an abridged text of his speech”
“the cassette has been abridged”
lurid
very vivid in color so as to create an unpleasantly harsh or unnatural effect; vividly shocking or sensational
俗艳的；骇人听闻的，令人毛骨悚然的
circumspect
wary and unwilling to take risks
小心谨慎的
deferential
respectful
“People were always deferential to him”
intransigent
固执己见的，不妥协的
an intransigent person
lax
不严谨的
lax security arrangements at the airport
obsequious
巴结奉迎的
they were served by obsequious waiters
resolute
有决心的，坚定不移的
she was resolute and unswerving
disapprobation
反对typically on moral grounds
“she braved her mother’s disapprobation and slipped out to enjoy herself”
acquisitive
excessively interested in acquiring money or material things
profligate
肆意挥霍的
profligate consumers of energy
shagreen
a kind of untanned leather with a rough granulated surface
