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Question 1

avid

Answer 1

having or showing a keen interest in or enthusiasm for something: an avid reader for science fiction

Question 2

sartorial

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relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress

Question 3

panache

Answer 3

flamboyant confidence of style or manner

Question 4

pious

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devoutly religious

Question 5

quixotic

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exceedingly unrealistic; impractical

Question 6

brandish

Answer 6

wave or flourish (weapon) as a threat or in danger or excitement

Question 7

flout

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openly disregard

公然藐视

Question 8

innocuous

Answer 8

not harmful or offensive

无意冒犯的

Question 9

gawkiness

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nervously awkward and ungainly:

a gawky teenager

Question 10

ungainly

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awkward, clumsy

Question 11

tendentiousness

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偏见

“a tendentious reading of history”

Question 12

fractiousness

Answer 12

irritable and quarrelsome
difficult to control; unruly
“they fight and squabble like fractious children”

Question 13

antithetical

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directly opposed or contrasted; 对立的

“people whose religious beliefs are antithetical to mine”

Question 14

defy

Answer 14

openly resist or refuse to obey

“a woman who defies convention”

Question 15

inform

Answer 15

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

Question 16

whereby

Answer 16

by which; 凭此

“a system whereby people can vote by telephone”

Question 17

trite

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overused and consequently brought up

Question 18

cloak

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hide, cover, disguise

Question 19

invigoration

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give strength or energy to

Question 20

synoptic

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of or forming a general summary

概要的

Question 21

abridged

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shorten without losing the sense
“an abridged text of his speech”
“the cassette has been abridged”

Question 22

lurid

Answer 22

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

Question 23

circumspect

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wary and unwilling to take risks

小心谨慎的

Question 24

deferential

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respectful

“People were always deferential to him”

Question 25

intransigent

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固执己见的，不妥协的

an intransigent person

Question 26

lax

Answer 26

不严谨的

lax security arrangements at the airport

Question 27

obsequious

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巴结奉迎的

they were served by obsequious waiters

Question 28

resolute

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有决心的，坚定不移的

she was resolute and unswerving

Question 29

disapprobation

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反对typically on moral grounds

“she braved her mother’s disapprobation and slipped out to enjoy herself”

Question 30

acquisitive

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excessively interested in acquiring money or material things

Question 31

profligate

Answer 31

肆意挥霍的

profligate consumers of energy

Question 32

shagreen

Answer 32

a kind of untanned leather with a rough granulated surface