Week 1

Question 1

Seep

Answer 1

(of a liquid) flow or leak slowly through porous material or small holes: water began to seep through the soles of his boots.

Question 2

Staid

Answer 2

sedate, respectable, and unadventurous 古板的

Question 3

Apparatus

Answer 3

1 [mass noun] the technical equipment or machinery needed for a particular activity or purpose: firemen wearing breathing apparatus.
2 the complex structure of a particular
organization or system: the apparatus of government.

Question 4

Fodder

Answer 4

fodder ‘foda | noun [mass noun] food, especially dried hay or straw, for cattle and other livestock

• a person or thing regarded only as material for a specific use: young people ending up as factory fodder.

• verb [with object] give fodder to (cattle or other livestock): the animals need foddering.

Question 5

Reconcile

Answer 5

1 restore friendly relations between
2 make (one account) consistent with another, especially by allowing for transactions begun but not yet completed

Question 6

In plain sight

Answer 6

In a place that is very visible

It’s like “you gonna see it straight up”
“It’s right there”

Question 7

Belch

Answer 7

Burp

Question 8

Fiendishly

Answer 8

Extremely (usually in a bad way)

Usually we use “fiendishly complex”

Question 9

Scant

Answer 9

scant skant | adjective
barely sufficient or adequate:

Question 10

Excruciating

Answer 10

Extremely painful
Super awkward, embarrassing, tedious

Question 11

Stem from

Answer 11

Originate from, caused by

Question 12

Forestall

Answer 12

prevent or obstruct an anticipated event or action) by taking advance action

Question 13

Rigorous

Answer 13

Extremely thorough and careful

Question 14

Irk

Answer 14

Irritate, annoy

Question 15

Ridicule

Answer 15

A. noun uncountable
嘲弄
* to hold sb/sth up to ridicul取笑某人
to be met with ridicule
被嘲笑
• to lay oneself open to ridicule
使自己成为笑柄

Question 16

Vaingloriously

Answer 16

Adv
With excessive pride and vanity

Question 17

Erratic

Answer 17

Unpredictable, unstable

Question 18

Notoriously

Answer 18

Well knownly (of something bad)

Example:
Notoriously hard task
众所周知地困难的任务

Question 19

Bete noire

Answer 19

a person or thing that one particularly dislikes.

Hawaiian pizza is my bete noire

Question 20

Bellissimo

Answer 20

Very beautiful

Question 21

Ballyhoo

Answer 21

Verb
praise or publicize extravagantly

Usually we use Ballyhooed as adj.

Question 22

Parlous

Answer 22

Adj.
praise or publicize extravagantly:

Question 23

Anachroistic

Answer 23

Adj.
belonging to a period other than that being portrayed. 过时的，时代错误的

Titus’ benefits from the effective use
of anachronistic elements like cars and
loudspeakers. more

Question 24

Plummeting

Answer 24

Adj
decreasing rapidly (in value or amount)

E.g. plummeting stock price

Question 25

Resusciate

Answer 25

Ver.
使…苏醒
revive (someone) from unconsciousness or apparent death: an ambulance crew tried to
resuscitate him