Week 3

Question 1

Wane

Answer 1

Verb
Disappear, become weaker

Question 2

Nasal

Answer 2

Adj,
带鼻音的

Question 3

Garrulous

Answer 3

Adj,
Excessively Talkative (usually on trivial matters)

Question 4

Startled

Answer 4

Adj (from verb startle)
Suddenly shocked

Question 5

Be Heedless of

Answer 5

Be Unmindful of
Showing no attention to

Question 6

Sheen

Answer 6

光泽

Question 7

Staggered

Answer 7

Astonished, amazaed

Question 8

Solicitude

Answer 8

Noun
Care and concern for someone or smth

Question 9

Enthralled

Answer 9

Being Attracted and captivated

Question 10

Embroider

Answer 10

Verb
刺绣 渲染

Question 11

Prudent

Answer 11

Adj.
深思远虑的

Question 12

Solitary

Answer 12

Adj.
孤单的，一个人的，独处的
noun.
隐士

Question 13

Fatuous

Answer 13

Silly and pointless

Question 14

Whimsical

Answer 14

Playfully quaint

Question 15

Digress

Answer 15

Verb
Deviate
Leave the main subject for a while

Question 16

Courteously

Answer 16

Politely, with good manners

Question 17

Candor

Answer 17

Noun.
Candidness

Question 18

Savoir faire

Answer 18

Noun.
The skills to know what to say in social settings

Question 19

One’s Bailiwick

Answer 19

One’s thing

Question 20

Torment

Answer 20

Verb.
Torture
Noun.
A severe pain, the state of being tortured:
He is in torment

Question 21

Cathartic

Answer 21

Adj.
providing psychological relief through the open expression of strong emotions 可以宣泄情感的

E.g it’s deeply cathartic to watch the film Gone Girl

Question 22

Acutely

Answer 22

Intensely (with reference to smth unpleasant)

Question 23

Quiver

Answer 23

verb
发抖

Question 24

Mascara

Answer 24

睫毛膏

Question 25

Menace

Answer 25

Noun
Threat

Question 26

Laissez-faire

Answer 26

An attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering

Question 27

Matron

Answer 27

Middle aged married woman, especially someone who is dignified and staid

Question 28

Maitre d’

Answer 28

A headwaiter