word list 14 Flashcards
shyster
不择手段的律师；奸诈的人
lawyer using questionable methods
matriculate
被录取入学
enroll (in college or graduate school)
chameleon
变色龙
lizard that changes color in different situations
contract
收缩；订约；感染
compress or shrink; make a pledge; catch a disease
thespian
戏剧的
pertaining to drama
impede
妨碍；拖延
hinder; block; delay
credence
信任
belief
winnow
筛掉（米糠等）；辨别，甄别
sift; separate good parts from bad
limpid
清澈的，清晰的
clear; transparent; lucid
summation
合计；总结
act of finding the total; summary
circumvent
智取；包围
outwit; baffle
stringent
严厉的，严苛的
severe; rigid; constricted
voluble
流利的，健谈的
fluent; glib; talkative
trough
槽，饲料槽；波谷，低谷
container for feeding farm animals; lowest point (of a wave, business cycle, etc.)
odious
可憎的，可恶的
hateful; vile
petulant
脾气坏的
touchy; peevish
aberrant
异常的，脱轨的
abnormal or deviant
abominable
讨厌的，令人憎恶的；极坏的
detestable; extremely unpleasant
obtuse
钝的，不锋利的；愚笨的
blunt; stupid
agglomeration
集合；结块，成团
collection; heap
partison
偏袒的；党派的
one-sided, prejudiced, committed to a party
manifest
显然的，明白的
evident; visible; obvious
barrage
弹幕，火力网；连珠炮似的一大堆（问题、批评等）
barrier laid down by artillery fire; an overwhelming, concentrated outpouring, as of words
optional
随意的，可选择的
not obligatory; left to one’s choice
connivance
共谋；纵容；默许
assistance; pretense of ignorance of something wrong; permission to offend
invigorate
鼓舞，使有活力
energize; stimulate
conciliatory
调和的；抚慰的
reconciling; soothing
auxiliary
辅助的
giving additional or subsidiary help
atavism
隔代遗传，返祖现象
reversion to an earlier type; throwback
infer
推断，推论出
deduce; conclude
prolific
多产的，丰富的
abundantly fruitful
transparent
显然的，明晰的；透明的
easily detected; permitting light to pass through freely
invoke
祈求
call upon; ask for
amplify
放大；增强
broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger
finicky
过于挑剔的；难讨好的
too particular; fussy
delete
划掉，删掉
erase; strike out
toady
献媚者，拍马屁的人
servile flatterer; yes man
portly
健壮的，魁伟的；肥胖的
stately; stout
amiable
和蔼可亲的，亲切的，友好的
agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly
flippant
轻浮的，无礼的
lacking proper seriousness
exigency
紧急情况
urgent situation
scrupulous
小心谨慎的，严格认真的
conscientious; extremely thorough
piety
虔诚，虔敬
religious devotion; godliness
encumber
妨碍，拖累
burden
heterodox
非正统的，异端的
unorthodox; unconventional
autocratic
独裁的，专制的
having absolute, unchecked power; dictatorial
gnarled
多节的或扭曲的
twisted
berate
痛斥，严责
scold strongly
delectable
使人愉快的；美味的
delightful; delicious
theocracy
神权政治，神权政体
government run by religious leaders
exacerbate
使恶化，使加重
worsen; embitter
vapid
索然无味的，枯燥的
dull and unimaginative; insipid and flavorless
mortician
丧葬承办者，殡葬业者
undertaker
bourgeois
中产阶级
middle class
可求名利的；平庸的
selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
cosmopolitan
老练的
sophisticated
promulgate
发布，公布
proclaim a doctrine or law; make known by official publication
pomposity
妄自尊大
self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt
ineffable
不可言喻的；避讳的，禁忌的
unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech
cull
挑选，去掉
pick out; reject
杂质
something picked out from others, especially something rejected because of inferior quality
protuberance
隆起，结节
protrusion; bulge
enervate
使无力，使无精打采
weaken
retrieve
恢复；取回；找回
recover; find and bring in
lackluster
死气沉沉的
dull
dissimulate
假装，掩饰（感情、动机等）
pretend; conceal by feigning
blase
厌倦与享乐的
bored with pleasure or dissipation
recipient
接受者
receiver
clique
小集团，派系
small exclusive group
camaraderie
同志之爱，友情
good-fellowship
shun
避开，躲避
keep away from
virulent
剧毒的；恶毒的，充满敌意的
extremely poisonous; hostile; bitter
gale
大风，一阵风；情感爆发
windstorm; gust of wind; emotional outburst (laughter, tears)
cognate
同源词的，同类的
related linguistically; allied by blood; similar or akin in nature
censor
审查者
overseer of morals; person who reads to eliminate inappropriate remarks
innate
先天的，天生的
inborn
facilitate
有助于，使容易
help bring about; make less difficult
concomitant
伴随物
that which accompanies
assail
攻击
assault
repository
储藏室
storehouse
benefactor
捐助者；赞助人
gift giver; patron
feral
（动物）野生的
not domestic; wild
equivocal
模棱两可的，模糊的
ambiguous; intentionally misleading
execrable
极坏的，极差的
very bad
faction
派别；小团体；派系斗争
party; clique; dissension
obnoxious
使人讨厌的，可憎的
offensive; objectionable
verge
边缘，界限
border; edge
squalor
肮脏；悲惨
filth; dirty, neglected state; degradation
trenchant
有力的，有效的；刻薄的，锋利的
forceful and vigorous; cutting
delineate
描绘，描写，勾勒
portray; depict; sketch
agent
媒介；代理人；执行官
means or instrument; personal representative; person acting in an official capacity
comparable
类似的
similar
offhand
随便的，唐突的
casual; done without prior thought
ravel
使混乱，使纠缠；解开，松开
fall apart into tangles; unravel or untwist; entangle
whinny
马嘶，嘶叫
neigh like a horse
diminution
缩减，降低
lessening; reduction in size
qualms
担忧，不安，良心责备
misgivings; uneasy fears, especially about matters of conscience
rudimentary
未充分发展的；基本的；初步的
not developed; elementary; crude
embody
体现（思想、原则等）；包括，收录
express or give visible form to (ideas, feelings, etc.); make concrete; incorporate
bombastic
夸大的，言过其实的
pompous; using inflated language
recession
撤回，退却；（经济）衰退，不景气
withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity
contraband
违法交易
illegal trade; smuggling
违禁的，非法买卖的
distributed or sold illicitly
