word list 25 Flashcards
augury
预言；预兆
omen; prophecy
decimate
大批杀害；十中抽一
kill, usually one out of time
degradation
丢脸；降级，贬黜；退化
humiliation; debasement; degeneration
hoax
骗人的把戏，骗局
trick, deception; fraud
愚弄，欺骗
deceive
concerted
商定的；共同完成的
mutually agreed on; done together
guile
狡诈；诡计
deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning
champion
捍卫，支持
support militantly
agrarian
土地的，耕地的
pertaining to land or its cultivation
taint
玷污；败坏；腐蚀
contaminate; cause to lose purity; modify with a trace of something bad
adjacent
临近的，接近的
adjoining; neighboring; close by
moratorium
延期偿付
legal delay of payment
proximity
接近，亲近
nearness
subsequent
后来的，随后的
following; later
tentative
犹豫的，踌躇的；试验性的，暂定的，不确定的
hesitant; not fully worked out or developed; experimental; not definite or positive
salacious
猥亵的，好色的
lascivious; lustful
browse
吃草；浏览
graze; skim or glance at casually
sleight
技巧；戏法
dexterity
acrimonious
（言辞、态度等）尖刻的
bitter in words or manner
conduit
沟渠；导水管
aqueduct; passageway for fluids
riger
附文；附件
amendment or clause added to a legislative bill
assessment
评估，评价
evaluation; judgment
debutant
首次进入社交界的年轻女子
young woman making formal entrance into society
poseur
装模作样的人，装腔作势的人
person who pretends to be sophisticated
austere
严厉的；简朴的
forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented
misapprehension
误会，误解
error; misunderstanding
compress
压缩，挤压
close; squeeze; contract
obviate
排除，消除
prevent; make unnecessary
substantiate
证明，证实；支持
establish by evidence; verify; support
verbatim
逐字地，一字不差地
word for word
vendetta
族间血仇的，深仇的
blood feud
arrogance
傲慢
pride; haughtiness
spry
充满生气的，敏捷的
vigorously active; nimble
cliche
陈词滥调，老生常谈
phrase dulled in meaning by repetition
wanton
无节制的；肆意的；不贞洁的
unrestrained; willfully malicious; unchaste
tender
提出，提供
offer; extend
intimidating
恐惧的，受惊吓的
frightening
comely
有吸引力的；秀丽的
attractive; agreeable
malodorous
有恶臭的
foul-smelling
recumbent
靠着的，斜躺着的
reclining; lying down completely or in part
incontrovertible
无可辩驳的，不容置疑的
indisputable; not open to question
decry
强烈反对，谴责；贬低，轻视
express strong disapproval of; disparage
proclivity
倾向，癖好
inclination; natural tendency
accentuate
强调；重读
emphasize; stress
succinct
简洁的；压缩的
brief; terse; compact
audacious
大胆的，鲁莽的
daring, bold
merger
（企业等的）并吞；结合
combination (of two business corporations
pastiche
模仿作品；大杂烩，拼凑物
piece of writing or music made up of borrowed bits and pieces; hodge-podge
impasse
绝境，死路；僵局
predicament from which these is no escape; deadlock
compelling
强制的；有说服力的
overpowering; irresistible in effort
incarcerate
把……关进监狱，监禁
imprison
behemoth
庞然大物，巨兽
huge creature; monstrous animal
buffet
饮食柜台；自助餐
table with food set out for people to serve themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that’s been set out
打击；搏斗
slap; batter; knock about
celebrated
著名的
famous; well-known
indenture
契约，合同
contract
以契约约束服务关系／学徒关系
bind as servant or apprentice to master
defeatist
失败主义的
altitude of one who is ready to accept defeat as a natural outcome
失败主义者
someone who believes that they will not succeed
conservatory
音乐学校
school of the fine arts (especially music and drama)
noncommittal
中立的；不承诺的；不表态的
neutral; unpledged; undecided
infamous
臭名昭著的
notoriously bad
celibate
单身的；禁欲的
unmarried; abstaining from sexual intercourse
countenance
赞同，容忍
approve; tolerate
面容
face
alienate
离间；使孤立
make hostile; separate
gaffe
失礼，失态
social blunder
espouse
拥护，支持
adopt; support
cozen
欺骗，蒙骗
cheat; hoodwink; swindle
philology
语言学
study of language
seclusion
隔离；隐居
isolation; solitude
reprimand
严责，指责，非难
reprove severely; rebuke
pedant
学究
scholar who overemphasizes book learning or
technicalities
amass
收集，积聚
collect
suppress
抑制，克服，约束
stifle; overwhelm; subdue; inhibit
maudlin
伤感的；感情脆弱的
effusively sentimental
tonic
滋补的，强身的；使精神振作的
invigorating; refreshing
gourmet
美食家
connoisseur of food and drink
inept
无能的；不称职的
lacking skill; unsuited; incompetent
rapt
被深深吸引的，入迷的
absorbed; enchanted
misconception
误解，错觉
mistaken idea
abject
可怜的，卑贱的
wretched; lacking pride
killjoy
令人扫兴的人或事
grouch; spoilsport
maul
粗手粗脚地摆弄；粗野地对待
harden roughly
bullion
金条，银条
gold and silver in the form of bars
contagion
传染
infection
autonomous
自治的
self-governing
sanguine
乐观的；有望的
cheerful; hopeful
expedite
促进，加快（进程）
hasten
deify
把……神化
turn into a god; idolize
alimentary
提供营养的，消化的
supplying nourishment
vehement
猛烈的，（感情）热烈的
forceful; intensely emotional; with marked vigor
marsupial
有袋动物
one of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch
diabolical
恶魔似的，残忍的
devilish
intangible
感觉不到的，无形的
not able to be perceived by touch; vague
insolence
傲慢无礼的
impudent disrespect; haughtiness
molt
脱毛，换毛
shed or cast off hair or feathers
chauvinist
盲目的爱国者
blindly devoted patriot
rebuke
指责，谴责
scold harshly; criticize severely
叱责
sharp reproof
acclivity
向上的陡坡
sharp upslope of a hill
hulking
庞大笨重的
massive; bulky; great in size
rig
装配；操纵
fix or manipulate
tract
地方，地域；小册子
region of land (often imprecisely described); pamphlet
repudiate
断绝关系；否认
disown; disavow
