Word List 4

Question 0

aristocracy

Americans have mixed feelings about hereditary aristocracy; we say all men are created equal, but we describe particularly outstanding people as natural aristocracy.

Answer 0

n. hereditary nobility; privileged class.

貴族、上流階級

Question 1

arid

The cactus has adapted to survive in an arid environment.

Answer 1

adj. dry; barren

乾燥した、不毛の

Question 2

aromatic

Medieval sailing vessels brought aromatic herbs from China to Europe.

Answer 2

adj. fragrant.

Question 3

arraign

After his indictment by the Grand Jury, the accused man was arraigned in the County Criminal Court.

Answer 3

v. Charge in court; indict.

(裁判のために)召喚する、起訴される

Question 4

array

His actions were bound to array public sentiment against him.

Answer 4

v. marshal; draw up in order.

を整列させる

Question 5

array

She liked to watch her Mather array herself in her finest clothes before going out for the evening.

Answer 5

v. clothe; adorn.

Question 6

arrears

Because he was in arrears with his car payments, the repo men repossessed his Porsche.

Answer 6

n. being in debt.

Question 7

arrest

According to Connolly’s “Theory of Permanent Adolescence,” the triumphs and disappointments that boys experience at great British public schools are so intense as to dominate their lives and to arrest their development.

Answer 7

v. stop or check; seize or capture (the attention)

…の(進行を)止める、(人の注意など)を少し引く

Question 8

arrhythmic

The doctors feared his arrhythmic heartbeat might be the first symptom of an imminent heart attack.

Answer 8

adj. lacking rhythm or regularity.

- > arrhythmia, n.

Question 9

arrogance

Convinced that Emma thought she was better than anyone else in the class, Ed rebuked her for her arrogance.

Answer 9

n. pride; haughtiness.

Question 10

artful

By using accurate details to suggest a misleading picture of the whole, the artful propagandist turns partial truths into more effective instruments of deception than lies.

Answer 10

adj. cunning; crafty; sly.

Question 11

articulate

Her articulate presentation of the advertising campaign impressed her employers.

Answer 11

adj. effective; distinct.

- > also v.

Question 12

artifact

Archaeologists debated the significance of the artifacts discovered in the ruins of Asia Minor but came to no conclusion about the culture they represented.

Answer 12

n. object made by human beings, either handmade or mass-produced.

Question 13

artifice

The Trojan War proved to the Greeks that cunning and artifice were often more effective than military might.

Answer 13

n. deception; trickery.

Question 14

artisan

Elderly artisans from Italy trained Harlem teenagers to carve the stone figures that would decorate the new wing of the cathedral.

Answer 14

n. manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to artist.

Question 15

artless

Red Riding Hood’s artless comment, “Grandma, what big eyes you have!” Indicates the child’s innocent surprise at her “grandmather’s” changed appearance.

Answer 15

adj. without guile; open and honest.

Question 16

ascetic

The wealthy, self-indulgent young man felt oddly drawn to the strict, ascetic life led by members of some monastic orders.

Answer 16

adj. practicing self-denial; austere.
禁欲主義の、過酷な

-> also n., asceticism, n.

Question 17

assiduous

It took Rembrandt weeks of assiduous labor before he was satisfied with his portrait of his son.

Answer 17

adj. diligent.

根気強い、たゆまぬ

Question 18

assuage

Jilted by Jane, Dick tried to assuage his heartache by indulging in ice cream. One gallon later, he had assuaged his appetite but not his grief.

Answer 18

v. ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger).

- > assuagement, n.

Question 19

attenuate

The long, dry spell attenuated the creek to the merest trickle. When meteor strikes the ground, the initially intense shock attenuated or lessens as it diverges outward.

Answer 19

v. make thinner; weaken or lessen (in density, force, degree)
細くする、薄くする、弱める

Question 20

audacious

Audiences cheered as Luke Skywalker and Princess Leis made their audacious, death-defying leap to freedom and escaped Darth Vader’s troops.

Answer 20

adj. daring; bold.
大胆な、無謀な、不敵な、奔放な

-> audacity, n.

Question 21

austere

The headmaster’s austere demeanor tended to scare off the more timid students, who never visited his study willingly. The room reflected the man, austere and bare, like a monk’s cell, with no touches of luxury to moderate its austerity.

Answer 21

adj. forbiddingly stern; severely simple and unornamented.

Question 22

autonomous

Although the University of California at Berkeley is just one part of the state university system, in many ways Cal Berkeley is autonomous, for it runs several programs that are not subject to outside control.

Answer 22

adj. self-governing.