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Question 1

arboretum

Answer 1

N: A place where trees are grown

Question 2

Theocracy

Answer 2

N: the system of government in which priests rule in the name of a god 神学制）

Question 3

Autocracy

Answer 3

N: The system of government with one person in absolute power.

Question 4

Jurisprudence

Answer 4

N: the theory or philosophy of law( 法学）

Question 5

smite

Answer 5

V: strike with a firm blow

He smites the water with his sword.

Question 6

scruple

Answer 6

N: A feeling of dought regarding to the morality of an action; second thoughts, reluctance.

I had no scruples about eavesdropping.

V: hesitate to do sth wrong.

She doesn’t scruple to ask her parents for money.

Question 7

affright

Answer 7

V: frighten sm

ghosts could never affright us

N: fright

the goats looked at us in affright.

Question 8

swathe

Answer 8

V: wrap in several layers of fabric.

“his hands were swathed in bandages”; bind, bundle up, wrap

N: a piece or strip of material in which something is wrapped.

“they wrapped the body inside a canvas swathe”

Question 9

poesy

Answer 9

poetry

Question 10

sonnet

Answer 10

N: a poem of 14 lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes

Question 11

didactic

Answer 11

ADJ: aiming to teach the reader sth

Question 12

earnest

Answer 12

ADJ: showing sincere; serious, solelmn

The two girls were in an earnest conversation

Question 13

affirm

Answer 13

V: Declare, state, proclaim

He affirmed that they would lend military assistance

N: affirmer