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Question 1

riveting

Answer 1

吸引人的，极迷人的：absorbing engrossing

Question 2

rivulet

Answer 2

小河，小溪：small stream

Question 3

robust

Answer 3

精力充沛的，强壮的，健康的：full of strength

Question 4

roil

Answer 4

搅浑，使混乱：stir up；激怒：displease

Question 5

roisterer

Answer 5

喝酒喧闹的人：engages in merrymaking

Question 6

rookie

Answer 6

新兵；新生；菜鸟：recruit

Question 7

roster

Answer 7

值勤表，花名册：list of personnel

Question 8

rostrum

Answer 8

讲坛，演讲坛：stage speaking

Question 9

rouse

Answer 9

激起，煽动：stir up；唤醒：stop sleeping

Question 10

royalty

Answer 10

皇家身份：regal character；版税；专利权税：payment

Question 11

rubicund

Answer 11

红润的，健康的：healthy rosiness

Question 12

rudimentary

Answer 12

初始的，未发展的：earliest development；最根本的，基础的：first principles

Question 13

rue

Answer 13

后悔，遗憾：feeling of regret

Question 14

ruffle

Answer 14

皱褶，褶裥花边：strip edge；使粗糙：destroy smoothness；扰乱，打扰：disturb

Question 15

ruminate

Answer 15

沉思：go over in the mind

Question 16

rumple

Answer 16

使皱，弄皱：form creases；打乱，使不整齐：undo the proper order

Question 17

run

Answer 17

（不间断的）连续演出：course of performances

Question 18

runic

Answer 18

神秘的：mysterious

Question 19

rupture

Answer 19

打破；打碎，破裂：part

Question 20

ruse

Answer 20

诡计：subterfuge

Question 21

rustic

Answer 21

乡下人，头脑简单的人：awkward or simple person；乡村的：open areas with few buildings；粗俗的：lacking polish

Question 22

rustle

Answer 22

快速地行动：move or act with speed

Question 23

sabotage

Answer 23

妨害，破坏：hinder a cause；从事破坏活动，阻止：practice sabotage

Question 24

saccharine

Answer 24

像糖一样的，有甜味的：sugar；做作的，矫情的：appealing to the emotions

Question 25

sacrilege

Answer 25

亵渎圣物：profanation sacred

Question 26

saddle

Answer 26

使某人担负：load

Question 27

safeguard

Answer 27

保护措施：prevent accident；保护：make safe

Question 28

sage

Answer 28

智者：wisdom

Question 29

salient

Answer 29

显著的，最突出的：conspicuously

Question 30

salubrious

Answer 30

有益健康的：promoting health

Question 31

salutary

Answer 31

有益健康的：promoting health；有利的，利好的：promoting well-being

Question 32

salutation

Answer 32

致敬，打招呼（表示欢迎和礼貌）：greeting；赞扬：praise

Question 33

salvage

Answer 33

（从灾难中）抢救：save from loss

Question 34

salve

Answer 34

减轻：缓解：assuage

Question 35

sanctify

Answer 35

使神圣，将...敬为神：make holy

Question 36

sanctimonious

Answer 36

假装虔诚的：hypocritically pious

Question 37

sanction

Answer 37

批准，同意，许可：make valid；制裁：coercive measure

Question 38

sanctuary

Answer 38

避难所：protection

Question 39

sand

Answer 39

磨光：make smooth

Question 40

sanguine

Answer 40

乐观的，确信的：free from doubt；面色红润的：healthy reddish

Question 41

sanitary

Answer 41

健康的，清洁的：health

Question 42

sap

Answer 42

削弱：weaken energy vitality；健康，活力：active strength

Question 43

sapient

Answer 43

聪明的，有洞察力的：deep understanding, intelligent

Question 44

sarcasm

Answer 44

讽刺，轻蔑：ironic

Question 45

sartorial

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裁缝匠的，裁缝的：clothes

Question 46

sate

Answer 46

使饱足，充分满足：satisfy fully

Question 47

satiate

Answer 47

（使）饱足（的），过分满足（的）：satisfy fully

Question 48

satire

Answer 48

讽刺诗，讽刺文学：literary ridicule

Question 49

satirize

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讽刺：ridicule

Question 50

saturate

Answer 50

使饱和，浸透：wet thoroughly

Question 51

saturnine

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忧郁的，阴沉的：lacking in cheer；讽刺的：sardonic

Question 52

saunter

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闲逛，漫步：by foot

Question 53

savant

Answer 53

博学之士，学者：learning

Question 54

savory

Answer 54

口感好的，味道好的：appetizing taste, smell；令人愉悦的，pleasure or contentment

Question 55

savvy

Answer 55

老练，机智：knowledge actually doing；明确了解：clear idea of；有见识的，精明能干的：practical cleverness or judgment

Question 56

scads

Answer 56

许多，大量：large number

Question 57

scant

Answer 57

不足的，缺乏的：scarcely

Question 58

scathing

Answer 58

尖酸刻薄的：cause hurt feelings

Question 59

schism

Answer 59

不一致：lack of agreement

Question 60

scintillate

Answer 60

闪耀：sparks

Question 61

scion

Answer 61

子孙：descendant

Question 62

scission

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切断，分离，分裂：division

Question 63

scoff

Answer 63

嘲笑：derision, mock；狼吞虎咽：eat greedily

Question 64

scorch

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炙烤，烘干：burn, make dry

Question 65

scorn

Answer 65

轻蔑，鄙视，不屑：reject contemptible

Question 66

scotch

Answer 66

停止：put an end to

Question 67

scour

Answer 67

用力擦洗：wash vigorously；搜查：to find or discover

Question 68

scowl

Answer 68

皱眉（表现出不高兴）：expression displeasure

Question 69

scrappy

Answer 69

好斗的，好吵架的：aggressive

Question 70

scrap

Answer 70

废料，废物：discarded or useless；抛弃：get rid of；终止，放弃原计划：put an end to

Question 71

scrawl

Answer 71

乱涂，潦草地写：write carelessly

Question 72

scribble

Answer 72

潦草地书写，乱写：meaningless

Question 73

scrupulous

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正直的：principled；一丝不苟的：great care and effort

Question 74

scrutable

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可以理解的：understood comprehensible

Question 75

scrutinize

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仔细检查：observe great care

Question 76

scuff

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（使）磨损：roughened by wear；脚步拖沓：move heavily

Question 77

scurrilous

Answer 77

说粗话的：vulgar

Question 78

scurvy

Answer 78

下流的，让人鄙视的：contemptible

Question 79

seamy

Answer 79

肮脏的，堕落的：sordid, base

Question 80

secluded

Answer 80

僻静的，隐蔽的：hidden

Question 81

secrete

Answer 81

隐藏：conceal；分泌：generate

Question 82

sedate

Answer 82

淡定的，安静的：free from agitation

Question 83

sedentary

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固定不动的：not migratory

Question 84

seduce

Answer 84

劝说（使不忠，使不服从），诱...误入歧途：persuade

Question 85

sedulous

Answer 85

勤奋认真的：careful perseverance

Question 86

seemly

Answer 86

得体的，遵守礼节的：following the established traditions

Question 87

segment

Answer 87

分割；部分：separate

Question 88

self-abasement

Answer 88

自卑，自谦：humiliation

Question 89

self-absorbed

Answer 89

自恋的，自私的：absorbed in one's own

Question 90

seminal

Answer 90

有发展性的：contributing later development；创新的：creative

Question 91

sensation

Answer 91

感觉，知觉：sense；轰动事件：intense interest

Question 92

sensitive

Answer 92

敏感的：susceptible

Question 93

sentinel

Answer 93

哨兵，看守：watches over

Question 94

sepulchral

Answer 94

阴沉的，丧葬的：lacking in cheer

Question 95

septic

Answer 95

腐败的，感染的：putrefaction

Question 96

sequela

Answer 96

结果：secondary result

Question 97

sequester

Answer 97

使隔离，分离：segregate；使隐退：seclusion

Question 98

sere

Answer 98

干枯的，凋萎的：dried, withered

Question 99

serendipity

Answer 99

意外发现珍奇（或称心）事物的本领：by accident

Question 100

serene

Answer 100

安静的：free from uproar；稳重的，镇静的：unaffected, calm