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Question 1

sluggard

Answer 1

懒人：lazy person

Question 2

sluggish

Answer 2

缓慢的，迟缓的：slow in movement；迟钝的，反应慢的：slow to respond

Question 3

slumber

Answer 3

睡着：sleep

Question 4

slur

Answer 4

耻辱：mark of guilt；含糊地发音：indistinctly；疏忽，忽略：without due, consideration

Question 5

sly

Answer 5

狡猾的：clever or cunning；隐秘的，偷偷的：acting in secret

Question 6

smarmy

Answer 6

虚情假意的，过分恭维的：hypocritically

Question 7

smart

Answer 7

反应敏捷的，聪颖的：sharp quick thought；整洁的：strikingly neat；感到疼痛，感到痛苦：suffer acutely

Question 8

smattering

Answer 8

浅薄的知识：superficial knowledge；少量：small amount

Question 9

smirk

Answer 9

（自鸣得意地）笑：offensively self-satisfied

Question 10

smother

Answer 10

使窒息：killed by lack of air；抑制（表达，说出），压制：refrain

Question 11

smug

Answer 11

自大的，自鸣得意的：opinion of oneself；整洁的，有序的：good order

Question 12

smuggling

Answer 12

走私，私运：importation or exportation contrary to the law

Question 13

snare

Answer 13

无法逃脱的困境：catches and holds；捕捉：capture by

Question 14

snarl

Answer 14

纠缠，纠结：twist；咆哮，怒吼：to anger

Question 15

sneer

Answer 15

（轻蔑地）嘲笑：scornful

Question 16

snobbish

Answer 16

谄上傲下的，自大的：offensive air of superiority

Question 17

snub

Answer 17

轻视，不理睬：contempt or neglect

Question 18

soak

Answer 18

使…湿透：make thoroughly wet

Question 19

sober

Answer 19

严肃的：serious-looking；节制的：restraint；有理有据的：sound reasoning

Question 20

sodden

Answer 20

湿透的：penetrated by water；使…湿透：wet thoroughly

Question 21

solace

Answer 21

安慰：comfort in sorrow；安慰，安抚：console

Question 22

solder

Answer 22

连接，联合：unite

Question 23

solemnity

Answer 23

庄严，严肃：solemn

Question 24

solicitous

Answer 24

为他人操心的，体谅他人的：happiness of others；迫切的，渴望的：urgent desire

Question 25

solid

Answer 25

固态的，坚固的：not easily yield to pressure；有理有据的：sound reasoning；坚定的，不迟疑的：not showing weakness

Question 26

soliloquy

Answer 26

（尤指自言自语的）独白：without addressing a listener

Question 27

solitude

Answer 27

孤独，避世：being alone

Question 28

solvent

Answer 28

有偿付能力的：able to pay debts；溶剂：another substance is dissolved

Question 29

somatic

Answer 29

肉体的：of the body

Question 30

somber

Answer 30

昏暗的，无光的：shaded；悲伤的，不愉快的：lacking in cheer

Question 31

somnolence

Answer 31

瞌睡，嗜睡：needing sleep

Question 32

sonnet

Answer 32

十四行诗：14-line verse form

Question 33

soothe

Answer 33

带来慰藉，安慰：bring comfort；使镇静，使安心：free from distress；弱化，缓解：less severe

Question 34

sop

Answer 34

安慰物：placate or soothe；贿赂，回扣：improperly influence a person’s conduct；浸湿，湿透：wet thoroughly

Question 35

sophism

Answer 35

假推理，诡辩：deceptive argumentation

Question 36

sophisticated

Answer 36

精明的，老于世故的：worldly knowledge or refinement；复杂的：complex

Question 37

soporific

Answer 37

催眠的药剂，安眠药：induces sleep；催眠的：cause sleep；慵懒的，困倦的：sleepiness or lethargy

Question 38

sordid

Answer 38

肮脏的，不干净的：not clean；卑鄙的：baseness

Question 39

sound

Answer 39

牢固的，不可动摇的：withstand stress without structural damage；健康的，强壮的：free from injury；（逻辑）上严谨的：valid reasoning

Question 40

sparse

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稀疏的，稀少的：less plentiful

Question 41

spartan

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简朴的，节约的：simplicity

Question 42

spat

Answer 42

（小的）争吵：quarrel

Question 43

spate

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突发的洪水：sudden flood；大量：large number

Question 44

specific

Answer 44

特有的，独特的：exact sort；明确的：clearly expressed

Question 45

specious

Answer 45

似是而非的，欺骗性的：false look of truth

Question 46

speck

Answer 46

小点，少量：small amount

Question 47

spectator

Answer 47

观众，目击者，旁观者：watches

Question 48

spectrum 

Answer 48

光谱，范围，系列：sequence or range

Question 49

speculate

Answer 49

推测，揣测：take to be true；投机倒买：from market fluctuations

Question 50

spendthrift

Answer 50

挥霍家，败家子：spends improvidently；挥霍的，不节俭的：spending money freely