An- Ac Flashcards
benign
A: gentle and kindly.
2. not harmful to the environment.
“his benign but firm manner”
2. “an ozone-benign refrigerant”
lofty
A: of imposing height; tall, giant, imposing
the elegant square was shaded with lofty palms.
N: loftiness
bequest
N: a legacy; inheritance, heritage
“her $135,000 was the largest bequest the library ever has received”
probe
V: physically explore or examine sth with the hands of instrument; investigating, researching.
The police are probing another murder.
blatant
A: (of bad behavior) done openly and unashamedly.
“blatant lies”
incalculable
A: too great to be calculated; not able to be calculated.
An archive of incalculable value.
N: incalculablility
coalesce
V: come together to form one mass or whole.
“the puddles had coalesced into shallow streams”
appellation
N: name
no need to rank them under a general term or appellation.
bombastic
A: high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated.华而不实
“bombastic rhetoric”
rhetoric
N: the art of persuasive speaking or writing.
commodities
N: matierial, item; a raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as copper or coffee.
“commodities such as copper and coffee”
doer
N: the person who does sth
the doer of this action
