Barron 3500 SAT List 11-20 From Alex Flashcards

Question

constituent

Answer 1

N. /选民，选举人/ supporter. The congressman received hundreds of letters from angry constituents after the Equal Rights Amendment failed to pass.

Answer 2

N. /强制，约束/ compulsion; repression of feel ings. There was a feeling of constraint in the room because no one dared to criticize the speaker. constrain, V.

Answer 3

V. /解释/ explain; interpret. If I construe your remarks correctly, you disagree with the theory already advanced.

Answer 4

ADJ. /完成/ complete. I have never seen anyone who makes as many stupid errors as you do; what a consummate idiot you arel also V.

Answer 5

N. /传染/ infection. Fearing contagion, they took great steps to prevent the spread of the disease.

Answer 6

V. 污染 pollute. The sewage system of the city so contaminated the water that swimming was forbidden.

Answer 7

N. /同时代的人/ person belonging to the same period . Though Charl otte Bronte and George Eliot were contemporaries, the two novelists depicted their Victorian world in markedly different ways. also ADJ.

Answer 8

N. /轻视，蔑视/ scorn; disdain. The heavyweight boxer looked on ordinary people with contempt, scorning them as weaklings who couldn't hurt a fly. We thought it was contemptible of him to be contemptuous of people for being weak.

Answer 9

V. /斗争，竞争；声称/ struggle; compete; assert earnestly. Sociologist Harry Edwards contends that young black athletes are exploited by some college recruiters.

Answer 10

N. /主张，论点/ claim; thesis. It is our contention that, if you follow our tactics, you will boost your score on the SAT. contend, v.

Answer 11

ADJ. /好争吵的/ quarrelsome. Disagreeing violently with the referees' rul ing, the coach became so contentious that tliey threw him out of the game.

Answer 12

V. /争辩/ dispute. The defeated cand idate attempted to contest the election results.

Answer 13

N. /上下文/ writings preceding and following the passage quoted. Because these lines are taken out of context, they do not convey the message the author intended.

Answer 14

ADJ. /邻近的/ adjacent to; touching upon. The two countries are contiguous for a few miles; then they are separated by the gulf.

Answer 15

N. /自制，节欲/ self-restraint; sexual chastity. At the convent, Connie vowed to lead a life of continence. The question was, could Connie be content with always being continent?

Answer 16

ADJ. /因事而定的，依条件而定的/ dependent on; conditional. Caroline's father informed her that any raise in her allowance was contingent on the quality of her final grades. contingency, N.

Answer 17

N. /代表团/ group that makes up part of a gathering. The New York contingent of delegates at the Democratic National Convention was a boisterous, sometimes rowdy lot.

Answer 18

N. /扭歪，弯曲/ twistings; distortions. As the effects of the opiate wore away, the contortions of the patient became more violent and demonstrated how much pain she was enduring.

Answer 19

N.;ADJ. /违法交易；违禁的/ illegal trade; smuggling. The Coast Guard tries to prevent traffic in contraband goods.

Answer 20

V. /收缩；订约；感染/ compress or shrink; make a pledge; catch a disease. Warm metal expands; cold metal contracts.

Answer 21

V. /违反，反驳/ contradict; oppose; infringe on or transgress. Mr. Barrett did not expect his frail daughter Elizabeth to contravene his will by eloping with Robert Browning.

Answer 22

ADJ. /深感懊悔的/ penitent. Her contrite tears did not influence the judge when he imposed sentence. contrition, N.

Answer 23

ADJ. /做作的；牵强的/forced; artificial; not spontaneous. Feeling ill at ease with his new in-laws, James made a few contrived attempts at conversation and then retreated into silence.

Answer 24

V. /辩论；反驳/oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict. The witness's testimony was so clear and her reputation for honesty so well-established that the defense attorney decided it was wiser to make no attempt to contro¬vertwhat she said.

Answer 25

N. /擦伤；撞伤/bruise. Black and blue after her fall, Sue was treated for contusions and abrasions.

Answer 26

N. /谜语/riddle. During the long car ride, she invented conundrums to entertain the children.

Answer 27

V. /召集，集合/assemble. Because much needed legislation had to be enacted, the governor ordered the legislature to convene in special session by January 15.

Answer 28

N. /习俗，惯例/social or moral custom; established prac¬tice. Flying in the face of convention, George Sand shocked society by taking lovers and wearing men's clothes.

Answer 29

ADJ. /典型的；普通的/ordinary; typical. His conventional upbringing left him wholly unprepared for his wife's eccen¬tric family.

Answer 30

V. /聚合；接近/approach; tend to meet; come together. African-American men from all over the United States con¬verged on Washington to take part in the historic Million Men march.

Answer 31

ADJ. /熟悉/familiar with. The lawyer is conversant with all the evidence.

Answer 32

N. /相反的/opposite. The inevitable converse of peace is not war but annihilation.

Answer 33

V. /聊天/chat; talk informally. Eva was all ears while Lulu and Lola conversed. Wasn't it rude of her to eavesdrop on their conversation? conversation, N.

Answer 34

N. /改变；转换；皈依/one who has adopted a different religion or opinion. On his trip to Japan, though the President spoke at length about the virtues of American automobiles, he made few converts to his beliefs. alsoV.

Answer 35

ADJ. /凸的/curving outward. He polished the convex lens of his telescope.

Answer 36

N. /运输；交通工具/vehicle; transfer. During the transit strike, commuters used various kinds of conveyances.

Answer 37

N. /定罪；深信/judgment that someone is guilty of a crime; strongly held belief. Even her conviction for murder did not shake Peter's conviction that Harriet was innocent of the crime.

Answer 38

ADJ. /欢乐；高兴/festive; gay; characterized by joviality. The convivial celebrators of the victory sang their college songs.

Answer 39

V. /召集/call together. Congress was convoked at the outbreak of the emergency. convocation, N.

Answer 40

ADJ. /围绕，卷绕；费解/coiled around; involved; intricate. His argument was so convoluted that few of us could follow it intelligently.

Answer 41

ADJ. /丰富的，大量的/plentiful. She had copious reasons for reject¬ing the proposal.

Answer 42

N. /卖弄风情的女子；蜂鸟/flirt. Because she refused to give him an answer to his proposal of marriage, he called her a coquette. alsoV.

Answer 43

ADJ. /亲切；衷心/gracious; heartfelt. Our hosts greeted us at the airport with a cordial welcome and a hearty hug.

Answer 44

N. /警戒线/extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress. The police cordon was so tight that the criminals could not leave the area. alsoV.

Answer 45

N. /象征丰饶的羊角/horn overflowing with fruit and grain; symbol of abundance. The encyclopedia salesman claimed the new edition was a veritable cornucopia of information, an inexhaustible source of knowledge for the entire family.

Answer 46

N. /结果，产物/consequence; accompaniment. Brotherly love is a complex emotion, with sibling rivalry its natural corollary.

Answer 47

N. /加冕/ceremony of crowning a queen or king. When the witches told Macbeth he would be king, they failed to warn him he would lose his crown soon after his coronation.

Answer 48

ADJ. /肉体的，物质的/bodily; material. The doctor had no patience with spiritual matters: his job was to attend to his patients' corporeal problems, not to minister to their souls.

Answer 49

ADJ. /肥胖/very fat. The corpulent man resolved to reduce. corpulence, N.

Answer 50

N. /相互的关系/mutual relationship. He sought to determine the correlation that existed between ability in algebra and ability to interpret reading exercises. correlate, V., N.

Answer 51

V. /确认；支持/confirm; support. Though Huck was quite willing to corroborate Tom's story, Aunt Polly knew better than to believe either of them.

Answer 52

V. /腐蚀/destroy by chemical action. The girders support¬ing the bridge corroded so gradually that no one suspected any danger until the bridge suddenly collapsed. corrosion, N.

Answer 53

ADJ. /腐蚀性的/eating away by chemicals or disease. Stain¬less steel is able to withstand the effects of corrosive chem¬icals. corrode,V.

Answer 54

ADJ. /皱的/wrinkled; ridged. She wished she could smooth away the wrinkles from his corrugated brow.

Answer 55

ADJ. /宇宙的；巨大的/pertaining to the universe; vast. Cosmic rays derive their name from the fact that they bombard the earth's atmosphere from outer space. COSMOS, N.

Answer 56

ADJ. /世界主义/sophisticated. Her years in the capitol had transformed her into a cosmopolitan young woman highly aware of international affairs.

Answer 57

N. /同行，圈内人/group that meets socially; select circle. After his book had been published, he was invited to join the literary coterie that lunched daily at the hotel.

Answer 58

V. /忍受；接受/approve; tolerate. He refused to counte¬nance such rude behavior on their part.

Answer 59

N. /脸/face. When Jose saw his newborn daughter, a proud smile spread across his countenance.

Answer 60

V. /取消；废除/cancel; revoke. The general countermanded the orders issued in his absence.

Answer 61

N. /补充物，相似物/ a thing that completes another; things very much alike. Night and day are counterparts,complementing one another.

Answer 62

N. /突然而巧妙的行动，成功的一举/ highly successful action or sudden attack. As the news of his coup spread throughout Wall Street, his fellow brokers dropped by to congratulate him.

Answer 63

V. /结合/ join; unite. The Flying Karamazovs couple expert juggling and amateur joking in their nightclub act.

Answer 64

N. /信使/ messenger. The publisher sent a special courier to pick up the manuscript.

Answer 65

N. /契约/ agreement. We must comply with the terms of the covenant.

Answer 66

ADJ. /秘密的，隐藏的/ secret; hidden; implied. Investigations of the Central Intelligence Agency and other secret serice networks reveal that such covert operations can get out of control.

Answer 67

ADJ . /贪婪的，占有欲强的/ avaricious; eagerly desirous of. The child was covetous by nature and wanted to take the toys belonging to his classmates. covet, V.

Answer 68

V. /恐吓/ terrorize; intimidate. The li ttle boy was so cowed by the hulking bully that he gave up his lunch money without a word of protest.

Answer 69

V. /畏缩/ shrink quivering, as from fear. The frightened child cowered in the corner of the room.

Answer 70

ADJ. /害羞的，腼腆的/ shy; modest; coquettish. Reluctant to commit herself so early in the game, Kay was coy in her answers to Kens offer.

Answer 71

V. /欺骗，蒙蔽/ cheat; hoodwink; swindle. He was the kind of individual who would cozen his friends in a cheap card game but remain eminently ethical in all business dealings.

Answer 72

ADJ. /乖戾的，易怒的/ sour; peevish. The crabbed old man was avoided by the children because he scolded them when they made noise.

Answer 73

N. /狡猾/ slyness; trickiness. In many Native American legends, the coyote is the clever trickster, the embodiment of craftiness. crafty, N.

Answer 74

ADJ. /粗糙的/ very unrefined; grossly insensible. The film critic deplored the crass commercialism of movie-makers who abandon artistic standards in order to make a quick buck.

Answer 75

ADJ. /怯懦的/ cowardly. Lillian's craven refusal to join the protest was criticized by her comrades, who had expected her to be brave enough to stand up for her beliefs.

Answer 76

N. /信任/ belief. Do not place any credence in his promises.

Answer 77

N. /可信性/ believability. Because the candidate had made some pretty unbelievable promises, we began to question the credibility of everythiNg she said.

Answer 78

N. /信条/ creed. I believe we may best describe his credo by saying that it approximaies the Golden Rule.

Answer 79

N. /轻信，易受骗/ belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivete. Can artists take advantage of the credulity of inexperienced investors to swindle them out of their savings. credulous, ADJ.

Answer 80

N. /信条/ system of religious or ethical belief. Any loyal American's creed must emphasize love of democracy.

Answer 81

N. (声音、力度等)渐强 increase in the volume or intensity, as in a musical passage; climax. The music suddenly shifted its mood, dramatically switch ing from a muted, contemplative passage to a crescendo with blaring trumpets and clashing cymbals.

Answer 82

N. /顶峰，浪头/ highest pOint of a hill; foamy top of a wave. Fleeing the tidal wave, the islanders scrambled to reach the crest of Mount Lucinda. With relief, they watched the crest of the wave break well below their vantage point.

Answer 83

ADJ. /垂头丧气的，沮丧的/ dejected; dispirited. We were surprised at his reaction to the failure of his project; instead of being crestfallen, he was busily engaged in planning new activities.

Answer 84

N. /裂缝/ crack; fissure. The mountain climbers found footholds in the tiny crevices in the mountainside.

Answer 85

V. /畏缩/ shrink back, as if in fear. The dog cringed, expecting a blow.

Answer 86

N. /标准/ standard used in judging. What criterion did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner? criteria, PL.

Answer 87

V. /剪修/ cut off unwanted parts of a photograph; graze. With care, David cropped the picture until its edges neatly framed the flock of sheep cropping the grass.

Answer 88

ADJ. /怪癖的，反复无常的/ eccentric; whimsical. Although he was reputed to be a crotchety old gentleman, I found his ideas substantially sound and sensible.

Answer 89

N. /关键点/ crucial point. This is the crux of the entire problem: everything centers on its being resolved.

Answer 90

N. /地下室，地窖/ secret recess or vault, usually used for burial. Until recently, only bodies of rulers and leading statesmen were interred in this crypt.

Answer 91

ADJ. /神秘的，隐藏的，秘密的/ mysterious; hidden; secret. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's cryptic remarks, Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.

Answer 92

N. /小卧室 small compartment partitioned off; small bedchamber. Hoping to personalize their workspace, the staff members decorated the ir tiny identical cubicles in markedly individual ways.

Answer 93

N. /烹饪法/ style of cooking. French cuisine is noted for its use of sauces and wines.

Answer 94

ADJ. /烹饪的/ relating to cooking. Many chefs attribute their culinary skill to the wise use of spices.

Answer 95

V. /挑选，去掉/ pick out; reject. Every month the farmer culls the nonlaying hens from his flock and sells them to the local butcher. also N.

Answer 96

V. /达到顶点/ attain the highest point; climax. George Bush's years of service to the Republican Party culminated in his being chosen as the Republican candidate for the presidency. His subsequent inauguration' as President of the United States marked the culmination of his political career.

Answer 97

ADJ. /该责备的/ deserving blame. Corrupt politicians who condone the activities of the gamblers are equally culpable.

Answer 98

N. /水管/artificial channel for water. If we build a culvert under the road at this point, we will reduce the possibility of the road's being flooded during the rainy season.

Answer 99

ADJ. /粗笨的；累赘/heavy; hard to manage. He was bur¬dened down with cumbersome parcels.

Answer 100

ADJ. /累积/growing by addition. Vocabulary building is a cumulative process: as you go through your flash cards, you will add new words to your vocabulary, one by one.

Answer 101

N. /贪婪/greed. The defeated people could not satisfy the cupidity of the conquerors, who demanded excessive tribute.

Answer 102

N. /主管；经理/superintendent; manager. The members of the board of trustees of the museum expected the new curator to plan events and exhibitions that would make the museum more popular.

Answer 103

N. /脾气坏；吝啬/churlish, miserly individual. Although he was regarded by many as a curmudgeon, a few of us were aware of the many kindnesses and acts of charity that he secretly performed.

Answer 104

ADJ. /流动的；连接的/flowing, running. In normal writing we run our letters together in cursive form; in printing, we separate the letters.

Answer 105

ADJ. /草率；匆忙/casual; hastily done. Because a cursory examination of the ruins indicates the possibility of arson, we believe the insurance agency should undertake a more extensive investigation of the fire's cause.

Answer 106

V. /减短；降低/shorten; reduce. When Herb asked Diane for a date, she said she was really sorry she couldn't go out with him, but her dad had ordered her to curtail her social life.

Answer 107

ADJ. /愤世嫉俗/skeptical or distrustful of human motives. Cyn¬ical from birth, Sidney was suspicious whenever anyone gave him a gift "with no strings attached." cynic, N.

Answer 108

N. /广受注意的目标/the object of general attention. As soon as the movie star entered the room, she became the cynosure of all eyes.

Answer 109

V. /涉猎，尝试；溅/work at in a non-serious fashion; splash around. The amateur painter dabbled at art, but seldom produced a finished piece. The children dabbled their hands in the bird bath, splashing one another gleefully.

Answer 110

N. /讲台/raised platform for guests of honor. When he approached the dais, he was greeted by cheers from the people who had come to honor him.

Answer 111

ADJ. /湿的；湿透的/damp. The walls of the dungeon were dank and slimy.

Answer 112

ADJ. /整齐的，优雅的/neat and trim. In "The Odd Couple" TV show, Tony Randall played Felix Unger, an excessively dapper soul who could not stand to have a hair out of place.

Answer 113

ADJ. /有斑点的/spotted. The sunlight filtering through the screens created a dappled effect on the wall.

Answer 114

V. /涂抹/smear (as with paint). From the way he daubed his paint on the canvas, I could tell he knew nothing of oils. also N.

Answer 115

V. /惊吓；胁迫/intimidate; frighten. "Boast all you like of your prowess. Mere words cannot daunt me," the hero answered the villain.

Answer 116

ADJ. /胆大的/bold. Despite the dangerous nature of the undertaking, the dauntless soldier volunteered for the assignment.

Answer 117

V. /游手好闲；混日子/loiter; waste time. We have to meet a deadline so don't dawdle; just get down to work.

Answer 118

N. /僵局/standstill; stalemate. Because negotiations had reached a deadlock, some of the delegates had begun to mutter about breaking off the talks. alsoV.

Answer 119

ADJ. /没有表情的；呆板的/wooden; impersonal. We wanted to see how long he could maintain his deadpan expression.

Answer 120

N. /稀缺；缺乏/scarcity. The dearth of skilled labor compelled the employers to open trade schools.

Answer 121

N. /崩溃/sudden downfall; complete disaster. In the Air¬plane movies, every flight turns into a debacle, with passen¬gers and crew members collapsing, engines falling apart, and carry-on baggage popping out of the overhead bins.

Answer 122

V. /贬低，降低/reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade. In The King and l, Anna refuses to kneel down and prostrate herself before the king, for she feels that to do so would debase her position, and she will not submit to such debasement.

Answer 123

V. /堕落，放荡/corrupt; seduce from virtue. Did Socrates' teachings lead the young men of Athens to be virtuous citi¬zens, or did they debauch the young men, causing them to question the customs of their fathers? Clearly, Socrates' philosophical talks were nothing like the wild debauchery of the toga parties in Animal House.

Answer 124

V. /使虚弱，衰弱/weaken; enfeeble. Michael's severe bout of the flu debilitated him so much that he was too tired to go to work for a week.

Answer 125

ADJ. /温文尔雅；友好；殷勤/friendly; aiming to please. The debonair youth was liked by all who met him, because of his cheerful and obliging manner.

Answer 126

N. /碎片；残骸/rubble. A full year after the earthquake in Mexico City, they were still carting away the debris.

Answer 127

V. /揭穿；奚落/expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc; ridicule. Pointing out that he consistently had voted against strengthening anti-pollution legislation, reporters debunked the candidate's claim that he was a fervent environmentalist.

Answer 128

N. /初次参加社交活动的女孩/young woman making formal entrance into society. As a debutante, she was often mentioned in the society columns of the newspapers.

Answer 129

N. /颓废；腐坏/decay. The moral decadence of the people was reflected in the lewd literature of the period.

Answer 130

V. /斩首，杀头/behead. They did not hang Lady Jane Grey; they decapitated her. "Off with her head!" cried the Duchess, eager to decapitate poor Alice.

Answer 131

V. /减慢/slow down. Seeing the emergency blinkers in the road ahead, he decelerated quickly.

Answer 132

ADJ. /落叶的/falling off as of leaves. The oak is a decid¬uous tree; in winter it looks quite bare.

Answer 133

V. /残杀（十个里面杀一个）/kill, usually one out of ten. We do more to decimate our population in automobile accidents than we do in war.

Answer 134

V. /破译，解密/interpret secret code. Lacking his code book, the spy was unable to decipher the scrambled message sent to him from the KGB.

Answer 135

N. /下坡/downward slope. The children loved to ski down the declivity.

Answer 136

ADJ. /低肩露颈的服装/having a low-necked dress. Current fashion decrees that evening gowns be decollete this season; bare shoulders are again the vogue.

Answer 137

N. /瓦解；腐烂/decay. Despite the body's advanced state of decomposition, the police were able to identify the murdered man.

Answer 138

N. /礼貌；温文尔雅/propriety; orderliness and good taste in man¬ners. Even the best-mannered students have trouble behav¬ing with decorum on the last day of school. decorous,ADJ.

Answer 139

N. /引诱/lure or bait. The wild ducks were not fooled by the decoy. alsoV.

Answer 140

ADJ. /老化，磨损/worn out by age. The decrepit car blocked traffic on the highway.

Answer 141

N. /衰老；老耄/state of collapse caused by illness or old age. I was unprepared for the state of decrepitude in which I had found my old friend; he seemed to have aged twenty years in six months.

Answer 142

V. /强烈反对/express strong disapproval of; disparage. The founder of the Children's Defense Fund, Marian Wright Edelman, strongly decries the lack of financial and moral support for children in America today.

Answer 143

ADJ. /可推导的，可推论的/derived by reasoning. If we accept your premise, your conclusions are easily deducible.

Answer 144

V. /丑化/mar; disfigure. If you deface a library book, you will have to pay a hefty fine.

Answer 145

V. /丑化；诽谤/harm someone's reputation; malign; slander. If you try to defame my good name, my lawyers will see you in court. If rival candidates persist in defaming one another, the voters may conclude that all politicians are crooks. defamation, N.

Answer 146

N. /不作为，无动于衷/failure to act. When the visiting team failed to show up for the big game, they lost the game by default. When Jack failed to make the payments on his Jaguar, the dealership took back the car because he had defaulted on his debt.

Answer 147

ADJ. /失败主义者/attitude of one who is ready to accept defeat as a natural outcome. If you maintain your defeatist attitude, you will never succeed. also N.

Answer 148

N. /缺点；逃跑，叛逃/desertion. The children, who had made him an idol, were hurt most by his defection from our cause.

Answer 149

V. /推迟，延期/delay till later; exempt temporarily. In wartime, some young men immediately volunteer to serve; others

Answer 150

/缓招/making plans until they hear from their draft boards. During the Vietnam War, many young men, hoping to be deferred, requested student deferments.

Answer 151

V. /听从/give in respectfully; submit. When it comes to making decisions about purchasing software, we must defer to Michael, our computer guru; he gets the final word. Michael, however, can defer these questions to no one; only he can decide.

Answer 152

N. /尊重的，尊重他人的/courteous regard for another's wish. In defer¬ence to the minister's request, please do not take pho¬tographs during the wedding service.

Answer 153

N. /抵抗；不屈服/refusal to yield; resistance. When John reached the "terrible two's," he responded to every parental request with howls of defiance. defy,V.

Answer 154

V. /污染；亵渎/pollute; profane. The hoodlums defiled the church with their scurrilous writing.

Answer 155

ADJ. /完全的；最终的/final; complete. Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln may be regarded as the definitive work on the life of the Great Emancipator.

Answer 156

V. /反射，偏转/turn aside. His life was saved when his cigarette case deflected the bullet.

Answer 157

V. /落叶/destroy leaves. In Vietnam the army made extensive use of chemical agents to defoliate the woodlands.

Answer 158

V. /偿付/pay the costs of. Her employer offered to defray the costs of her postgraduate education.

Answer 159

ADJ. /灵巧的，敏锐地/neat; skillful. The deft waiter uncorked the cham¬pagne without spilling a drop.

Answer 160

ADJ. /死的；不存在的，报废的/dead; no longer in use or existence. The lawyers sought to examine the books of the defunct corpo¬ration.

Answer 161

V. /拆弹；化解（危机）/remove the fuse of a bomb; reduce or eliminate a threat. Police negotiators are trained to defuse danger¬ous situations by avoiding confrontational language and behavior.

Answer 162

V. /恶化/become worse; deteriorate. As the fight dragged on, the champion's style degenerated until he could barely keep on his feet.

Answer 163

N. /降级；降格；退化/humiliation; debasement; degeneration. Some secretaries object to fetching the boss a cup of cof¬fee because they resent the degradation of being made to do such lowly tasks. degrade,V.

Answer 164

V. /脱水/remove water from; dry out. Running under a hot sun quickly dehydrates the body; joggers soon learn to carry water bottles and to drink from them frequently.

Answer 165

V. /神化/ turn into a god; idolize. Admire Elvis Presley all you want; just don't deify him.

Answer 166

V. /屈服，屈尊/condescend; stoop. The celebrated fashion designer would not deign to speak to a mere seamstress; his overburdened assistant had to convey the master's wishes to the lowly workers assembling his great designs.

Answer 167

ADJ. /使人愉快的/delightful; delicious. We thanked our host for a most delectable meal.

Answer 168

V. /删除/erase; strike out. Less is more: if you delete this paragraph, your whole essay will have greater appeal.

Answer 169

ADJ. /有害的/harmful. If you believe that smoking is deleterious to your health (and the Surgeon General cer¬tainly does), then quit!

Answer 170

V. /深思熟虑的；商讨/consider; ponder. Offered the new job, she asked for time to deliberate before she told them her decision,

Answer 171

V. /描绘；描述/portray; depict; sketch. Using only a few descriptive phrases, Austen delineates the character of Mr. Collins so well that we can predict his every move. delin¬eation, N.

Answer 172

N. /精神错乱/mental disorder marked by confusion. In his delirium, the drunkard saw pink panthers and talking pigs. Perhaps he wasn't delirious: he might just have wandered into a movie.

Answer 173

V. /盅惑/deceive. His mistress may have deluded herself into believing that he would leave his wife and marry her.

Answer 174

N. /冲（水）（刺）/flood; rush. When we advertised the position, we received a deluge of applications.

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N. /错觉/false belief; hallucination. Don suffers from delusions of grandeur: he thinks he's a world-famous author when he's published just one paperback book.

Answer 176

V. /挖掘；调查/dig; investigate. Delving into old books and man¬uscripts is part of a researcher's job.

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N. /煽动政治家/person who appeals to people's prejudice; false leader of people. He was accused of being a dema¬gogue because he made promises that aroused futile hopes in his listeners.

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V. /降级；贬低/degrade; humiliate. Standing on his dignity, he refused to demean himself by replying to the offensive letter. If you truly believed in the dignity of labor, you would not think it would demean you to work as a janitor.

Answer 179

N. /风度；行为/behavior; bearing. His sober demeanor qui¬eted the noisy revelers.

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ADJ. /疯狂的/insane. Doctor Demento was a lunatic radio personality who liked to act as if he were truly demented. If you're demented, your mental state is out of whack; in other words, you're wacky.

Answer 181

N. /死/death. Upon the demise of the dictator, a bitter dispute about succession to power developed.

Answer 182

N. /拆除/destruction. One of the major aims of the air force was the complete demolition of all means of trans¬portation by bombing of rail lines and terminals. demolish,V.

Answer 183

ADJ. /魔鬼的/fiendish. The Spanish Inquisition devised many demoniac means of torture. demon, N.

Answer 184

V. /反对；犹豫/object (because of doubts, scruples); hesitate. When offered a post on the board of directors, David demurred: he had scruples about taking on the job because he was unsure he could handle it in addition to his other responsibilities.

Answer 185

ADJ. /端庄的；认真的；腼腆的/grave; serious; coy. She was demure and reserved, a nice modest girl whom any young man would be proud to take home to his mother.

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V. /澄清；揭秘/clarify; free from mystery or obscurity. Help¬ful doctors demystify medical procedures by describing them in everyday language, explaining that a myringotomy, for example, is an operation involving making a small hole in one's eardrum.

Answer 187

V. /抹黑/blacken. All attempts to denigrate the charac¬ter of our late president have failed; the people still love him and cherish his memory.

Answer 188

N. /居民；常客/inhabitant or resident; regular visitor. In The Untouchables, Eliot Ness fights AI Capone and the other denizens of Chicago's underworld. Ness's fight against cor¬ruption was the talk of all the denizens of the local bars.

Answer 189

N. /指示；根据名字区别/meaning; distinguishing by name. A dictio¬nary will always give us the denotation of a word; fre¬quently, it will also give us the connotations. denote,V.

Answer 190

N. /结局；结果/outcome; final development of the plot of a play. The play was childishly written; the denouement was obvious to sophisticated theatergoers as early as the mid¬dle of the first act.

Answer 191

V. /咒骂；批评/condemn; criticize. The reform candidate denounced the corrupt city officers for having betrayed the public's trust. denunciation, N.

Answer 192

V. /描述/portray. In this sensational exposé, the author depicts Beatle John Lennon as a drug-crazed neurotic. Do you question the accuracy of this depiction of Lennon?

Answer 193

V. /耗尽；减少/reduce; exhaust. We must wait until we deplete our present inventory before we order replacements.

Answer 194

V. /悔恨/regret; disapprove of. Although I deplore the vulgarity of your language, I defend your right to express yourself freely.

Answer 195

V. /散开；部署/spread out [troops] in an extended though shal¬low battle line. The general ordered the battalion to deploy in order to meet the enemy offensive.

Answer 196

V. /革职/dethrone; remove from office. The army attempted to depose the king and set up a military govern¬ment.

Answer 197

N. /宣言，誓言/testimony under oath. He made his deposi¬tion in the judge's chamber.

Answer 198

N. /堕落，腐坏/extreme corruption; wickedness. The deprav¬ity of Caligula's behavior came to sicken even those who had willingly participated in his earlier, comparatively inno¬cent orgies.

Answer 199

V. /抗议；蔑视/express disapproval of; protest against; belit¬tle. A firm believer in old-fashioned courtesy, Miss Post deprecated the modern tendency to address new acquain¬tances by their first names. deprecatory,ADJ.

Answer 200

V. /折旧/lessen in value. If you neglect this property, it will depreciate.

Answer 201

N. /掠夺/plundering. After the depredations of the invaders, the people were penniless.

Answer 202

ADJ. /不理智/insane. He had to be institutionalized because he was mentally deranged.

Answer 203

ADJ. /遗弃的；废弃的/abandoned; negligent. The derelict craft was a menace to navigation. Whoever abandoned it in the mid¬dle of the harbor was derelict in living up to his responsibili¬ties as a boat owner. also N.

Answer 204

V. /打趣；取消/ridicule; make fun of. The critics derided his pre¬tentious dialogue and refused to consider his play seri¬ously. derision, N.

Answer 205

ADJ. /派生的/unoriginal; derived from another source. Although her early poetry was clearly derivative in nature,the critics thought she had promise and eventually would find her own voice.

Answer 206

N. /皮肤病专家/one who studies the skin and its diseases. I advise you to consult a dermatologist about your acne.

Answer 207

ADJ. /贬低的，贬损的/expressing a low opinion. I resent your derogatory remarks.

Answer 208

V. /全面而详细的讨论/discuss fully. He was willing to descant upon any topic of conversation, even when he knew very little about the subject under discussion. also N.

Answer 209

V. /看到/catch sight of. In the distance, we could barely descry the enemy vessels.

Answer 210

V. /亵渎/profane; violate the sanctity of. Shattering the altar and trampling the holy objects underfoot, the invaders desecrated the sanctuary.

Answer 211

V. /弄干/dry up. A tour of this smokehouse will give you an idea of how the pioneers used to desiccate food in order to preserve it.

Answer 212

ADJ. /荒无人烟的/unpopulated. After six months in the crowded, bustling metropolis, David was so sick of people that he was ready to head for the most desolate patch of wilderness he could find.

Answer 213

V. /放弃/rob of joy; lay waste to; forsake. The bandits desolated the countryside, burning farms and carrying off the harvest.

Answer 214

V. look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful. Mr. Bond, I despise spies; I look down on them as mean, despicable, honorless men, whom I would wipe from the face of the earth with as little con¬cern as I would scrape dog droppings from the bottom of my shoe.

Answer 215

V. /掠夺/plunder. If you do not yield, I am afraid the enemy will despoil the countryside.

Answer 216

ADJ. /忧郁的；沮丧的/depressed; gloomy. To the dismay of his parents, William became seriously despondent after he broke up with Jan; they despaired of finding a cure for his gloom. despondency, N.

Answer 217

N. /暴君/tyrant; harsh, authoritarian ruler. How could a benevolent king turn overnight into a despot?

Answer 218

ADJ. /一贫如洗/extremely poor. Because they had no health insurance, the father's costly illness left the family destitute.

Answer 219

ADJ. /慢无目的的；断断续续的/aimless; haphazard; digressing at random. In prison Malcolm X set himself the task of reading straight through the dictionary; to him, reading was purposeful, not desultory.

Answer 220

ADJ. /分离的/emotionally removed; calm and objective; physically unconnected. A psychoanalyst must maintain a detached point of view and stay uninvolved with his or her patients' personal lives. To a child growing up in an apart¬ment or a row house, to live in a detached house was an unattainable dream.

Answer 221

N. /洗洁精；洗涤剂/cleansing agent. Many new detergents have replaced soap.

Answer 222

N. /决定；测量，计算；解决/resolve; measurement or calculation; decision. Nothing could shake his determination that his children would get the best education that money could buy. Thanks to my pocket calculator, my determination of the answer to the problem took only seconds of my time.

Answer 223

N. /挫败；使气馁/something that discourages; hindrance. Does the threat of capital punishment serve as a deterrent to potential killers? deter,V.

Answer 224

N. /引爆，爆炸/explosion. The detonation of the bomb could be heard miles away.

Answer 225

N. /诽谤/slandering; aspersion. He is offended by your frequent detractions of his ability as a leader.

Answer 226

ADJ. /有害的/harmful; damaging. The candidate's acceptance of major financial contributions from a well¬known racist ultimately proved detrimental to his campaign, for he lost the backing of many of his early grassroots sup-porters. detriment, N.

Answer 227

V. /背离/turn away from (a principle, norm); depart; diverge. Richard never deviated from his daily routine: every day he set off for work at eight o'clock, had his sack lunch (peanut butter on whole wheat) at 12:15, and headed home at the stroke of five.

Answer 228

ADJ. /拐弯抹角的；偏僻的/roundabout; erratic; not straightforward. The Joker's plan was so devious that it was only with great diffi¬culty we could follow its shifts and dodges.

Answer 229

V. /设计；发明/think up; invent; plan. How clever he must be to have devised such a devious plan! What ingenious inven¬tions might he have devised if he had turned his mind to science and not to crime.

Answer 230

ADJ. /缺乏的/lacking. You may think her mind is a total void, but she's actually not devoid of intelligence. She just sounds like an airhead.

Answer 231

N. /热心的追随者/enthusiastic follower. A devotee of the opera, he bought season tickets every year.

Answer 232

ADJ. /虔诚的；诚恳的/pious. The devout man prayed daily.

Answer 233

ADJ. /灵巧的；右撇子/skillful. The magician was so dexterous that we could not follow him as he performed his tricks.

Answer 234

ADJ. /恶魔的/devilish. "What a fiend I am, to devise such a diabolical scheme to destroy Gotham City," chortled the Joker gleefully.

Answer 235

N. /诊断/art of identifying a disease; analysis of a con¬dition. In medical school Margaret developed her skill at diagnosis, learning how to read volumes from a rapid pulse or a hacking cough. diagnose, V.; diagnostic,ADJ.

Answer 236

ADJ. /辩证的，辩证法的/ relating to the art of debate; mutual or reciprocal. The debate coach's students grew to develop great forensic and dialectical skill. Teaching, however, is inherently a dialectical situation: the coach learned at least as much from her students as they learned from her. dialectics, N.

Answer 237

ADJ. /透明的，半透明的/ sheer; transparent. Through the diaphanous curtains, the burglar could clearly see the large jewelry box on the dressing table.

Answer 238

N. /抨击，谴责，讽刺/ bitter scolding; invective. During the lengthy diatribe delivered by his opponent he remained calm and sel f-controlled.

Answer 239

N. /对分；分叉/ split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones). Wi llie didn't know how to resolve the dichotomy between his ambition to go to college and his childhood longing to run away and join the circus. Then he heard about Ringling Brothers Circus College, and he knew he'd found the perfect school.

Answer 240

N. /正式声明；权威意见；名言，格言/ authoritative and weighty statement; saying; ma~im. University administrations still follow the old dictum of "Publish or perish ." They don't care how good a teacher you are; if you don't publish enough papers, you're out of a job.

Answer 241

ADJ. /教学的，教导的/ teaching; instructional. Pope's lengthy poem An Essay on Man is too didactic for my taste: I dislike it when poets turn preachy and moralize.

Answer 242

V. /区别，鉴别/ distinguish; perceive a difference between. Tweedledum and Tweedledee were like two peas in a pod; not even Mother Tweedle could differentiate the one from the other.

Answer 243

N. /缺乏自信，胆怯，羞怯/ shyness. You must overcome your diffidence if you intend to become a salesperson.

Answer 244

ADJ. /(文章等)冗长的；弥漫的，四散的/ wordy; rambling; spread out (like a gas). If you pay authors by the word, you tempt them to produce diffuse manuscripts rather than brief ones. diffusion, N.

Answer 245

N./离题；偏离/ wandering away from the subject. Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official theme; his digressions were always more fascinating than the topic of the day. digress, v.

Answer 246

ADJ. /倾塌的，损坏的/ ruined because of neglect. The dilapidated old building needed far more work than just a new coat of paint. dilapidation, N.

Answer 247

V. /使膨胀，扩大/ expand. In the dark, the pupils of your eyes dilate.

Answer 248

ADJ. /迟误的，拖延的/ delaying. If you are dilatory in paying bills, your credit rating may suffer.

Answer 249

N. /(进退两难的)窘境，困境/ problem; choice of two unsatisfactory alternatives. In this dilemma, he knew no one to whom he could turn for advice.

Answer 250

N. /(艺术、科学等方面)半吊子；业余爱好者/ aimless follower of the arts; amateur; dabbler. He was not serious in his painting; he was rather a dilettante.

Answer 251

N. /勤勉，勤奋/ steadiness of effort; persistent hard work. Her employers were greatly impressed by her diligence and offered her a partnership in the firm. diligent, ADJ.

Answer 252

V. /稀释，冲淡；削弱/ make less concentrated; reduce in strength. She preferred to dilute her coffee ,with milk.

Answer 253

N. /缩减，降低/ lessening; reduction in size. Old Jack was as sharp at eighty as he had been at fifty; increasing age led to no diminution of his mental acuity.

Answer 254

N. /喧嚣，嘈杂声/ continued loud noise. The din of the jackhammers outside the classroom window drowned out the lecturer's voice. also v.

Answer 255

N. /(舰、船上的)小型供应艇；救生艇/ small ship's boat. In the film Lifeboat, an ill-assorted group of passengers from a sunken ocean liner are marooned at sea in a dinghy

Answer 256

ADJ . /暗淡的，无光泽的；(地方等)肮脏的；昏暗的/ dull; not fresh; cheerless. Refusing to be depressed by her dingy studio apartment, Bea spent the weekend pol ishing the floors and windows and hanging bright posters on the walls.

Answer 257

N. /力量；作用/ means; effort. By dint of much hard work, the volunteers were able to place the raging forest fire under control.

Answer 258

N. /(有人物、走兽等塑像的)微型立体景 life-size three-dimensional scene from nature or history. Because they dramatically pose actual stuffed animals against realistic painted landscapes, the dioramas at the Museum of Natural History particularly impress high school biology students.

Answer 259

ADJ . /可怕的，悲惨的/ disastrous. People ignored her dire predictions of an approaching depression.

Answer 260

N. /哀歌，挽歌/ lament with music. The funeral dirge stirred us to tears.

Answer 261

V. /去除...的谬误；使醒悟/ correct a false impression; undeceive. I will attempt to disabuse you of your impression of my client's guilt; I know he is innocent.

Answer 262

ADJ. /不忠的，不满的/ disloyal. Once the most loyal of Gorbachev's supporters, Sheverdnaze found himself becoming increasingly disaffected.

Answer 263

N. /不以为然；非难/ disapproval; condemnation. The conservative father viewed his daughter's radical boyfriend with disapprobation.

Answer 264

N. /混乱，紊乱/ a disorderly or untidy state. After the New Year's party, the once orderly house was in total disarray.

Answer 265

N. /否认，不承认/ denial; disclaiming. His disavowal of his part in the conspiracy was not believed by the jury. disavow, V.

Answer 266

V. /解散，遣散/ dissolve; disperse. The chess club disbanded after its disastrous initial season.

Answer 267

V. /支出，支付/ payout. When you disburse money on the company's behalf, be sure to get a receipt.

Answer 268

ADJ. /看得清的；辨认得出的/ distinguishable; perceivable. The ships in the harbor were not discernible in the fog. dfscern, v.

Answer 269

ADJ. /聪明的；有洞察力的/ mentally quick and observant; having insight. Though no genius, the star was sufficiently discerning to tell her true friends from the countless phonies who flattered her.

Answer 270

V. /放弃；否认/ disown; renounce claim to. If I grant you this privilege, will you disclaim all other rights?

Answer 271

V. /使...显露；揭露/ reveal. Although competitors offered him bribes, he refused to disclose any information about his company's forthcoming product. disclosure, N.

Answer 272

ADJ. /困惑的；挫败的/ confused; discomposed. The novice square dancer became so discombobulated that he wandered into the wrong set.

Answer 273

V. /扰乱/put to rout; defeat; disconcert. This ruse will discomfit the enemy. discomfiture, N. discomfited,ADJ.

Answer 274

N. /心乱；不安/agitation; loss of poise. Perpetually poised, Agent 007 never exhibited a moment's discompo¬sure.

Answer 275

V. /迷惑；扰乱；使难堪/confuse; upset; embarrass. The lawyer was disconcerted by the evidence produced by her adversary.

Answer 276

ADJ. /悲伤；沮丧/sad. The death of his wife left him dis¬consolate.

Answer 277

N. /冲突的；不和谐的/conflict; lack of harmony. Watching Tweedle¬dum battle Tweedledee, Alice wondered what had caused this pointless discord.

Answer 278

ADJ. /不和谐的；冲突的/not harmonious; conflicting. Nothing is quite so discordant as the sound of a junior high school orchestra tuning up.

Answer 279

V. /漠视；解散/disregard; dismiss. Be prepared to discount what he has to say about his ex-wife.

Answer 280

N. /演讲；谈话/formal discussion; conversation. The young Plato was drawn to the Agora to hear the philosophical dis¬course of Socrates and his followers. alsoV.

Answer 281

V. /不信任；丢脸/defame; destroy confidence in; disbelieve. The campaign was highly negative in tone; each candidate tried to discredit the other.

Answer 282

N. /相差；缺乏一致/lack of consistency; difference. The police noticed some discrepancies in his description of the crime and did not believe him.

Answer 283

ADJ. /分离；没有关系的/separate; unconnected. The universe is com¬posed of discrete bodies.

Answer 284

N. /判断力；审慎的/prudence; ability to adjust actions to circum¬stances. Use your discretion in this matter and do not dis¬cuss it with anyone. discreet,ADJ.

Answer 285

ADJ. /有识别能力的；有偏见的/able to see differences; prejudiced. A superb interpreter of Picasso, she was sufficiently discrimi¬nating to judge the most complex works of modern art. (secondary meaning) discrimination, N.

Answer 286

ADJ. /散漫的；不得要领的/digressing; rambling. As the lecturer wan¬dered from topic to topic, we wondered what if any point there was to his discursive remarks.

Answer 287

V. /蔑视/view with scorn or contempt. In the film Funny Face, the bookish heroine disdained fashion models for their lack of intellectual interests. also N.

Answer 288

V. /登陆；靠岸/go ashore; unload cargo from a ship. Before the passengers could disembark, they had to pick up their passports from the ship's purser.

Answer 289

V. /剥夺（公民权）/deprive of a civil right. The imposition of the poll tax effectively disenfranchised poor Southern blacks, who lost their right to vote.

Answer 290

V. /脱离；分离/uncouple; separate; disconnect. A standard movie routine involves the hero's desperate attempt to dis¬engage a railroad car from a moving train.

Answer 291

V. /诬陷，抹黑，诽谤/mar in beauty; spoil. An ugly frown disfigured his normally pleasant face.

Answer 292

V. /吐出，涌出，呕吐/surrender something; eject; vomit. Unwilling to disgorge the cash he had stolen from the pension fund, the embezzler tried to run away.

Answer 293

V. /使郁闷/make discontented. The passengers were disgruntled by the numerous delays.

Answer 294

V. /挫败/discourage; cause to lose courage or hope. His failure to pass the bar exam disheartened him.

Answer 295

ADJ. /邋遢，肮脏/untidy. Your disheveled appearance will hurt your chances in this interview.

Answer 296

N. /不情愿，厌恶/unwillingness. Some mornings I feel a great disinclination to get out of bed

Answer 297

ADJ. /不诚恳的/lacking genuine candor; insincere. Now that we know the mayor and his wife are engaged in a bitter divorce fight, we find their earlier remarks regretting their lack of time together remarkably disingenuous.

Answer 298

V. /挖出，出土/dig up; unearth. They disinterred the body and held an autopsy.

Answer 299

ADJ. /公允的/unprejudiced. Given the judge's political ambitions and the lawyers' financial interest in the case, the only disinterested person in the courtroom may have been the court reporter.

Answer 300

ADJ. /断开/disconnected. His remarks were so dis¬jointed that we could not follow his reasoning.

Answer 301

V. /强制移除/remove (forcibly). Thrusting her fist up under the choking man's lower ribs, Margaret used the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge the food caught in his throat.

Answer 302

V. /拆除/take apart. When the show closed, they dis¬mantled the scenery before storing it.

Answer 303

V. /使沮丧；使害怕/discourage; frighten. The huge amount of work she had left to do dismayed her. also N.

Answer 304

V. /分解，肢解/cut into small parts. When the Austrian Empire was dismembered, several new countries were established.

Answer 305

V. /拒绝；排除/put away from consideration; reject. Believing in John's love for her, she dismissed the notion that he might be unfaithful. (secondary meaning)

Answer 306

V. /忽略，轻视/belittle. A doting mother, Emma was more likely to praise her son's crude attempts at art than to dis¬parage them.

Answer 307

ADJ. /大相径庭的；没关系的/basically different; unrelated. Unfortunately, Tony and Tina have disparate notions of marriage: Tony sees it as a carefree extended love affair, while Tina sees it as a solemn commitment to build a family and a home.

Answer 308

N. /不同；差距/difference; condition of inequality. Their dis¬parity in rank made no difference at all to the prince and Cinderella.

Answer 309

ADJ. /平静的；公平的/calm; impartial. Known in the company for his cool judgment, Bill could impartially examine the causes of a problem, giving a dispassionate analysis of what had gone wrong, and go on to suggest how to correct the mess.

Answer 310

N. /急速；急件/speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed. Young Napoleon defeated the enemy with all possible dispatch; he then sent a dispatch to head¬quarters informing his commander of the great victory. alsoV.

Answer 311

V. /散开；分裂；消失/scatter; drive away; cause to vanish. The bright sunlight eventually dispelled the morning mist.

Answer 312

V. /散开/scatter. The police fired tear gas into the crowd to disperse the protesters. dispersion, N.

Answer 313

ADJ. /没情绪的，沮丧的/lacking in spirit. The coach used all the tricks at his command to buoy up the enthusiasm of his team, which had become dispirited at the loss of the star player.

Answer 314

ADJ. /好辩的/argumentative; fond of arguing. Con¬vinced he knew more than his lawyers, Alan was a disputa¬tious client, ready to argue about the best way to conduct the case. disputant, N.

Answer 315

V. /使焦虑，使难受/make uneasy or anxious. Holmes's absence for a day, slightly disquieted Watson; after a week with no word, however, Watson's uneasiness about his missing friend had grown into a deep fear for his safety. disquietude, N.

Answer 316

N. /分析；解剖/analysis; cutting apart in order to examine. The dissection of frogs in the laboratory is particularly unpleasant to some students.

Answer 317

V. /伪装，做作，掩饰/disguise; pretend. Even though John tried to dissemble his motive for taking modern dance, we all knew he was there not to dance but to meet girls.

Answer 318

V. /分发，扩散，散布/distribute; spread; scatter (like seeds). By their use of the Internet, propagandists have been able to disseminate their pet doctrines to new audiences around the globe.

Answer 319

V. /反对/disagree. In the recent Supreme Court decision, Justice O'Connor dissented from the majority opinion. also N.

Answer 320

N. /论文（博士生）/formal essay. In order to earn a graduate degree from many of our universities, a candidate is fre¬quently required to prepare a dissertation on some schol¬arly subject.

Answer 321

ADJ. /持不同意见的；难于对付的/dissenting; rebellious. In the purge that fol-lowed the student demonstrations at Tiananmen Square, the government hunted down the dissident students and their supporters. also N.

Answer 322

V. /伪装，做作，掩饰/pretend; conceal by feigning. She tried to dissimulate her grief by her exuberant attitude.

Answer 323

V. /驱散，消散；浪费/squander; waste; scatter. He is a fine artist, but I fear he may dissipate his gifts if he keeps wasting his time playing games.

Answer 324

ADJ. /放纵，挥霍/loose in morals. The dissolute life led by the ancient Romans is indeed shocking.

Answer 325

N. /解散；终止；解体/breaking of a union; decay; termination. Which caused King Lear more suffering: the dissolution of his kingdom into warring factions, or the dissolution of his aged, failing body?

Answer 326

N. /不和谐的（声音）/discord. Composer Charles Ives often used dissonance-clashing or unresolved chords-for special effects in his musical works.

Answer 327

V. /劝阻；使灰心/persuade not to do; discourage. Since Tom could not dissuade Huck from running away from home, he decided to run away with him. dissuasion, N.

Answer 328

ADJ. /冷漠的；远离的/reserved or aloof; cold in manner. His distant greeting made me feel unwelcome from the start. (sec¬ondary meaning)

Answer 329

V. /扩大；扩张/expand; swell out. I can tell when he is under stress by the way the veins distend on his forehead.

Answer 330

V. /蒸馏；萃取，提炼，提纯/extract the essence; purify; refine. A moonshiner distills mash into whiskey; an epigrammatist distills thoughts into quips.

Answer 331

N. /出名；出格/honor; contrast; discrimination. A holder of the Medal of Honor, George served with great distinction in World War II. He made a distinction, however, between World War II and Vietnam, which he considered an immoral conflict.

Answer 332

V. /扭曲，歪曲/twist out of shape. It is difficult to believe the newspaper accounts of the riots because of the way some reporters distort and exaggerate the actual events. distor¬tion, N.

Answer 333

ADJ. /使悲伤；使焦虑/upset; distracted by anxiety. The dis¬traught parents frantically searched the ravine for their lost child.

Answer 334

ADJ. /日常的/daily. A farmer cannot neglect his diurnal tasks at any time; cows, for example, must be milked regularly.

Answer 335

N. /著名女歌唱家，天后；歌剧女主角/operatic singer; prima donna. Although world famous as a diva, she did not indulge in fits of tempera¬ment. ..

Answer 336

V. /多样的；各异的/vary; go in different directions from the same point. The spokes of the wheel diverge from the hub.

Answer 337

ADJ. /分歧的/differing; deviating. Since graduating from medical school, the two doctors have taken divergent paths, one going on to become a nationally prominent sur¬geon, the other dedicating himself to a small family practice in his home town. divergence, N.

Answer 338

ADJ. /丰富多样的/differing in some characteristics; various. The professor suggested diverse ways of approaching the assignment and recommended that we choose one of them. diversity, N.

Answer 339

N. /转移；解闷/act of turning aside; pastime. After studying for several hours, he needed a diversion from work. divert,V.

Answer 340

N. /多样性/variety; dissimilitude. The diversity of colleges in this country indicates that many levels of ability are being cared for.

Answer 341

V. /剥夺/strip; deprive. He was divested of his power to act and could no longer govern. divestiture, N.

Answer 342

V. /运用直觉，超能力；预见/perceive intuitively; foresee the future. Nothing infuriated Tom more than Aunt Polly's ability to divine when he was telling the truth.

Answer 343

V. /揭开，暴露/reveal. No lover of gossip, Charlotte would never divulge anything that a friend told her in confidence.

Answer 344

ADJ. /驯服的，听话的；善良的/obedient; easily managed. As docile as he seems today, that old lion was once a ferocious, snarling beast. docility, N.

Answer 345

ADJ. /教条的；顽固的/unable to compromise about points of doctrine; dogmatic; unyielding. Weng had hoped that the student-led democracy movement might bring about change in China, but the repressive response of the doctri¬naire hard-liners crushed his dreams of democracy.

Answer 346

N. /教育；学说/teachings, in general; particular principle (reli¬gious, legal, etc.) taught. He was so committed to the doc¬trines of his faith that he was unable to evaluate them impartially.

Answer 347

V. /书面证明/provide written evidence. She kept all the receipts from her business trip in order to document her expenses for the firm. also N.

Answer 348

V. /脱/take off. A gentleman used to doff his hat to a lady.

Answer 349

ADJ. /顽固的；顽强的/determined; stubborn. Les Miserables tells of Inspector Javert's long, dogged pursuit of the criminal Jean Valjean.

Answer 350

N. /打油诗/poor verse. Although we find occasional snatches of genuine poetry in her work, most of her writing is mere doggerel.

Answer 351

ADJ. /独断的，教条的，固执的/opinionated; arbitrary; doctrinal. We tried to discourage Doug from being so dogmatic, but never could convince him that his opinions might be wrong.

Answer 352

N. /忧郁，悲伤/blues; listlessness; slack period. Once the excitement of meeting her deadline was over, she found herself in the doldrums.

Answer 353

ADJ. /悲伤/sorrowful. He found the doleful lamentations of the bereaved family emotionally disturbing and he left as quickly as he could.

Answer 354

N. /愚蠢的人，蠢货/stupid person. I thought I was talking to a mature audience; instead, I find myself addressing a pack of dolts and idiots.

Answer 355

N. /家/home. Although his legal domicile was in New York City, his work kept him away from his residence for many years. alsoV.

Answer 356

V. /暴力压制/rule over tyrannically. Students prefer teach¬ers who guide, not ones who domineer.

Answer 357

V. /穿上/put on. When Clark Kent has to don his Superman outfit, he changes clothes in a convenient phone booth.

Answer 358

V. /涂鸦；浪费时间/scribble or draw aimlessly; waste time. Art's teachers scolded him when he doodled all over the margins of his papers.

Answer 359

ADJ. /睡着的；隐匿的/sleeping; lethargic; latent. At fifty her long¬dormant ambition to write flared up once more; within a year she had completed the first of her great historical novels.

Answer 360

N. /天窗/window projecting from roof. In remodeling the attic into a bedroom, we decided that we needed to put in dormers to provide sufficient ventilation for the new room.

Answer 361

N. /档案，资料/file of documents on a subject. Ordered by J. Edgar Hoover to investigate the senator, the FBI compiled a complete dossieron him.

Answer 362

V. /昏聩；溺爱/be excessively fond of; show signs of mental decline. Not only grandmothers bore you with stories about their brilliant grandchildren; grandfathers dote on the little rascals, too. Poor old Alf clearly doted: the senile old dotard was past it; in fact, he was in his dotage.

Answer 363

V. /浸泡；弄湿；弄灭/plunge into water; drench; extinguish. They doused each other with hoses and water balloons.

Answer 364

ADJ. /邋遢的；衣衫不整/slovenly; untidy. She tried to change her dowdy image by buying a new fashionable wardrobe.

Answer 365

ADJ. /沮丧/disheartened; sad. Cheerful and optimistic by nature, Beth was never downcast despite the difficulties she faced.

Answer 366

ADJ. /迟钝的；单调的/dull; lacking color; cheerless. The Dutch woman's drab winter coat contrasted with the distinctive, colorful native costume she wore beneath it.

Answer 367

ADJ. /极其严重/extremely severe. When the principal can¬celed the senior prom because some seniors had been late to school that week, we thought the draconian punish¬ment was far too harsh for such a minor violation of the rules.

Answer 368

N. /沉淀物；残渣/sediment; worthless residue. David poured the wine carefully to avoid stirring up the dregs.

Answer 369

N. /胡言乱语；愚蠢/nonsense; foolishness. Why do I have to spend my days listening to such idiotic drivel? Drivel is related to dribble: think of a dribbling, driveling idiot.

Answer 370

ADJ. /滑稽可笑；离奇古怪，怪里怪气/queer and amusing. He was a popular guest because his droll anecdotes were always entertaining.

Answer 371

N. /闲人；雄蜂/idle person; male bee. Content to let his wife support him, the would-be writer was in reality nothing but a drone.

Answer 372

V. /嗡嗡声；语气呆板的声音/talk dully; buzz or murmur like a bee. On a gor-geous day, who wants to be stuck in a classroom listening to the teacher drone ?

Answer 373

N. /渣滓，废物/waste matter; worthless impurities. Many meth¬ods have been devised to separate the valuable metal from the dross.

Answer 374

N. /苦差事，苦工/menial work. Cinderella's fairy godmother res¬cued her from a life of drudgery.

Answer 375

ADJ. /可疑的/questionable; filled with doubt. Many critics of SAT I contend the test is of dubious worth. Jay claimed he could get a perfect 1600 on SAT I, but Ellen was dubi¬ous: she knew he hadn't cracked a book in three years.

Answer 376

ADJ. /柔软的，有韧性/malleable; flexible; pliable. Copper is an extremely ductile material: you can stretch it into the thinnest of wires, bend it, even wind it into loops.

Answer 377

ADJ. /甜美的（声音）/sweet sounding. The dulcet sounds of the birds at dawn were soon drowned out by the roar of traffic passing our motel.

Answer 378

V. /使人惊讶/astonish. Egbert's perfect 1600 on his SAT I exam dumbfounded his classmates, who had always found him to be perfectly dumb.

Answer 379

N. /易被开涮的人/someone easily fooled. While the gullible Watson often was made a dupe by unscrupulous parties, Sherlock Holmes was far more difficult to fool. alsoV.

Answer 380

N. /奸诈，狡猾；伪善；两面三刀，两面派/double-dealing; hypocrisy. When Tanya learned that Mark had been two-timing her, she was furious at his duplicity.

Answer 381

N. /持续时间/length of time something lasts. Because she wanted the children to make a good impression on the din¬ner guests, Mother promised them a treat if they'd behave for the duration of the meal.

Answer 382

N. /（非法的）限制，关押/forcible restraint, especially unlawfully. The hostages were held under duress until the prisoners' demands were met.

Answer 383

ADJ. /恭敬的；尊重的/respectful; obedient. When Mother told Billy to kiss Great-Aunt Hattie, the boy obediently gave the old woman a dutiful peck on her cheek.

Answer 384

V. /使看上去矮小/cause to seem small. The giant redwoods and high cliffs dwarfed the elegant Ahwahnee Hotel, making it appear a modest lodge rather than an imposing hostelry.

Answer 385

V. /缩水；减少/shrink; reduce. The food in the life boat gradu¬ally dwindled away to nothing; in the end, they ate the ship's cook.

Answer 386

ADJ. /充满活力的/energetic; vigorously active. The dynamic aerobics instructor kept her students on the run; she was a little dynamo.

Answer 387

ADJ. /粗糙的；未加工的/unrefined; coarse. His earthy remarks often embarrassed the women in his audience.

Answer 388

V. /衰退/recede; lessen. Sitting on the beach, Mrs. Dalloway watched the tide ebb: the waters receded, drawing away from her as she sat there all alone. also N.

Answer 389

ADJ. /热情的，激动的/showing excitement; overflowing with enthu¬siasm. Amy's ebullient nature could not be repressed; she' was always bubbling over with excitement. ebullience, N.

Answer 390

ADJ. /古怪的，奇怪的/irregular; odd; whimsical; bizarre. The comet veered dangerously close to the earth in its eccentric orbit. People came up with some eccentric ideas for deal¬ing with the emergency: someone even suggested tieing a knot in the comet's tail!

Answer 391

N. /怪僻，古怪；特性/oddity; idiosyncrasy. Some of his friends tried to account for his rudeness to strangers as the eccen¬tricity of genius.

Answer 392

ADJ. /神职的/pertaining to the church. The minister donned his ecclesiastic garb and walked to the pulpit. also N.

Answer 393

ADJ. /折衷的/composed of elements drawn from dis¬parate sources. His style of interior decoration was eclec¬tic: bits and pieces of furnishings from widely divergent periods, strikingly juxtaposed to create a unique decor. eclecticism, N.

Answer 394

V. /超越；衰落；失色/darken; extinguish; surpass. The new stock market high eclipsed the previous record set in 1995.

Answer 395

N. /生态学家/a person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment. The ecolo¬gist was concerned that the new dam would upset the nat¬ural balance of the creatures living in Glen Canyon.

Answer 396

N. /俭省节约的，经济的/efficiency or conciseness in using something. Reading the epigrams of Pope, I admire the economy of his verse: in few words he conveys worlds of meaning. (sec¬ondary meaning)

Answer 397

N. /全神贯注，入迷，高兴/rapture; joy; any overpowering emotion. When Allison received her long-hoped-for letter of acceptance from Harvard, she was in ecstasy. ecstatic,ADJ.

Answer 398

N. /漩涡/swirling current of water, air, etc. The water in the tide pool was still, except for an occasional eddy.

Answer 399

N. /法令，号令；布告/decree (especially issued by a sovereign); official command. The emperor issued an edict decreeing that everyone should come see him model his magnificent new clothes.

Answer 400

V. /教导；启迪，陶冶/instruct; correct morally. Although his purpose was to edify and not to entertain his audience, many of his listeners were amused rather than enlightened.

Answer 401

ADJ. /怪异的/weird. In that eerie setting, it was easy to believe in ghosts and other supernatural beings.

Answer 402

V. /抹掉/rub out. The coin had been handled so many times that its date had been effaced.

Answer 403

ADJ. /有效的/able to produce a desired effect; valid. Medical researchers are concerned because of the devel¬opment of drug-resistant strains of bacteria; many once useful antibiotics are no longer effectual in curing bacterial infections.

Answer 404

N. /泡腾，沸腾；兴奋，活泼/inner excitement or exuberance; bub¬bling from fermentation or carbonation. Nothing depressed Sue for long; her natural effervescence soon reasserted itself. Soda that loses its effervescence goes flat. efferves¬cent, ADJ. effervesce,V.

Answer 405

N. /功效/power to produce desired effect. The efficacy of this drug depends on the regularity of the dosage. effica¬cious,ADJ.

Answer 406

N. /假人（被人憎恨的，如秦桧）/dummy. The mob showed its irritation by hanging the judge in effigy.

Answer 407

N. /厚颜无耻/shameless boldness. She had the effrontery to insult the guest.

Answer 408

ADJ. /激情澎湃的/pouring forth; gushing. Her effusive manner of greeting her friends finally began to irritate them. effu¬sion, N.

Answer 409

N. /自我中心，利己主义/excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others. His egoism prevented him from seeing the needs of his col¬leagues.

Answer 410

ADJ. /极度自我中心；自以为是，逞能/excessively self-centered; self-important; conceited. Typical egotistical remark: "But enough of this chit-chat about you and your little problems. Let's talk about what's really important: Me!"

Answer 411

ADJ. /及其令人痛恨的，声名狼藉；令人吃惊的/notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking. She was an egregious liar; we all knew better than to believe a word she said. Ed's housekeeping was egregious: he let his dirty dishes pile up so long that they were stuck together with last week's food.

Answer 412

N. /出口/exit. Barnum's sign "To the Egress" fooled many people who thought they were going to see an animal and instead found themselves in the street.

Answer 413

N. /迸出；惊叹/exclamation. He could not repress an ejacu¬lation of surprise when he heard the news.

Answer 414

N. /细节；复杂/addition of details; intricacy. Tell what hap¬pened simply, without any elaboration. elaborate,V.

Answer 415

ADJ. /过分高兴的；兴高采烈/overjoyed; in high spirits. Grinning from ear to ear, Bonnie Blair was clearly elated by her fifth Olympic gold medal. elation, N.

Answer 416

N. /挽歌，悲歌/poem or song expressing lamentation. On the death of Edward King, Milton composed the elegy "Lyci¬das." elegiacal,ADJ.

Answer 417

V. /得出/draw out by discussion. The detectives tried to elicit where he had hidden his loot.

Answer 418

N. /包治百病，万能药/cure-all; something invigorating. The news of her chance to go abroad acted on her like an elixir.

Answer 419

N. /省略/omission of words from a text. Sometimes an ellipsis can lead to a dangling modifier, as in the sentence "Once dressed, you should refrigerate the potato salad."

Answer 420

ADJ. /椭圆的；有意模棱两可的/oval; ambiguous, either purposely or because key words have been left out. An elliptical billiard ball wobbles because it is not perfectly round; an elliptical remark baffles because it is not perfectly clear.

Answer 421

N. /雄辩；修辞/expressiveness; persuasive speech. The crowds were stirred by Martin Luther King's eloquence. elo¬quent,ADJ.

Answer 422

V. /解释；启迪/explain; enlighten. He was called upon to elu¬cidate the disputed points in his article.

Answer 423

ADJ. /难懂的，难捉摸的；令人困惑的/evasive; baffling; hard to grasp. Trying to pin down exactly when the contractors would be finished remodeling the house, Nancy was frustrated by their elusive replies. elude,V.

Answer 424

ADJ. /瘦弱的，脆弱的/thin and wasted. His long period of starva¬tion had left him emaciated.

Answer 425

V. /散发，发出/issue forth. A strong odor of sulphur emanated from the spring.

Answer 426

V. /释放，解放/set free. At first, the attempts of the Aboli¬tionists to emancipate the slaves were unpopular in New England as well as in the South.

Answer 427

N. /禁运/ban on commerce or other activity. As a result of the embargo, trade with the colonies was at a standstill.

Answer 428

V. /开始旅程，开始，登机，上船，上车/commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey. In devoting herself to the study of gorillas, Dian Fossey embarked on a course of action that was to cost her her life.

Answer 429

V. /封装，嵌入，插入/enclose; place in something. Tales of actual his¬torical figures like King Alfred have become embedded in legends.

Answer 430

V. /装饰/adorn; ornament. The costume designer embellished the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.

Answer 431

N. /偷窃，侵占/stealing. The bank teller confessed his embezzlement of the funds.

Answer 432

V. /具体化；包含，收录/personify; make concrete; incorporate. Cheer¬ing on his rival Mark McGwire's efforts to break Roger Maris's home run record, Sammy Sosa embodied the spirit of true sportsmanship.

Answer 433

V. /拥抱；接受，包含/hug; adopt or espouse; accept readily; encir¬cle; include. Clasping Maid Marian in his arms, Robin Hood embraced her lovingly. In joining the outlaws in Sherwood Forest, she had openly embraced their cause.

Answer 434

V. /镶边，绣花；添油加醋/decorate with needlework; ornament with fancy or fictitious details. For her mother's birthday, Beth embroidered a lovely design on a handkerchief. When asked what made her late getting home, Jo embroidered her account with tales of runaway horses and rescuing peo¬ple from a ditch. embroidery, N.

Answer 435

V. /连累，牵连；使其混乱，麻烦缠身/throw into confusion; involve in strife; entangle. He became embroiled in the heated discussion when he tried to arbitrate the dispute.

Answer 436

ADJ. /胚胎的；未开发的，原始的/undeveloped; rudimentary. The evil of class and race hatred must be eliminated while it is still in an embry¬onic state; otherwise, it may grow to dangerous proportions. emend V. correct; correct by a critic. The critic emended the book by selecting the passages which he thought most appropriate to the text.

Answer 437

N. /改进；修订/correction of errors; improvement. Please initial all the emendations you have made in this contract.

Answer 438

ADJ. /高的/high; lofty. After his appointment to this emi¬nent position, he seldom had time for his former friends.

Answer 439

N. /代理；信使，使者/agent; messenger. The secretary of state was sent as the president's special emissary to the conference on disarmament.

Answer 440

N. /缓和，安抚/soothing or softening remedy. The nurse applied an emollientto the inflamed area. alsoADJ.

Answer 441

N. /移情作用，心入/ability to identify with another's feelings, ideas, etc. What made Ann such a fine counselor was her empa¬thy, her ability to put herself in her client's place and feel his emotions as if they were her own. empathize,V.

Answer 442

ADJ. /经验主义/based on experience. He distrusted hunches and intuitive flashes; he placed his reliance entirely on empirical data.

Answer 443

V. /仿效；抗衡/imitate; rival. In a brief essay, describe a person you admire, someone whose virtues you would like to emulate.

Answer 444

ADJ. /爱情的；坠入爱河的/in love. Narcissus became enamored of his own beauty.

Answer 445

V. /编码/encode; convert a message into code. One of Bond's first lessons was how to encipher the messages he sent to Miss Moneypenny so that none of his other lady friends could decipher them.

Answer 446

N. /飞地/territory enclosed within an alien land. The Vati¬can is an independent enclave in Italy.

Answer 447

N. /赞美之词/high praise; eulogy. Uneasy with the encomiums expressed by his supporters, Tolkien felt unworthy of such high praise.

Answer 448

V. /包围/surround. Although we were encompassed by enemy forces, we were cheerful for we were well stocked and could withstand a siege until our allies joined us.

Answer 449

N. /侵蚀；"和平演变"/gradual intrusion. The encroachment of the factories upon the neighborhood lowered the value of the real estate.

Answer 450

V. /拖累，负担/burden. Some people encumber themselves with too much luggage when they take short trips.

Answer 451

N. /爱慕；爱的表示/fond statement. Your gifts and endear¬ments cannot make me forget your earlier insolence.

Answer 452

ADJ. /地方的；小范围内流行/prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country. This disease is endemic in this part of the world; more than 80 percent of the popula¬tion are at one time or another affected by it.

Answer 453

V. /认可，默许；支持/approve; support. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for the city council the mayor would endorse. (secondary meaning) endorsement, N.

Answer 454

ADJ. /持久的；不朽的/lasting; surviving. Keats believed in the enduring power of great art, which would outlast its cre¬ators' brief lives.

Answer 455

V. /鼓舞/invigorate; make forceful and active. Rather than exhausting Maggie, dancing energized her.

Answer 456

V. /使变弱/weaken. She was slow to recover from her ill¬ness; even a short walk to the window would enervate her.

Answer 457

V. /赋予公民权（投票权）/to admit to the rights of citizenship (espe¬cially the right to vote). Although Blacks were enfranchised shortly after the Civil War, women did not receive the right to vote until 1920.

Answer 458

V. /吸引；雇佣；答应；结合；订婚/attract; hire; pledge oneself; confront. "Your case has engaged my interest, my lord," said Holmes. "You may engage my services."

Answer 459

ADJ. /有魅力的，有吸引力的/charming; attractive. Everyone liked Nancy's pleasant manners and engaging personality.

Answer 460

V. /产生，导致/cause; produce. To receive praise for real accomplishments engenders self-confidence in a child.

Answer 461

V. /独占/occupy fully. John was so engrossed in his studies that he did not hear his mother call.

Answer 462

V. /增加；改进/increase; improve. You can enhance your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well; an excellent essay can enhance any application.

Answer 463

N. /谜/puzzle; mystery. "What do women want?" asked Dr. Sigmund Freud. Their behavior was an enigma to him.

Answer 464

ADJ. /朦胧的；谜一样的/obscure; puzzling. Many have sought to fathom the enigmatic smile of the Mona Lisa.

Answer 465

N. /憎恨；仇恨/ill will; hatred. At Camp David, President Carter labored to bring an end to the enmity that prevented the peaceful coexistence of Egypt and Israel.

Answer 466

N. /厌倦/boredom. The monotonous routine of hospital life induced a feeling of ennui that made him moody and irritable.

Answer 467

N. /巨大的，严重的，极恶劣/hugeness (in a bad sense). He did not realize the enormity of his crime until he saw what suffering he had caused.

Answer 468

V. /使其狂喜/please intensely. The audience was enrap¬tured by the freshness of the voices and the excellent orchestration.

Answer 469

V. /安排妥当/settle comfortably. Now that their children were ensconced safely in the private school, the jet-setting parents decided to leave for Europe.

Answer 470

N. /全体；歌舞团；套装/group of (supporting) players; organic unity; costume. As a dancer with the Oakland Ballet, Benjamin enjoyed being part of the ensemble. Having acted with one another for well over a decade, the cast members have developed a true sense of ensemble: They work together seamlessly. Mitzi wore a charming two-piece ensemble designed by Donna Karan.

Answer 471

V. /要求，需要；牵涉到/require; necessitate; involve. Building a college¬level vocabulary will entail some work on your part.

Answer 472

ADJ. /有魄力/full of initiative. By coming up with fresh ways to market the company's products, Mike proved him¬self to be an enterprising businessman.

Answer 473

V. /俘获/capture; enslave. From the moment he saw her picture, he was enthralled by her beauty.

Answer 474

V. /吸引；引诱/lure; attract; tempt. She always tried to entice her baby brother into mischief.

Answer 475

N. /权利/right to claim something; right to benefits. While Bill was entitled to use a company car while he worked for the firm, the company's lawyers questioned his entitlement to the vehicle once he'd quit his job.

Answer 476

N. /实体/real being. As soon as the Charter was adopted, the United Nations became an entity and had to be consid¬ered as a factor in world diplomacy.

Answer 477

N. /昆虫学/study of insects. Kent found entomology the most annoying part of his biology course; studying insects bugged him.

Answer 478

N. /随从，随行人员/group of attendants; retinue. Surrounded by the members of his entourage, the mayor hurried into city hall, shouting a brusque "No comment!" to the reporters lin¬ing the steps.

Answer 479

V. /使其着迷；使其神志恍惚/put under a spell; carry away with emotion. Shafts of sunlight on a wall could entrance her and leave her spellbound.

Answer 480

V. /恳求/plead; ask earnestly. She entreated her father to let her stay out till midnight.

Answer 481

N. /商人，企业家，承包人/businessman; contractor. Opponents of our present tax program argue that it discourages entrepre¬neurs from trying new fields of business activity.

Answer 482

V. /枚举/list; mention one by one. Huck hung his head in shame as Miss Watson enumerated his many flaws.

Answer 483

V. /阐明/speak distinctly. Stop mumbling! How will people understand you if you do not enunciate?

Answer 484

N. /时代/long period of time; an age. It has taken eons for our civilization to develop.

Answer 485

ADJ. /朝生暮死，短暂，短命/short-lived; fleeting. The mayfly is an ephemeral creature: its adult life lasts little more than a day.

Answer 486

N. /史诗；剧作/long heroic poem, or similar work of art. Kuro¬sawa's film Seven Samurai is an epic portraying the strug¬gle of seven warriors to destroy a band of robbers. alsoADJ.

Answer 487

N. /老饕；享乐主义者/connoisseur of food and drink. Epicures fre¬quent this restaurant because it features exotic wines and dishes. epicurean,ADJ.

Answer 488

N. /警句；讽刺民谣/witty thought or saying, usually short. Poor Richard's epigrams made Benjamin Franklin famous.

Answer 489

N. /尾声；收场白/short speech at conclusion of dramatic work. The audience was so disappointed in the play that many did not remain to hear the epilogue.

Answer 490

ADJ. /插曲式的/loosely connected; divided into incidents. Though he tried to follow the plot of Gravity's Rainbow, John found the novel too episodic; he enjoyed individual pas¬sages, but had trouble following the work as a whole.

Answer 491

ADJ. /书信的/consisting of letters. Mark Harris's Wake Up, Stupid! is a modern epistolary novel that uses letters, telegrams, and newspaper clippings to tell the hero's story. The movie You've Got Mail tells a story using e-mail; does that make it an e-pistolary movie? epistle, N.

Answer 492

N. /墓志铭，挽联/inscription in memory of a dead person. In his will, he dictated the epitaph he wanted placed on his tomb¬stone.

Answer 493

N. /绰号/word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing. So many kings of France were named Charles that you could tell them apart only by their epithets: Charles the Wise was someone far different from Charles the Fat.

Answer 494

N. /典型，摘要/perfect example or embodiment. Singing "I am the very model of a modern Major-General," in The Pirates of Penzance, Major-General Stanley proclaimed himself the epitome of an officer and a gentleman.

Answer 495

N. /时代/period of time. The glacial epoch lasted for thou¬sands of years.

Answer 496

ADJ. /平静的，均衡的，稳定的/tranquil; steady; uniform. After the hot sum¬mers and cold winters of New England, he found the cli¬mate of the West Indies equable and pleasant.

Answer 497

N. /镇定/calmness of temperament; composure. Even the inevitable strains of caring for an ailing mother did not disturb Bea's equanimity.

Answer 498

N. /骑师/rider on horseback. These paths in the park are reserved for equestrians and their steeds. alsoADJ.

Answer 499

N. /平衡/balance. After the divorce, he needed some time to regain his equilibrium.

Answer 500

ADJ. /似马的/resembling a horse. His long, bony face had an equine look to it.

Answer 501

N. /昼夜平分点，春分，秋分/period of equal days and nights; the beginning of Spring and Autumn. The vernal equinox is usually marked by heavy rainstorms.

Answer 502

ADJ. /公平的，公允的/fair; impartial. I am seeking an equitable solution to this dispute, one that will be fair and acceptable to both sides.

Answer 503

N. /公平，公正/fairness; justice. Our courts guarantee equity to all.

Answer 504

ADJ. /蓄意误导；含混，模棱两可/ambiguous; intentionally misleading. Rejecting the candidate's equivocal comments on tax reform, the reporters pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue. equivocate,V.

Answer 505

V. /撒谎；误导/lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth. The audience saw through his attempts to equivocate on the subject under discussion and ridiculed his remarks.

Answer 506

V. /侵蚀/eat away. The limestone was eroded by the drip¬ping water until only a thin shell remained. erosion, N.

Answer 507

ADJ. /激情的/pertaining to passionate love. The erotic pas¬sages in this novel should be removed as they are merely pornographic.

Answer 508

ADJ. /奇怪的；不可预测的/odd; unpredictable. Investors become anxious when the stock market appears erratic.

Answer 509

ADJ. /错误/mistaken; wrong. I thought my answer was correct, but it was erroneous.

Answer 510

ADJ. /博学的/learned; scholarly. Though his fellow students thought him erudite, Paul knew he would have to spend many years in serious study before he could consider him¬self a scholar.

Answer 511

N. /胡闹；奇怪、出格的行为/prank; flighty conduct. The headmaster could not regard this latest escapade as a boyish joke and expelled the young man.

Answer 512

N. /逃避现实，纸醉金迷/avoiding reality by diverting oneself with amusements. Before you criticize her constant reading as mere escapism, note how greatly her vocabulary has improved since she began spending her days buried in books.

Answer 513

V. /避免/avoid. Hoping to present himself to his girlfriend as a totally reformed character, he tried to eschew all the vices, especially chewing tobacco and drinking bathtub gin.

Answer 514

ADJ. /难以理解的，深奥的/hard to understand; known only to the cho¬sen few. The New Yorker short stories often include esoteric allusions to obscure people and events: the implication is, if you are in the in-crowd, you'll get the reference; if you come from Cleveland, you won't.

Answer 515

N. /间谍行为/Spying. In order to maintain its power, the government developed a system of espionage that pene¬trated every household.

Answer 516

V. /接受，支持/adopt; support. She was always ready to espouse a worthy cause.

Answer 517

V. /尊重；估价/respect; value. Jill esteemed Jack's taste in music, but she deplored his taste in clothes.

Answer 518

ADJ. /分离的；孤立的/separated; alienated. The estranged wife sought a divorce. estrangement, N.

Answer 519

ADJ. /轻的，空气的；像天堂的/light; heavenly; unusually refined. In Shake-speare's The Tempest, the spirit Ariel is an ethereal crea¬ture, too airy and unearthly for our mortal world.

Answer 520

ADJ. /种族的/relating to races. Intolerance between ethnic groups is deplorable and usually is based on lack of infor¬mation.

Answer 521

N. /社会精神特质，思潮，风气；气质/underlying character of a culture, group, etc. Seeing how tenderly ordinary Spaniards treated her small daughter made author Barbara Kingsolver aware of how greatly children were valued in the Spanish ethos.

Answer 522

N. /语源学/study of word parts. A knowledge of etymol¬ogy can help you on many English tests: if you know what the roots and prefixes mean, you can determine the mean¬ings of unfamiliar words.

Answer 523

N. /颂词；赞美词/expression of praise, often on the occasion of someone's death. Instead of delivering a spoken eulogy at Genny's memorial service, Jeff sang a song he had written in her honor.

Answer 524

N. /委婉的表达/mild expression in place of an unpleasant one. The expression "he passed away" is a euphemism for "he died."

Answer 525

ADJ. /悦耳的/pleasing in sound. Euphonious even when spoken, the Italian language is particularly pleasing to the ear when sung. euphony. N.

Answer 526

N. /非常愉快；病态的愉快，愉悦症/feeling of great happiness and well-being (sometimes exaggerated). Delighted with her SAT scores, sure that the university would accept her, Allison was filled with euphoria. euphoric,ADJ.

Answer 527

ADJ. /消散的；凋零的/fleeting; vanishing. Brandon's satisfaction in his new job was evanescent, for he immediately began to notice its many drawbacks. evanescence, N.

Answer 528

ADJ. /逃避的/not frank; eluding. Your evasive answers con¬vinced the judge that you were withholding important evi¬dence. evade,V.

Answer 529

ADJ. /公平的/impartial; fair. Do men and women receive evenhanded treatment from their teachers, or, as recent studies suggest, do teachers pay more attention to male students than to females?

Answer 530

V. /表示/show clearly. When he tried to answer the ques¬tions, he evinced his ignorance of the subject matter.

Answer 531

ADJ. /唤起的/tending to call up (emotions, memories). Scent can be remarkably evocative: the aroma of pipe tobacco evokes the memory of my father; a whiff of talcum powder calls up images of my daughter as a child.

Answer 532

N. /母羊/female sheep. The flock of sheep was made up of dozens of ewes, together with only a handful of rams.

Answer 533

V. /恶化，加剧/worsen; embitter. The latest bombing exac¬erbated England's already existing bitterness against the IRA, causing the prime minister to break off the peace talks abruptly.

Answer 534

ADJ. /苛刻的/extremely demanding. Cleaning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was an exacting task, one that demanded extremely meticulous care on the part of the restorers. exaction, N.

Answer 535

V. /晋升；赞扬/raise in rank or dignity; praise. The actor Alec Guinness was exalted to the rank of knighthood by the queen.

Answer 536

V. /激怒/vex. Johnny often exasperates his mother with his pranks.

Answer 537

ADJ. /不可的，可反对的/objectionable. Do you find the punk rock band Green Day a highly exceptionable, thoroughly distasteful group, or do you think they are exceptionally tal¬ented performers?

Answer 538

N. /摘抄，摘录/selected passage (written or musical). The cin¬ematic equivalent of an excerpt from a novel is a clip from a film. alsoV.

Answer 539

V. /去除/cut away; cut out. When you excise the dead and dying limbs of a tree, you not only improve its appear¬ance but also enhance its chances of bearing fruit. exci¬sion. N.

Answer 540

V. /呼喊，大叫/cry out suddenly. "Watson! Behind you!" Holmes exclaimed, seeing the assassin hurl himself on his friend.

Answer 541

V. /责难，挖苦，批判；揭露/scold with biting harshness; strip the skin off. Seeing the holes in Bill's new pants, his mother furiously excoriated him for ruining his good clothes. The tight, starched collar chafed and excoriated his neck, rubbing it raw.

Answer 542

V. /开脱，洗脱/clear from blame. He was exculpated of the crime when the real criminal confessed.

Answer 543

ADJ. /非常糟糕的/very bad. The anecdote was in such exe¬crable taste that it revolted the audience.

Answer 544

V. /执行，完成/put into effect; carry out. The choreographer wanted to see how well she could execute a pirouette. (sec¬ondary meaning) execution, N.

Answer 545

N. /解释，注解，通译/explanation; interpretation, especially of a bib¬lical text. The minister based her sermon on her exegesis of a difficult passage from the book of Job. exegetical,ADJ.

Answer 546

ADJ. /出色的；典范的；（杀鸡儆猴的）例子/serving as a model; outstanding. At com¬mencement the dean praised Ellen for her exemplary behavior as class president.

Answer 547

V. /作为典型；具体化/serve as an example of; embody. For a gen¬eration of balletgoers, Rudolf Nureyev exemplified the ideal of masculine grace.

Answer 548

ADJ. /被免除的/not subject to a duty, obligation. Because of his flat feet, Foster was exempt from serving in the armed forces. alsoV.

Answer 549

N. /努力，尽力/effort; expenditure of much physical work. The exertion spent in unscrewing the rusty bolt left her exhausted.

Answer 550

ADJ. /彻底的，完全的/thorough; comprehensive. We have made an exhaustive study of all published SAT tests and are happy to share our research with you.

Answer 551

ADJ. /爽快的，使人愉快的/invigorating and refreshing; cheering. Though some of the hikers found tramping through the snow tiring, Jeffrey found the walk on the cold, crisp day exhilarating.

Answer 552

V. /劝诫，忠告/urge. The evangelist exhorted all the sinners in his audience to reform. exhortation, N.

Answer 553

V. /出土，发掘/dig out of the ground; remove from the grave. Could evidence that might identify the serial killer have been buried with his victim? To answer this question, the police asked the authorities for permission to exhume the victim's body.

Answer 554

N. /紧急情况/urgent situation. In this exigency, we must look for aid from our allies.

Answer 555

N. /离开，启程/departure. The exodus from the hot and stuffy city was particularly noticeable on Friday evenings.

Answer 556

V. /开脱，免罪/acquit; exculpate. The defense team fever¬ishly sought fresh evidence that might exonerate their client.

Answer 557

ADJ. /过度的/excessive. The people grumbled at his exor¬bitant prices but paid them because he had a monopoly.

Answer 558

V. /驱邪/drive out evil spirits. By incantation and prayer, the medicine man sought to exorcise the evil spirits which had taken possession of the young warrior.

Answer 559

ADJ. /陌生的，外来的，奇异的，异国情调/not native; strange. Because of his exotic headdress, he was followed in the streets by small children who laughed at his strange appearance.

Answer 560

ADJ. /扩张的；爽快的；广阔的/outgoing and sociable; broad and exten¬sive; able to increase in size. Mr. Fezziwig was in an expan¬sive humor, cheerfully urging his guests to join in the Christmas feast. Looking down on his expansive paunch, he sighed: if his belly expanded any further, he'd need an expansive waistline for his pants.

Answer 561

N. /放逐；被放逐者/exile; someone who has withdrawn from his native land. Henry James was an American expatriate who settled in England.

Answer 562

ADJ. /合适的，有利的；策略性的/suitable; practical; politic. A pragmatic politician, he was guided by what was expedient rather than by what was ethical. expediency, N.

Answer 563

V. /加速，催促/hasten. Because we are on a tight schedule, we hope you will be able to expedite the delivery of our order. The more expeditious your response is, the happier we'll be.

Answer 564

N. /支出，花费/payment or expense; output. When you are operating on an expense account, you must keep receipts for all your expenditures. If you don't save your receipts, you won't get repaid without the expenditure of a lot of energy arguing with the firm's accountants.

Answer 565

N. /专业知识，技能/specialized knowledge; expert skill. Although she was knowledgeable in a number of fields, she was hired for her particular expertise in computer programming.

Answer 566

V. /赎罪/make amends for (a sin). He tried to expiate his crimes by a full confession to the authorities.

Answer 567

N. /感叹词；咒骂/interjection; profane oath. The sergeant's remarks were filled with expletives that offended the new recruits.

Answer 568

V. /解释，澄清/explain; interpret; clarify. Harry Levin expli¬cated James Joyce's often bewildering novels with such clarity that even Finnegan's Wake seemed comprehensible to his students.

Answer 569

ADJ. /清晰的；坦率的/totally clear; definite; outspoken. Don't just hint around that you're dissatisfied: be explicit about what's bugging you.

Answer 570

N. /壮举/deed or action, particularly a brave deed. Raoul Wallenberg was noted for his exploits in rescuing Jews from Hitler's forces.

Answer 571

V. /开发，开拓/make use of, sometimes unjustly. Cesar Chavez fought attempts to exploit migrant farmworkers in California. exploitation, N. exploitative,ADJ.

Answer 572

ADJ. /解释性的/explanatory; serving to explain. The man¬ual that came with my VCR was no masterpiece of exposi¬tory prose: its explanations were so garbled that I couldn't even figure out how to rewind a tape. exposition, N.

Answer 573

N. /曝光，揭露；暴露（于疾病、恶劣的环境等）的状态/risk, particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements; unmasking; act of laying something open. Exposure to sun and wind had dried out her hair and weathered her face. She looked so changed that she no longer feared exposure as the notorious Irene Adler, one¬time antagonist of Sherlock Holmes.

Answer 574

V. /没收，剥夺，征用/take possession of. He questioned the gov¬ernment's right to expropriate his land to create a wildlife preserve.

Answer 575

V. /取消，去除，排除/cancel; remove. If you behave, I will expunge this notation from your record.

Answer 576

V. /清除，净化/clean; remove offensive parts of a book. The editors felt that certain passages in the book had to be expurgated before it could be used in the classroom.

Answer 577

ADJ. /现存的/still in existence. Although the book is out of print, some copies are still extant. Unfortunately, all of them are in libraries or private collections; none are for sale.

Answer 578

N. /范围；程度/degree; magnitude; scope. What is the extentof the patient's injuries? If they are not too extensive, we can treat him on an outpatient basis.

Answer 579

V. /弱化；减轻/weaken; mitigate. It is easier for us to extenu¬ate our own shortcomings than those of others.

Answer 580

V. /赞美/praise; glorify. The president extolled the astro¬nauts, calling them the pioneers of the Space Age.

Answer 581

V. /敲诈，勒索/wring from; get money by threats, etc. The black¬mailer extorted money from his victim.

Answer 582

N. /引渡/surrender of prisoner by one state to another. The lawyers opposed the extradition of their client on the grounds that for more than five years he had been a model citizen.

Answer 583

ADJ. /肤浅的，不重要的/not essential; superfluous. No wonder Ted can't think straight! His mind is so cluttered up with extraneous trivia, he can't concentrate on the essentials.

Answer 584

N. /推测，推断/projection; conjecture. Based on their extrapolation from the results of the primaries on Super Tuesday, the networks predicted that Bob Dole would be the Republican candidate for the presidency. extrapolate,V.

Answer 585

V. /解脱，放出，释放/free; disentangle. Icebreakers were needed to extricate the trapped whales from the icy floes that closed them in.

Answer 586

ADJ. /外围的，不重要的；外来的/external; not essential; extraneous. A criti¬cally acclaimed extrinsic feature of the Chrysler Building is its ornate spire. The judge would not admit the testimony, ruling that it was extrinsic to the matter at hand.

Answer 587

N. /性格外向的人/person interested mostly in external objects and actions. A good salesman is usually an extrovert, who likes to mingle with people.

Answer 588

V. /挤压，逼/force or push out. Much pressure is required to extrude these plastics.

Answer 589

N. /富得流油的；精力充沛；浪费，过度/overflowing abundance; joyful enthusiasm; flamboyance; lavishness. I was bowled over by the exuber¬ance of Amy's welcome. What an enthusiastic greeting!

Answer 590

V. /卸下，流出/discharge; give forth. We get maple syrup from the sap that exudes from the trees in early spring. exudation, N.

Answer 591

V. /高兴，兴高采烈/rejoice. We exulted when our team won the victory.

Answer 592

V. /制造；编造（谎言）/build; lie. If we fabricate the buildings in this project out of standardized sections, we can reduce construction costs considerably. Because of Jack's tendency to fabricate, Jill had trouble believing a word he said.

Answer 593

N. /正面的；表面的，肤浅的/front (of building); superficial or false appearance. The ornate facade of the church was often photographed by tourists, who never bothered to walk around the building to view its other sides. Susan seemed super-confident, but that was just a facade she put on to hide her insecurity.

Answer 594

N. /（宝石的）琢面；方面/small plane surface (of a gem); a side. The stone¬cutter decided to improve the rough diamond by providing it with several facets.

Answer 595

ADJ. /不合时宜的玩笑；幽默/joking (often inappropriately); humorous. I'm serious about this project; I don't need any facetious, smart¬alecky cracks about do-gooder little rich girls.

Answer 596

ADJ. /充足的；容易完成的；肤浅的/easily accomplished; ready or fluent; superfi¬cial. Words came easily to Jonathan: he was a facile speaker and prided himself on being ready to make a speech at a moment's notice.

Answer 597

V. /促进；帮助；使变容易/help bring about; make less difficult. Rest and proper nourishment should facilitate the patient's recovery.

Answer 598

N. /复制品/COPY. Many museums sell facsimiles of the works of art on display.

Answer 599

N. /派别；内讧；纠纷/party; clique; dissension. The quarrels and bick¬ering of the two small factions within the club disturbed the majority of the members.

Answer 600

N. /才能，教职员工/mental or bodily powers; teaching staff. As he grew old, Professor Twiggly feared he might lose his facul¬ties and become unfit to teach. However, he had tenure: whether or not he was in full possession of his faculties, the school couldn't kick him off the faculty.

Answer 601

ADJ. /假的；误导的/false; misleading. Paradoxically, fallacious reasoning does not always yield erroneous results: even though your logic may be faulty, the answer you get may nevertheless be correct. fallacy, N.

Answer 602

ADJ. /容易犯错的/liable to err. I know I am fallible, but I feel con¬fident that I am right this time.

Answer 603

ADJ. /休耕地；潜伏的；不活跃的/plowed but not sowed; uncultivated. Farmers have learned that it is advisable to permit land to lie fallow every few years.

Answer 604

V. /犹豫；踌躇/hesitate. When told to dive off the high board, she did not falter, but proceeded at once.

Answer 605

N. /狂热的，盲目的/excessive zeal; extreme devotion to a belief or cause. When Islamic fundamentalists demanded the death of Salman Rushdie because his novel questioned their faith, world opinion condemned them for their fanati¬cism.

Answer 606

N. /爱好；奇特；想象/notion; whim; inclination. Martin took a fancy to paint his toenails purple. Assuming he would outgrow such fanciful behavior, his parents ignored his fancy feet. alsoADJ.

Answer 607

N. /号角声/call by bugles or trumpets. The exposition was opened with a fanfare of trumpets and the firing of cannon.

Answer 608

N. /闹剧；嘲笑/broad comedy; mockery. Nothing went right; the entire interview degenerated into a farce. farcical,ADJ.

Answer 609

ADJ. /挑剔的；难伺候的/difficult to please; squeamish. Bobby was such a fastidious eater that he would eat a sandwich only if his mother first cut off every scrap of crust.

Answer 610

N. /宿命论/belief that events are determined by forces beyond one's control. With fatalism, he accepted the hard¬ships that beset him. fatalistic,ADJ.

Answer 611

V. /领会；调查，测量/comprehend; investigate. I find his motives impossible to fathom; in fact, I'm totally clueless about what goes on in his mind.

Answer 612

ADJ. /愚蠢的；不可理喻的；不理智的/foolish; inane. He is far too intelligent to utter such fatuous remarks.

Answer 613

N. /动物志/animals of a period or region. The scientist could visualize the fauna of the period by examining the skeletal remains and the fossils.

Answer 614

ADJ. /奉承/courting favor by cringing and flattering. She was constantly surrounded by a group of fawning admirers who hoped to win some favor. fawn,V.

Answer 615

V. /折磨，打击/disconcert; dismay. No crisis could faze the resourceful hotel manager.

Answer 616

ADJ. /可行的/practical. Is it feasible to build a new stadium for the Yankees on New York's West Side? Without addi¬tional funding, the project is clearly unrealistic.

Answer 617

N. /丰饶/fertility; fruitfulness. The fecundity of his mind is illustrated by the many vivid images in his poems.

Answer 618

V. /假装；捏造/pretend. Lady Macbeth feigned illness although she was actually healthy.

Answer 619

N. /假的，淡的，不鲜明的；佯攻/trick; shift; sham blow. The boxer was fooled by his opponent's feint and dropped his guard. alsoV.

Answer 620

ADJ. /措辞巧妙的；精巧的/apt; suitably expressed; well chosen. He was famous for his felicitous remarks and was called upon to serve as master-of-ceremonies at many a banquet. felicity, N.

Answer 621

N. /欢乐；适当/happiness; appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.). She wrote a note to the newlyweds wishing them great felicity in their wedded life.

Answer 622

ADJ. /凶猛的，致命的/cruel; deadly. The newspapers told of the tragic spread of the fell disease.

Answer 623

V. /放倒，打倒/cut or knock down; bring down (with a missile). Cry¬ing "Timber!" Paul Bunyan felled the mighty redwood tree. Robin Hood loosed his arrow and felled the king's deer.

Answer 624

N. /重罪犯/person convicted of a grave crime. A convicted felon loses the right to vote.

Answer 625

ADJ. /野生的，未驯服的/not domestic; wild. Abandoned by their owners, dogs may revert to their feral state, roaming the woods in packs.

Answer 626

N. /激怒；挑起骚动、暴乱/agitation; commotion. With the breakup of the Soviet Union, much of Eastern Europe was in a state of fer¬ment.

Answer 627

V. /侦查；搜出；赶出/drive or hunt out of hiding. She ferreted out their secret.

Answer 628

ADJ. /炙热的/ardent; hot. She felt that the fervent praise was excessive and somewhat undeserved.

Answer 629

ADJ. /炙热的/ardent. Her fervid enthusiasm inspired all of us to undertake the dangerous mission.

Answer 630

N. /热情；激情/glowing ardor; intensity of feeling. At the protest rally, the students cheered the strikers and booed the dean with equal fervor.

Answer 631

V. /使溃烂，化脓/rankle; produce irritation or resentment. Joe's insult festered in Anne's mind for days, and made her too angry to speak to him.

Answer 632

ADJ. /欢乐；庆祝/joyous; celebratory. Their wedding in the park was a festive occasion.

Answer 633

ADJ. /恶臭的/malodorous. The neglected wound became fetid.

Answer 634

V. /羁绊/shackle. The prisoner was fettered to the wall.

Answer 635

N. /彻底失败/total failure. Our ambitious venture ended in a fiasco and we were forced to flee.

Answer 636

ADJ. /变化无常的；薄情的/changeable; faithless. As soon as Romeo saw Juliet, he forgot all about his old girlfriend Rosaline. Was Romeo fickle?

Answer 637

ADJ. /想象的/imaginary. Although this book purports to be a biography of George Washington, many of the incidents are fictitious.

Answer 638

N. /忠诚/loyalty. A dog's fidelity to its owner is one of the reasons why that animal is a favorite household pet.

Answer 639

N. /发明；臆造的事务/invention; imaginary thing. That incident never took place; it is a figment of your imagination.

Answer 640

ADJ. /比喻/not literal, but metaphorical; using a figure of speech. "To lose one's marbles" is a figurative expres¬sion; if you're told that Jack has lost his marbles, no one expects you to rush out to buy him a replacement set.

Answer 641

N. /小雕像/small ornamental statuette. In The Maltese Fal¬con, Sam Spade was hired to trace the missing figurine of a black bird.

Answer 642

N. /灯丝；精细的织物或线/fine thread or fiber; threadlike structure within a light bulb. A ray of sunlight illuminated the filaments of the spider web, turning the web into a net of gold.

Answer 643

V. /偷/steal. The boys filched apples from the fruit stand.

Answer 644

ADJ. /子女的/pertaining to a son or daughter. Many children forget their filial obligations and disregard the wishes of their parents.

Answer 645

V. /（发表长篇演讲来）阻挠法案通过/to block legislation by making long speeches. Even though we disapproved of Senator Foghorn's political goals, we were impressed by his ability to filibuster end¬lessly to keep an issue from coming to a vote.

Answer 646

N. /结论，结尾，结局/conclusion. It is not until we reach the finale of this play that we can understand the author's message.

Answer 647

N. /精密的技巧/delicate skill. The finesse and adroitness with which the surgeon wielded her scalpel impressed all the observers in the operating room.

Answer 648

ADJ. /过分讲究；鸡毛蒜皮/too particular; fussy. The little girl was finicky about her food, leaving over anything that wasn't to her taste.

Answer 649

N. /总惹麻烦的人，惹事生非者，捣乱人/hothead: troublemaker. The police tried to keep track of all the local firebrands when the President came to town.

Answer 650

N. /裂缝；分歧/crevice. The mountain climbers secured footholds in tiny fissures in the rock.

Answer 651

ADJ. /断断续续；间歇/spasmodic; intermittent. After several fitful attempts, he decided to postpone the start of the project until he felt more energetic.

Answer 652

ADJ. /大吃一惊；目瞪口呆/astounded; astonished; overcome with surprise. In the film Flubber, the hero invents a remarkable substance whose amazing properties leave his coworkers flabbergasted. flabbergast,V.

Answer 653

ADJ. /软弱的；无活力的/flabby. His sedentary life had left him with flac¬cid muscles.

Answer 654

V. /萎缩；衰退/droop; grow feeble. When the opposing hockey team scored its third goal only minutes into the first quarter, the home team's spirits flagged. flagging,ADJ.

Answer 655

ADJ. /非常坏的；残忍的；恶名昭著的/conspicuously wicked; blatant; outrageous. The governor's appointment of his brother-in-law to the State Supreme Court was a flagrant violation of the state laws against nepotism (favoritism based on kinship).

Answer 656

N. /才能/talent. She has an uncanny flair for discovering new artists before the public has become aware of their existence.

Answer 657

ADJ. /华丽的/ornate. Modern architecture has dis¬carded the flamboyant trimming on buildings and empha¬sizes simplicity of line.

Answer 658

V. /招摇；炫耀/display ostentatiously. Mae West saw nothing wrong with showing off her considerable physical charms, saying, "Honey, if you've got it, flaunt it!"

Answer 659

V. /使起斑点/spot. Her cheeks, flecked with tears, were testi¬mony to the hours of weeping.

Answer 660

ADJ. /无经验的/inexperienced. While it is necessary to pro¬vide these fledgling poets with an opportunity to present their work, it is not essential that we admire everything they write. also N.

Answer 661

N. /羊毛外套/wool coat of a sheep. They shear sheep of their fleece, which they then comb into separate strands of wool.

Answer 662

V. /抢劫；诈骗/rob; plunder. The tricksters fleeced him of his inheritance.

Answer 663

N. /轻弹；轻打/light stroke as with a whip. The horse needed no encouragement; one flick of the whip was all the jockey had to apply to get the animal to run at top speed.

Answer 664

V. /畏首畏尾，退缩；犹豫/hesitate, shrink. He did not flinch in the face of danger but fought back bravely.

Answer 665

ADJ. /轻率的，没礼貌的，嬉皮笑脸的/lacking proper seriousness. When Mark told Mona he loved her, she dismissed his earnest declaration with a flippant "Oh, you say that to all the girls!" flippancy, N.

Answer 666

V. /掠过/fly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by. Like a bee flitting from flower to flower, Rose flitted from one boyfriend to the next.

Answer 667

N. /浮殡冰块；大浮冰/mass of floating ice. The ship made slow progress as it battered its way through the ice floes.

Answer 668

N. /植物志/plants of a region or era. Because she was a botanist, she spent most of her time studying the flora of the desert.

Answer 669

ADJ. /华丽的；红润的/ruddy; reddish; flowery. If you go to Florida and get a sunburn, your complexion will look florid.

Answer 670

V. /挣扎，辗转；困难地奋斗/struggle and thrash about; proceed clumsily or falter. Up to his knees in the bog, Floyd floundered about, trying to regain his footing. Bewildered by the new software, Flo floundered until Jan showed her how to get started.

Answer 671

V. /生长；繁荣；装饰/grow well; prosper; decorate with ornaments. The orange trees flourished in the sun.

Answer 672

V. /轻视；嘲笑；愚弄/reject; mock. The headstrong youth flouted all authority; he refused to be curbed.

Answer 673

V. /波动的；起伏的，摇摆不定的/waver; shift. The water pressure in our shower fluctuates wildly; you start rinsing yourself off with a trickle, and, two minutes later, a blast of water nearly knocks you down.

Answer 674

N. /（语言）流利/smoothness of speech. He spoke French with fluency and ease.

Answer 675

N. /意外；小概率事件/unlikely occurrence; stroke of fortune. When Dou- glas defeated Tyson for the heavyweight championship, some sportscasters dismissed his victory as a fluke.

Answer 676

V. /使混乱，使迷惑/confuse. The teacher's sudden question flus¬tered him and he stammered his reply.

Answer 677

N. /变迁；流动/flowing; series of changes. While conditions are in such a state of flux, I do not wish to commit myself too deeply in this affair.

Answer 678

N. /粗饲料；饲养/coarse food for cattle, horses, etc. One of Nancy's chores at the ranch was to put fresh supplies of fodder in the horses' stalls.

Answer 679

N. /缺点；弱点/weakness; slight fault. We can overlook the foibles of our friends; no one is perfect.

Answer 680

N. /烘托；衬托/contrast. In Star Wars, dark, evil Darth Vader is a perfect foil for fair-haired, naive Luke Skywalker.

Answer 681

V. /打击；打败，挫败/defeat; frustrate. In the end, Skywalker is able to foil Vader's diabolical schemes.

Answer 682

N. /树叶/masses of leaves. Every autumn before the leaves fell he promised himself he would drive through New England to admire the colorful fall foliage.

Answer 683

V. /鼓动，煽动/stir up; instigate. Cheryl's archenemy Heather spread some nasty rumors that fomented trouble in the club. Do you think Cheryl's foe meant to foment such discord?

Answer 684

ADJ. /愚勇的；傻大胆儿/rash. Don't be foolhardy. Get the advice of experienced people before undertaking this venture.

Answer 685

N. /花花公子；过分注意衣着的男人/dandy; man excessively concerned with his clothes. People who dismissed young Mizrahi as a fop felt chagrined when he turned into one of the top fashion designers of his day. foppish,ADJ.

Answer 686

N. /耐心/patience. We must use forbearance in dealing with him because he is still weak from his illness.

Answer 687

N. /津；浅滩/place where a river can be crossed on foot. Rather than risk using the shaky rope bridge, David walked a half¬mile downstream until he came to the nearest ford. alsoV.

Answer 688

N. /前人；祖先/ancestors. Reverence for one's forebears (sometimes referred to as ancestor worship) plays an important part in many Oriental cultures.

Answer 689

N. /不详的预感/premonition of evil. Suspecting no conspira¬cies against him, Caesar gently ridiculed his wife's forebod¬ings about the Ides of March.

Answer 690

ADJ. /法院的；适于法庭的/suitable to debate or courts of law. In her best forensic manner, the lawyer addressed the jury. foren¬SiCS, N.

Answer 691

V. /预言；预测/give an indication beforehand; portend; pre¬figure. In retrospect, political analysts realized that Yeltsin's defiance of the attempted coup foreshadowed his emer¬gence as the dominant figure of the new Russian republic.

Answer 692

N. /洞察力/ability to foresee future happenings; pru¬dence. A wise investor, she had the foresight to buy land just before the current real estate boom.

Answer 693

V. /预防/prevent by taking action in advance. By setting up a prenuptial agreement, the prospective bride and groom hoped to forestall any potential arguments about money in the event of a divorce.

Answer 694

V. /放弃/give up; do without. Determined to lose weight for the summer, Ida decided to forgo dessert until she could fit into a size eight again.

Answer 695

ADJ. /孤苦的，凄凉的/sad and lonely; wretched. Deserted by her big sisters and her friends, the forlorn child sat sadly on the steps awaiting their return.

Answer 696

N. /仪式；礼节/ceremonious quality; something done just for form's sake. The president received the visiting heads of state with due formality: flags waving, honor guards stand¬ing at attention, anthems sounding at full blast. Signing this petition is a mere formality; it does not obligate you in any way.

Answer 697

ADJ. /威胁的，险恶的/menacing; threatening. We must not treat the battle lightly for we are facing a formidable foe.

Answer 698

V. /放弃/desert; abandon; renounce. No one expected Foster to forsake his wife and children and run off with another woman.

Answer 699

V. /放弃/renounce; abandon. The captured knight could escape death only if he agreed to forswear Christian¬ity and embrace Islam as the one true faith.

Answer 700

N. /强项，特殊才能/strong point or special talent. I am not eager to play this rather serious role, for my forte is comedy.

Answer 701

ADJ. /坦率的；豪爽的/outspoken; straightforward; frank. Never afraid to call a spade a spade, she was perhaps too forth¬rightto be a successful party politician.

Answer 702

N. /勇敢的/bravery; courage. He was awarded the medal for his fortitude in the battle.

Answer 703

ADJ. /偶然的/accidental; by chance. Though he pre¬tended their encounter was fortuitous, he'd actually been hanging around her usual haunts for the past two weeks, hoping she'd turn up.

Answer 704

N. /论坛/place of assembly to discuss public concerns; meeting for discussion. The film opens with a shot of the ancient Forum in Rome, where several senators are dis¬cussing the strange new sect known as Christians. At the end of the movie, its director presided over a forum examin¬ing new fashions in filmmaking.

Answer 705

V. /养育，培养；鼓励/rear; encourage. According to the legend, Romu¬lus and Remus were fostered by a she-wolf who raised the abandoned infants with her own cubs. alsoADJ.

Answer 706

V. /完全失败；沉默/fail completely; sink. After hitting the sub¬merged iceberg, the Titanic started taking in water rapidly and soon foundered.

Answer 707

N. /创办人/person who establishes (an organization, busi¬ness). Among those drowned when the Titanic sank was the founder of the Abraham & Straus department store.

Answer 708

N. /争吵；混战/brawl, melee. The military police stopped the fra¬cas in the bar and arrested the belligerents.

Answer 709

ADJ. /蛮横倔强的/unruly; disobedient; irritable. Bucking and kicking, the fractious horse unseated its rider.

Answer 710

ADJ. /弱的/weak. The delicate child seemed too frail to lift the heavy carton. frailty, N.

Answer 711

N. /公民权；营业执照/right granted by authority; right to vote; busi¬ness licensed to sell a product in a particular territory. The city issued a franchise to the company to operate surface transit lines on the streets for ninety-nine years. For most of American history women lacked the right to vote: not until the early twentieth century was the franchise granted to women. Stan owns a Carvel's ice cream franchise in Chinatown.

Answer 712

ADJ. /狂乱/wild. At the time of the collision, many people became frantic with fear.

Answer 713

V. /友善/associate in a friendly way. After the game, the members of the two teams fraternized as cheerfully as if they had never been rivals.

Answer 714

ADJ. /欺骗的/cheating; deceitful. The government seeks to prevent fraudulent and misleading advertising.

Answer 715

ADJ. /满的/filled. Since this enterprise is fraught with danger, I will ask for volunteers who are willing to assume the risks.

Answer 716

N. /争吵/brawl. The three musketeers were in the thick of the fray.

Answer 717

ADJ. /发狂的/frenzied; frantic. His frenetic activities con¬vinced us that he had no organized plan of operation.

Answer 718

ADJ. /狂乱的/madly excited. As soon as they smelled smoke, the frenzied animals milled about in their cages.

Answer 719

N. /壁画/painting on plaster (usually fresh). The cathedral is visited by many tourists who wish to admire the frescoes by Giotto.

Answer 720

V. /被激怒/to be annoyed or vexed. To fret over your poor grades is foolish; instead, decide to work harder in the future.

Answer 721

N. /摩擦/clash in opinion; rubbing against. At this time when harmony is essential, we cannot afford to have any friction in our group.

Answer 722

ADJ. /刺骨寒/intensely cold. Alaska is in the frigid zone.

Answer 723

ADJ. /轻佻的；嬉皮笑脸的/lacking in seriousness; self-indulgently care¬free; relatively unimportant. Though Nancy enjoyed Bill's frivolous, lighthearted companionship, she sometimes won¬dered whether he could ever be serious. frivolity, N.

Answer 724

ADJ. /闹着玩的；嬉戏的/prankish; gay. The frolicsome puppy tried to lick the face of its master.

Answer 725

N. /棕榈叶；蕨叶/fern leaf; palm or banana leaf. After the storm the beach was littered with the fronds of palm trees.

Answer 726

N. /俭省节约/thrift; economy. In economically hard times, anyone who doesn't learn to practice frugality risks bank¬ruptcy. frugal,ADJ.

Answer 727

N. /享用；成就；实现/bearing of fruit; fulfillment; realization. This building marks the fruition of all our aspirations and years of hard work.

Answer 728

V. /阻碍；挫败/thwart; defeat. We must frustrate this dictator's plan to seize control of the government.

Answer 729

ADJ. /短暂的，易变的；流动的/fleeting or transitory; roving. The film brought a few fugitive images to her mind, but on the whole it made no lasting impression upon her.

Answer 730

N. /（杠杆的）支点/support on which a lever rests. If we use this stone as a fulcrum and the crowbar as a lever, we may be able to move this boulder.

Answer 731

ADJ. /过分的/disgustingly excessive. His fulsome praise of the dictator revolted his listeners.

Answer 732

V. /基本的，基础的/basic; primary; essential. The committee discussed all sorts of side issues without ever getting down to addressing the fundamental problem.

Answer 733

N. /休假/leave of absence; vacation granted a soldier or civil servant. Dreaming of her loved ones back in the States, the young soldier could hardly wait for her upcom¬ing furlough.

Answer 734

N. /非常激动/frenzy; great excitement. The story of her embez¬zlement of the funds created a furor on the Stock Exchange.

Answer 735

ADJ. /隐秘的；偷偷摸摸，鬼祟/stealthy; sneaky. Noticing the furtive glance the customer gave the diamond bracelet on the counter, the jeweler wondered whether he had a potential shoplifter on his hands.

Answer 736

N. /熔合；熔接/union; coalition. The opponents of the political party in power organized a fusion of disgruntled groups and became an important element in the election.

Answer 737

ADJ. /没出息；无望，没效果的/useless; hopeless; ineffectual. It is futile for me to try to get any work done around here while the telephone is ringing every thirty seconds. futility, N.

Answer 738

N. /牛蝇；招人烦的人/animal-biting fly; an irritating person. Like a gad¬fly, he irritated all the guests at the hotel; within forty-eight hours, everyone regarded him as an annoying busybody.

Answer 739

N. /失态；出丑/social blunder. According to Miss Manners, to call your husband by your lover's name is worse than a mere gaffe; it is a tactical mistake.

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