Barron 3500 SAT List 21-30 From Alex

Question 0

gait

Answer 0

N. /步态，步法；速度/manner of walking or running; speed. The lame man walked with an uneven gait.

Question 1

gainsay

Answer 1

V. /否认，拒绝/deny. She was too honest to gainsay the truth of the report.

Question 2

galaxy

Answer 2

N. /星系；一群显赫的人；一系列重要的人或物/large, isolated system of stars, such as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities. Science fiction stories speculate about the possible existence of life in other galaxies. The deaths of such famous actors as John Candy and George Burns tells us that the galaxy of Holly¬wood superstars is rapidly disappearing.

Question 3

gale

Answer 3

N. /大风；一阵感情的爆发/windstorm; gust of wind; emotional outburst (laughter, tears). The Weather Channel warned viewers about a rising gale, with winds of up to sixty miles per hour.

Question 4

gall

Answer 4

N. /痛苦；烦恼；恼怒/bitterness; nerve. The knowledge of his failure filled him with gall.

Question 5

gall

Answer 5

V. /惹恼；侮辱/annoy; chafe. Their taunts galled him.

Question 6

galleon

Answer 6

N. /大帆船/large sailing ship. The Spaniards pinned their hopes on the galleon, the large warship; the British, on the smaller and faster pinnace.

Question 7

galvanize

Answer 7

V. /电镀；刺激，激励/stimulate by shock; stir up; revitalize. News that the prince was almost at their door galvanized the ugly stepsisters into a frenzy of combing and primping.

Question 8

gambit

Answer 8

N. /弃子抢先/opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed. The player was afraid to accept his opponent’s gambit because he feared a trap which as yet he could not see. gambol V. skip; leap playfully. Watching children gambol-ing in the park is a pleasant experience. also N.

Question 9

gamely

Answer 9

ADV. /勇敢的，有精神的/bravely; with spirit. Because he had fought gamely against a much superior boxer, the crowd gave him a standing ovation when he left the arena.

Question 10

gamut

Answer 10

N. /整个领域/entire range. In this performance, the leading lady was able to demonstrate the complete gamut of her acting ability.

Question 11

gape

Answer 11

V. /张着嘴呆看；裂缝/open widely; stare open-mouthed. The huge pit gaped before him; if he stumbled, he would fall in. Slack¬jawed in wonder, Huck gaped at the huge stalactites hang¬ing down from the ceiling of the limestone cavern.

Question 12

garbled

Answer 12

ADJ. /混淆/mixed up; jumbled; distorted. A favorite party game involves passing a whispered message from one per¬son to another until, by the time it reaches the last player, the message is totally garbled.

Question 13

gargantuan

Answer 13

ADJ. /巨大的/huge; enormous. The gargantuan wrestler was terrified of mice.

Question 14

garish

Answer 14

ADJ. /俗气；颜色太杂/over-bright in color; gaudy. She wore a gaudy rhinestone necklace with an excessively garish gold lame dress.

Question 15

garner

Answer 15

V. /收集，储存/gather; store up. She hoped to garner the world’s literature in one library.

Question 16

garnish

Answer 16

V. /装饰/decorate. Parsley was used to garnish the boiled potato. also N.

Question 17

garrulous

Answer 17

ADJ. /贫嘴/loquacious; wordy; talkative. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. He is the most garrulous person in Cayuga County. garrulity, N.

Question 18

gauche

Answer 18

ADJ. /粗笨的，粗糙的/clumsy; coarse and uncouth. Compared to the sophisticated young ladies in their elegant gowns, tomboyish Jo felt gauche and out of place.

Question 19

gaudy

Answer 19

ADJ. /华而不实的/flashy; showy. The newest Trump skyscraper is typically gaudy, covered in gilded panels that gleam in the sun.

Question 20

gaunt

Answer 20

ADJ. /瘦骨嶙峋，憔悴；荒芜/lean and angular; barren. His once round face looked surprisingly gaunt after he had lost weight.

Question 21

gavel

Answer 21

N. /棒槌/hammerlike tool; mallet. “Sold!” cried the auction¬eer, banging her gavel on the table to indicate she’d accepted the final bid.

Question 22

gawk

Answer 22

V. /张着嘴呆看/stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe. The country boy gawked at the skyscrapers and neon lights of the big city.

Question 23

genealogy

Answer 23

N. /家谱/record of descent; lineage. He was proud of his genealogy and constantly referred to the achievements of his ancestors.

Question 24

generality

Answer 24

N. /一般性/vague statement. This report is filled with generalities; be more specific in your statements.

Question 25

generate

Answer 25

V. /产生；创造/cause; produce; create. In his first days in office, President Clinton managed to generate a new mood of optimism; we just hoped he could generate some new jobs.

Question 26

generic

Answer 26

ADJ. /普通的/characteristic of an entire class or species. Sue knew so many computer programmers who spent their spare time playing fantasy games that she began to think that playing Dungeons & Dragons was a generic trait.

Question 27

genesis

Answer 27

N. /发源，源头/beginning; origin. Tracing the genesis of a fam¬ily is the theme of Roots.

Question 28

geniality

Answer 28

N. /亲切；同情/cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy. This restaurant is famous and popular because of the geniality of the proprietor who tries to make everyone happy.

Question 29

genre

Answer 29

N. /风格（文学、艺术）/particular variety of art or literature. Both a short story writer and a poet, Langston Hughes proved himself equally skilled in either genre.

Question 30

genteel

Answer 30

ADJ. /上流的/well-bred; elegant. We are looking for a man with a genteel appearance who can inspire confidence by his cultivated manner.

Question 31

gentility

Answer 31

N. /有教养，文雅/those of gentle birth; refinement. Her family was proud of its gentility and elegance.

Question 32

gentry

Answer 32

N. /贵族/people of standing; class of people just below nobility. The local gentry did not welcome the visits of the summer tourists and tried to ignore their presence in the community.

Question 33

germane

Answer 33

ADJ. /密切相关/pertinent; bearing upon the case at hand. The judge refused to allow the testimony to be heard by the jury because it was not germane to the case.

Question 34

germinal

Answer 34

ADJ. /未成熟的，幼芽的/pertaining to a germ; creative. Such an idea is germinal, I am certain that it will influence thinkers and philosophers for many generations.

Question 35

germinate

Answer 35

V. /发芽/cause to sprout; sprout. After the seeds ger¬minate and develop their permanent leaves, the plants may be removed from the cold frames and transplanted to the garden.

Question 36

gesticulation

Answer 36

N. /动作；手势/motion; gesture. Operatic performers are trained to make exaggerated gesticulations because of the large auditoriums in which they appear.

Question 37

ghastly

Answer 37

ADJ. /恐怖的/horrible. The murdered man was a ghastly sight.

Question 38

gibberish

Answer 38

N. /胡话；嘟囔/nonsense; babbling. Did you hear that fool boy spouting gibberish about monsters from outer space? gibber,V.

Question 39

gibe

Answer 39

V. /嘲笑/mock. As you gibe at their superstitious beliefs, do you realize that you, too, are guilty of similarly foolish thoughts?

Question 40

giddy

Answer 40

ADJ. /眼花缭乱/light-hearted; dizzy. He felt his giddy youth was past.

Question 41

gingerly

Answer 41

ADV. /小心翼翼地/very carefully. To separate egg whites, first crack the egg gingerly.

Question 42

girth

Answer 42

N. /方圆；周围环境/distance around something; circumference. It took an extra-large cummerbund to fit around Andrew Carnegie's considerable girth.

Question 43

gist

Answer 43

N. /精华/essence. She was asked to give the gist of the essay in two sentences.

Question 44

glacial

Answer 44

ADJ. /冰河的，冰川的/like a glacier; extremely cold. Never a warm person, when offended John could seem positively glacial.

Question 45

glaring

Answer 45

ADJ. /耀眼的/highly conspicuous; harshly bright. Glaring spelling or grammatical errors in your resume will unfavor¬ably impress potential employers.

Question 46

glaze

Answer 46

V. /上釉/cover with a thin and shiny surface. The freezing rain glazed the streets and made driving hazardous. also N.

Question 47

glib

Answer 47

ADJ. /光滑，柔顺；口齿伶俐，圆滑/fluent; facile; slick. Keeping up a steady patter to entertain his customers, the kitchen gadget salesman was a glib speaker, never at a loss for a word.

Question 48

glimmer

Answer 48

V. /闪烁/shine erratically; twinkle. In the darkness of the cavern, the glowworms hanging from the cavern roof glim¬mered like distant stars,

Question 49

gloat

Answer 49

V. /垂涎；幸灾乐祸，洋洋得意/express evil satisfaction; view malevolently. As you gloat over your ill-gotten wealth, do you think of the many victims you have defrauded?

Question 50

glossary

Answer 50

N. /词汇表/brief explanation of words used in the text. I have found the glossary in this book very useful; it has elim¬inated many trips to the dictionary.

Question 51

gloss over

Answer 51

V. /掩盖/explain away. No matter how hard he tried to talk around the issue, President Bush could not gloss over the fact that he had raised taxes after all.

Question 52

glossy

Answer 52

ADJ. /光滑有光泽的/smooth and shining. I want this photograph printed on glossy paper, not matte.

Question 53

glower

Answer 53

V. /瞪着，愤怒的看着/scowl. The angry boy glowered at his father.

Question 54

glut

Answer 54

V. /充斥；过量/overstock; fill to excess. The many manufacturers glutted the market and could not find purchasers for the excess articles they had produced. also N.

Question 55

glutton

Answer 55

N. /暴饮暴食者，饭桶/someone who eats too much. When Mother saw that Bobby had eaten all the cookies, she called him a little glutton. gluttonous,ADJ.

Question 56

gnarled

Answer 56

ADJ. /扭曲/twisted. The gnarled oak tree had been a landmark for years and was mentioned in several deeds.

Question 57

gnome

Answer 57

N. /地精；小矮人；土地公公/dwarf; underground spirit. In medieval mythol¬ogy, gnomes were the special guardians and inhabitants of subterranean mines.

Question 58

goad

Answer 58

V. /刺激；激励；驱策/urge on. He was goaded by his friends until he yielded to their wishes. also N.

Question 59

gorge

Answer 59

N. /峡谷/small, steep-walled canyon. The white-water raft¬ing guide warned us about the rapids farther downstream, where the river cut through a narrow gorge.

Question 60

gorge

Answer 60

V. /狼吞虎咽/stuff oneself. The gluttonous guest gorged him¬self with food as though he had not eaten for days.

Question 61

gory

Answer 61

ADJ. /血腥的/bloody. The audience shuddered as they lis¬tened to the details of the gory massacre.

Question 62

gouge

Answer 62

V. /挖出；撕下/tear out. In that fight, all the rules were forgotten; the adversaries bit, kicked, and tried to gouge each other's eyes out.

Question 63

gourmand

Answer 63

N. /老饕/epicure; person who takes excessive plea¬sure in food and drink. Gourmands lack self-restraint; if they enjoy a particular cuisine, they eat far too much of it.

Question 64

gourmet

Answer 64

N. /品尝家；美食比赛的评委/connoisseur of food and drink. The gourmet stated that this was the best onion soup she had ever tasted.

Question 65

graduated

Answer 65

ADJ. /分级；排序/arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc.). Margaret loved her graduated set of Russian hollow wooden dolls; she spent hours happily putting the smaller dolls into their larger counterparts.

Question 66

graft

Answer 66

N. /移植；移植物；嫁接/piece of transplanted tissue; portion of plant inserted in another plant. After the fire, Greg required skin grafts to replace the badly damaged areas on his forearms. alsoV.

Question 67

grandeur

Answer 67

N. /庄严，伟大，威严/impressiveness; stateliness; majesty. No mat¬ter how often he hiked through the mountains, David never failed to be struck by the grandeur of the Sierra Nevada range.

Question 68

grandiloquent

Answer 68

ADJ. /语言夸张的；词藻浮华的/pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language. The politician could never speak sim¬ply; she was always grandiloquent.

Question 69

grandiose

Answer 69

ADJ. /自命不凡；堂皇；夸张的/pretentious; high-flown; ridiculously exag-gerated; impressive. The aged matinee idol still had grandiose notions of his supposed importance in the the¬atrical world.

Question 70

granulate

Answer 70

V. /粒化/form into grains. Sugar that has been granu¬lated dissolves more readily than lump sugar. granule, N.

Question 71

graphic

Answer 71

ADJ. /图像的；图画的/pertaining to the art of delineating; vividly described. I was particularly impressed by the graphic pre¬sentation of the storm.

Question 72

grapple

Answer 72

V. /格斗，摔跤/wrestle; come to grips with. He grappled with the burglar and overpowered him.

Question 73

grate

Answer 73

V. /磨碎；惹恼；因摩擦发出的刺耳声音/make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred. The screams of the quarreling children grated on her nerves.

Question 74

gratify

Answer 74

V. /取悦/please. Lori's parents were gratified by her suc¬cessful performance on the SAT.

Question 75

gratis

Answer 75

ADJ. /免费的/free. The company offered to give one package gratis to every purchaser of one of their products. alsoADJ.

Question 76

gratuitous

Answer 76

ADJ. /无条件的；无理由的；免费的/given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for. Quit making gratuitous comments about my driving; no one asked you for your opinion.

Question 77

gravity

Answer 77

N. /重力；严重，庄严，严肃/seriousness. We could tell we were in serious trouble from the gravity of the principal's expression. (sec¬ondary meaning) grave,ADJ.

Question 78

gregarious

Answer 78

ADJ. /社交的；群居/sociable. Typically, partygoers are gregar¬ious; hermits are not.

Question 79

grievance

Answer 79

N. /委屈；冤情；不平/cause of complaint. When her supervisor ignored her complaint, she took her grievance to the union.

Question 80

grill

Answer 80

V. /盘问/question severely. In violation of the Miranda law, the police grilled the suspect for several hours before read¬ing him his rights. (secondary meaning)

Question 81

grimace

Answer 81

N. /扭曲的脸；做鬼脸/a facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust, etc. Even though he remained silent, his grimace indicated his displeasure. alsoV.

Question 82

grisly

Answer 82

ADJ. /毛骨悚然的；恐怖的，可怕的/ghastly. She shuddered at the grisly sight.

Question 83

grouse

Answer 83

V. /发牢骚/complain; fuss. Students traditionally grouse about the abysmal quality of "mystery meat" and similar dormitory food.

Question 84

grotesque

Answer 84

ADJ. /稀奇古怪的；怪异/fantastic; comically hideous. On Halloween people enjoy wearing grotesque costumes.

Question 85

grove

Answer 85

N. /小树林/group of trees (smaller than a forest); orchard. To the child, the small grove of oaks was as vast as Sherwood Forest, in which he played that legendary hero, Robin Hood.

Question 86

grovel

Answer 86

V. /趴，匍匐/crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate. Even though we have been defeated, we do not have to grovel before our conquerors.

Question 87

grudging

Answer 87

ADJ. /不情愿；勉强/unwilling; reluctant; stingy. We received only grudging support from the mayor despite his earlier promises of aid.

Question 88

gruel

Answer 88

V. /稀粥；极度紧张/liquid food made by boiling oatmeal, etc., in milk or water. Our daily allotment of gruel made the meal not only monotonous but also unpalatable.

Question 89

grueling

Answer 89

ADJ. /重罚；使其筋疲力尽/exhausting. The marathon is a grueling race.

Question 90

gruesome

Answer 90

ADJ. /可怕的/grisly; horrible. His face was the stuff of nightmares: all the children in the audience screamed when Freddy Kruger's gruesome countenance was flashed on the screen.

Question 91

gruff

Answer 91

ADJ. /粗糙的；粗暴的/rough-mannered. Although he was blunt and gruff with most people, he was always gentle with children.

Question 92

guffaw

Answer 92

N. /狂笑，哄笑/boisterous laughter. The loud guffaws that came from the closed room indicated that the members of the committee had not yet settled down to serious business. alsoV.

Question 93

guile

Answer 93

N. /奸诈狡猾；诡计/deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning. lago uses considerable guile to trick Othello into believing that Desde¬mona has been unfaithful.

Question 94

guileless

Answer 94

ADJ. /诚实的/without deceit. He is naive, simple, and guileless; he cannot be guilty of fraud.

Question 95

guise

Answer 95

N. /外观；装束/appearance; costume. In the guise of a plumber, the detective investigated the murder case.

Question 96

gullible

Answer 96

ADJ. /易受骗的/easily deceived. Overly gullible people have only themselves to blame if they fall for con artists repeat¬edly. As the saying goes, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."

Question 97

gustatory

Answer 97

ADJ. /味觉的/affecting the sense of taste. The Thai restaurant offered an unusual gustatory experience for those used to a bland cuisine.

Question 98

gusto

Answer 98

N. /爱好，嗜好；喜欢/enjoyment; enthusiasm. He accepted the assign¬ment with such gusto that I feel he would have been satis¬fied with a smaller salary.

Question 99

gusty

Answer 99

ADJ. /多风的/windy. The gusty weather made sailing precari¬ous.

Question 100

hackneyed

Answer 100

ADJ. /常见的；不希罕，陈腐/commonplace; trite. When the reviewer criticized the movie for its hackneyed plot, we agreed; we had seen similar stories hundreds of times before.

Question 101

haggard

Answer 101

ADJ. /枯槁的；憔悴的/wasted away; gaunt. After his long illness, he was pale and haggard.

Question 102

haggle

Answer 102

V. /讨价还价/argue about prices. I prefer to shop in a store that has a one-price policy because, whenever I haggle with a shopkeeper, I am never certain that I paid a fair price for the articles I purchased.

Question 103

hallowed

Answer 103

ADJ. /神圣化的/blessed; consecrated. Although the dead girl's parents had never been active churchgoers, they insisted that their daughter be buried in hallowed ground.

Question 104

hallucination

Answer 104

N. /幻觉，幻想/delusion. I think you were frightened by a hallucination you created in your own mind.

Question 105

halting

Answer 105

ADJ. /犹豫的/hesitant; faltering. Novice extemporaneous speakers often talk in a halting fashion as they grope for the right words.

Question 106

hamper

Answer 106

V. /阻挡，牵制，妨碍/obstruct. The new mother didn't realize how much the effort of caring for an infant would hamper her ability to keep an immaculate house.

Question 107

haphazard

Answer 107

ADJ. /随机的/random; by chance. His haphazard read¬ing left him unacquainted with the authors of the books.

Question 108

harangue

Answer 108

N. /夸大的讲话/noisy speech. In her lengthy harangue, the principal berated the offenders. alsoV.

Question 109

harass

Answer 109

V. /烦恼/to annoy by repeated attacks. When he could not pay his bills as quickly as he had promised, he was harassed by his creditors.

Question 110

harbinger

Answer 110

N. /先驱/forerunner. The crocus is an early harbinger of spring.

Question 111

harbor

Answer 111

V. /庇护；隐藏/provide a refuge for; hide. The church harbored illegal aliens who were political refugees.

Question 112

hardy

Answer 112

ADJ. /艰苦的；勇敢的/sturdy; robust; able to stand inclement weather. We asked the gardening expert to recommend particularly hardy plants that could withstand our harsh New England winters.

Question 113

harrowing

Answer 113

ADJ. /痛苦；悲怆/agonizing; distressing; traumatic. At first the former prisoner did not wish to discuss his harrowing months of captivity as a political hostage.

Question 114

haughtiness

Answer 114

N. /傲慢；不逊/pride; arrogance. When she realized that Darcy believed himself too good to dance with his inferiors, Elizabeth took great offense at his haughtiness.

Question 115

hazardous

Answer 115

ADJ. d/危险/angerous. Your occupation is too haz¬ardous for insurance companies to consider your application.

Question 116

hazy

Answer 116

ADJ. /朦胧的；模糊的/slightly obscure. In hazy weather, you cannot see the top of this mountain.

Question 117

headlong

Answer 117

ADJ. /轻率的/hasty; rash. The slave seized the unex¬pected chance to make a headlong dash across the border to freedom.

Question 118

headstrong

Answer 118

ADJ. /硬脖子；任性；不屈/stubborn; willful; unyielding. Because she refused to marry the man her parents had chosen for her, everyone scolded Minna and called her a foolish head¬strong girl.

Question 119

heckler

Answer 119

N. /质问者/person who harasses others. The heckler kept interrupting the speaker with rude remarks. heckle,V.

Question 120

hedonist

Answer 120

N. /享乐主义者/one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life. A thoroughgoing hedonist, he considered only his own pleasure and ignored any claims others had on his money or time.

Question 121

heed

Answer 121

V. /注意，关注，留意/pay attention to; consider. We hope you heed our advice and get a good night's sleep before the test. also N.

Question 122

heedless

Answer 122

ADJ. /轻蔑的；不理睬的/not noticing; disregarding. He drove on, heedless of the danger warnings placed at the side of the road.

Question 123

heinous

Answer 123

ADJ. /可恶的，令人深恶痛绝/atrocious; hatefully bad. Hitler's heinous crimes will never be forgotten.

Question 124

herbivorous

Answer 124

ADJ. /吃粮食的（动物）/grain-eating. Some herbivorous animals have two stomachs for digesting their food.

Question 125

heresy

Answer 125

N. /少数意见，异端/opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion con¬trary to accepted religion. Galileo's assertion that the earth moved around the sun directly contradicted the religious teachings of his day; as a result, he was tried for heresy. heretic, N.

Question 126

hermetic

Answer 126

ADJ. /密封的，气密的/sealed by fusion so as to be airtight. After you sterilize the bandages, place them in a container and seal it with a hermetic seal to protect them from contamina¬tion by airborne bacteria.

Question 127

hermitage

Answer 127

N. /隐居的居所/home of a hermit. Even in his remote her¬mitage he could not escape completely from the world.

Question 128

heterodox

Answer 128

ADJ. /非主流；异端/unorthodox; unconventional. To those who upheld the belief that the earth did not move, Galileo's the¬ory that the earth circled the sun was disturbingly heterodox.

Question 129

heterogeneous

Answer 129

ADJ. /异类，异种；不纯/dissimilar; mixed. This year's entering class is a remarkably heterogeneous body: it includes stu¬dents from forty different states and twenty-six foreign countries, some the children of billionaires, others the off¬spring of welfare families. heterogenity, N.

Question 130

heyday

Answer 130

N. /鼎盛时期/time of greatest success; prime. In their hey¬day, the San Francisco Forty-Niners won the Super Bowl two years running.

Question 131

hiatus

Answer 131

N. /缝隙；短暂的空白/gap; interruption in duration or continuity; pause. During the summer hiatus, many students try to earn enough money to pay their tuition for the next school year.

Question 132

hibernal

Answer 132

ADJ. /冬天的/wintry. Bears prepare for their long hibernal sleep by overeating.

Question 133

hibernate

Answer 133

V. /冬眠/sleep throughout the winter. Bears are one of the many species of animals that hibernate. hibernation, N.

Question 134

hierarchy

Answer 134

N. /分级，排序了的/arrangement by rank or standing; authoritar¬ian body divided into ranks. To be low man on the totem pole is to have an inferior place in the hierarchy.

Question 135

hilarity

Answer 135

N. /狂欢，欢闹/boisterous mirth. This hilarity is improper on this solemn day of mourning.

Question 136

hindrance

Answer 136

N. /障碍物/block; obstacle. Stalled cars along the high¬way are a hindrance to traffic that tow trucks should remove without delay. hinder,V.

Question 137

histrionic

Answer 137

ADJ. /戏剧性的/theatrical. He was proud of his histrionic ability and wanted to play the role of Hamlet, histrionics, N.

Question 138

hoard

Answer 138

V. /储藏/stockpile; accumulate for future use. Whenever there are rumors of a food shortage, many people are tempted to hoard food. also N.

Question 139

hoary

Answer 139

ADJ. /灰白的/white with age. The man was hoary and wrin¬kled when he was 70.

Question 140

hoax

Answer 140

N. /伎俩；小聪明/trick; practical joke. Embarrassed by the hoax, he reddened and left the room. alsoV.

Question 141

hodgepodge

Answer 141

N. /大杂烩/jumble; mixture of ill-suited elements. The reviewer roundly condemned the play as a hodgepodge of random and purposeless encounters carried out by a cast lacking any uniformity of accent or style.

Question 142

holster

Answer 142

N. /手枪套/pistol case. Even when he was not in uniform, he carried a holster and pistol under his arm.

Question 143

homage

Answer 143

N. /敬意/honor; tribute. In her speech she tried to pay homage to a great man.

Question 144

homogeneous

Answer 144

ADJ. /同类的/of the same kind. Because the student body at Elite Prep was so homogeneous, Sara and James decided to send their daughter to a school that offered greater cultural diversity. homogenize,V.

Question 145

hone

Answer 145

V. /磨尖/sharpen. To make shaving easier, he honed his razor with great care.

Question 146

hoodwink

Answer 146

V. /欺骗，迷惑，蛊惑/deceive; delude. Having been hoodwinked once by the fast-talking salesman, he was extremely cau¬tious when he went to purchase a used car.

Question 147

horde

Answer 147

N. /拥挤/crowd. Just before Christmas the stores are filled with hordes of shoppers.

Question 148

horticultural

Answer 148

ADJ. /园艺的/pertaining to cultivation of gardens. When he bought his house, he began to look for flowers and decorative shrubs, and began to read books dealing with horticultural matters.

Question 149

host

Answer 149

N. /很多；主人；宿主/great number; person entertaining guests; animal or plant from which a parasite gets its nourishment. You must attend to a host of details if you wish to succeed as host of a formal dinner party. Leeches are parasites that cling to their hosts and drink their hosts' blood.

Question 150

hostility

Answer 150

N. /不友好，敌意/unfriendliness; hatred. A child who has been the sole object of his parents' affection often feels hostility toward a new baby in the family, resenting the newcomer who has taken his place.

Question 151

hovel

Answer 151

N. /小屋/shack; small, wretched house. He wondered how poor people could stand living in such a hovel.

Question 152

hover

Answer 152

V. /逗留；盘旋；等待/hang about; wait nearby. The police helicopter hovered above the accident.

Question 153

hue

Answer 153

N. /色调/color; aspect. The aviary contained birds of every possible hue.

Question 154

hulking

Answer 154

ADJ. /大量的，巨大的/massive; bulky; great in size. Despite his hulking build, the heavyweight boxing champion was sur¬prisingly light on his feet. hulk, N.

Question 155

humane

Answer 155

ADJ. /仁慈/marked by kindness or consideration. It is ironic that the Humane Society sometimes must show its compassion toward mistreated animals by killing them to put them out of their misery.

Question 156

humdrum

Answer 156

ADJ. /单调的/dull; monotonous. After his years of adven¬ture, he could not settle down to a humdrum existence.

Question 157

humid

Answer 157

ADJ. /潮湿的/damp. She could not stand the humid climate and moved to a drier area.

Question 158

humility

Answer 158

N. /谦逊/humbleness of spirit. He spoke with a humility and lack of pride that impressed his listeners.

Question 159

hurtle

Answer 159

V. /冲击；碰撞；急冲/crash; rush. The runaway train hurtled toward dis¬aster.

Question 160

husband

Answer 160

V. /节约/use sparingly; conserve; save. Marathon run¬ners must husband their energy so that they can keep going for the entire distance.

Question 161

hybrid

Answer 161

N. /混合的，混血的/mongrel; mixed breed. Mendel's formula explains the appearance of hybrids and pure species in breeding. alsoADJ.

Question 162

hydrophobia

Answer 162

N. /恐水症；狂犬病/rabies; fear of water. A dog that bites a human being must be observed for symptoms of hydropho¬bia.

Question 163

hyperbole

Answer 163

N. /夸张/exaggeration; overstatement. As far as I'm concerned, Apple's claims about the new computer are pure hyperbole: no machine is that good!

Question 164

hypercritical

Answer 164

ADJ. /及其夸张/excessively exacting. You are hypercriti¬cal in your demands for perfection; we all make mistakes.

Question 165

hypochondriac

Answer 165

N. /无病呻吟；忧郁症/person unduly worried about his health; worrier without cause about illness. The doctor prescribed chocolate pills for his patient who was a hypochondriac.

Question 166

hypocritical

Answer 166

ADJ. /伪善；欺骗/pretending to be virtuous; deceiving. Believing Eddie to be interested only in his own advance¬ment, Greg resented his hypocritical posing as a friend. hypocrisy, N.

Question 167

hypothetical

Answer 167

ADJ. /基于假设的，设想的，假想的/based on assumptions or hypotheses; supposed. Suppose you are accepted by Harvard, Stan¬ford, and Brown. Which one would you choose to attend? Remember, this is only a hypothetical situation. hypothe¬SiS, N.

Question 168

ichthyology

Answer 168

N. /鱼类学/study of fish. Jacques Cousteau's pro¬grams about sea life have advanced the cause of ichthyol¬ogy

Question 169

icon

Answer 169

N. /偶像，象征；图标/religious image; idol. The icons on the walls of the church were painted in the 13th century.

Question 170

iconoclastic

Answer 170

ADJ. /打破旧习/attacking cherished traditions. Deeply iconoclastic, Jean Genet deliberately set out to shock con¬ventional theatergoers with his radical plays.

Question 171

ideology

Answer 171

N. /意识形态/system of ideas of a group. For people who had grown up believing in the communist ideology, it was hard to adjust to capitalism.

Question 172

idiom

Answer 172

N. /习语；成语/expression whose meaning as a whole differs from the meanings of its individual words; distinctive style. The phrase "to lose one's marbles" is an idiom: if I say that Joe's lost his marbles, I'm not asking you to find some for him. I'm telling you idiomatically that he's crazy.

Question 173

idiosyncrasy

Answer 173

N. /特性，特质；古怪的，离心的/individual trait, usually odd in nature; eccentricity. One of Richard Nixon's little idiosyncrasies was his liking for ketchup on cottage cheese. One of Hannibal Lecter's little idiosyncrasies was his liking for human flesh. idiosyncratic,ADJ.

Question 174

idolatry

Answer 174

N. /过度崇拜/worship of idols; excessive admiration. Such idolatry of singers of country music is typical of the exces¬sive enthusiasm of youth.

Question 175

ignite

Answer 175

V. /点燃/kindle; light. When Desi crooned, "Baby, light my fire," literal-minded Lucy looked around for some paper to ignite.

Question 176

ignoble

Answer 176

ADJ. /不高贵的；不光彩的/of lowly origin; unworthy. This plan is inspired by ignoble motives and I must, therefore, oppose it.

Question 177

ignominy

Answer 177

N. /丢脸；抹黑；耻辱/deep disgrace; shame or dishonor. To lose the Ping-Pong match to a trained chimpanzee! How could Rollo stand the ignominy of his defeat? ignominious,ADJ.

Question 178

illicit

Answer 178

ADJ. /非法的/illegal. The defense attorney maintained that his client had never performed any illicit action.

Question 179

illimitable

Answer 179

ADJ. /无限/infinite. Man, having explored the far corners of the earth, is now reaching out into illimitable space.

Question 180

illuminate

Answer 180

V. /照亮；明朗；澄清/brighten; clear up or make understandable; enlighten. Just as a lamp can illuminate a dark room, a per¬ceptive comment can illuminate a knotty problem.

Question 181

illusion

Answer 181

N. /幻觉/misleading vision. It is easy to create an optical illusion in which lines of equal length appear different.

Question 182

illusory

Answer 182

ADJ. /虚幻的，不真实的/deceptive; not real. Unfortunately, the costs of running the lemonade stand were so high that Tom's profits proved illusory.

Question 183

imbalance

Answer 183

N. /不平衡，不成比例/lack of balance or symmetry; disproportion. To correct racial imbalance in the schools, school boards have bussed black children into white neighborhoods and white children into black ones.

Question 184

imbibe

Answer 184

V. /吸收/drink in. The dry soil imbibed the rain quickly.

Question 185

immaculate

Answer 185

ADJ. /无暇的/spotless; flawless; absolutely clean. Ken and Jessica were wonderful tenants and left the apartment in immaculate condition when they moved out.

Question 186

imminent

Answer 186

ADJ. /即将到来，逼近的/near at hand; impending. Rosa was such a last-minute worker that she could never start writing a paper till the deadline was imminent.

Question 187

immobility

Answer 187

N. /无法移动，不可移动的/state of being immovable. Modern armies cannot afford the luxury of immobility, as they are vulnera¬ble to attack while standing still.

Question 188

immune

Answer 188

ADJ. /免疫；抵抗/resistant to; free or exempt from. Fortunately, Florence had contracted chicken pox as a child and was immune to it when her baby broke out in spots.

Question 189

immutable

Answer 189

ADJ. /不可动摇的，不能改变的/unchangeable. All things change over time; nothing is immutable.

Question 190

impair

Answer 190

V. /伤害/injure; hurt. Drinking alcohol can impair your abil¬ity to drive safely; if you're going to drink, don't drive.

Question 191

impale

Answer 191

V. /刺穿/Pierce. He was impaled by the spear hurled by his adversary.

Question 192

impalpable

Answer 192

ADJ. /难以明了，难以觉察的/imperceptible; intangible. The ash is so fine that it is impalpable to the touch but it can be seen as a fine layer covering the window ledge.

Question 193

impart

Answer 193

V. /赋予；告诉/reveal or tell; grant. Polly begged Grandma to impart her recipe for rugeleh, but her grandmother wouldn't say a word.

Question 194

impartial

Answer 194

ADJ. /公平的/not biased; fair. Knowing she could not be impartial about her own child, Jo refused to judge any match in which Billy was competing.

Question 195

impassable

Answer 195

ADJ. /无路可通的；没法通行/not able to be traveled or crossed. A giant redwood had fallen across the highway, blocking all four lanes: the road was impassable.

Question 196

impasse

Answer 196

N. /走投无路；僵局/predicament from which there is no escape; deadlock. In this impasse, all turned to prayer as their last hope.

Question 197

impassive

Answer 197

ADJ. /冷漠的/without feeling; imperturbable; stoical. Refusing to let the enemy see how deeply shaken he was by his capture, the prisoner kept his face impassive.

Question 198

impeach

Answer 198

V. /控告，检举；弹劾/charge with crime in office; indict. The angry congressman wanted to impeach the president for his mis¬deeds.

Question 199

impeccable

Answer 199

ADJ. /没有缺点/faultless. The uncrowned queen of the fashion industry, Diana was acclaimed for her impeccable taste.

Question 200

impecunious

Answer 200

ADJ. /身无分文的/without money. Though Scrooge claimed he was too impecunious to give alms, he easily could have afforded to be charitable.

Question 201

impede

Answer 201

V. /阻止；拖延/hinder; block; delay. A series of accidents impeded the launching of the space shuttle.

Question 202

impediment

Answer 202

N. /妨碍；障碍物/hindrance; stumbling-block. She had a speech impediment that prevented her speaking clearly.

Question 203

impel

Answer 203

V. /驱使/drive or force onward. A strong feeling of urgency impelled her; if she failed to finish the project right then, she knew that she would never get it done.

Question 204

impenetrable

Answer 204

ADJ. /难以进入的；难以渗透的；不可理解的/not able to be pierced or entered; beyond understanding. How could the murderer have got¬ten into the locked room? To Watson, the mystery, like the room, was impenetrable.

Question 205

impending

Answer 205

ADJ. /接近的；附近的/nearing; approaching. The entire country was saddened by the news of his impending death.

Question 206

impenitent

Answer 206

ADJ. /执迷不悟的/not repentant. We could see from his tough guy attitude that he was impenitent.

Question 207

imperative

Answer 207

ADJ. /及其重要，及其关键/absolutely necessary; critically important. It is imperative that you be extremely agreeable to Great¬Aunt Maud when she comes to tea: otherwise she might not leave you that million dollars in her will. also N.

Question 208

imperceptible

Answer 208

ADJ. /察觉不到的/unnoticeable; undetectable. Fortu¬nately, the stain on the blouse was imperceptible after the blouse had gone through the wash.

Question 209

imperial

Answer 209

ADJ. /帝王的；皇帝的/like an emperor; related to an empire. When hotel owner Leona Helmsley appeared in ads as Queen Leona standing guard over the Palace Hotel, her critics mocked her imperial fancies.

Question 210

imperious

Answer 210

ADJ. /专横的/domineering; haughty. Jane rather liked a man to be masterful, but Mr. Rochester seemed so bent on getting his own way that he was actually imperious!

Question 211

impermeable

Answer 211

ADJ. /不能渗透的/impervious; not permitting passage through its substance. This new material is impermeable to liquids.

Question 212

impertinent

Answer 212

ADJ. /不相干的；鲁莽的/insolent; rude. His neighbors' impertinent curiosity about his lack of dates angered Ted. It was down¬right rude of them to ask him such personal questions.

Question 213

imperturbable

Answer 213

ADJ. /沉着冷静；平静/calm; placid; composed. In the midst of the battle, the Duke of Wellington remained imper¬turbable and in full command of the situation despite the hysteria and panic all around him. imperturbability, N.

Question 214

Impervious

Answer 214

ADJ. /不会被损的；不能渗透的/impenetrable; incapable of being dam¬aged or distressed. The carpet salesman told Simone that his most expensive brand of floor covering was warranted to be impervious to ordinary wear and tear. Having read so many negative reviews of his acting, the movie star had learned to ignore them, and was now impervious to criticism.

Question 215

impetuous

Answer 215

ADJ. /冲动的，鲁莽的/violent; hasty; rash. "Leap before you look" was the motto suggested by one particularly impetuous young man.

Question 216

impetus

Answer 216

N. /动力；动机/incentive; stimulus; moving force. A new fed¬eral highway program would create jobs and give added impetus to our economic recovery.

Question 217

impiety

Answer 217

N. /不敬（对神）；不虔诚/irreverence; lack of respect for God. When members of the youth group draped the church in toilet paper one Halloween, the minister reprimanded them for their impiety.

Question 218

impinge

Answer 218

V. /撞击；碰撞/infringe; touch;. collide with. How could they be married without impinging on one another's freedom?

Question 219

impious

Answer 219

ADJ. /不敬的；不礼貌的/irreverent. The congregation was offended by her impious remarks.

Question 220

implacable

Answer 220

ADJ. /不能平静的/incapable of being pacified. Madame Defarge was the implacable enemy of the Evremonde family.

Question 221

implausible

Answer 221

ADJ. /难以置信的；不像是真的/unlikely; unbelievable. Though her alibi seemed implausible, it in fact turned out to be true.

Question 222

implement

Answer 222

V. /贯彻，实现；用工具实现/put into effect; supply with tools. The mayor was unwilling to implement the plan until she was sure it had the governor's backing. also N.

Question 223

implicate

Answer 223

V. /牵连，牵扯（犯罪）；暗示/incriminate; show to be involved. Here's the deal: if you agree to take the witness stand and implicate your partners in crime, the prosecution will recommend that the judge go easy in sentencing you.

Question 224

implication

Answer 224

N. /含义；暗示/something hinted at or suggested. When Miss Watson said she hadn't seen her purse since the last time Jim was in the house, the implication was that she sus¬pected Jim had taken it. imply,V.

Question 225

implicit

Answer 225

ADJ. /会意的，意会而不言传；暗示的/understood but not stated. Jack never told Jill he adored her; he believed his love was implicit in his actions.

Question 226

implore

Answer 226

V. /恳求/beg. He implored her to give him a second chance.

Question 227

imply

Answer 227

V. /暗示；表示/suggest a meaning not expressed; signify. When Aunt Millie said, "My! That's a big piece of pie, young man!" was she implying that Bobby was being a glutton in helping himself to such a huge piece?

Question 228

importunate

Answer 228

ADJ. /胡搅蛮缠的；苛刻的/urging; demanding. He tried to hide from his importunate creditors until his allowance arrived.

Question 229

importune

Answer 229

V. /强求；不停的求/beg persistently. Democratic and Republi¬can phone solicitors importuned her for contributions so fre¬quently that she decided to give nothing to either party.

Question 230

impostor

Answer 230

N. /冒充者；冒名顶替的人/someone who assumes a false identity. Holmes exposed the doctor as an impostor.

Question 231

impotent

Answer 231

ADJ. /无能的；弱的/weak; ineffective. Although he wished to break the nicotine habit, he found himself impotent in resist¬ing the craving for a cigarette.

Question 232

impoverished

Answer 232

ADJ. /穷/poor. The loss of their farm left the fam¬ily impoverished and without hope.

Question 233

impregnable

Answer 233

ADJ. /不受影响的；无敌的/invulnerable. Until the development of the airplane as a military weapon, the fort was considered impregnable.

Question 234

impromptu

Answer 234

ADJ. /一时冲动的；即兴的/without previous preparation; off the cuff; on the spur of the moment. The judges were amazed that she could make such a thorough, well-supported presenta¬tion in an impromptu speech.

Question 235

impropriety

Answer 235

N. /不合适，不恰当/improperness; unsuitableness. Because of the impropriety of the punk rocker's slashed T-shirt and jeans, the management refused to admit him to the hotel's very formal dining room.

Question 236

improvident

Answer 236

ADJ. /浪费的/thriftless. He was constantly being warned to mend his improvident ways and begin to "save for a rainy day." improvidence, N.

Question 237

improvise

Answer 237

V. /临时准备；即席创作，现编/compose on the spur of the moment. She would sit at the piano and improvise for hours on themes from Bach and Handel.

Question 238

imprudent

Answer 238

ADJ. /轻率的，判断错误的/lacking caution; injudicious. It is imprudent to exercise vigorously and become overheated when you are unwell.

Question 239

impudence

Answer 239

N. /无礼；厚颜无耻/impertinence; insolence. Kissed on the cheek by a perfect stranger, Lady Catherine exclaimed, "Of all the nerve! Young man, I should have you horse-whipped for your impudence."

Question 240

impugn

Answer 240

V. /打击；挑战/dispute or contradict (often in an insulting way); challenge; gainsay. Our treasurer was furious when the finance committee's report impugned the accuracy of his financial records and recommended that he should take bonehead math.

Question 241

impunity

Answer 241

N. /免受惩罚/freedom from punishment or harm. A 98¬pound weakling can't attack a beachfront bully with impunity. the poor, puny guy is sure to get mashed.

Question 242

inadvertently

Answer 242

ADV. /不经意的/unintentionally; by oversight; care¬lessly. Judy's great fear was that she might inadvertently omit a question on the exam and mismark her whole answer sheet.

Question 243

inalienable

Answer 243

ADJ. /无可取代的；不能给与的/not to be taken away; nontransferable. The Declaration of Independence mentions the inalienable rights that all of us possess.

Question 244

inane

Answer 244

ADJ. /傻；粗心/silly; senseless. There's no point to what you're saying. Why are you bothering to make such inane remarks?

Question 245

inanimate

Answer 245

ADJ. /了无生气的，死气沉沉的/lifeless. She was asked to identify the still and inanimate body.

Question 246

inarticulate

Answer 246

ADJ. /不善于表达的；口齿不清的/speechless; producing indistinct speech. He became inarticulate with rage and uttered sounds with¬out meaning.

Question 247

inaugurate

Answer 247

V. /开始；开幕；开幕式/start; initiate; install in office. The airline decided to inaugurate its new route to the Far East with a special reduced fare offer. inaugural,ADJ.

Question 248

incandescent

Answer 248

ADJ. /白炽的/strikingly bright; shining with intense heat. If you leave on an incandescent light bulb, it quickly grows too hot to touch.

Question 249

incantation

Answer 249

N. /咒语/singing or chanting of magic spells; magical formula. Uttering incantations to make the brew more potent, the witch doctor stirred the liquid in the caldron.

Question 250

incapacitate

Answer 250

V. /使其无能力/disable. During the winter, many people were incapacitated by respiratory ailments.

Question 251

incarcerate

Answer 251

V. /囚禁/imprison. The civil rights workers were will¬ing to be arrested and even incarcerated if by their impris¬onment they could serve the cause.

Question 252

incarnation

Answer 252

N. /化身；具人形/act of assuming a human body and human nature. The incarnation of Jesus Christ is a basic tenet of Christian theology.

Question 253

incendiary

Answer 253

N. /纵火者/arsonist. The fire spread in such an unusual manner that the fire department chiefs were certain that it had been set by an incendiary. alsoADJ.

Question 254

incense

Answer 254

V. /激怒/enrage; infuriate. Cruelty to defenseless ani¬mals incensed Kit: the very idea brought tears of anger to her eyes.

Question 255

incentive

Answer 255

N. /刺激，驱动/spur; motive. Mike's strong desire to outshine his big sister was all the incentive he needed to do well in school.

Question 256

inception

Answer 256

N. /开始，开端/start; beginning. She was involved with the project from its inception.

Question 257

incessant

Answer 257

ADJ. /不停的/uninterrupted; unceasing. In a famous TV commercial, the frogs' incessant croaking goes on and on until eventually it turns into a single word: "Bud-weis-er."

Question 258

inchoate

Answer 258

ADJ. /未成型的，早期的，刚开始的，发展中的/recently begun; rudimentary; elementary. Before the Creation, the world was an inchoate mass.

Question 259

incidence

Answer 259

N. /发生；发生率；影响的范围、频度；入射角；关联，相结合，对接/rate of occurrence; particular occurrence. Health professionals expressed great concern over the high incidence of infant mortality in major urban areas.

Question 260

incidental

Answer 260

ADJ. /不重要的；少数的/not essential; minor. The scholarship cov¬ered his major expenses at college and some of his inci¬dental expenses as well.

Question 261

incipient

Answer 261

ADJ. /开始；早期的/beginning; in an early stage. I will go to sleep early for I want to break an incipient cold.

Question 262

incisive

Answer 262

ADJ. /尖锐；深刻，激烈/cutting; sharp. His incisive remarks made us see the fallacy in our plans.

Question 263

incite

Answer 263

V. /煽动，刺激，驱使/arouse to action; goad; motivate; induce to exist. In a fiery speech, Mario incited his fellow students to go out on strike to protest the university's anti-affirmative action stand.

Question 264

inclement

Answer 264

ADJ. /险恶的；严酷的/stormy; unkind. In inclement weather, I like to curl up on the sofa with a good book and listen to the storm blowing outside.

Question 265

incline

Answer 265

N. /倾斜，斜面/slope; slant. The architect recommended that the nursing home's ramp be rebuilt because its incline was too steep for wheelchairs.

Question 266

inclined

Answer 266

ADJ. /倾向；倾向于，弯曲/tending or leaning toward; bent. Though I am inclined to be skeptical, the witness's manner inclines me to believe his story. alsoV.

Question 267

inclusive

Answer 267

ADJ. /包揽一切的/tending to include all. The comedian turned down the invitation to join the Players' Club, saying any club that would let him in was too inclusive for him.

Question 268

incoherent

Answer 268

ADJ. /缺乏逻辑的，不聪明的；陈腐的/unintelligible; muddled; illogical. The excited fan blushed and stammered, her words becoming almost incoherent in the thrill of meeting her favorite rock star face to face. incoherence, N.

Question 269

incompatible

Answer 269

ADJ. /不和谐；不兼容/inharmonious. The married couple argued incessantly and finally decided to separate because they were incompatible. incompatibility, N.

Question 270

incongruous

Answer 270

ADJ. /不调和的；荒谬的/not fitting; absurd. Dave saw nothing incongruous about wearing sneakers with his tuxedo; he couldn't understand why his date took one look at him and started to laugh. incongruity, N.

Question 271

inconsequential

Answer 271

ADJ. /不合理的，不重要的/insignificant; unimportant. Brushing off Ali's apologies for having broken the wineglass, Tamara said, "Don't worry about it; it's inconsequential."

Question 272

inconsistency

Answer 272

N. /不一致的，自相矛盾的/state of being self-contradictory; lack of uniformity or steadiness. How are lawyers different from agricultural inspectors? While lawyers check inconsisten¬cies in witnesses' statements, agricultural inspectors check inconsistencies in Grade A eggs. inconsistent,ADJ.

Question 273

incontinent

Answer 273

ADJ. /缺乏自制力，放肆/lacking self-restraint; licentious. His incon¬tinent behavior off stage so shocked many people that they refused to attend the plays and movies in which he appeared.

Question 274

incontrovertible

Answer 274

ADJ. /无疑的，无可争议的/indisputable; not open to question. Unless you find the evidence against my client absolutely incontrovertible, you must declare her not guilty of this charge.

Question 275

incorporate

Answer 275

V. /合并，联合/introduce something into a larger whole; combine; unite. Breaking with precedent, President Truman ordered the military to incorporate blacks into every branch of the armed services. alsoADJ.

Question 276

incorporeal

Answer 276

ADJ. /非物质的，无形的；无实体的/lacking a material body; insubstantial. While Casper the friendly ghost is an incorporeal being, nevertheless he and his fellow ghosts make quite an impact on the physical world.

Question 277

incorrigible

Answer 277

ADJ. /不可救药/not correctable. Though Widow Douglass hoped to reform Huck, Miss Watson called him incorrigible and said he would come to no good end.

Question 278

incredulous

Answer 278

ADJ. /怀疑的/withholding belief; skeptical. When Jack claimed he hadn't eaten the jelly doughnut, Jill took an incredulous look at his smeared face and laughed. incredulity, N.

Question 279

increment

Answer 279

N. /增加/increase. The new contract calls for a 10 percent increment in salary for each employee for the next two years.

Question 280

incriminate

Answer 280

V. /控告/accuse. The evidence gathered against the racketeers incriminates some high public officials as well.

Question 281

incrustation

Answer 281

N. /驻扎/hard coating or crust. In dry dock, we scraped off the incrustation of dirt and barnacles that cov¬ered the hull of the ship.

Question 282

incubate

Answer 282

V. /孵卵/hatch; scheme. Inasmuch as our supply of electricity is cut off, we shall have to rely on the hens to incubate these eggs.

Question 283

inculcate

Answer 283

V. /谆谆教导/teach; instill. In an effort to inculcate religious devotion, the officials ordered that the school day begin with the singing of a hymn.

Question 284

incumbent

Answer 284

ADJ. /义不容辞的，职责在身的/obligatory; currently holding an office. It is incumbent upon all incumbent elected officials to keep accurate records of expenses incurred in office. also N.

Question 285

incur

Answer 285

V. /招致/bring upon oneself. His parents refused to pay any future debts he might incur.

Question 286

incursion

Answer 286

N. /袭击/temporary invasion. The nightly incursions and hit-and-run raids of our neighbors across the border tried the patience of the country to the point where we decided to retaliate in force.

Question 287

indefatigable

Answer 287

ADJ. /疲倦/tireless. Although the effort of taking out the garbage tired Wayne out for the entire morning, when it came to partying, he was indefatigable.

Question 288

indelible

Answer 288

ADJ. /去不掉的；不可磨灭的/not able to be erased. The indelible ink left a permanent mark on my shirt. Young Bill Clinton's meeting with President Kennedy made an indelible impression on the youth.

Question 289

indentation

Answer 289

N. /槽；小开口/notch; deep recess. You can tell one tree from another by examining their leaves and noting the dif¬ferences in the indentations along the edges of the leaves. indent,V.

Question 290

indenture

Answer 290

V. /契约/bind as servant or apprentice to master. Many immigrants could come to America only after they had indentured themselves for several years. also N.

Question 291

indeterminate

Answer 291

ADJ. /不确定/uncertain; not clearly fixed; indefinite. That interest rates shall rise appears certain; when they will do so, however, remains indeterminate.

Question 292

indicative

Answer 292

ADJ. /预示的/suggestive; implying. A lack of appetite may be indicative of a major mental or physical disorder.

Question 293

indices

Answer 293

n. PL. /符号；暗示/signs; indications. Many college admissions officers believe that SAT scores and high school grades are the best indices of a student's potential to succeed in col¬lege. N. SG. index.

Question 294

indict

Answer 294

V. /控告；起诉/charge. The district attorney didn't want to indict the suspect until she was sure she had a strong enough case to convince a jury. indictment, N.

Question 295

indifferent

Answer 295

ADJ. /普通的，无关紧要的/unmoved or unconcerned by; mediocre. Because Ann felt no desire to marry, she was indifferent to Carl's constant proposals. Not only was she indifferent to him personally, but she felt that, given his general silliness, he would make an indifferent husband.

Question 296

indigenous

Answer 296

ADJ. native. Cigarettes are made of tobacco, a plant indigenous to the New World.

Question 297

indigent

Answer 297

ADJ. /穷困的/poor; destitute. Someone who is truly indi¬gent can't even afford to buy a pack of cigarettes. [Don't mix up indigent and indigenous. See previous sentence.]

Question 298

indignation

Answer 298

N. /义愤；愤慨/anger at an injustice. He felt indignation at the ill-treatment of helpless animals.

Question 299

indignity

Answer 299

N. /侮辱/offensive or insulting treatment. Although he seemed to accept cheerfully the indignities heaped upon him, he was inwardly very angry.

Question 300

indiscretion

Answer 300

N. /轻率；莽撞/lack of tactfulness or sound judgment. Ter¬rified that the least indiscretion could jeopardize his political career, the novice politician never uttered an unguarded word. indiscreet,ADJ.

Question 301

indiscriminate

Answer 301

ADJ. /随意的；不分青红皂白的/choosing at random; confused. She disapproved of her son's indiscriminate television viewing and decided to restrict him to educational programs.

Question 302

indisputable

Answer 302

ADJ. /没有争论余地；非常清楚的/too certain to be disputed. In the face of these indisputable statements, I withdraw my complaint.

Question 303

indissoluble

Answer 303

ADJ. /不能分解的；永久的/permanent. The indissoluble bonds of marriage are all too often being dissolved.

Question 304

indoctrinate

Answer 304

V. /教导；灌输/instruct in a doctrine or ideology. Cuban¬Americans resisted sending Elian Gonzalez back to Cuba because he would be indoctrinated there with Communist principles.

Question 305

indolent

Answer 305

ADJ. /懒惰/lazy. Couch potatoes lead an indolent life lying back on their Lazyboy recliners watching Tv. indo¬lence, N.

Question 306

indomitable

Answer 306

ADJ. /不屈服的；不可被征服的/unconquerable; unyielding. Focusing on her game despite all her personal problems, tennis cham¬pion Steffi Graf proved she had an indomitable will to win.

Question 307

indubitable

Answer 307

ADJ. /不容置疑的；无疑的/unable to be doubted; unquestionable. Auditioning for the chorus line, Molly was an indubitable hit: the director fired the leading lady and hired Molly in her place!

Question 308

induce

Answer 308

V. /劝诱；导致，引起/persuade; bring about. After the quarrel, Tina said nothing could induce her to talk to Tony again. induce¬ment, N.

Question 309

indulgent

Answer 309

ADJ. /宽容，纵容，溺爱/humoring; yielding; lenient. Jay's mom was excessively indulgent she bought him every Nintendo car¬tridge and video game on the market. She indulged Jay so much, she spoiled him rotten.

Question 310

industrious

Answer 310

ADJ. /勤奋的，努力的/diligent; hard-working. Look busy when the boss walks by your desk; it never hurts to appear indus¬trious. industry, N.

Question 311

inebriated

Answer 311

ADJ. /醉的/habitually intoxicated; drunk. Abe was ine¬briated more often than he was sober. Because of his ine¬briety, he was discharged from his job as a bus driver.

Question 312

ineffable

Answer 312

ADJ. /不可言喻的，无法用语言表达的；不能说的，避讳的/unutterable; cannot be expressed in speech. Such ineffable joy must be experienced; it cannot be described.

Question 313

ineffectual

Answer 313

ADJ. /无效的，弱的/not effective; weak. Because the candi¬date failed to get across his message to the public, his campaign was ineffectual.

Question 314

inefficacious

Answer 314

ADJ. /无能的，无效的/not effective; unable to produce a desired result. All Lois's coaxing and urging was ineffica¬cious: Clark still refused to join her and Superman for din¬ner. inefficacy, N.

Question 315

inept

Answer 315

ADJ. /不相称的，不合适的，不称职的/lacking skill; unsuited; incompetent. The inept glovemaker was all thumbs.

Question 316

inequity

Answer 316

N. /不公平/unfairness. In demanding equal pay for equal work, women protest the basic inequity of a system that gives greater financial rewards to men.

Question 317

inert

Answer 317

ADJ. /惰性的，不活跃的/inactive; lacking power to move. "Get up, you lazybones," she cried to her husband, who lay in bed inert. inertia, N.

Question 318

inevitable

Answer 318

ADJ. /不可避免地/unavoidable. Though death and taxes are both supposedly inevitable, some people avoid paying taxes for years.

Question 319

inexorable

Answer 319

ADJ. /无情的；残酷的/relentless; unyielding; implacable. After listening to the pleas for clemency, the judge was inex¬orable and gave the convicted man the maximum punish¬ment allowed by law.

Question 320

infallible

Answer 320

ADJ. /一贯正确的/unerring. We must remember that none of us is infallible; we all make mistakes.

Question 321

infamous

Answer 321

ADJ. /臭名昭著的，恶名远扬的/notoriously bad. Charles Manson and Jef-frey Dahmer are both infamous killers.

Question 322

infantile

Answer 322

ADJ. /婴儿的，幼稚的/childish. When will he outgrow such infantile behavior?

Question 323

infer

Answer 323

V. /推导，总结/deduce; conclude. From the students' glazed looks, it was easy for me to infer that they were bored out of their minds. inference, N.

Question 324

infernal

Answer 324

ADJ. /魔鬼的，地狱的/pertaining to hell; devilish. Batman was baf¬fled: he could think of no way to hinder the Joker's infernal scheme to destroy the city.

Question 325

infidel

Answer 325

N. /异教徒，异端；不信宗教的/unbeliever. The Saracens made war against the infidels.

Question 326

infiltrate

Answer 326

V. /渗透/pass into or through; penetrate (an organiza¬tion) sneakily. In order to be able to infiltrate enemy lines at night without being seen, the scouts darkened their faces and wore black coveralls. infiltrator, N.

Question 327

infinitesimal

Answer 327

ADJ. /微小的/very small. In the twentieth century, physi¬cists have made their greatest discoveries about the charac¬teristics of infinitesimal objects like the atom and its parts.

Question 328

infirmity

Answer 328

N. /弱点/weakness. Her greatest infirmity was lack of willpower.

Question 329

inflated

Answer 329

ADJ. /夸张的，虚华的，被放大的/exaggerated; pompous; enlarged (with air or gas). His claims about the new product were inflated, it did not work as well as he had promised.

Question 330

influx

Answer 330

N. /注入，流入/flowing into. The influx of refugees into the coun¬try has taxed the relief agencies severely.

Question 331

informal

Answer 331

ADJ. /非正式的；不拘礼节的/absence of ceremony; casual. The English teacher preferred informal discussions to prepared lectures.

Question 332

infraction

Answer 332

N. /打破（常规）/violation (of a rule or regulation); breach. When Dennis Rodman butted heads with that referee, he committed a clear infraction of NBA rules.

Question 333

infuriate

Answer 333

V. /激怒，热火/enrage; anger. Her big brother's teasing always infuriated Margaret; no matter how hard she tried to keep her temper, he always got her goat.

Question 334

infusion

Answer 334

N. /灌输；浸泡；注入/act of introducing or instilling a quality; liquid solution. The rookie quarterback brought an infusion of new life and vigor to the tired team. infuse,V.

Question 335

ingenious

Answer 335

ADJ. /聪明的/clever; resourceful. Kit admired the inge¬nious way that her computer keyboard opened up to reveal the built-in CD-ROM below. ingenuity, N.

Question 336

ingenue

Answer 336

N. /天真无邪的少女；扮演天真无邪的少女的女演员/an artless girl; an actress who plays such parts. Although she was forty, she still insisted that she be cast as an ingenue and refused to play more mature roles.

Question 337

ingenuous

Answer 337

ADJ. /心无城府的；天真的；幼稚的；可信的/naive and trusting; young; unsophisti¬cated. The woodsman had not realized how ingenuous Lit¬tle Red Riding Hood was until he heard that she had gone off for a walk in the woods with the Big Bad Wolf.

Question 338

ingrained

Answer 338

ADJ. /牢固的；深深扎根的；深入人心的/deeply established; firmly rooted. Try as they would, the missionaries were unable to uproot the ingrained superstitions of the natives.

Question 339

ingrate

Answer 339

N. /忘恩负义者；不领情的人/ungrateful person. That ingrate Bob sneered at the tie I gave him.

Question 340

ingratiate

Answer 340

V. /迎合，讨好；流行开来/become popular with. He tried to ingratiate himself into her parents' good graces.

Question 341

inherent

Answer 341

ADJ. /固有的，内在的；与生俱来的/firmly established by nature or habit. Katya's inherent love of justice caused her to champion anyone she considered treated unfairly by society.

Question 342

inhibit

Answer 342

V. /限制，防止；阻碍/restrain; retard or prevent. Only two things inhib¬ited him from taking a punch at Mike Tyson: Tyson's left hook, and Tyson's right jab. The protective undercoating on my car inhibits the formation of rust.

Question 343

inimical

Answer 343

ADJ. /不友好的；敌意的；有害的/unfriendly; hostile; harmful; detrimental. I've always been friendly to Martha. Why is she so inimical to me?

Question 344

inimitable

Answer 344

ADJ. /独一无二的，独特的；防伪的，难以模仿的/matchless; not able to be imitated. We admire Auden for his inimitable use of language; he is one of a kind.

Question 345

iniquitous

Answer 345

ADJ. /邪恶的/wicked; immoral; unrighteous. Whether or not King Richard III was responsible for the murder of the two young princes in the Tower, it was an iniquitous deed. iniquity, N.

Question 346

initiate

Answer 346

V. /开始，发源/begin; originate; receive into a group. The col¬lege is about to initiate a program in reducing math anxiety among students.

Question 347

injurious

Answer 347

ADJ./有害的/ harmful. Smoking cigarettes can be injurious to your health.

Question 348

inkling

Answer 348

N. /暗示，提示/hint. This came as a complete surprise to me as I did not have the slightest inkling of your plans.

Question 349

innate

Answer 349

ADJ. /先天的，天生的/inborn. Mozart's parents soon recognized young Wolfgang's innate talent for music.

Question 350

innocuous

Answer 350

ADJ. /无害的，无辜的/harmless. An occasional glass of wine with dinner is relatively innocuous and should have no ill effect on you.

Question 351

innovation

Answer 351

N. /发明；变革/change; introduction of something new. Although Richard liked to keep up with all the latest techno¬logical innovations, he didn't always abandon tried and true techniques in favor of something new. innovate,V.

Question 352

innovative

Answer 352

ADJ. /新奇的；创新的/novel; introducing a change. The estab¬lishment of our SAT I computer data base has enabled us to come up with some innovative tactics for doing well on the SAT.

Question 353

innuendo

Answer 353

N. /暗示，旁侧敲击；暗讽；讽刺，冷嘲热讽/hint; insinuation. I can defend myself against direct accusations; innuendos and oblique attacks on my character are what trouble me.

Question 354

inopportune

Answer 354

ADJ. /不合时宜的/untimely; poorly chosen. A rock concert is an inopportune setting for a quiet conversation.

Question 355

inordinate

Answer 355

ADJ. /紊乱的；不受限制的/unrestrained; excessive. She had an inor¬dinate fondness for candy, eating two or three boxes in a single day.

Question 356

inquisitor

Answer 356

N. /调查者；盘问者/questioner (especially harsh); investigator. Fearing being grilled ruthlessly by the secret police, Masha faced her inquisitors with trepidation.

Question 357

insalubrious

Answer 357

ADJ. /有害的/unwholesome; not healthful. The mos¬quito-ridden swamp was an insalubrious place, a breeding ground for malarial contagion.

Question 358

insatiable

Answer 358

ADJ. /不容易伺候的；贪婪的/not easily satisfied; unquenchable; greedy. David's appetite for oysters was insatiable: he could easily eat four dozen at a single sitting.

Question 359

inscrutable

Answer 359

ADJ. /不可渗透的；不可理解的，谜/impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious. Experienced poker players try to keep their expressions inscrutable, hiding their reactions to the cards behind a so-called "poker face."

Question 360

insensible

Answer 360

ADJ. /迟钝的；硬心肠的/unconscious; unresponsive. Sherry and I are very different; at times when I would be covered with embarrassment, she seems insensible to shame.

Question 361

insidious

Answer 361

ADJ. /阴险的，奸诈的，狡猾的；鬼鬼祟祟的/treacherous; stealthy; sly. The fifth column is insidious because it works secretly within our territory for our defeat.

Question 362

insightful

Answer 362

ADJ. /有洞察力的/discerning; perceptive. Sol thought he was very insightful about human behavior, but he was actually clueless as to why people acted the way they did.

Question 363

insinuate

Answer 363

V. /暗示，含沙射影；慢慢的夺取，巧妙的迂回（进入）/hint; imply; creep in. When you said I looked robust, did you mean to insinuate that I'm getting fat?

Question 364

insipid

Answer 364

ADJ. /索然无味的；单调的/lacking in flavor; dull. Flat prose and flat gin¬ger ale are equally insipid: both lack sparkle.

Question 365

insolence

Answer 365

N. /傲慢/impudent disrespect; haughtiness. How dare you treat me so rudely! The manager will hear of your inso¬lence. insolent,ADJ.

Question 366

insolvent

Answer 366

ADJ. /破产/bankrupt; unable to repay one's debts. Although young Lord Widgeon was insolvent, he had no fear of being thrown into debtors' prison, for he was sure that if his creditors pressed him for payment his wealthy parents would repay what he owed. insolvency, N.

Question 367

insomnia

Answer 367

N. /失眠/wakefulness; inability to sleep. He refused to join us in a midnight cup of coffee because he claimed it gave him insomnia.

Question 368

instigate

Answer 368

V. /驱使；激励，鼓动/urge; start; provoke. Rumors of police corrup¬tion led the mayor to instigate an investigation into the department's activities.

Question 369

insubordination

Answer 369

N. /反抗，不屈/disobedience; rebelliousness. At the slightest hint of insubordination from the sailors of the Bounty, Captain Bligh had them flogged; finally, they mutinied.

Question 370

insubstantial

Answer 370

ADJ. /无实体的，虚无的；脆弱的，不坚固的/lacking substance; insignificant; frail. His hopes for a career in acting proved insubstantial; no one would cast him, even in an insubstantial role.

Question 371

insularity

Answer 371

N. /与外界隔绝；僵化；思想狭窄/narrow-mindedness; isolation. The insularity of the islanders manifested itself in their suspicion of anything foreign. insular,ADJ.

Question 372

insulated

Answer 372

ADJ. /分离；隔离/set apart; isolated. A well-to-do bachelor, James spent his money freely, insulated from the cares of his friends, who had families to support.

Question 373

insuperable

Answer 373

ADJ. /不可战胜的，不能克服的/insurmountable; unbeatable. Though the odds against their survival seemed insuperable, the Apollo 13 astronauts reached earth safely.

Question 374

insurgent

Answer 374

ADJ. /造反的，起义的/rebellious. Because the insurgent forces had occupied the capital and had gained control of the rail¬way lines, several of the war correspondents covering the uprising predicted a rebel victory.

Question 375

insurmountable

Answer 375

ADJ. /不能克服的，不能超越的/overwhelming; unbeatable; insupera¬ble. Faced by almost insurmountable obstacles, the mem¬bers of the underground maintained their courage and will to resist.

Question 376

insurrection

Answer 376

N. /谋反的，造反的/rebellion; uprising. In retrospect, given how badly the British treated the American colonists, the even¬tual insurrection seems inevitable.

Question 377

intangible

Answer 377

ADJ. /难以明了的，无形的；暧昧的，模糊的/not able to be perceived by touch; vague. Though the financial benefits of his Oxford post were mea¬ger, Lewis was drawn to it by its intangible rewards: pres¬tige, intellectual freedom, the fellowship of his peers.

Question 378

integral

Answer 378

ADJ. /一体的，完整的/complete; necessary for completeness. Phys¬ical education is an integral part of our curriculum; a sound mind and a sound body are complementary.

Question 379

integrate

Answer 379

V. /整合，合并/make whole; combine; make into one unit. She tried to integrate all their activities into one program.

Question 380

integrity

Answer 380

N. /完整性/uprightness; wholeness. Lincoln, whose per¬sonal integrity has inspired millions, fought a civil war to maintain the integrity of the Republic, that these United States might remain undivided for all time.

Question 381

intellect

Answer 381

N. /智力/higher mental powers. He thought college would develop his intellect.

Question 382

intelligentsia

Answer 382

N. /知识分子；知识界/the intelligent and educated classes [often used derogatorily]. She preferred discussions about sports and politics to the literary conversations of the intelligentsia.

Question 383

intemperate

Answer 383

ADJ. /过度的；极端的；放纵的/immoderate; excessive; extreme. In a temper, Tony refused to tone down his intemperate remarks.

Question 384

inter

Answer 384

V. /埋/bury. They are going to inter the body tomorrow at Broadlawn Cemetery.

Question 385

interim

Answer 385

N. /临时的；间歇的/meantime. The company will not consider our proposal until next week; in the interim, let us proceed as we have in the past.

Question 386

interloper

Answer 386

N. /闯入者；干涉者/intruder; unwanted meddler. The merchant thought of his competitors as interlopers who were stealing away his trade.

Question 387

interment

Answer 387

N. /埋葬/burial. Interment will take place in the church cemetery at 2 P.M. Wednesday.

Question 388

interminable

Answer 388

ADJ. /无尽的/endless. Although his speech lasted for only twenty minutes, it seemed interminable to his bored audience.

Question 389

intermittent

Answer 389

ADJ. /间歇的；断断续续的/periodic; on and off. The outdoor wed¬ding reception had to be moved indoors to avoid the inter¬mittent showers that fell on and off all afternoon.

Question 390

interrogate

Answer 390

V. /审问；讯问/question closely; cross-examine. Knowing that the Nazis would interrogate him about his background, the secret agent invented a cover story that would help him meet their questions.

Question 391

intervene

Answer 391

V. /干预；干涉/come between. When two close friends get into a fight, be careful if you try to intervene; they may join forces to gang up on you.

Question 392

intimacy

Answer 392

N. /亲密；隐私/closeness, often affectionate; privacy; familiar¬ity. In a moment of rare intimacy, the mayor allowed the reporters a glimpse of his personal feelings about his fam¬ily. intimate,ADJ.

Question 393

intimate

Answer 393

V. /私下的，秘密的，亲密的；宣告/hint; suggest. Was Dick intimating that Jane had bad breath when he asked if she'd like a breath mint?

Question 394

intimidate

Answer 394

V. /使害怕/frighten. I'll learn karate and then those big bullies won't be able to intimidate me any more.

Question 395

intractable

Answer 395

ADJ. /难以处理的/unruly; stubborn; unyielding. Charlie Brown's friend Pigpen was intractable: he absolutely refused to take a bath.

Question 396

intransigence

Answer 396

N. /不妥协；不让步/refusal of any compromise; stubborn¬ness. The negotiating team had not expected such intransi¬gence from the striking workers, who rejected any hint of a compromise. intransigent,ADJ.

Question 397

intrepid

Answer 397

ADJ. /无畏的/fearless. For her intrepid conduct nursing the wounded during the war, Florence Nightingale was honored by Queen Victoria.

Question 398

intricate

Answer 398

ADJ. /复杂的；错综的/complex; knotty; tangled. Philip spent many hours designing mazes so intricate that none of his class¬mates could solve them. intricacy, N.

Question 399

intrinsic

Answer 399

ADJ. /内在的；固有的/essential; inherent; built-in. Although my grandmother's china has little intrinsic value, I shall always cherish it for the memories it evokes.

Question 400

introspective

Answer 400

ADJ. /内省的；反省的/looking within oneself. Though young Francis of Assisi led a wild and worldly life, even then he had introspective moments during which he examined his soul. introvert N. one who is introspective; inclined to think more about oneself. In his poetry, he reveals that he is an intro¬vert by his intense interest in his own problems. alsoV.

Question 401

intrude

Answer 401

V. /强挤入，侵入；强加于人/trespass; enter as an uninvited person. She hes-itated to intrude on their conversation.

Question 402

intuition

Answer 402

N. /直觉/immediate insight; power of knowing without reasoning. Even though Tony denied that anything was wrong, Tina trusted her intuition that something was bother¬ing him. intuitive,ADJ.

Question 403

inundate

Answer 403

V. /淹没；吞并/overwhelm; flood; submerge. This semester I am inundated with work: You should see the piles of paper¬work flooding my desk. Until the great dam was built, the waters of the Nile used to inundate the river valley like clockwork every year.

Question 404

inured

Answer 404

ADJ. /习惯了的，适应了的/accustomed; hardened. She became inured to the Alaskan cold.

Question 405

invalidate

Answer 405

V. /摧毁；使无效；弱化/weaken; destroy. The relatives who received little or nothing sought to invalidate the will by claiming that the deceased had not been in his right mind when he had signed the document.

Question 406

invasive

Answer 406

ADJ. /入侵的/tending to spread aggressively; intrusive. Giving up our war with the invasive blackberry vines that had taken over the back yard, we covered the lawn with concrete. invade,V.

Question 407

invective

Answer 407

N. /谩骂；非难；恶言相加/abuse. He had expected criticism but not the invective that greeted his proposal. inveigh,V.

Question 408

inverse

Answer 408

ADJ. /倒转的/opposite. There is an inverse ratio between the strength of light and its distance.

Question 409

invert

Answer 409

V. /倒转，翻转/turn upside down or inside out. When he inverted his body in a handstand, he felt the blood rush to his head. inveterate ADJ. deep-rooted; habitual. An inveterate smoker, Bob cannot seem to break the habit, no matter how hard he tries.

Question 410

invidious

Answer 410

ADJ. /易招嫉妒的；不公平的/designed to create ill will or envy. We disre¬garded her invidious remarks because we realized how jealous she was.

Question 411

invigorate

Answer 411

V. /激发；鼓舞/energize; stimulate. A quick dip in the pool invigorated Meg, and with renewed energy she got back to work.

Question 412

invincible

Answer 412

ADJ. /无敌的/unconquerable. Superman is invincible.

Question 413

inviolable

Answer 413

ADJ. /无敌的；神圣不可亵渎的/secure from corruption, attack, or violation; unassailable. Batman considered his oath to keep the peo¬ple of Gotham City inviolable: nothing on earth could make him break this promise.

Question 414

invocation

Answer 414

N. /祈祷/prayer for help; calling upon as a reference or support. The service of Morning Prayer opens with an invocation during which we ask God to hear our prayers.

Question 415

invoke

Answer 415

V. /恳请，借助于，找来，调用/call upon; ask for. She invoked her advisor's aid in filling out her financial aid forms.

Question 416

invulnerable

Answer 416

ADJ. /无懈可击的/incapable of injury. Achilles was invul¬nerable except in his heel.

Question 417

iota

Answer 417

N. /极少量的/very small quantity. She hadn't an iota of common sense.

Question 418

irascible

Answer 418

ADJ. /易怒的；暴躁的/irritable; easily angered. Miss Minchin's iras¬cible temper intimidated the younger schoolgirls, who feared she'd burst into a rage at any moment.

Question 419

irate

Answer 419

ADJ. /愤怒的；生气的/angry. When John's mother found out he had overdrawn his checking account for the third month in a row, she was so irate she could scarcely speak to him.

Question 420

ire

Answer 420

N. /怒气/anger. The waiter tried unsuccessfully to placate the ire of the diner who had found a cockroach in her soup.

Question 421

iridescent

Answer 421

ADJ. /虹彩的/exhibiting rainbowlike colors. She admired the iridescent hues of the oil that floated on the surface of the water.

Question 422

irksome

Answer 422

ADJ. /令人厌恶的；冗长乏味的/annoying; tedious. He found working on the assembly line irksome because of the monotony of the operation he had to perform. irk,V.

Question 423

ironic

Answer 423

ADJ. /讽刺性的/resulting in an unexpected and contrary out¬come. It is ironic that his success came when he least wanted it.

Question 424

irony

Answer 424

N. /反话；讽刺/hidden sarcasm or satire; use of words that seem to mean the opposite of what they actually mean. Gradually his listeners began to realize that the excessive praise he was lavishing on his opponent was actually irony, he was in fact ridiculing the poor fool.

Question 425

irrational

Answer 425

ADJ. /无理的，缺乏逻辑的；不理智的/illogical; lacking reason; insane. Many peo¬ple have such an irrational fear of snakes that they panic at the sight of a harmless garter snake.

Question 426

irreconcilable

Answer 426

ADJ. /不相容的；矛盾的/incompatible; not able to be resolved. Because the separated couple were irreconcilable, the marriage counselor recommended a divorce.

Question 427

irrefutable

Answer 427

ADJ. /不可否认的；不能驳倒的/indisputable; incontrovertible; undeniable. No matter how hard I tried to find a good comeback for her argument, I couldn't think of one: her logic was irrefutable.

Question 428

irrelevant

Answer 428

ADJ. /不相关的，不照号的/not applicable; unrelated. No matter how irrelevant the patient's mumblings may seem, they give us some indications of what he has on his mind.

Question 429

irremediable

Answer 429

ADJ. /不能挽回的；不能治愈的/incurable; uncorrectable. The error she made was irremediable; she could see no way to repair it.

Question 430

irreparable

Answer 430

ADJ. /不能弥补的，不能修复的；无可挽救的/not able to be corrected or repaired. Your apology cannot atone for the irreparable damage you have done to her reputation.

Question 431

irrepressible

Answer 431

ADJ. /压不住的，抑制不住的/unable to be restrained or held back. My friend Kitty's curiosity was irrepressible: she poked her nose into everybody's business and just laughed when I warned her that curiosity killed the cat.

Question 432

irreproachable

Answer 432

ADJ. /无可指责的；没有缺点的/blameless; impeccable. Homer's con¬duct at the office party was irreproachable; even Marge didn't have anything bad to say about how he behaved.

Question 433

irresolute

Answer 433

ADJ. /犹豫不决的/uncertain how to act; weak. Once you have made your decision, don't waver; a leader should never appear irresolute.

Question 434

irretrievable

Answer 434

ADJ. /不能复原的；不能挽回的/impossible to recover or regain; irrepara¬ble. The left fielder tried to retrieve the ball, but it flew over the fence, bounced off a wall, and fell into the sewer: it was irretrievable.

Question 435

irreverence

Answer 435

N. /不尊敬的/lack of proper respect. Some audience members were amused by the irreverence of the come¬dian's jokes about the Pope; others felt offended by his lack of respect for their faith. irreverent,ADJ.

Question 436

irrevocable

Answer 436

ADJ. /不能取消的；不能变更的/unalterable; irreversible. As Sue dropped the "Dear John" letter into the mailbox, she suddenly had second thoughts and wanted to take it back, but she could not: her action was irrevocable.

Question 437

itinerant

Answer 437

ADJ. /巡回的/wandering; traveling. He was an itinerant peddler and traveled through Pennsylvania and Virginia selling his wares. also N.

Question 438

itinerary

Answer 438

N. /旅行计划；路线/plan of a trip. Disliking sudden changes in plans when she traveled abroad, Ethel refused to make any alterations in her itinerary.

Question 439

jabber

Answer 439

V. /快速的说，含混不清的说/chatter rapidly or unintelligibly. Why does the fel-low insist on jabbering away in French when I can't under¬stand a word he says?

Question 440

jaded

Answer 440

ADJ. /疲倦的/fatigued; surfeited. He looked for exotic foods to stimulate his jaded appetite.

Question 441

jargon

Answer 441

N. /黑话，行话，胡话/language used by a special group; technical ter¬minology; gibberish. The computer salesmen at the store used a jargon of their own that we simply couldn't follow; we had no idea what they were jabbering about.

Question 442

jaundiced

Answer 442

ADJ. /患黄疸病的；有偏见的/prejudiced (envious, hostile or resentful); yellowed. Because Sue disliked Carolyn, she looked at Car¬olyn's paintings with a jaundiced eye, calling them formless smears. Newborn infants afflicted with jaundice look slightly yellow: they have jaundiced skin.

Question 443

jaunt

Answer 443

N. /短途旅行/trip; short journey. He took a quick jaunt to Atlantic City.

Question 444

jaunty

Answer 444

ADJ. /无忧无虑的，快乐的，轻松的/lighthearted; animated; easy and carefree. In An American in Paris, Gene Kelly sang and danced his way through "Singing in the Rain" in a properly jaunty style.

Question 445

jeopardize

Answer 445

V. /置于危险之中/endanger; imperil; put at risk. You can't give me a D in chemistry: you'll jeopardize my chances of get¬ting into M.I.T. jeopardy, N.

Question 446

jettison

Answer 446

V. /投弃货物/throw overboard. In order to enable the ship to ride safely through the storm, the captain had to jettison much of his cargo.

Question 447

jingoist

Answer 447

N. /狂热好战分子；侵略主义者/extremely aggressive and militant patriot; warlike chauvinist. Always bellowing "America first!," the congressman was such a jingoist you could almost hear the sabers rattling as he marched down the halls. jingoism, N.

Question 448

jocose

Answer 448

ADJ. /诙谐的/given to joking. The salesman was so jocose that many of his customers suggested that he become a .,stand-up" comic.

Question 449

jocular

Answer 449

ADJ. /诙谐的/said or done in jest. Although Bill knew the boss hated jokes, he couldn't resist making one jocular remark.

Question 450

jollity

Answer 450

N. /高兴的；欢乐的/gaiety; cheerfulness. The festive Christmas dinner was a merry one, and old and young alike joined in the gen¬eral jollity.

Question 451

jostle

Answer 451

V. /推，挤；撞/shove; bump. In the subway he was jostled by the crowds.

Question 452

jovial

Answer 452

ADJ. /天性善良的；好的；高兴的，愉快的/good-natured; merry. A frown seemed out of place on his invariably jovial face.

Question 453

jubilation

Answer 453

N. /庆祝/rejoicing. There was great jubilation when the armistice was announced. jubilant,ADJ.

Question 454

judicious

Answer 454

ADJ. /公平的/sound in judgment; wise. At a key moment in his life, he made a judicious investment that was the foundation of his later wealth.

Question 455

juncture

Answer 455

N. /危机，转折点；关键点/crisis; joining point. At this critical juncture, let us think carefully before determining the course we shall follow.

Question 456

junta

Answer 456

N. /小集团；政治团伙/group of men joined in political intrigue; cabal. As soon as he learned of its existence, the dictator ordered the execution of all of the members of the junta.

Question 457

jurisprudence

Answer 457

N. /法学/science of law. He was more a student of jurisprudence than a practitioner of the law.

Question 458

justification

Answer 458

N. /有理，正当；辩护；释罪/good or just reason; defense; excuse. The jury found him guilty of the more serious charge because they could see no possible justification for his actions,

Question 459

kaleidoscope

Answer 459

N. /万花筒/tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass, etc., pro¬duce interesting symmetrical effects. People found a new source of entertainment while peering through the kaleido¬scope; they found the ever-changing patterns fascinating.

Question 460

kernel

Answer 460

N. /核心的/central or vital part; whole seed (as of corn). "Watson, buried within this tissue of lies there is a kernel of truth; when I find it, the mystery will be solved."

Question 461

killjoy

Answer 461

N. /扫兴的人；煞风景/grouch; spoilsport. At breakfast we had all been enjoying our bacon and eggs until that killjoy John started talking about how bad animal fats were for our health.

Question 462

kindle

Answer 462

V. /点燃，照亮，激起/start a fire; inspire. One of the first things Ben learned in the Boy Scouts was how to kindle a fire by rub¬bing two dry sticks together. Her teacher's praise for her poetry kindled a spark of hope inside Maya.

Question 463

kindred

Answer 463

ADJ. /同族的，同类的；血缘的/related; belonging to the same family. Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn were two kindred spirits. also N.

Question 464

kinetic

Answer 464

ADJ. /运动的；运动学的/producing motion. Designers of the electric automobile find that their greatest obstacle lies in the devel¬opment of light and efficient storage batteries, the source of the kinetic energy needed to propel the vehicle.

Question 465

kleptomaniac

Answer 465

N. /偷窃狂；盗窃癖/person who has a compulsive desire to steal. They discovered that the wealthy customer was a klep¬tomaniac when they caught her stealing some cheap trinkets.

Question 466

knave

Answer 466

N. /流氓；无赖；恶棍/untrustworthy person; rogue; scoundrel. Any politician nicknamed Tricky Dick clearly has the reputation of a knave. knavery, N.

Question 467

knit

Answer 467

V. /编织；结合/contract into wrinkles; grow together. Whenever David worries, his brow knits in a frown. When he broke his leg, he sat around the house all day waiting for the bones to knit.

Question 468

knoll

Answer 468

N. /小山包/little round hill. Robert Louis Stevenson's grave is on a knoll in Samoa; to reach the grave site, you must climb uphill and walk a short distance along a marked path.

Question 469

knotty

Answer 469

ADJ. /复杂的，错综的；精细的/intricate; difficult; tangled. What to Watson had been a knotty problem, to Sherlock Holmes was simplicity itself.

Question 470

kudos

Answer 470

N. /名望，声誉/honor; glory; praise. The singer complacently received kudos from his entourage on his performance.

Question 471

laborious

Answer 471

ADJ. /艰苦的，勤劳的/demanding much work or care; tedious. In putting together his dictionary of the English language, Doctor Johnson undertook a laborious task.

Question 472

labyrinth

Answer 472

N. /迷宫/maze. Hiding from Indian Joe, Tom and Becky soon lost themselves in the labyrinth of secret underground caves. labyrinthine,ADJ.

Question 473

laceration

Answer 473

N. /破口/torn, ragged wound. The stock car driver needed stitches to close up the lacerations he received in the car crash.

Question 474

lachrymose

Answer 474

ADJ. /爱哭的/producing tears. His voice has a lachry¬mose quality more appropriate to a funeral than a class reunion.

Question 475

lackadaisical

Answer 475

ADJ. /懒洋洋的，没上进心的/lacking purpose or zest; halfhearted; languid. Because Gatsby had his mind more on his love life than on his finances, he did a very lackadaisical job of man¬aging his money.

Question 476

lackluster

Answer 476

ADJ. /暗淡的，无光的；单调的/dull. We were disappointed by the lacklus¬ter performance.

Question 477

laconic

Answer 477

ADJ. /简洁的/brief and to the point. Many of the characters portrayed by Clint Eastwood are laconic types: strong men of few words.

Question 478

laggard

Answer 478

ADJ. /缓慢的，迟缓的/slow; sluggish. The sailor had been taught not to be laggard in carrying out orders. lag, N.,V.

Question 479

lament

Answer 479

V. /悲伤，恸哭/grieve; express sorrow. Even advocates of the war lamented the loss of so many lives in combat. lamenta¬tion, N.

Question 480

lampoon

Answer 480

V. /讽刺的/ridicule. This article lampoons the pretensions of some movie moguls. also N.

Question 481

languid

Answer 481

ADJ. /疲倦的，无精打采的/weary; sluggish; listless. Her siege of illness left her languid and pallid.

Question 482

languish

Answer 482

V. /无力的，憔悴的/lose animation; lose strength. Left at Miss Minchin's school for girls while her father went off to war, Sarah Crewe refused to languish; instead, she hid her grief and actively befriended her less fortunate classmates.

Question 483

languor

Answer 483

N. /衰弱，萧条/lassitude; depression. His friends tried to over¬come the languor into which he had fallen by taking him to parties and to the theater.

Question 484

lap

Answer 484

V. /舔食，泼溅/take in food or drink with one's tongue; splash gen¬tly. The kitten neatly lapped up her milk. The waves softly lapped against the pier.

Question 485

larceny

Answer 485

N. /盗窃/theft. Because of the prisoner's record, the dis¬trict attorney refused to reduce the charge from grand lar¬ceny to petty larceny.

Question 486

larder

Answer 486

N. /食品室；储藏室/pantry; place where food is kept. The first thing Bill did on returning home from school was to check what snacks his mother had in the larder.

Question 487

largess

Answer 487

N. /赠送；赠礼/generous gift. Lady Bountiful distributed largess to the poor.

Question 488

lassitude

Answer 488

N. /疲乏/languor; weariness. After a massage and a long soak in the hot tub, I gave in to my growing lassitude and lay down for a nap.

Question 489

latent

Answer 489

ADJ. /潜在的/potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden. Polaroid pictures are popular at parties, because you can see the latent photographic image gradually appear before your eyes.

Question 490

lateral

Answer 490

ADJ. /侧面的，侧向的/coming from the side. In order to get good plant growth, the gardener must pinch off all lateral shoots.

Question 491

latitude

Answer 491

N. /范围/freedom from narrow limitations. I think you have permitted your son too much latitude in this matter.

Question 492

laud

Answer 492

V. /赞美/praise. The NFL lauded Boomer Esiason's efforts to raise money to combat cystic fibrosis. laudable, lauda¬tory,ADJ.

Question 493

lavish

Answer 493

ADJ. /浪费的，大方的/liberal; wasteful. The actor's lavish gifts pleased her. alsoV.

Question 494

lax

Answer 494

ADJ. /粗心/careless. We dislike restaurants where the service is lax and inattentive.

Question 495

leaven

Answer 495

V. /发酵/cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven. As bread dough is leavened, it puffs up, expanding in volume.

Question 496

lechery

Answer 496

N. /好色；动机不纯/lustfulness; impurity in thought and deed. In his youth he led a life of lechery and debauchery; he did not mend his ways until middle age. lecherous,ADJ.

Question 497

leery

Answer 497

ADJ. /机敏的；狡猾的/suspicious; cautious. Don't eat the sushi at this restaurant; I'm a bit leery about how fresh the raw fish is.

Question 498

legacy

Answer 498

N. /遗赠/a gift made by a will. Part of my legacy from my parents is an album of family photographs.

Question 499

legend

Answer 499

N. /图例/explanatory list of symbols on a map. The leg¬end at the bottom of the map made it clear which symbols stood for rest areas along the highway and which stood for public camp sites. (secondary meaning)

Question 500

legerdemain

Answer 500

N. /戏法；花招/sleight of hand. The magician demon¬strated his renowned legerdemain.

Question 501

leniency

Answer 501

N. /温和；宽大，仁慈/mildness; permissiveness. Considering the gravity of the offense, we were surprised by the leniency of the sentence.

Question 502

lethal

Answer 502

ADJ. /致命的/deadly. It is unwise to leave lethal weapons where children may find them.

Question 503

lethargic

Answer 503

ADJ. /昏睡的；瞌睡的/drowsy; dull. The stuffy room made her lethargic: she felt as if she was about to nod off.

Question 504

levitate

Answer 504

V. /升空漂浮（魔法）/float in the air (especially by magical means). As the magician passed his hands over the recumbent body of his assistant, she appeared to rise and levitate about three feet above the table.

Question 505

levity

Answer 505

N. /轻佻，轻浮/lack of seriousness; lightness. Stop giggling and wriggling around in the pew: such levity is improper in church.

Question 506

levy

Answer 506

V. /征收/impose (a fine); collect (a payment). Crying "No taxation without representation," the colonists demonstrated against England's power to levy taxes.

Question 507

lewd

Answer 507

ADJ. /淫荡的，下流的，好色的；猥亵的/lustful. They found his lewd stories objectionable.

Question 508

lexicographer

Answer 508

N. /字典编纂者/compiler of a dictionary. The new dictio¬nary is the work of many lexicographers who spent years compiling and editing the work.

Question 509

lexicon

Answer 509

N. /字典/dictionary. I cannot find this word in any lexicon in the library.

Question 510

liability

Answer 510

N. /责任；缺点；债/drawback; debts. Her lack of an extensive vocab¬ulary was a liability that she was eventually able to overcome.

Question 511

liaison

Answer 511

N. /联络；连音/contact keeping parts of an organization in com¬munication; go-between; secret love affair. As the liaison between the American and British forces during World War II, the colonel had to ease tensions between the leaders of the two armies. Romeo's romantic liaison with Juliet ended in tragedy.

Question 512

libel

Answer 512

N. /诽谤；中伤/defamatory statement; act of writing something that smears a person's character. If Batman wrote that the Joker was a dirty, 'rotten, mass-murdering criminal, could the Joker sue Batman for libel?

Question 513

liberator

Answer 513

N. /解放者/one who sets free. Simon Bolivar, who led the South American colonies in their rebellion against Spanish rule, is known as the great liberator. liberate,V.

Question 514

libretto

Answer 514

N. /歌词，剧本（舞剧，歌剧的）/text of an opera. The composer of an opera's music is remembered more frequently than the author of its libretto.

Question 515

licentious

Answer 515

ADJ. /不道德的；下流的；放纵的/amoral; lewd and lascivious; unrestrained. Unscrupulously seducing the daughter of his host, Don Juan felt no qualms about the immorality of his licentious behavior.

Question 516

lilliputian

Answer 516

ADJ. /极小的/extremely small. Tiny and delicate, the model was built on a lilliputian scale. also N.

Question 517

limber

Answer 517

ADJ. /柔韧的；可塑的/flexible. Hours of ballet classes kept him limber.

Question 518

limerick

Answer 518

N. /五行打油诗/humorous short verse. The limerick form is the best; its meter is pure anapest. A limerick's fun for most everyone, and the word may occur on your test.

Question 519

limpid

Answer 519

ADJ. /清澈/clear. A limpid stream ran through his property.

Question 520

linchpin

Answer 520

N. /关键/something that holds or links various parts together. The linchpin in the district attorney's case was a photograph showing the defendant shaking hands with the hired killer.

Question 521

lineage

Answer 521

N. /血统/descent; ancestry. He traced his lineage back to Mayflower days.

Question 522

linger

Answer 522

V. /逗留；闲逛；流连/loiter or dawdle; continue or persist. Hoping to see Juliet pass by, Romeo lingered outside the Capulet house for hours. Though Mother made stuffed cabbage on Monday, the smell lingered around the house for days.

Question 523

linguistic

Answer 523

ADJ. /语言的/pertaining to language. The modern tourist will encounter very little linguistic difficulty as English has become an almost universal language.

Question 524

liniment

Answer 524

N. /药膏；擦油/ointment; lotion; salve. The trainer carefully applied the liniment to the quarterback's bruise, gently rub¬bing it into the skin.

Question 525

lionize

Answer 525

V. /奉为名人；游览名胜/treat as a celebrity. She enjoyed being lionized and adored by the public.

Question 526

liquidate

Answer 526

V. /清算/settle accounts; clearup. He was able to liqui¬date all his debts in a short period of time.

Question 527

list

Answer 527

V. /倾斜/tilt; lean over. That flagpole should be absolutely vertical; instead, it lists to one side. (secondary meaning)

Question 528

listless

Answer 528

ADJ. /倦怠的，冷漠的/lacking in spirit or energy. We had expected him to be full of enthusiasm and were surprised by his list¬less attitude.

Question 529

litany

Answer 529

N. /连续虔诚的祈祷/supplicatory prayer. On this solemn day, the con¬gregation responded to the prayers of the priest during the litany with fervor and intensity.

Question 530

lithe

Answer 530

ADJ. /柔软的/flexible; supple. Her figure was lithe and willowy.

Question 531

litigation

Answer 531

N. /诉讼/lawsuit. Try to settle this amicably; I do not want to become involved in litigation. litigant, N.

Question 532

livid

Answer 532

ADJ. /铅灰色的；青一块紫一块的；暴怒的/lead-colored; black and blue; enraged. His face was so livid with rage that we were afraid that he might have an attack of apoplexy.

Question 533

loath

Answer 533

ADJ. /不情愿的；勉强/reluctant; disinclined. Romeo and Juliet were both loath for him to go.

Question 534

loathe

Answer 534

V. /厌恶；增武/detest. Booing and hissing, the audience showed how much they loathed the wicked villain.

Question 535

lofty

Answer 535

ADJ. /高高在上的/very high. Though Barbara Jordan's fellow stu¬dents used to tease her about her lofty ambitions, she rose to hold one of the highest positions in the land.

Question 536

log

Answer 536

N. /日志；圆木/record of a voyage or flight; record of day to day activities. "Flogged two seamen today for insubordination" wrote Captain Bligh in the Bounty's log. To see how much work I've accomplished recently, just take a look at the number of new files listed on my computer log.

Question 537

loiter

Answer 537

V. /闲逛；徘徊/hang around; linger. The policeman told him not to loiter in the alley.

Question 538

loll

Answer 538

V. /懒洋洋的坐或靠/lounge about. They lolled around in their chairs watching television.

Question 539

longevity

Answer 539

N. /长命不老/long life. When he reached ninety, the old man was proud of his longevity.

Question 540

loom

Answer 540

V. /织布机/appear or take shape (usually in an enlarged or distorted form). The shadow of the gallows loomed threat¬eningly above the small boy.

Question 541

lope

Answer 541

V. /慢跑/gallop slowly. As the horses loped along, we had an opportunity to admire the ever-changing scenery. loquacious ADJ. talkative. Though our daughter barely says a word to us these days, put a phone in her hand and see how loquacious she can be: our phone bills are out of sight! loquacity, N.

Question 542

lout

Answer 542

N. /笨人，呆子/clumsy person. That awkward lout dropped my priceless vase!

Question 543

low

Answer 543

V. /牛叫，哞/moo. From the hilltop, they could see the herd like ants in the distance; they could barely hear the cattle low.

Question 544

lucid

Answer 544

ADJ. /明晰的；聪明的/easily understood; clear; intelligible. Ellen makes an excellent teacher: her explanations of technical points are lucid enough for a child to grasp.

Question 545

lucrative

Answer 545

ADJ. /有利润的/profitable. He turned his hobby into a lucra¬tive profession.

Question 546

ludicrous

Answer 546

ADJ. /可笑的，滑稽的；不重要的/laughable; trifling. Let us be serious; this is not a ludicrous issue.

Question 547

lugubrious

Answer 547

ADJ. /悲哀的/mournful. The lugubrious howling of the dogs added to our sadness.

Question 548

lull

Answer 548

N. /平静，安静，暂停，短暂的平息/moment of calm. Not wanting to get wet, they waited under the awning for a lull in the rain.

Question 549

lull

Answer 549

V. /安抚，平静；换取信任，使其失去警惕/soothe; cause one to relax one's guard; subside. The mother's gentle song lulled the child to sleep. Malcolm tried to come up with a plausible story to lull his mother's suspicions, but she didn't believe a word he said.

Question 550

lumber

Answer 550

V. /笨重的往前走/move heavily or clumsily. Still somewhat torpid after its long hibernation, the bear lumbered through the woods.

Question 551

luminary

Answer 551

N. /名气，尊严/celebrity; dignitary. A leading light of the American stage, Ethel Barrymore was a theatrical luminary whose name lives on.

Question 552

luminous

Answer 552

ADJ. /发光的，闪耀的/shining; issuing light. The sun is a luminous body.

Question 553

lummox

Answer 553

N. /大而笨重的（通常指人）/big, clumsy, often stupid person. Because he was highly overweight and looked ungainly, John Candy often was cast as a slow-witted lummox.

Question 554

lunar

Answer 554

ADJ. /月亮的/pertaining to the moon. Lunar craters can plainly seen with the aid of a small telescope.

Question 555

lunge

Answer 555

V. /突进，刺，冲/quick forward dive or reach; thrust. The wide receiver lunged forward to grab the football. With his sword, Dartagnan lunged at his adversary.

Question 556

lurid

Answer 556

ADJ. /耸人听闻的；可怕的；惨白的；血红的/wild; sensational; graphic; gruesome. Do the lurid cover stories in the Enquirer actually attract people to buy that trashy tabloid?

Question 557

lurk

Answer 557

V. /埋伏/stealthily lie in waiting; slink; exist unperceived. "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows."

Question 558

luscious

Answer 558

ADJ. /美味的，甜美的/pleasing to taste or smell. The ripe peach was luscious.

Question 559

luster

Answer 559

N. /光泽；光彩/shine; gloss. The soft luster of the silk in the dim light was pleasing.

Question 560

lustrous

Answer 560

ADJ. /闪耀的/shining. Her large and lustrous eyes lent a touch of beauty to an otherwise plain face.

Question 561

luxuriant

Answer 561

ADJ. /丰富的，富足的；丰富多彩；肥沃的/abundant; rich and splendid; fertile. Lady Godiva was completely covered by her luxuriant hair.

Question 562

machinations

Answer 562

N. /阴谋，诡计/evil schemes or plots. Fortunately, Bat¬man saw through the wily machinations of the Riddler and saved Gotham City from destruction by the forces of evil.

Question 563

madrigal

Answer 563

N. /小曲；牧歌/pastoral song. His program of folk songs included several madrigals which he sang to the accompa¬niment of a lute.

Question 564

maelstrom

Answer 564

N. /漩涡/whirlpool. The canoe was tossed about in the maelstrom.

Question 565

magnanimous

Answer 565

ADJ. /宽宏大量的/generous; great-hearted. Philan¬thropists by definition are magnanimous; misers, by defini¬tion, are not. Cordelia was too magnanimous to resent her father's unkindness to her; instead, she generously forgave him. magnanimity, N.

Question 566

magnate

Answer 566

N. /富豪，要人；突出的人物，XX大王/person of prominence or influence. Growing up in Pittsburgh, Annie Dillard was surrounded by the man¬sions of the great steel and coal magnates who set their mark on that city.

Question 567

magnitude

Answer 567

N. /巨大的，大数量级的/ greatness; extent. It is difficult to compre¬hend the magnitude of his crime.

Question 568

maim

Answer 568

V. /伤害/mutilate; injure. The hospital could not take care of all who had been wounded or maimed in the railroad accident.

Question 569

maladroit

Answer 569

ADJ. /搞砸的；笨拙的/clumsy; bungling. How maladroit it was of me to mention seeing you out partying last night! From the look on his face, I take it that your boyfriend thought you were otherwise occupied.

Question 570

malady

Answer 570

N. /疾病/illness. A mysterious malady swept the coun¬try, filling doctors' offices with feverish, purple-spotted patients.

Question 571

malaise

Answer 571

N. /不适，欠佳/uneasiness; vague feeling of ill health. Feeling slightly queasy before going onstage, Carol realized that this touch of malaise was merely stage fright.

Question 572

malapropism

Answer 572

N. /可笑的用词错误/comic misuse of a word. When Mrs. Mala¬prop accuses Lydia of being "as headstrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile," she confuses "allegory" and "alli¬gator" in a typical malapropism.

Question 573

malcontent

Answer 573

N. /不满的；不满现状的/person dissatisfied with existing state of affairs. One of the few malcontents in Congress, he con¬stantly voiced his objections to the presidential program. alsoADJ.

Question 574

malediction

Answer 574

N. /诅咒/curse. When the magic mirror revealed that Snow White was still alive, the wicked queen cried out in rage and uttered dreadful maledictions.

Question 575

malefactor

Answer 575

N. /犯罪分子/evildoer; criminal. Mighty Mouse will save the day, hunting down malefactors and rescuing innocent mice from peril.

Question 576

malevolent

Answer 576

ADJ. /坏心肠的/wishing evil. lago is a malevolent villain who takes pleasure in ruining Othello.

Question 577

malfeasance

Answer 577

N. /渎职；不法行为/wrongdoing. The authorities did not dis¬cover the campaign manager's malfeasance until after he had spent most of the money he had embezzled.

Question 578

malicious

Answer 578

ADJ. /恶毒的/hateful; spiteful. Jealous of Cinderella's beauty, her malicious stepsisters expressed their spite by forcing her to do menial tasks. malice, N.

Question 579

malign

Answer 579

V. /毒辣的言语；诽谤/speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame. Putting her hands over her ears, Rose refused to listen to Betty malign her friend Susan.

Question 580

malignant

Answer 580

ADJ. /恶性的，伤害的；致命的/injurious; tending to cause death; aggres¬sively malevolent. Though many tumors are benign, some are malignant, growing out of control and endangering the life of the patient.

Question 581

malingerer

Answer 581

N. /装病的人；假病号/one who feigns illness to escape duty. The captain ordered the sergeant to punish all malingerers and force them to work. malinger,V.

Question 582

malleable

Answer 582

ADJ. /有延展性的；可锻的/capable of being shaped by pounding; impressionable. Gold is a malleable metal, easily shaped into bracelets and rings. Fagin hoped Oliver was a mal¬leable lad, easily shaped into a thief.

Question 583

malodorous

Answer 583

ADJ. /恶臭的/foul-smelling. The compost heap was most malodorous in summer.

Question 584

mammal

Answer 584

N. /哺乳动物/a vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young. Many people regard the whale as a fish and do not realize that it is a mammal.

Question 585

mammoth

Answer 585

ADJ. /巨大的/gigantic; enormous. To try to memorize every word on this vocabulary list would be a mammoth undertak¬ing; take on projects that are more manageable in size.

Question 586

mandate

Answer 586

N. /委任；命令/order; charge. In his inaugural address, the president stated that he had a mandate from the people to seek an end to social evils such as poverty. alsoV.

Question 587

mandatory

Answer 587

ADJ. /强制的，命令的；义不容辞的/obligatory. These instructions are manda¬tory, any violation will be severely punished.

Question 588

maniacal

Answer 588

ADJ. /疯狂的；无理智的/raging mad; insane. Though Mr. Rochester had locked his mad wife in the attic, he could still hear her maniacal laughter echoing throughout the house.

Question 589

manifest

Answer 589

ADJ. /明白的，显然的；证明，表现/evident; visible; obvious. Digby's embar-rassment when he met Madonna was manifest: his ears turned bright pink, he kept scuffing one shoe in the dirt, and he couldn't look her in the eye.

Question 590

manifesto

Answer 590

N. /声明/declaration; statement of policy. The Com¬munist Manifesto by Marx and Engels proclaimed the prin¬ciples of modern communism.

Question 591

manipulate

Answer 591

v, /操作/operate with one's hands; control or play upon (people, forces, etc.) artfully. Jim Henson understood how to manipulate the Muppets. Madonna understands how to manipulate men (and publicity).

Question 592

mannered

Answer 592

ADJ. /做作的，矫饰的/affected; not natural. Attempting to copy the style of his wealthy neighbors, Gatsby adopted a man¬nered, artificial way of speech.

Question 593

marital

Answer 593

ADJ. /婚姻的/pertaining to marriage. After the publication of his book on marital affairs, he was often consulted by mar¬ried people on the verge of divorce.

Question 594

maritime

Answer 594

ADJ. /海事的，海运的，海上的/bordering on the sea; nautical. The Maritime Provinces depend on the sea for their wealth.

Question 595

marked

Answer 595

ADJ. /值得注意的；报仇的目标/noticeable or pronounced; targeted for vengeance. He walked with a marked limp, a souvenir of an old I.R.A. attack. As British ambassador, he knew he was a marked man, for he knew the Irish Republican Army wanted him dead.

Question 596

marquee

Answer 596

N. /建筑物入口处的雨棚，遮蔽物/canopy above an entrance, under which one can take shelter; rooflike shelter above a theater entrance. On stormy days, the hotel doorman keeps dry by standing directly beneath the marquee. The title of Arthur Kopit's play Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Momma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad was too long to fit on the marquee.

Question 597

marred

Answer 597

ADJ. /受损的/damaged; disfigured. She had to refinish the marred surface of the table. mar,V.

Question 598

marshal

Answer 598

V. /排序；整理/put in order. At a debate tournament, extempo¬raneous speakers have only a minute or two to marshal their thoughts before they address their audience.

Question 599

marsupial

Answer 599

N. /有袋哺乳动物（袋鼠、袋熊、袋狼）/one of a family of mammals that nurse their offspring in a pouch. The most common marsupial in North America is the opossum.

Question 600

martial

Answer 600

ADJ. /好战的；尚武的/warlike. The sound of martial music inspired the young cadet with dreams of military glory.

Question 601

martinet

Answer 601

N. /严格纪律的人/strict disciplinarian. No talking at meals! No mingling with the servants! Miss Minchin was a martinet who insisted that the schoolgirls in her charge observe each regulation to the letter.

Question 602

martyr

Answer 602

N./殉道者；殉教者；烈士/ one who voluntarily suffers death for his or her religion or cause; great sufferer. By burning her at the stake, the English made Joan of Arc a martyr for her faith. Mother played the martyr by staying home cleaning the house while the rest of the family went off to the beach.

Question 603

masochist

Answer 603

N. /受虐狂/person who enjoys his own pain. The masochist begs, "Hit me." The sadist smiles and says, "I won't."

Question 604

material

Answer 604

ADJ. /物质的；重要的/made of physical matter; unspiritual; impor¬tant. Probing the mysteries of this material world has always fascinated physicist George Whitesides. Reporters nick¬named Madonna the Material Girl because, despite her name, she seemed wholly uninterested in spiritual values. Lexy's active participation made a material difference to the success of the fund-raiser.

Question 605

materialism

Answer 605

N. /唯物主义/preoccupation with physical comforts and things. By its nature, materialism is opposed to idealism, for where the materialist emphasizes the needs of the body, the idealist emphasizes the needs of the soul.

Question 606

maternal

Answer 606

ADJ. /母性的/motherly. Many animals display maternal instincts only while their offspring are young and helpless.

Question 607

matriarch

Answer 607

N. /女家长；掌管全家的老太婆/woman who rules a family or larger social group. The matriarch ruled her gypsy tribe with a firm hand.

Question 608

matriculate

Answer 608

V. /入学/enroll (in college or graduate school). Incoming students formally matriculate at our college in a special ceremony during which they sign the official regis¬ter of students.

Question 609

maudlin

Answer 609

ADJ. /多愁善感/effusively sentimental. Whenever a particu¬larly maudlin tearjerker was playing at the movies, Marvin would embarrass himself by weeping copiously.

Question 610

maul

Answer 610

V. /粗手粗脚的处理/handle roughly. The rock star was mauled by his over-excited fans.

Question 611

maverick

Answer 611

N. /没打烙印的动物；闹独立的人；非国教徒；造反者/rebel; nonconformist. To the masculine literary establishment, George Sand with her insistence on wearing trousers and smoking cigars was clearly a maverick who fought her proper womanly role.

Question 612

mawkish

Answer 612

ADJ. /过分多愁善感；感情脆弱到令人作呕的/mushy and gushy; icky-sticky sentimental; maudlin. Whenever Gigi and her boyfriend would sigh and get all lovey-dovey, her little brother would shout, "Yuck!" protesting their mawkish behavior.

Question 613

maxim

Answer 613

N. /至理名言；格言/proverb; a truth pithily stated. Aesop's fables illustrate moral maxims.

Question 614

meager

Answer 614

ADJ. /瘦的；贫乏的，不足的/scanty; inadequate. Still hungry after his meager serving of porridge, Oliver Twist asked for a sec¬ond helping.

Question 615

meander

Answer 615

V. /弯曲；蜿蜒/wind or turn in its course. Needing to stay close to a source of water, he followed every twist and turn of the stream as it meandered through the countryside.

Question 616

meddlesome

Answer 616

ADJ. /爱管闲事的；好事的；好插手的/interfering. He felt his marriage was suf-fering because of his meddlesome mother-in-law.

Question 617

mediate

Answer 617

V. /调解；仲裁/settle a dispute through the services of an out¬sider. King Solomon was asked to mediate a dispute between two women, each of whom claimed to be the mother of the same child.

Question 618

mediocre

Answer 618

ADJ. /普通的，一般的/ordinary; commonplace. We were disap¬pointed because he gave a rather mediocre performance in this role.

Question 619

meditation

Answer 619

N. /沉思冥想/reflection; thought. She reached her deci¬sion only after much meditation.

Question 620

medley

Answer 620

N. /混合/mixture. To avoid boring dancers by playing any one tune for too long, bands may combine three or four tunes into a medley.

Question 621

meek

Answer 621

ADJ. /谦卑的，驯服的；温和的；顺从的/quiet and obedient; spiritless. Can Lois Lane see through Superman's disguise and spot the superhero hiding behind the guise of meek, timorous Clark Kent? Mr. Barrett never expected his meek daughter would dare to defy him by eloping with her suitor.

Question 622

melancholy

Answer 622

ADJ. /忧郁/gloomy; morose; blue. To Eugene, stuck in his small town, a train whistle was a melancholy sound, for it made him think of all the places he would never get to see.

Question 623

mellifluous

Answer 623

ADJ. /优美的；流畅的；蜜一样的/sweetly or smoothly flowing; melodious. Ital-ian is a mellifluous language, especially suited to being sung.

Question 624

membrane

Answer 624

N. /（动植物的）膜，薄膜/thin soft sheet of animal or vegetable tissue. Each individual section of an orange is covered with a thin, transparent membrane. membranous,ADJ.

Question 625

memento

Answer 625

N. /有象征意义的物品；纪念品/token; reminder. Take this book as a memento of your visit.

Question 626

menagerie

Answer 626

N. /动物园/collection of wild animals. Whenever the children run wild around the house, Mom shouts, "Calm down! I'm not running a menagerie!"

Question 627

mendacious

Answer 627

ADJ. /撒谎成性的；撒谎的，假的/lying; habitually dishonest. Distrusting Huck from the start, Miss Watson assumed he was menda¬cious and refused to believe a word he said.

Question 628

mendicant

Answer 628

N. /乞丐/beggar. "O noble sir, give alms to the poor," cried Aladdin, playing the mendicant.

Question 629

menial

Answer 629

ADJ. /仆人的；卑贱的/suitable for servants; lowly; mean. Her wicked stepmother forced Cinderella to do menial tasks around the house while her ugly stepsisters lolled around painting their toenails.

Question 630

mentor

Answer 630

N. /门特；顾问；导师/teacher. During this very trying period, she could not have had a better mentor, for the teacher was sympathetic and understanding.

Question 631

mercenary

Answer 631

ADJ. /唯利是图/interested in money or gain. Andy's every act was prompted by mercenary motives: his first question was always "What's in it for me?"

Question 632

mercurial

Answer 632

ADJ. /善变的；无常的/capricious; changing; fickle. Quick as quicksilver to change, he was mercurial in nature and there¬fore unreliable.

Question 633

merger

Answer 633

N. /合并；吞并/combination (of two business corporations). When the firm's president married the director of financial planning, the office joke was that it wasn't a marriage, it was a merger.

Question 634

mesmerize

Answer 634

V. /施催眠术/hypnotize. The incessant drone seemed to mesmerize him and place him in a trance.

Question 635

metallurgical

Answer 635

ADJ. /冶金的/pertaining to the art of removing metals from ores. During the course of his metallurgical research, the scientist developed a steel alloy of tremendous strength.

Question 636

metamorphosis

Answer 636

N. /变形/change of form; major transformation. The metamorphosis of caterpillar to butterfly is typical of many such changes in animal life. metamorphose,V.

Question 637

metaphor

Answer 637

N. /隐喻/implied comparison. "He soared like an eagle" is an example of a simile; "He is an eagle in flight," a metaphor.

Question 638

metaphysical

Answer 638

ADJ. /形而上学的/pertaining to speculative philosophy. The modern poets have gone back to the fanciful poems of the metaphysical poets of the seventeenth century for many of their images. metaphysics, N.

Question 639

methodical

Answer 639

ADJ. /方法论的；系统化的/systematic. An accountant must be methodical and maintain order among his financial records.

Question 640

meticulous

Answer 640

ADJ. /小心翼翼的/excessively careful; painstaking; scrupu¬lous. Martha Stewart was a meticulous housekeeper, fuss¬ing about each and every detail that went into making up her perfect home.

Question 641

metropolis

Answer 641

N. /大都会/large city. Every evening the terminal is filled with thousands of commuters going from this metropolis to their homes in the suburbs.

Question 642

mettle

Answer 642

N. /勇气；精神/courage; spirit. When challenged by the other horses in the race, the thoroughbred proved its mettle by its determination to hold the lead.

Question 643

miasma

Answer 643

N. /沼气；瘴气，毒气；天然气/swamp gas; heavy, vaporous atmosphere, often emanating from decaying matter; pervasive corrupting influence. The smog hung over Victorian London like a dark cloud; noisome, reeking of decay, it was a visible miasma.

Question 644

microcosm

Answer 644

N. /微观世界/small world; the world in miniature. The small village community that Jane Austen depicts serves as a microcosm of English society in her time, for in this small world we see all the social classes meeting and mingling.

Question 645

migrant

Answer 645

ADJ. /移居的；候鸟的/changing its habitat; wandering. These migrant birds return every spring. also N.

Question 646

migratory

Answer 646

ADJ. /迁徙的；流浪的/wandering. The return of the migratory birds to the northern sections of this country is a harbinger of spring. migrate,V.

Question 647

milieu

Answer 647

N. /环境；（社会）背景/environment; means of expression. Surrounded by smooth preppies and arty bohemians, the country boy from Smalltown, USA, felt out of his milieu. Although he has produced excellent oil paintings and lithographs, his proper milieu is watercolor.

Question 648

militant

Answer 648

ADJ. /好战的/combative; bellicose. Although at this time he was advocating a policy of neutrality, one could usually find him adopting a more militant attitude. also N.

Question 649

mimicry

Answer 649

N. /模仿/imitation. Her gift for mimicry was so great that her friends said that she should be in the theater.

Question 650

mincing

Answer 650

ADJ. /装腔作势的/affectedly dainty. Yum-Yum walked across the stage with mincing steps.

Question 651

minuscule

Answer 651

ADJ. /极小的/extremely small. Why should I involve myself with a project with so minuscule a chance for success?

Question 652

minute

Answer 652

ADJ. /极小的/extremely small. The twins resembled one another closely; only minute differences set them apart.

Question 653

minutiae

Answer 653

N. /细节；细微之处/petty details. She would have liked to ignore the minutiae of daily living.

Question 654

mirage

Answer 654

N. /曲解；海市蜃楼；虚影 /unreal reflection; optical illusion. The lost prospector was fooled by a mirage in the desert.

Question 655

mire

Answer 655

V. /陷入（泥塘）；麻烦缠身/entangle; stick in swampy ground. Their rear wheels became mired in mud. also N.

Question 656

mirth

Answer 656

N. /欢笑/merriment; laughter. Sober Malvolio found Sir Toby's mirth improper.

Question 657

misanthrope

Answer 657

N. /厌恶人类的人；憎人者/one who hates mankind. In Gulliver's Travels, Swift portrays an image of humanity as vile, degraded beasts; for this reason, various critics consider him a misanthrope.

Question 658

misapprehension

Answer 658

N. /错误；误解/error; misunderstanding. To avoid misapprehension, I am going to ask all of you to repeat the instructions I have given.

Question 659

miscellany

Answer 659

N. /杂记/mixture of writings on various subjects. This is an interesting miscellany of nineteenth-century prose and poetry.

Question 660

mischance

Answer 660

N. /霉运；不幸/ill luck. By mischance, he lost his week's salary.

Question 661

misconception

Answer 661

N. /误解/mistaken idea. "Sir, you are suffering from a misconception. I do not wish to marry you in the least!"

Question 662

misconstrue

Answer 662

V. /曲解/interpret incorrectly; misjudge. She took the passage seriously rather than humorously because she misconstrued the author's ironic tone.

Question 663

misdemeanor

Answer 663

N. /轻罪/minor crime. The culprit pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor rather than face trial for a felony.

Question 664

miserly

Answer 664

ADJ. /吝啬的；贪婪的；坏的/stingy; mean. Transformed by his vision on Christmas Eve, mean old Scrooge ceased being miserly and became a generous, kind old man.

Question 665

misgivings

Answer 665

N. /担忧，疑虑/doubts. Hamlet described his misgivings to Horatio but decided to fence with Laertes despite his fore¬boding of evil.

Question 666

mishap

Answer 666

N. /意外，灾难/accident. With a little care you could have avoided this mishap.

Question 667

misnomer

Answer 667

N. /错误的名字；写错名字；用词不当/wrong name; incorrect designation. His tyrannical conduct proved to all that his nickname, King Eric the Just, was a misnomer.

Question 668

misrepresent

Answer 668

V. /误传；有意制造误解/give a false or incorrect impression, often deliberately; serve unsatisfactorily as a representative. In his job application, Milton misrepresented his academic background; he was fired when his employers discovered the truth. The reformers accused Senator Gunbucks of mis¬representing his constituents and claimed he took bribes from the NRA.