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Question 1

bureacrat

Answer 1

N: an official in a government department

Question 2

physicist

Answer 2

N: a scientist who studies and is trained in physics

Question 3

heckle

Answer 3

V: jeer, taunt; interrupt (a public speaker) with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse.

“he was booed and heckled when he tried to address the demonstrators”

Question 4

phenomenon

Answer 4

N: 现象 occurrence, event, circumstance; a fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause or explanation is in question.

“glaciers are unique and interesting natural phenomena”

Question 5

gala

Answer 5

N: 盛会; a social occasion with special entertainments or performances.

“a black-tie gala that begins with a cocktail reception”

Question 6

forthright

Answer 6

A: (of a person or their manner or speech) direct and outspoken; straightforward and honest, frank, candid.

“his most forthright attack yet on the reforms”

Question 7

archaic

Answer 7

A: anachronistic, antiquated, obsolete; very old or old-fashioned.

“prisons are run on archaic methods”

Question 8

decipher

Answer 8

V: decode; convert (a text written in code, or a coded signal) into normal language.
2. make out

an expression she could not decipher came upon his face

Question 9

gander

Answer 9

N: male goose

Question 10

kid

Answer 10

N: baby goat

Question 11

mime

Answer 11

N: the technique of suggesting action without words
2. dumb show

“mime is part of our cultural heritage”

Question 12

lampshade

Answer 12

N: a cover for a lamp, used to soften or direct its light.

Question 13

ottoman

Answer 13

N: 软垫凳

Question 14

sphynx cat

Answer 14

N: naked one wth no fur

Question 15

sphinx

Answer 15

N: an ancient Egyptian stone figure having a lion’s body and a human or animal head, especially the huge statue near the Pyramids at Giza.