Day 9 - List 5 First Half

Question 1

multilingual

Answer 1

adj. having many languages

Question 2

artless

Answer 2

adj. without guile; open and honest

Question 3

etymology

Answer 3

n. study of word parts

Question 4

verbose

Answer 4

adj. wordy

Question 5

vilify

Answer 5

v. slander (诋毁,诽谤)

Question 6

apprehension

Answer 6

n. fear

Question 7

monochromatic

Answer 7

adj. having only one color

Question 8

dictum

Answer 8

n. authoritative and weighty statement; saying; maxim (格言)

Question 9

ingrained

Answer 9

adj. deeply established; firmly rooted

Question 10

infiltrate

Answer 10

v. pass into or through; penetrate (an organization) sneakily

Question 11

patrician

Answer 11

adj. noble; aristocratic

Question 12

flick

Answer 12

n. light stroke with a whip

Question 13

appellation

Answer 13

n. name; title

Question 14

quench

Answer 14

v. douse (浇灭) or extinguish; assuage or satisfy

Question 15

expedient

Answer 15

adj. suitable; practical

n. action

Question 16

corrode

Answer 16

v. destroy by chemical action

Question 17

rejuvenate

Answer 17

v. make young again

Question 18

tortuous

Answer 18

adj. winding (曲折的); full of curves

Question 19

winsome

Answer 19

adj. agreeable; gracious; engaging

Question 20

pivotal

Answer 20

adj. crucial; key; vital

Question 21

notoriety

Answer 21

n. disrepute; ill frame

Question 22

epitaph

Answer 22

n. inscription in memory of a dead person

Question 23

earthy

Answer 23

adj. unrefined; coarse

Question 24

prototype

Answer 24

n. original work used as a model by others

Question 25

practicable

Answer 25

adj. feasible

Question 26

impending

Answer 26

adj. nearing; approaching

Question 27

bauble

Answer 27

n. trinket (小首饰); trifle

Question 28

unimpeachable

Answer 28

adj. blameless and exemplary

Question 29

codify

Answer 29

v. arrange (laws, rules) as a code; classify

Question 30

viper

Answer 30

n. poisonous snake

Question 31

discount

Answer 31

v. disregard; dismiss

Question 32

zany

Answer 32

adj. funny; comic; foolish

Question 33

brandish

Answer 33

v. wave around; flourish

Question 34

animated

Answer 34

adj. lively; spirited

Question 35

deplete

Answer 35

v. reduce; exhaust

Question 36

plaintive

Answer 36

adj. mournful

Question 37

felicity

Answer 37

n. happiness; appropriateness (of a remark, choice, etc.)

Question 38

circumscribe

Answer 38

v. limit; confine

Question 39

consequential

Answer 39

adj. pompous (虚华的); self-important; important

Question 40

shear

Answer 40

v. cut or clip (hair, fleece); strip of something

Question 41

glut

Answer 41

v. overstock; fill to excess

Question 42

rant

Answer 42

v. rave (热烈讨论); scold (骂); talk excitedly; make a grandiloquent speech

Question 43

complaisant

Answer 43

adj. trying to please; obliging

Question 44

anthropomorphic

Answer 44

adj. having human form or characteristics

Question 45

foolhardy

Answer 45

adj. rash (轻率的)

Question 46

decoy

Answer 46

n. lure or bait | v. lure or entrap by or as if by a decoy

Question 47

dermatologist

Answer 47

n. physician who studies the skin and its diseases

Question 48

domineer

Answer 48

v. rule over tyrannically [压制]

Question 49

adulterate

Answer 49

v. make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances

Question 50

suborn

Answer 50

v. persuade to act unlawfully (especially to commit perjury [伪证])