Word List 3 amenities-apostate

Question 1

amenities

Answer 1

N. /令人愉快的,礼貌的/convenient features; courtesies.

Question 2

amiable

Answer 2

ADJ. /可爱的,友好的,惬意的/agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly.

Question 3

amicable

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ADJ. /温和的,友好礼貌的/politely friendly; not quarrelsome.

Question 4

amiss

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ADJ. /错误/wrong; faulty.

Question 5

amity

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N. /友谊/friendship.

Question 6

amnesia

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N. /失忆,健忘/loss of memory.

Question 7

amnesty

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N. /原谅/pardon.

Question 8

amoral

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ADJ. /不道德的/nonmoral.

Question 9

amorous

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ADJ. /爱情的/moved by sexual love; loving.

Question 10

amorphous

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ADJ. / 无形的, 不成形的/formless; lacking shape or definition.

Question 11

amphibian

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ADJ. /两栖的/able to live both on land and in water.

Question 12

amphitheater

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N. /椭圆形的剧院,斗兽场/oval building with tiers of seats.

Question 13

ample

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ADJ. /丰富的,富足的/abundant.

Question 14

amplify

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V. /放大/broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger.

Question 15

amputate

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V. /截肢,切除/ cut off part of body; prune.

Question 16

amulet

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N. /护身符/charm; talisman.

Question 17

anachronistic

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ADJ. / 时代错误/having an error involving time in a story.

Question 18

analgesic

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ADJ. /止痛的/causing insensitivity to pain.

Question 19

analogous

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ADJ. /类似的/comparable.

Question 20

analogy

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N. /类比,相似/similarity; parallelism.

Question 21

anarchist

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N. /无政府主义者/person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing
authority.

Question 22

anarchy

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N. /无政府主义/absence of governing body; state of disorder.

Question 23

anathema

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N. /诅咒/solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse.

Question 24

ancestry

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N. /祖先/family descent.

Question 25

anchor

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V. /固定;锚/secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place.

Question 26

ancillary

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ADJ. /辅助的/serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary.

Question 27

anecdote

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N. /奇闻轶事/short account of an amusing or interesting event.

Question 28

anemia

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N. /贫血/condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles.

Question 29

anesthetic

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N. /麻醉药/substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness.

Question 30

anguish

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N. /极度痛苦/acute pain; extreme suffering.

Question 31

angular

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ADJ. /有尖角的,瘦骨嶙峋的/sharp-cornered; stiff in manner.

Question 32

animated

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ADJ. /活跃的,有生气的/lively; spirited.

Question 33

animosity

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N. /仇恨/active enmity.

Question 34

animus

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N. /敌意/hostile feeling or intent.

Question 35

annals

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N. /记录,历史/records; history.

Question 36

annex

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V. /接手/ attach; take possession of.

Question 37

annihilate

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V. /毁灭,破坏/destroy.

Question 38

annotate

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V. /评论,注释/ comment; make explanatory notes.

Question 39

annuity

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N. /年金,养老金/yearly allowance.

Question 40

annul

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v. /避免/make void.

Question 41

anoint

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V. /神圣化/consecrate.

Question 42

anomalous

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ADJ. /不正常的, 变态的/abnormal; irregular.

Question 43

anomaly

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N. /不正常/irregularity.

Question 44

anonymity

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N. /匿名/state of being nameless; anonymousness.

Question 45

anonymous

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ADJ. /匿名的/having no name.

Question 46

antagonism

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N. /反抗,敌对/hostility; active resistance.

Question 47

antecede

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V. /先于/precede.

Question 48

antecedents

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N. /历史环境;历史背景/preceding events or | circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background.

Question 49

antediluvian

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ADJ. /远古,上古,及其久远/antiquated; extremely | ancient.

Question 50

anthem

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N. /圣歌,赞美诗/song of praise or patriotism.

Question 51

anthology

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N. /选集/book of literary selections by various authors.

Question 52

anthropocentric

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ADJ. /人类中心说/regarding human beings as the center of the universe.

Question 53

anthropoid

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ADJ. /类人的/manlike.

Question 54

anthropologist

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N. /人类学家/a student of the history and science of mankind.

Question 55

anthropomorphic

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ADJ. /人形的/having human form or characteristics.

Question 56

anticlimax

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N. /反高潮,突降/letdown in thought or emotion.

Question 57

antidote

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N. /解药/medicine to counteract a poison or disease.

Question 58

antipathy

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N. / 反对, 厌恶/aversion; dislike.

Question 59

antiquated

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ADJ. /过时的,陈旧的/old-fashioned; obsolete.

Question 60

antiseptic

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N. /抗菌物/substance that prevents infection.

Question 61

antithesis

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N. /对立面/contrast; direct opposite of or to.

Question 62

apathy

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N. /漠不关心/lack of caring; indifference.

Question 63

ape

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V. /模仿/imitate or mimic.

Question 64

aperture

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N. /洞,穴,孔/opening; hole.

Question 65

apex

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N. /高点,顶点,高潮/tip; summit; climax.

Question 66

aphasia

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N. / 失声/loss of speech due to injury or illness.

Question 67

aphorism

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N. /格言,警句,谚语/pithy maxim.

Question 68

apiary

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N. /蜂房/a place where bees are kept.

Question 69

aplomb

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N. /沉着,垂直/poise; assurance.

Question 70

apocalyptic

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ADJ. /启示的,启示录的/prophetic; pertaining to revelations.