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Question 1

insecticide

Answer 1

N: the spray to kill insects

Question 2

trifle

Answer 2

N: A thing of little importance
V: treat sm or sth without seriousness/ respect
2. Talk or act frivolously- not having any serious purpose or value.

Question 3

repugnant

Answer 3

A: Extremely distasteful; unacceptable

The thought of going back to school is repugnant.

Question 4

Mollify

Answer 4

V: Appease the anger of sm

Nature reserves were built around the power stations to mollify local conservations.

Question 5

Truculent

Answer 5

ADJ: eager to argue

His days of truculent defiance were over

N: truculence

Question 6

defiance

Answer 6

N: open resistance, bold disobedience; opposition

He wasn’t used to such outspoken defiance

Question 7

pinnacle

Answer 7

N: 1. the most successful point
2. a high pointed piece of rock

He had reached the pinnacle of his career.

ADJ: pinnacled

Question 8

perilous

Answer 8

ADJ: full of danger or risk

A perilous journey

N: perilousness

Question 9

humanitarian

Answer 9

ADJ: concerned with or seeking to promote human welfare; compassionate, humane

“groups sending humanitarian aid”

N: a person who seeks to promote human welfare; a philanthropist; benefactor

Question 10

notorious

Answer 10

ADJ: Having a bad reputation;臭名昭著。

He was a notorious drinker

Question 11

hydrodynamic

Answer 11

The branch of science concerned with the movement of liquids.

Question 12

Thermodynamics

Answer 12

The branch of science concerned with heat, temperature and their relationship to movement and energy.