hermetic

深奥的：abstruseness

lapse

小过失：slight error;结束，终止：end

imprecise

不精确的：not precise

lionize

追捧，把...捧为名人：celebrity

sparing

节俭的，节约的：careful restraint;不足的，缺乏的：less plentiful

affable

和蔼的，温和的：ease, friendliness

insight

深刻的理解：apprehending nature

jabber

快而不清楚地说：talk rapidly, indistinctly

consent

同意：approval

retrospective

回顾的：looking back

wary

小心的，机警的，谨慎的：caution

evict

赶出，逐出：expel

dreary

单调乏味的：nothing cheer;令人不悦的：causing unhappiness

aspersion

诽谤，中伤：harm, reputation

beleaguer

包围，围攻：to surround;使困扰，使烦恼，使消沉：trouble

prevalent

流行的，普遍的：commonly accepted

labyrinthine

迷宫似的，复杂曲折的：extremely complex structure

boisterous

喧嚷的，吵闹的：noisily

abbreviate

v.缩写，缩短：briefer

avid

急切渴望的：enthusiasm;贪婪(钱财)的：eager, for material possessions

ravel

解开，鬆开：separate strands;阐明：clarity by separating;使纠缠，使复杂化：tangle

dank

阴湿的：wet

motley

混杂的，富于变化的：variety

genial

和蔼亲切的：easygoing;友好的，热心的：kindly feeling;温暖的：neither too high nor too low

regenerate

使重获新生，使焕然一新：bring back to life;(使)洗心革面：better in character

quarry

採石场：stone is obtained;目标，猎物：pursuit

fantasy

幻想：imaginative fiction;产生幻想：form a mental picture

jingoist

极端爱国激进分子(通常表现为好战的对外政策)：extreme nationalism belligerent

plagiarize

剽窃，抄袭：steal ideas

immutable

不可变的：not capable of changing

dispose

使倾向于：tendency incline;处理掉(与of连用，dispose of)：get rid of, throw out;有序地佈置：orderly

dread

恐惧：fear

fervor

热情，狂热：great warmth

foreword

前言：preface

subsidiary

次要的：secondary importance;起辅助作用的：aid, support

illustrious

着名的，杰出的：distinguished

pinpoint

非常精确的：extreme precision;精确定位或确认：identify with precision

crutch

支撑，支柱：supports

avowal

承认，公开宣称：declaration

clan

(有共同爱好的)团体，帮派：united by a common interest

canon

準则，标準：standard, criterion;真经，正典：authentic

protrude

突出：project

frustrate

挫败，阻挠：prevent;使沮丧：lessen the courage

amalgamate

合併，混合：combine, unified, unite

aboveboard

无欺诈的，光明正大的：free from，deceit or duplicity

renege

放弃，摒弃：formally reject

sprightly

活泼的，充满活力的：full of vitality

execrate

谴责：morally wrong or evil;痛恨：dislike strongly

acerbic

(心情、心境或者语调)尖酸的：wit, cause hurt feelings

depreciate

贬低…的价值：lower value;轻视：lower estimation, esteem

renounce

(正式地)放弃：give up;宣佈与…决裂：refuse to follow

bane

祸根：ruin;有害物质：kill or injure a living thing

shred

少量：small amount

intoxicant

使人陶醉的东西(尤指酒精饮料)：intoxicates

liberal

思想前卫的：not bound;慷慨的，大方的：generosity

run

(不间断的)连续演出：course of performances

ostentatious

卖弄炫耀的：conspicuous, pretentious

inveterate

积习的：firmly established

stamina

耐力：moral strength;

tackle

着手处理：start work

worldly

世间的，世俗的：rather than spiritual;老练的：experienced

addict

沉溺，上瘾：surrender, obsessively;对某事上瘾的人：habitual liking

hallow

尊敬，把…视为神圣：respect

crouch

蹲伏：lower stance

correlate

使...相关联：mutual or reciprocal relation

insensible

无知觉的：lost consciousness;漠不关心的：not responsive;粗俗的，没品味的：lacking in refinement

blithe

愉快高兴的：happy lighthearted;无忧无虑的，漫不经心的：freedom from worries

exonerate

免除责备：free from blame

featureless

缺乏特徵的：lacking distinguishing characteristics

catastrophe

大灾难：tragedy;彻底的失败：utter failure

libertine

放荡不羁者：without moral restraint

expire

断气，死亡：die;到期：come to an end

malodorous 

恶臭的：unpleasant smell

meager

贫乏的：deficient

suffocate

使窒息：deprive of oxygen

palmy

繁荣的：prosperity

summit

顶点：highest point

disjunctive

分离的：breaks disunity

applause

鼓掌，认可：approval

florid

辞藻华丽的，花哨的：fancy expressions;装饰华丽的：elaborately decorated

deficiency

缺乏，不足：inadequate

engross

使全神贯注：occupy exclusively

inchoate

新生的，才开始的：early stage;未完全成型的：imperfectly formed

provisory

有附带条件的;临时的：conditional

immature

未完全发展的，未发育成熟的：lacking complete growth;(思维、举止)不够成熟的：lacking maturity

vigorous

精力旺盛的：active strength;强健的：withstand hardship

irradicable

不能根除的：impossible destroy

hortative

鼓励的：exhortation

convex

凸起的：curves outward

reign

统治权：right to command;占统治地位或盛行：be predominant

retaliate

报復，反击：pay back

arbitrary

专横的，独断专行的：force one's will on others;独裁的，拥有无限权力的：without interference by others;缺乏计画的，随意的：lacking a definite plan

rapt

狂喜的，狂热的：pleasurable emotion;全神贯注的：deeply absorbed

sluggard

懒人：lazy person

parrot

(机械地)模仿，复製：imitate without understanding

inept

愚笨的，荒谬的：lack of judgment;不恰当的，不合时宜的：not appropriate;不称职的，无能力的：incompetent

toady

马屁精;拍马屁：flatters, gaining favors

speculate

推测，揣测：take to be true;投机倒买：from market fluctuations

malleable

可塑的：capable of being shaped;易控制的：capable of being controlled

restitution

补偿，赔偿：for some injury