amorphous

无固定形状的：definite, shapeless;不可归类的：unclassifiable

gaffe

(社交上)失礼，失态：social blunder;明显的错误，错误判断：blatant mistake

articulate

清晰地表达：clearly, distinctly;表达清晰的：able, express, clearly

drudgery

苦工;单调、卑贱或无趣的工作：tedious work

tentative

暂时性的，尝试的：not fully developed

inveigh

激烈抗议，表示强烈不满：protest vehemently

victimize

使受骗：subject to deception

ennui

倦怠;缺乏兴趣：listlessness, lack of interest

reactionary

反对改革的，极保守的：opposition to progress

apprehensive

知晓的，理解的：impressed on the mind;恐惧的，害怕的：anxious, fearful

recant

撤回，放弃，改变：withdraw a statement

gaudy

俗丽的：excessively showy

truss

系紧，扎紧：into a tight mass

eleemosynary

慈善的：charity

jolt

突然移动：move sudden;惊吓：unpleasant surprise

confluence

匯合，混合：together same

discriminate

区分：perceive distinguishing, recognize;歧视：difference

pleat

打褶：fold

vigilant

警醒的，警惕的：alertly watchful

stentorian

声音洪亮的：loud

flatter

拍马屁，奉承，讨好：praise excessively;自我感觉良好：think highly of;使显得更漂亮：show advantageously

interlock

连锁，连结：joined closely

leer

一瞥，斜眼看：sidelong

unflappable

镇定的，从容不迫的：not easily upset

abreast

并排地：in line;熟知的：knowledge of recent developments

philanthropic

博爱的，为他人着想的：welfare of others

doodle

(无目的)地乱涂乱画：aimlessly;漫无目的地打发时光：aimless activity

arcane

(语言)晦涩的，隐晦的：veiled, uncertain;深奥的，难以理解的：difficult to understand

petrify

使僵化，使失去活力：become stiff

mutate

(使)改变，(使)变异：undergo mutation

ungainly

笨拙的，不雅的：inability in a graceful manner

piddling

微不足道的：trifling or trivial

sedulous

勤奋认真的：careful perseverance

fable

寓言故事：story teach a basic truth;神话，传说：story of supernatural happenings;谎言，虚构：statement in order to deceive

attest

证实，为...作证：give evidence

gash

深长的伤口或切口：deep cut;砍伤，切开：make gash

pen

监狱：confinement;关押，监禁：close

commiserate

表示怜悯，同情：sympathy

arrogance

傲慢，自大：overbearing pride

lachrymose

催人泪下的，悲伤的：mournful

demur

表示异议，反对：opposition, objection;犹豫：doubt acceptability qualm

omniscient

无所不知的：complete knowledge

venom

毒液：poisonous matter;恶意，恶毒的用心：desire to cause pain

calamity

大灾难：disastrous event

variegated

杂色的，斑驳的：different colors

potable

饮品，尤指有酒精饮料：beverage;适于饮用的：suitable for drinking

hoard

贮藏，秘藏：keep hidden

skirmish

小衝突，争论：minor

mobile

可移动的：capable moving;可变的：changeable

sere

乾枯的，凋萎的：dried, withered

jaunty

轻快呃，活泼的：sprightly

striate

加条纹：mark with striations

lassitude

乏力，没精打采：diminished energy

trespass

非法入侵;违反;冒犯：enter unlawfully offense

plangent

轰鸣的：loud sound;凄凉的，哀伤的：plaintive

refractory

倔强的，不顺从的：resisting control

chicanery

诡计多端的，欺骗：deception

off-key

不寻常的，不合适的：out of accord with

roil

搅浑，使混乱：stir up;激怒：displease

spontaneous

自发的，不经思索的：without apparent thought

coax

哄骗：pleading, flattery, cajole

advert

引起注意，提到：refer

raffish

低俗的：crudeness

clumsy

笨拙的：lacking, nimbleness, lack, skill;不文雅的：lacking, grace, inability, graceful;不精緻的：roughly

gadfly

刺激物：provocative stimulus;令人反感的人：annoys

mite

微小的东西，很少的钱：small object

particularize

详述：give details

implode

(使)剧烈收缩，(使)坍塌，(使)内爆：collapse inward

denude

脱去，使赤裸：bare

din

喧闹声，嘈杂声：loud noise;重复，使人厌烦地反復灌输：again

divert

使转向：turn, deflect;使消遣：agreeably;使分心：draw something else

understudy

替补演员：take another's duties

intimidate

威吓：frighten

elliptical

含煳不清的：obscurity;椭圆的：ellipse

elicit

激起，唤起：bring out

truce

休战，休战协定：suspension fighting

accede

赞成：approval, consent;就任，就职：come into an office

trepidation

恐惧，战慄：apprehension

exalt

提升，提拔：raise;讚扬：praise

propriety

礼节：conformity socially acceptable;适当，得体：suitable or fitting

excrete

排泄：discharge

ramble

漫步，漫游：move aimlessly;漫谈，长篇大论(并经常离题)地说或写：without a topic

balk

阻碍：check, obstacle;不愿接受，拒绝：unwillingness

shroud

隐蔽物，可起隐蔽、保护或屏护作用的物体：conceals, protects, screens;将...从视线中隔离，遮蔽：shut off from sight

blazon

使知名：make known openly;修饰，装扮：make more attractive

sprawl

杂乱无序地发展;蔓生，蔓延：irregularly

ominous

凶兆的：omen, evil

canonize

过分宠爱，过分崇拜：admire too much;使崇高，使神圣：high status or value

ethos

道德準则：code of good conduct

excursive

离题的;散漫的：passing

fluent

表达流利的：able to express well;不费力的：minimal difficulty

diversity

多样性：variety, multiformity;分歧，不同点：different

reckless

不考虑后果的，大胆鲁莽的：careless

requisite

必需品：something necessary;必不可少的，必备的：necessary

ingenuous

天真纯朴的：lacking cunning;坦白的：straightforward

diplomatic

使用策略的，机智的：tact

indigenous

土产的，本地的：originating;与生俱来的，先天的：innermost nature

disseminate

散播，传播：spread, promulgate

mar

污点，坏点：spoils the appearance;破坏，削弱：impair

anterior

前面的：before