penchant
嗜好，迷恋：strong inclination
fanciful
幻想中的：不真实的：in the imagination;不切实际的，荒谬的：without regard for reason
rigmarole
混乱而无意义的话：confused or meaningless talk
surreptitious
偷偷摸摸的，保密的：escape being observed
analgesic
镇痛剂：medication, reduce, eliminates pain
mollycoddle
宠爱，溺爱：excessive indulgence
veritable
真正的，确实的：not false
override
不顾：set aside
interminable
无尽头的：no end
outgoing
友好的，外向的：extroverted
harbor
提供住处，隐匿：provide habitat;心怀，牢记：keep in one's mind
placid
宁静的，风平浪静的：free from storms;冷静的，淡定的：free from agitation
specific
特有的，独特的：exact sort;明确的：clearly expressed
commingle
充分混合：blend
momentum
动力;衝力;势头：impetus
ingenuity
独创性，创新性：inventive
nibble
小口咬：small bites
recoil
煺却，畏缩：shrink back
abstain
自我克制，主动戒绝：refrain, by one's own choice
wily
狡诈的，狡猾的：deceptive means
syllabus
提纲，摘要;课文、演讲或研究课题的概要或提纲：summary
discrepancy
(在事实和宣称之间的)差异或矛盾：divergence, disagreement
despotic
专制的，暴虐的：tyrannical
denounce
公开指责：public or formal disapproval;宣称…道德上错误、可耻：morally wrong
overlap
(与…)部分重叠：same area
wanderlust
旅游癖：impulse to travel
court
追求，献殷勤：seek affections
apoplectic
极度愤怒的：extremely angry, furious
harbinger
预言者：presages
severe
严厉的，要求严格的：exacting standards;难以承受的，艰难的：difficult to endure
forsake
彻底放弃，抛弃：renounce
undergird
加强，巩固...的底部：strengthen
awry
弯曲的，扭曲的：turned, twisted;走样的(地)，出差错的(地)：off, course
austere
朴素的，朴实无华的：simple;严肃的，令人生畏的：stern and cold
trifle
不重要的事：little importance or value;不正经地对待，玩弄：without serious intent
illusory
幻觉的，虚幻的：illusion
abet
v.帮助，怂恿：assist or support;v.鼓励：encourage
sound
牢固的，不可动摇的：withstand stress without structural damage;健康的，强壮的：free from injury;(逻辑)上严谨的：valid reasoning
axiomatic
公理的：axiom;不言自明的：self-evident
mordant
尖酸刻薄的：biting caustic
discompose
使不安：disturb composure, perturb;使混乱：undo order, arrangement
noisome
有害的，有毒的：harmful;恶臭的：offensive smell;非常令人厌恶的：objectionable
prodigious
巨大的：great in size;惊人的，了不起的：astonishment
refute
否认：declare not to be true;证明为假，证伪：prove wrong
indifferent
公平的：impartiality;(品质、档次等)中规中矩的，一般的：average;不感兴趣的，冷漠的：lack of interest
discrete
离散的，不连续的：separate
unavailing
徒劳的，无果的：producing no results
airtight
无瑕疵的：no, flaw;密封的，不透气的：impermeable to air
indigent
贫穷的：lacking money
understate
保守陈述：restraint
vanquish
打败，征服：defeat
dissemble
用假像隐藏真相，掩饰：false
succor
救援，援助：aid
embrace
乐于接受：willingly, eagerly;保围：surround
squall
(通常伴随雨或雪的)风暴，暴风雪，暴风雨：violent windstorm;尖叫：scream
deride
嘲弄，嘲笑：contemptuous mirth
foreground
强调，重视：indicate the importance
implacable
固执的：sticking to an opinion;无法平息的：not capable of being appeased
manifest
显然的，明显易懂：understanding;显现，显露：make evident
considerable
(数量上)可观(而值得注意)的：large;值得考虑的，重要的：significant
eclectic
混合的，多元化的：from various sources
homily
冗长乏味的道德演讲或训诫：admonition
slack
鬆弛的：not tightly fastened;疏忽的，大意的：failing to give proper care
circumscribe
限制：limit;包围，围绕：surround
teeter
蹒跚，不稳定地行走：unsteadily;犹豫不决：uncertainty
warp
使偏向：turn;扭曲，变形：twist;曲解：alter the meaning
ravenous
食量大的，贪食的;贪婪的：huge appetite
patrician
贵族，名门望族：high birth;贵族的，地位高的：high birth
dullard
笨蛋：stupid
diatribe
长篇抨击性演讲：long scolding;挖苦，讽刺的指责：ironic, satirical
ductile
可塑的，有延展性的：malleable;易受影响的：easily led
divulge
洩露(秘密)：known confidence, secret
quaver
发颤音：quivering voice
allude
间接提到：indirectly
appropriate
私自挪用：take possession, without permission;适当的：suitable, fitting
shrink
(在数量或价值方面)降低，减小：reduced;(使)本能性地煺却(如因遇到使人惊恐的事物)，(使)煺缩：draw back;表示出不情愿，犹豫：hesitate
sterile
贫瘠的：not productive;无菌的：free from bacteria
ponderous
沉重的：great weight;沉闷无聊的：unpleasantly dull
scads
许多，大量：large number
simile
明喻：comparing two unlike things
sinew
活力，力量：vigorous strength
alleviate
缓和，减轻：relieve, lessen
smirk
(自鸣得意地)笑：offensively self-satisfied
commotion
骚乱：disturbance
retract
收回，否认：take back
legend
传奇，传说：popular myth;图例：explanatory list map
scrawl
乱涂，潦草地写：write carelessly
jocund
欢快的，高兴的：sprightly lighthearted
lank
细长瘦弱的：long lean;不僵硬的，柔软鬆弛的：limp, not stiff
mockery
鄙视，嘲弄：ridicule;以嘲笑为目的的模仿：derisive imitation
verse
使精通，使熟悉：familiarize;诗歌：rhythm lyrical effect
humdrum
千篇一律，单调：lack of variety;无聊的，乏味的：lacking excitement
stench
臭气，恶臭：foul odor
claim
要求(权利)：ask for, right;断言：state as a fact;剥夺生命：deprive, life;权利：right
provisional
临时的：temporary
rehabilitate
使復塬，使康復：restore to healthy condition;(使)洗心革面：better in character
fathom
测量(深度)：measure the depth;彻底理解，弄懂：come to understand
byzantine
错综复杂的：complicated, secretive, interrelated
meticulous
极为谨慎的：extreme or excessive care
peer
同等地位的人，同辈：equal;好奇地凝视：look
