dupe

复製品，复製：exactly like something else;易受骗的人：easily deceived;欺骗：deceive

abash

使尴尬，使羞愧：self-confidence，embarrass

thick-skinned

冷漠无情的，不顾他人感受的：unaffected

edifice

大厦;大建筑物：massive structure;基础，基本结构：basic form

grandiose

自命不凡的，浮夸的：grandeur;宏大的：greatness

aspirant

有抱负者，有野心者：aspires;想成为...的：seeking

needy

贫穷的：impoverished

ream 

怒斥，训斥：criticize

descend

下降：downward;世代相传：pass by inheritance

fatigue

疲惫：weariness or exhaustion;(让人厌倦的)苦差事：causes weariness

apathy

冷漠，缺乏情感：lack, feeling, emotion;缺乏兴趣，不关心：lack, interest, concern

taper

(使)逐渐变细：become narrower, thinner;逐渐减少，减弱：diminish gradually

impetuous

衝动的，性急的，轻率的：impulsive vehemence;剧烈的，勐烈的：violence of movement

extenuate

减轻罪过：lessen the seriousness

supposition

猜想，推测：little or no evidence

cryptic

秘密的：secret;含义模煳的：ambiguous meaning;超出理解能力的：beyond one's powers to know

waddle

摇摇摆摆地走:tilt the body from side to side

precarious

危险的，不稳定的：lacking security, stability;可疑的，不明确的：uncertain

prolong

延长，拖延：lengthen

enact

制定或颁佈(法律)：establish

denouement

(小说的)结局：final resolution

attenuate

降低(数量、力量、价值)：lessen

sand

磨光：make smooth

don

穿上：put on

conservative

守旧的，不愿改变的：oppose change;不招摇的，低调的：not showy;谨慎小心的：close attentiveness

serene

安静的：free from uproar;稳重的，镇静的：unaffected, calm

flaccid

不结实的，鬆弛的：lacking firmness

ambivalent

(尤指感情、态度)矛盾的：opposing feelings

vouchsafe

允诺，给予：grant in a gracious or condescending manner

overbearing

专横傲慢的：arrogant;压倒一切的，(在力量或重要性上)势不可挡的;支配的，显着的：overwhelming in power

instate

任命：establish rank

inch

少量，很短的距离：small degree;(使)慢慢移动：move slowly

veteran

老兵;有丰富经验的人：knowledge through long experience;经验丰富的，资深的：knowledge, experience

remonstrance

抗议，抱怨：expression of protect, complaint

salubrious

有益健康的：promoting health

parity

相称，同等，平等：being equal

epic

宏大的，超凡脱俗的：surpassing the usual

perfervid

非常热情的：exaggerated emotion

rejoice

欣喜，喜悦：feel joy

abridge

缩短，缩小：shorten;在不改变本意的条件下删减词语，缩写：shorten

aggrandize

增加、提高(力量、财富、地位、声誉)等：enhance

prescience

预知，先见：knowledge before

conciliate

平息，抚慰：lessen the anger;调解：compatible, reconcile

awash

被淹没的：by water;(如洪水般)氾滥的：filled, covered, overrun

puerile

幼稚的，不成熟的：immature

slant

(看待问题、思考的)角度，看法：way of looking;倾斜的：slanting direction;歪曲(事实等)：create a wrong impression

raffle

垃圾，废物：discarded, useless

vivacious

活泼的，快活的：lively

belligerent

好斗的，好战的：assertiveness, hostility, combativeness

agog

极度感兴趣的：urgent desire or interest

tempestuous

突然的，剧烈的：sudden or violent

extraction

血统：origin, ancestry

mesmeric

催命的，催眠术的：mesmerism;令人着迷的，难以抗拒的：attracting

restrain

限制，控制：limit, restrict

inimical

带有敌意的：hostility;危及某人利益的，不利的：opposed to interests

coquette

调情的女子：flirt;调情，不认真对待：playfully

windy

冗长的：verbosity

credit

信任，信赖：mental conviction of the truth;表扬，讚扬：acknowledgment or admiration

decadent

堕落的，腐败的：lowered moral character;放纵的人：devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures;道德上堕落的人：moral decay

contravene

违反，反对：violate, oppose

truant

逃避责任(的);逃避责任者：shirking responsibility, shirks duty

paunchy

大腹便便的，大肚子的：potbelly

hearken

倾听，关注：attention

deliberate

深思熟虑的：careful

descendant

后代：deriving directly from

melodramatic

感情夸张的，伤感的：exaggeratedly emotional

xenophobe

仇视(或畏惧)外国人(或外国事物)者：fearful of what is foreign

respite

间歇，休息：rest

peremptory

不容反抗的：not allowing contradiction;爱发号施令的：ordering people;傲慢的：feeling of superiority

careen

蹒跚而行。不稳定行走：to lurch or swerve;狂奔，快速运动：rush

nadir

最低点：lowest point

fleet

舰队，车队：group of a vehicles;迅速的：with great speed;快速涌过：pass swiftly

gourmand

嗜食者，大胃王：excessively fond of eating

practitioner

职业人士：profession

accomplish

实现，完成：completion

impeccable

无罪的：free from sin;无暇的，无可挑剔的：free from fault

portentous

预兆性的，凶兆的：sign of evil;勾起兴趣的，令人遐想的：eliciting amazement

abut

邻接，毗邻：adjacent

baffling

令人疑惑的，难以理解的：hard to comprehend

fluctuate

波动，无规则地变动：shift back and forth

crow

感到高兴：joy or triumph;自鸣得意：pride in one's own possessions

lethargic

没精打采的，行动迟缓的：sluggish

sophism

假推理，诡辩：deceptive argumentation

sepulchral

阴沉的，丧葬的：lacking in cheer

license

许可，认可：approval;自由：move freely;放荡：disregard for standards;准许，授权使用：permit or authorize

shipshape

井然有序的：order

narcissism

自恋：admiration of oneself

puckish

淘气的，顽皮的：mischievous, impish

proclivity

癖性，爱好：inclination

ken

视野範围：vision;知道，瞭解(人或物)：know

denigrate

诋毁，污蔑：scornfully

eavesdrop

偷听：listen secretly

calumniate

诽谤，造谣，中伤：false statements

stipple

(雕刻时)点刻，用点标记：mark with small spots

furor

喧闹，狂怒，激动，狂热：intense excitement

effluvium

难闻的气味：offensive smell;没有的副产品，废品：by-product waste

exotic

外来的，不同寻常的：unusual

hyperbole

夸张：exaggeration used for emphasis

approbation

同意：approval

complacency

自满，无忧患意识：self-satisfaction, unawareness of trouble