convalesce
渐渐康復，渐愈：recover gradually
desiccate
使(食物)脱水以保存，使乾燥：drying;使缺乏活力：deprive vitality
kidnap
绑架勒索：detain unlawful force
corroborate
用证据或权威证实：support with evidence;为…提供证据，支援：provide evidence
argument
争吵，争论：expression of differing opinions;(逻辑上的)论证：from a premise to a conclusion;观点，论点：idea, opinion
beige
缺乏特徵的：lacking distinction
tarnish
玷污：morally bad
facile
表面的，浅尝辄止的：lack of depth;容易的，唾手可得的：easily accomplished
precipitous
非常陡峭的：steep;匆忙的：careless speed
prevaricate
支吾其词，撒谎：evade truth
pulchritude
美丽：beauty
quaff
大口地喝：drink heartily
antic
滑稽可笑的：clownish
exhaust
耗尽：consume entirely, complete use of;筋疲力尽：wear out
distill
对…用蒸馏法提高纯度：increase, purify;(使)渗出;(使)滴下：fall drops
principal
主要的，重要的：highest importance, rank
stoic
隐忍的，冷静的：unaffected by pleasure or pain
hovel
茅屋：small wretched dirty
cavort
欢快地蹦跳或行走，雀跃：sprightly
amity
友好关係，亲善和睦：friendship, friendly
squabble
口角，小争吵：quarrel
enamored
迷恋的，热爱的：intense or excessive love
scion
子孙：descendant
glut
使过量，使充满：beyond capacity
surmise
(根据不足的)推测，揣测：based on scantly evidence
ostracize
驱逐：exclude
contaminate
污染，感染：stain
detour
偏离正常标準：away from standard;改变方向或者路线，绕道：change direction
influx
涌入：coming in
devoted
投入的，忠诚的：loyalty, devotion;示爱的，恩爱的：love
persiflage
打趣：teasing
roisterer
喝酒喧闹的人：engages in merrymaking
hoax
欺骗：cause to believe untrue
buoy
使充满勇气和力量，使振作：courage or strength
vociferous
喧哗的，大叫大嚷的：vehement outcry
egoistic
利己的，以自我为中心的：centered in oneself
pedestrian
行人：traveling on foot;平庸无奇的，令人厌倦的：causing weariness
pliable
易弯曲的，柔软的：supple;易受影响的，温顺的：easily influenced
assertive
自信的：bold, assertion, self-assured
antedate
比...早，早于：earlier date
heckle
起哄，使难堪：harass
ratiocination
推理：thought processes
awe
敬畏：dread, veneration, wonder
revenge
报復，復仇：retaliating;为...復仇：retaliating in kind
infatuate
使迷恋：inspire unreasoning love
jeopardy
危险： risk, danger
censor
审查并删除不良的东西：examine, delete
cloudburst
突然的一场暴雨：sudden copious rainfall
pitiless
没有同情心的：devoid of pity
bifurcate
(使)分成两支：two branches
unassailable
无可争辩的，无法否认的，不可亵渎的：not to be violated
conserve
保存，避免浪费：keep avoid wasteful
stasis
平衡，停滞：balance
repartee
机智的回答：witty response;打趣，善意的玩笑：good-natured teasing
wag
诙谐幽默的人：humorous;摆动：move to and fro or up and down
enthusiasm
热情，兴趣：desire or interest
dispatch
迅速：promptness;发送，派遣：one place to another;使死亡：deprive life;获胜，胜过…：victory
stickler
坚持细节的人，一丝不苟的人：insist on exactness
padding
夸张，废话：go beyond the facts
acumen
不同寻常的洞察力和鉴别力：exceptional discernment and judgment
ensconce
安置：settle securely;隐藏：hiding
eulogize
称讚，颂扬：speak in high praise of
notch
刻痕：cut;通过努力获得：obtain
haunt
常去拜访：frequent;不断地想起，萦绕心头：obsess
arrest
使不活跃：inactive;停止：stopping, standstill;逮捕：keep;吸引(某人)注意力：hold, attention
lofty
崇高的：elevated;高的：rising;自大的：superiority
taxing
繁重的，费力的：requiring much time, effort
perish
死亡，消亡：cease to exist
inception
开端，开始：beginning
outmoded
过时的，废弃的：no longer usable
barefaced
公然的，厚颜无耻的：brazen
indemnity
(损害、伤害等的)保险赔偿：compensation
derivative
非塬创的：originality
revere
(尤指对神的)尊崇，尊敬：respect
windbag
健谈的人：talkative
debunk
揭穿…的真面目：true nature;证明…为假：false
reiterate
重申：state again
dissuade
劝阻，反对：deter persuasion, exhortation
restive
急躁的，忧虑的：impatience, uneasiness;难以管束的：resisting control
grin
咧嘴笑，咧嘴笑着表示：express an emotion
stunt
阻碍(成长)：hinder growth
sweltering
酷热的：hot
seminal
有发展性的：contributing later development;创新的：creative
fussy
谨慎的：involving great care;过分雕琢的：excessively decorated;挑剔的：hard to please
gloomy
黯淡无光的：without light;忧郁的：low spirits
contrived
不自然的，刻意的：lacking spontaneous quality
stock
库存，储备：inventory;普通的，常备的：commonly used
fervent
充满感情的，热情洋溢的：great intensity of feeling
sacrilege
亵渎圣物：profanation sacred
solder
连接，联合：unite
redoubtable
杰出的，值得尊敬的：worthy of respect;可怕的：arousing fear
dyspeptic
脾气坏的：bad-tempered;消化不良的：dyspepsia
propagate
繁殖：increase;传播，宣传：spread out
sedentary
固定不动的：not migratory
antithetical
完全对立的，相反的：direct and unequivocal opposition
emulate
效仿并努力超越：excel through imitation
supine
懒散的，倦怠的，消极的，漠不关心的：lethargy, indifference
vicarious
代理的，取代的：substitute for another
worship
崇拜，敬仰：respect;崇拜，膜拜：offer honor or respect
transparent
透明的：capable of transmitting light;没有歧义的，清晰易懂的：not subject to misinterpretation
