111GRE字彙7

Yi-Hsuan H.
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  1. furtive
    secret and sly
    (a)鬼祟的
  2. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
    (a)鬼祟的
  3. clandestine
    conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
    (a)鬼祟的 [ a clandestine affair]
  4. tryst
    a secret rendezvous, especially a romantic one
    (n) 幽會
  5. stealth
    the act of moving in a quiet or secretive way to avoid being noticed
    (n)
    (a) stealthy 鬼祟的
  6. abscond
    run away, often taking something or somebody along
    (v) ab-away;scond-store 秘密逃離
  7. embezzle
    appropriate fraudulently to one's own use
    (v)捲款
  8. teller
    an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
    (n)櫃員
  9. dichotomy
    a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses
    (n) 二分法 di-;bi-;ambi 皆表示二
    dicho-two;tom-cut
  10. bifurcate
    split or divide into two
    (v) bi-two;furc-fork 分岔成二
    (n) bifurcation
  11. fledgling
    young bird that has just become capable of flying
    (n)新手 ling-small 小鴨-duckling
    (v)fledge 長羽毛
  12. green
    not fully developed or mature; not ripe
    (a)inexperienced
  13. novice
    someone new to a field or activity
    (n)nov-new
  14. probation
    a trial period during which one's abilities are tested
    (n)試用期
  15. tyro
    someone new to a field or activity
    (n)原指young soldier
  16. typo
    a mistake in printed matter
    (n)
  17. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
    (a)re-back;calcitr-heel,back
  18. unruly
    unable to be governed or controlled
    (a)
  19. stubborn
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
    (a)
  20. obstinate
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
    (a)
  21. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
    (a)形容人固執難駕馭 形容材料耐火的
  22. obstreperous
    noisily and stubbornly defiant
    (a)固執的 吵雜的
  23. intractable
    difficult to manage or mold
    (a)難管教的 tract-lead
  24. unmanageable
    hard to control
    (a)
  25. docile
    easily handled or managed
    (a)易管教的
  26. fractious
    easily irritated or annoyed
    (a)不合群的 易怒的 frac-break
  27. betray
    reveal unintentionally
    (v)不經意透露 show indicate
    (n)betrayal
  28. bigot
    a prejudiced person who is intolerant of differing opinions
    (n) 政黨宗教極端份子
    (n)bigotry
    (a)bigoted tendentious biased
  29. gloat
    malicious satisfaction
    (v)幸災樂禍地看 gloat over something
    (n)schadenfreude schaden-demage freude-joy
  30. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
    (n)負面義
  31. amateur
    someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
    (a)
  32. dabbler
    an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
    (n)
    (v)dabble in politics/art 涉足
  33. spatter
    dash a liquid upon or against
    (v)灑
  34. ungainly
    lacking grace in movement or posture
    (a)
  35. clumsy
    lacking grace in movement or posture
    (a)
  36. awkward
    lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
    (a)
  37. gawky
    awkward and clumsy in movement or posture
    (a)
  38. unwieldy
    difficult to use or handle because of size or weight
    (a)
  39. maladroit
    not quick or skillful in action or thought
    (a)
  40. gainsay
    take exception to
    (v)deny gain-against
  41. naysayer
    someone with an aggressively negative attitude
    (n)否認者 拒絕者 nay-no
  42. becoming
    displaying or setting off to best advantage
    (a)fitting suitable
  43. abeyance
    temporary cessation or suspension
    (n) in abeyance
  44. table
    arrange or enter in rows and columns
    (v) 議案(motion)擱置
  45. agenda
    an organized plan for matters to be attended to
    (n) hidden agenda 別有企圖
  46. harbor
    maintain, as a theory, thought, or feeling
    (v)懷有...的情感 cherish entertain
  47. grudge
    a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
    (n)怨恨
  48. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
    (a)不確定性的危險 prec-pray
  49. perilous
    fraught with danger
    (a)
  50. jeopardy
    a source of danger
    (n)
  51. nefarious
    extremely wicked
    (a) evil ne-not;fas-rightlawful
  52. flagrant
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
    (a)明目張膽的
  53. flout
    treat with contemptuous disregard
    (v)蔑視 flout the law
  54. clout
    (boxing) a blow with the fist
    (n)power 影響力
  55. posthumous
    occurring or coming into existence after a person's death
    (a)post-after hum-earth-death 死後的
    a posthumous child
    the posthumous fame
  56. prenatal
    occurring or existing before birth
    (a)pre-before nat-born (nature)生前的
  57. implode
    burst inward
    (v) self-destruct collapse totally
    (n) implosion
  58. salubrious
    promoting health
    (a)salu-health healthful有益健康的 salubrious habits
  59. hay fever
    a seasonal rhinitis resulting from an allergic reaction to pollen
    (n)
  60. faction
    a dissenting clique
    (n)爭議
  61. virtuoso
    someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
    (n)某endeavor(field)的一流能手
    (n)virtuosity 高超
  62. ascetic
    practicing great self-denial
    (a,n)禁慾的 清心寡慾的
  63. monastery
    the residence of a religious community
    (n)修道院
    (a)monastic 修道院般的
  64. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
    (a)ascetic=stern=unadorned(簡樸的 素顏的)
    (n)austerity austerity measure 撙節措施
  65. demeanor
    the way a person behaves toward other people
    (n)風格 態度
  66. convalesce
    get over an illness or shock
    (v)recover=get well
    com-intensifier val-strong esc-become
    value-強者才有價值
    (a)valiant=brave
  67. recuperate
    restore to good health or strength
    (v)
    (n)recuperation
  68. recapitulate
    summarize briefly
    (v)recap 重述重點
  69. rehabilitate
    restore someone to a good state of health or reputation
    (v)矯正 戒除 康復
  70. relapse
    go back to bad behavior
    (v) re-back lap-slip 一不小心壞習慣又溜回來
  71. default
    loss resulting from failure of a debt to be paid
    (v)違約 未還債
  72. solvent
    capable of meeting financial obligations
    (a)有償債能力的
  73. recidivism
    habitual relapse into crime
    (n)re-back cid-fall 再跌一次 recidivism rate 再犯率
    (n)recidivist 再犯者
  74. recrudesce
    happen
    (v)復發 可用在火山再爆發 renewal re-back crud-raw esc-become 回到原始狀態
  75. guerrilla
    a member of an irregular army that fights a stronger force
    (n)游擊隊
  76. provincial
    associated with an administrative district of a nation
    (a)narrow unsophisticated
    (n)province
  77. bucolic
    devoted to raising sheep or cattle
    (a)鄉野的 田園的
  78. rustic
    awkwardly simple and provincial
    (a)粗野的 無教養的 視野狹隘的
  79. pastoral
    idyllically rustic
    (a)
  80. idyllic
    charmingly simple and serene
    (a)田園的
  81. boorish
    ill-mannered and coarse in behavior or appearance
    (a)粗魯無教養的
  82. churlish
    rude and boorish
    (a)粗魯無教養的
  83. urbane
    showing a high degree of refinement
    (a)文雅的
    (n)urban
  84. polished
    showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience
    (a)有教養的
  85. sophisticated
    having worldly knowledge and refinement
    (a)文雅的
  86. insular
    narrowly restricted in outlook or scope
    (a)狹隘的 = local 來自island
    (n)insularity
    (n)insularism島國主義
  87. suspicion
    doubt about someone's honesty
    (n)doubt
  88. solicitude
    a feeling of excessive concern
    (n)既關心又焦慮的
    (a)solicitous
  89. solitude
    the state or situation of being alone
    (n)
  90. suspect
    regard as untrustworthy
    (a)可疑的 doubtful questionable suspicious
    (n)嫌疑者
    (v)懷疑
  91. pugnacious
    ready and able to resort to force or violence
    (a)好鬥的 combative fighting
    (n)pugilist拳擊手
    (n)pugilism拳擊
    (n)pugnacity
  92. truculent
    defiantly aggressive
    (a)殘忍好鬥的 來勢洶洶的
  93. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
    (a)好鬥的 交戰的 {belligerent nations}
    (n)交戰國
    bell-beauty fight
  94. bellicose
    having or showing a ready disposition to fight
    (a)好鬥的
  95. caricature
    a representation of a person exaggerated for comic effect
    (n)諷刺漫畫
  96. burlesque
    relating to a broadly humorous theatrical entertainment
    (n)
  97. dismantle
    take off or remove
    (v)拆除 破壞某物完整性
    (n)dismantlement
  98. blight
    cause to suffer devastation
    (v)對什麼有不良影響
    (a)blighted {blighted area}災區
  99. germane
    relevant and appropriate
    (a)fitting becoming
  100. pertinent
    being of striking appropriateness
    (a)
    { be fitting/relevant/pertinent to}
  101. apposite
    being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
    (a)ap-ad-to pos-put 把東西放在適當處
    apt relevant
    (n)appositeness
  102. inscrutable
    difficult or impossible to understand
    (a)in-not scru-examine mysterious 難以理解的
    (a)esoteric
    (a)arcane
    (a)profound
  103. modicum
    a small or moderate or token amount
    (a)modest很少的所以 沒得啃
  104. embellish
    make more beautiful
    (v)decorate enhance 美化 修辭 em-make bell-beauty
    (n)embellishment
  105. construe
    make sense of; assign a meaning to
    (v)understand 從construct來
    反義字 misconstrue
    {construe/misconstrue A as B}將 A (不)理解成 B
  106. collude
    act in unison and in secret towards a deceitful purpose
    (v)co-together lud-play 一起玩所以串通=conspire plot
    (n)collusion
  107. complicity
    guilt as a confederate in a crime or offense
    (n)共謀 com-together plic-fold
  108. swindler
    a person who steals by means of deception or fraud
    (n)騙子
  109. doctrinaire
    stubbornly insistent on theory rather than practicality
    (a)教條主義的
    (n)教條主義者
  110. doctrine
    a belief accepted as authoritative by some group or school
    (n)教條 doc-dic-說,教
  111. dogma
    a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative
    (n)
  112. dog
    go after with the intent to catch
    (v)尾隨 堅持不懈
  113. dogged
    stubbornly unyielding
    (a)尾隨 堅持不懈
  114. tenacious
    stubbornly unyielding
    (a)堅持的 persistent
    (a)記憶力佳的 retentive
    (n)tenacity persistence
  115. subterfuge
    something intended to misrepresent the nature of an activity
    (n)deception
    mendacity
    equivocation
    prevarication
  116. stratagem
    an elaborate or deceitful scheme to deceive or evade
    (n)詭計
  117. fugitive
    lasting for a markedly brief time
    (a)短暫的fugacious fug-flee
    evanescent
    ephemeral
    transitory
    fleeting
    short-lived
    transient
    temporal
    (n)流亡者
  118. evanescent
    short-lived; tending to vanish or disappear
    (a) e-ex-out van-empty esc-become 逐漸變空即消逝
    (v)evanesce
    (n)evanescence
    {evanescent fame 轉瞬即空的名氣}
  119. hue
    the quality of a color determined by its dominant wavelength
    (n)color
Created on Sun Apr 08 00:06:48 EDT 2012 (updated Sun May 06 23:25:02 EDT 2012)

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