1.

Malady

 （系統或組織內部的）問題，弊病

2. Imbroglio 錯綜複雜的局面，困局

3. Quandary (Steve certainly is in a quandary)

 困境；猶豫不決

 I'm in a real quandary about/over which one to accept

4. Tribulation
 a problem or difficulty

 苦難，艱難

5. Conflagration 大火，大火災/衝突；災禍；戰火

6. Vacillate (vacillate between schools when deciding which to attend) = waver

7. Byzantine 錯綜複雜的

8. Inclement （天氣）惡劣的（尤指寒冷、有暴風雨或暴風雪）

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9. Elegiac 輓歌（體）的

10. Sullen (often appearing sullen after losing)

 慍怒的；悶悶不樂的，繃著臉的

 His daughters stared back at him with an expression of sullen resentment

11. Mournful 憂傷的；悲痛的；悽楚的

12. Weepy 悲傷欲哭的

13. Gloomy

14. Lachrymose 悲傷的/愛哭的，容易落淚的

15. Dolorous = Saddening, shocking and upsetting

16. Morose 陰鬱的；脾氣不好的；孤僻的

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17. Contrite

 悔罪的；悔恨的

a contrite apology/expression
18. Remorseful
19. Maudlin
 feeling sad and sorry for yourself, especially after you have drunk a lot of

alcohol
20. Brooding

 令人憂心忡忡的/憂思的；擔憂的

 He stood there in the corner of the room, a dark, brooding presence.

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21. Anodyne

 （尤指透過不表達強烈的感情或意見而）不得罪人的

Somehow this avoids being just another silly pop song with anodyne lyrics
about love and happiness.
22. Insipid (deflect attention away from the insipid scripts)

 無味的；無特色的/無生氣的；乏味的

Why anyone buys music with such insipid lyrics is a mystery.

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23. Humdrum (grown up in a humdrum suburb)

 乏味的，單調的，令人厭倦的

24. Pedestrian (pedestrian concern) ~ prosaic

 not interesting; showing very little imagination

25. Hoary
 very old and familiar and therefore not interesting or funny/ (of a person) very

old and with white or grey hair

 He told a few hoary old jokes and nobody laughed.
26. Trite (trite expressions)

 陳腐的；老一套的

I know it will sound trite, but I've loved being part of this club.
27. Perceptive

 感知能力強的；觀察敏銳的；有洞察力的
  Her books are full of perceptive insights into the human condition.

28. Percipient 目光敏銳的；洞察力強的

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29. Brook (did not brook any form of talking)
 to allow or accept something, esp. a difference of opinion or intention

30. Hobble (bad weather has hobbled rescue efforts)

 約束，限制/一瘸一拐地行走，跛行

 A long list of amendments has hobbled the new legislation.

The last time I saw Rachel she was hobbling around with a stick.
 Some of the runners could only manage to hobble over the finishing line.

31. Stymie (they found their plans stymied at every turn)

 In our search for evidence, we were stymied by the absence of any recent

documents.
32. Stem  to stop something unwanted from spreading or increasing

33. Rescind (the license was rescinded after) 廢除；取消；撤銷

34. Proscribe 禁止

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35. Browbeat (browbeaten into signing a false confession)

 威嚇；嚇唬

36. Cow
 The protesters refused to be cowed into submission by the army.

37. Capitulate 投降；屈服；停止抵抗

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38. Myriad

 無數，極大數量

a myriad of choices
39. Surfeit (there was no such thing as a surfeit of shopping) [countable often singular]
 The country has a surfeit of cheap labor

40. Replete (replete with goods)

 full, especially with food/ well supplied
 After two helpings of dessert, Sergio was at last replete.
 This car has an engine replete with the latest technology.
41. Profuse

 極其豐富的，充沛的

42. Inundate (inundated with false reports)

43. Modicum (had even a modicum of sense)

 少量，一點點

 There's not even a modicum of truth in her statement.

 Anyone with a modicum of common sense could have seen that the plan
wouldn't work.

44. Dearth (surprised by the dearth of fast food chain) 不足，缺乏，缺少

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45. Cosseted

 寵愛，疼愛；溺愛

The country has been cosseted (= too protected) by the government for so long
that people have forgotten how to take responsibility for themselves.
46. Pampered

 細心照顧，精心護理；縱容，嬌慣

 Why not pamper yourself after a hard day with a hot bath scented with oils?
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47. Ribald (ribald humor) （指言語）粗俗詼諧的；猥褻逗笑的 (adj)

48. Vulgar

 粗俗的；庸俗的；不雅的

 Isn't it rather vulgar to talk about how much money you earn?
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49. Timorous  nervous and without much confidence
50. Taciturn (is far more taciturn)  tending not to speak much, ~laconic

51. Garrulous 喋喋不休的，絮叨的，饒舌的

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52. Austere (could hardly be called austere)

 簡樸的；樸素的/不加修飾的，無裝飾的/嚴厲的；嚴峻的
  An austere childhood during the war
 The courtroom was a large, dark chamber, an austere place.

 He was a tall, austere, forbidding figure.

53. Unadorned (her unadorned beauty)

 plain and simple, with little or no decoration

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54. Curmudgeon (was the family curmudgeon) 脾氣乖戾的老人，壞脾氣的老人

55. Grouch 發牢騷，抱怨；發脾氣 (n/v)

56. Magisterial (was magisterial in dealing with her class)

 有絕對權威的；威嚴的；傲慢的

 Jenkins's magisterial biography of Gladstone

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57. Anomalous
58. Fallacious
 His argument is based on fallacious reasoning.

59. Incontrovertible

 不容置疑的；無可辯駁的

60. Impregnable （建築或其他場所）堅不可摧的，固若金湯的

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61. Destitute  without money, food, a home, or possessions (adj)

62. Penurious (truly penurious, she had nth) 赤貧的

63. Indigent  very poor

64. Impecunious

65. Ravenous 極其饑餓的

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66. Philistine 對文化藝術無知的人；沒有文化修養的人 (countable n)

67. Esoteric (an esoteric hobby to most)

68. Rarefied (rarefied environment) 高深精妙的；曲高和寡的

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69. Lampoon
 a piece of writing, a drawing, etc. that criticizes a famous person or a public

organization in a humorous way, allowing their or its bad qualities to be seen

and making them or it seem stupid (countable noun)
70. Diatribe
 an angry speech or piece of writing that severely criticizes something or

someone
 He launched into a long diatribe against the lack of action in Congress

71. Assail (assailed the governor)

 攻擊/困擾；使苦惱

 He was assailed with insults and abuse as he left the court.

 to be assailed by doubts/fears/problems

72. Chastise 嚴厲批評

73. Impugn 抨擊；質疑

74. Decry

 斥責，譴責，抨擊

Lawyers decried the imprisonment of several journalists.

75. Scold
 His mother scolded him for breaking her favorite vase.

76. Vituperative
 A vituperative spoken or written attack is full of angry criticism.

 Miss Snowden yesterday launched a vituperative attack on her ex-boss and

former lover.
77. Vitriolic  full of violent hate and anger
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78. Bristle (bristling at our criticism) (v)

 （毛髮等）直立/生氣

She bristled at the suggestion that she had in any way neglected the child.
79. Incense
 The editor said a lot of readers would be incensed by my article on class.

80. Rile  to make someone angry

81. Exasperate (exasperated my mom with strings of never-ending questions)

82. Irascible 易怒的，性情暴躁的

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83. Effrontery (acted with effrontery) (uncountable noun)
 extreme rudeness without any ability to understand that your behavior is not

acceptable to other people

 He was silent all through the meal and then had the effrontery to complain that

I looked bored!

84. Hauteur (began displaying hauteur to her friends) 倨傲，傲慢態度

85. Snub
 to insult someone by not giving them any attention or treating them as if they

are not important (v)

 I think she felt snubbed because Anthony hadn't bothered to introduce himself.

86. Cheeky
 slightly rude or showing no respect, but often in a funny way

She's got such a cheeky grin.

87. Brusque
 quick and rude in manner or speech

 His secretary was a little brusque with me

88. Insolent 無禮的，侮慢的

89. Perfunctory

 草率的；馬虎的；敷衍的

His smile was perfunctory.

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90. Haughty
 unfriendly and seeming to consider yourself better than other people

91. Pompous

 妄自尊大的，自以為是的 ~ pretentious

 He can sometimes sound a little pompous when he talks about acting

92. Officious 愛指手畫腳的，愛發號施令的；自以為是的

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93. Aplomb (acted with aplomb) 自信；沉著，泰然自若 (noun)

94. Unflappable 鎮定自若的，沈著冷靜的

95. Self-effacing
  不愛出風頭的；謙虛的

he captain was typically self-effacing when questioned about the team's

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successes, giving credit to the other players

96. Modest

 謙虛的，謙遜的/（女子的衣著、舉止等）端莊的，正派的，樸素的

 He's very modest about his achievements.

97. Urbane （尤指男子）從容自信的，溫文爾雅的

98. Genteel

 上流社會的；上流社會典型的/彬彬有禮的/平靜和緩的；安靜溫和的

 The mansion had an atmosphere of genteel elegance and decay.

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99. Imprudent (made the imprudent move)
100. Facile (facile explanations)

 （言語或理論）輕率的，未經深思熟慮的

 We must avoid facile recriminations about who was to blame

101. Hasty 倉促的，輕率的

102. Precipitately

 貿然地，輕率地

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103. Veneer (a mere veneer of responsibility)
 She managed to hide her corrupt dealings under a veneer of respectability.

104. Tawdry
 looking bright and attractive but in fact cheap and of low quality

105. Showy
 attracting a lot of attention by being very colorful or bright, but without any real

beauty
106. Grandiloquent

 （尤指為了使某人或者某物顯得重要而）賣弄詞藻的，言辭浮誇的，過

分華麗的
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107. Besotted
 He was so completely besotted with her that he couldn't see how badly she

treated him
108. Infatuated
 She was infatuated with her boss.

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109. Unscrupulous
 behaving in a way that is dishonest or unfair in order to get what you want

110. Fell 邪惡的；殘暴的 (adj)

111. Sanctimonious  acting as if morally better than others

112. Holier-than-thou 自以為道德上高人一等的

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113. Amok 狂亂，狂暴，發狂 (run amok)

114. Frenzied 瘋狂的，狂熱的，狂暴的

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115. Collusion (in collusion with other criminals)
116. Complicit (was still complicit in the corruption)

 有同謀關係的，串通的

 She was accused of being complicit in her husband's death.

117. Conniving 搞陰謀的；暗算他人的

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118. Protean
 easily and continuously changing

 the protean talents of this comedian

119. Versatile

 多種用途的；萬用的；多才多藝的

 He's a very versatile young actor who's as happy in highbrow dramas as he is in

TV comedies.
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120. Discursive 推論的，論證的/東拉西扯的，不著邊際的

121. Tangential （主動或活動）與正在談論的不直接相關的

122. Meander (meandering through the city)

 （河流、道路等）蜿蜒，迂迴曲折/漫步，閒逛；徘徊/（話題、過程或

活動）無目的地進行

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123. Obtain
 Conditions of extreme poverty now obtain in many parts of the country.

124. Vicarious

 間接感受到的；間接獲得的

 She took a vicarious pleasure in her friend's achievements.

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125. Apogee (the apogee of the Viennese style of music)

 （成功、流行、權力等的）頂峰，頂點，最高點

126. Acme
 the best or most perfect thing that can exist or be achieved

 To act on this world-famous stage is surely the acme of any actor's career.
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127. Tyro

 初學者，新手 (n)

 I look forward to seeing this young tyro's next ballet.

128. Callow
 Someone, especially a young person, who is callow behaves in a way that shows

they have little experience, confidence, or judgment (adj)

 Mark was just a callow youth of 16 when he arrived in Paris.

129. Inchoate

 才開始的；不完全的；未發展完善的

 She had a child's inchoate awareness of language.

130. Fledgling

 新的，剛開始的；缺乏經驗的

 The current economic climate is particularly difficult for fledgling businesses.

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131. Maverick 特立獨行的人，行為不合常規的人

132. Recalcitrant （人）不守規章的，桀驁不馴的；（動物）不馴服的 (adj)

133. Pariah 為社會所拋棄者；受蔑視的人；不被信任者

134. Outcast 受排斥的人；被社會（或集體）拋棄的人；流浪者

135. Ostracize 故意避開；排擠，排斥

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136. Martinet
 someone who demands that rules and orders always be obeyed, even when it is

unnecessary or unreasonable to do so
137. Punctilious (was so punctilious about)

 一絲不苟的；循規蹈矩的

 He was always punctilious in his manners.

138. Resignation

 聽任；順從

 They received the news with resignation.

139. Complaisant
 willing to satisfy others by being polite and fitting in with their plans

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140. Evanescent
141. Ephemeral
 Fame in the world of rock and pop is largely ephemeral.

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142. Culminate

 以…告終；達到…的頂點

 Their many years of research have finally culminated in a cure for the disease.
143. Ossify (his bad opinions ossified into unshiftable views)
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144. Expurgate 刪除（不當之處）；刪去（可能使人反感的地方）

145. Expunge 刪去；抹去；勾銷

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146. Chimera 幻想；妄想，空想

147. Quixotic (quixotic plans)

 不切實際的，異想天開的

148. Puerile

 幼稚的，傻氣的

I find his sense of humor rather puerile.

149. Comical
 Funny in a strange or silly way

 He looked so comical in that hat.

150. Grotesque

 怪誕的，荒謬的；奇形怪狀的；醜陋的

 By now she'd had so much cosmetic surgery that she looked quite grotesque.
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151. Cupidity （尤指對金錢或財産的）貪心，貪婪

152. Avarice 貪得無厭；貪婪

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153. Prolific 作品豐富的；多產的

154. Fecund (a fecund period)

 肥沃的；生殖力旺盛的/ producing or creating a lot of new things, ideas, etc.

 A fecund imagination
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155. Encumber  使…負擔沈重；妨礙，阻礙；拖累

156. Ponderous

 （因重或大而）行動遲緩的，笨拙的/（書、講話或寫作風格）嚴肅而乏

味的，呆板的，生硬的
  He had a slow and ponderous manner.
 The ponderous reporting style makes the evening news dull viewing.

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157. Myopic
158. Provident
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159. Rapprochement （與敵對群體達成的）和解，恢復友好關係

160. Recrimination

 相互指責；反訴；反責

 The peace talks broke down and ended in bitter mutual recrimination(s).

161. Reprisal （尤指軍事或政治的）報復，報復行動

162. Retaliatory
 He urged people not to resort to retaliatory violence.

 他力勸人們不要以暴制暴。

163. Vindictive

 想復仇的；報復性的；懷恨在心的

 In the movie "Cape Fear", a lawyer's family is threatened by a vindictive former

prisoner.
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164. Deride

 嘲笑，譏笑

 He derided my singing as pathetic.

165. Derogative
 showing strong disapproval and not showing respect

166. Snide (interpreted sth as a snide remark)

 （尤指話語）惡意的，挖苦的

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167. Lascivious 淫蕩的，好色的

168. Filthy 骯髒的，汙穢的

169. Placid 寧靜的；平和的

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170. Loath (was loath to)
171. Obstinate

 頑固的，固執的；倔強的/棘手的；難以清除的；難以克服的

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172. Sycophant  The prime minister is surrounded by sycophants.
173. Flatterer
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174. Confound (found calculus confounding)

 使驚疑，使困惑

175. Flounder

 困難重重；艱苦掙紮；不知所措

 Richardson resigned as chairman, leaving the company floundering.

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176. Charlatan
177. Con artist

178. Trickery 欺騙，欺詐

179. Subterfuge
 It was clear that they must have obtained the information by subterfuge

180. Fraudulent
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181. Admonish

 告誡；警告；責備/力勸，忠告

182. Conciliate 安撫；撫慰；調停；和解

183. Assuage
 to make unpleasant feelings less strong

 緩和；減輕；平息

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184. Flag (enthusiasm began to flag)
  變得疲倦；興趣衰減

 I was starting to flag after the ninth mile.

185. Anemic (gave an anemic performance)

186. Ebullient 精力充沛的；熱情洋溢的；興高采烈的

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187. Chagrin
 disappointment or anger, especially when caused by a failure or mistake

 My children have never shown an interest in music, much to my chagrin.

188. Dismay
 a feeling of unhappiness and disappointment

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189. Desecrate

 褻瀆，玷污

The mosque/shrine was desecrated by vandals.

190. Debase
 to reduce the quality or value of something

 Some argue that money has debased football.

191. Consecrate
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192. Antipathy 憎惡，厭惡；反感

193. Enmity

 仇恨，怨恨；敵意

 She denied any personal enmity towards him.

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194. Spendthrift 揮霍者，花錢無度的人

195. Opulence
 the quality of being expensive and luxurious (uncountable n)

 He says living in such opulence makes him uneasy.

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196. Jingoist 沙文主義者

197. Bellicose (known for their bellicose ways) 好戰的;好鬥的 ~ Belligerent

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198. Erudite 博學的；有學問的

199. Vacuous 空洞的；無知的

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200. Malodorous
201. Stinky
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202. Genial (a genial young woman) 友好的；愉快的；和藹的

203. Affable
 friendly and easy to talk to

 He struck me as an affable sort of a man.

204. Retiring 不願與人交往的；離群索居的；孤僻的

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205. Pastoral

 （藝術品、文章或音樂）描寫鄉村生活的，鄉村風情的

206. Rustic 粗製的；鄉村的，鄉村特色的；質樸的

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207. Gaffe 出醜；失禮；失言

208. Blunder
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209. Resurgent 復興的；再次增長的；再度流行的

210. Moribund (as a genre is moribund at best, possibly already dead)

 （尤指組織或公司）無生氣的，停滯不前的，失敗的

 How can the department be revived from its present moribund state?
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211. Treacherous （人）不忠的，背信棄義的

212. Stalwart 忠實的，忠誠的；可靠的

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213. Indict (was indicted on several major charges)

 控告，告發；起訴

214. Inadvertent (the inadvertent consequence) 非故意的，無意的

215. Tout

 （尤指為了提高銷售額、知名度或推動發展）給…做廣告，宣傳，讚揚，

吹捧/倒賣，高價出售

 He is being widely touted as the next leader of the party.

 £30 seats for the match were being touted for £500.

216. Presentiment (had a presentiment about) （尤指不祥的）預感

217. Ameliorate (to ameliorate poverty) 使變好，改善，改進

218. Deleterious (was deleterious to) 有害的，造成危害的

219. Vie (vie for the championship)

 競爭；爭奪

220. Tender (was loath to tender more money in the fear that)

 提出；提供

221. Approbation (uncountable noun)

 The council has finally indicated its approbation of the plans.

222. Inkling (doesn’t have an inkling about how Asian languages are structured)

 略知；模糊的印象

 I didn't have the slightest inkling that she was unhappy.

 He must have had some inkling of what was happening.

223. Credence (placed no credence in psychics) 支持；相信，信任

224. Peruse
 to read or look at something in a relaxed way/ to read carefully in a detailed way

225. Sartorial

 裁縫的；（通常指）男裝縫製的；衣著的
226. Capricious 反覆無常的

227. Impulsive
228. Incongruous
 unusual or different from what is around or from what is generally happening

 It seems incongruous to have a woman as the editor of a men's magazine.

229. Kowtow (v) 卑躬屈膝，唯命是從

230. Mendicant (n) 乞丐；（尤指）托缽僧

231. Gerrymander
 The boundary changes were denounced as blatant gerrymandering.

232. Burgeon

 迅速發展；快速生長

 Love burgeoned between them.

233. Pittance (would have been a mere pittance) (countable often singular n)
 He works hard but he's paid a pittance.

234. Ascendancy  a position of power, strength, or success (uncountable n)

235. Vanquish
 to defeat an enemy or opponent, especially in war
236. Ostentatious
 too obviously showing your money, possessions, or power, in an attempt to

make other people notice and admire you

237. Phantasmagorical  full of different images, like something in a confused dream
238. Respite
 a pause or rest from something difficult or unpleasant [u]/ a useful delay before

something unpleasant happens [s]

 This is daytime television at its most anodyne.

239. Inanity  extremely silly or with no real meaning or importance (adj: inane)
240. Scintillating  funny, exciting, and clever
241. Hedge

 嚴格限制/避免答覆，拐彎抹角，迴避

 We've got permission, but it's hedged about/around with strict conditions.
 Stop hedging and tell me what you really think.

242. Melee 混亂/混亂的人群

243. Amalgam 混合物；綜合體

244. Sanguine

 樂觀的，樂天的

245. Ineffable （尤指喜悅）言語難以表達的，不可言喻的

246. Plucky

 有勇氣的，有膽量的

It was plucky of you to chase after the burglar.

247. Conducive

248. Despot 專橫者，專制者（尤指統治者）

（常指帶有風險的）策略；險招
249. Gambit (played a gambit) 精心策劃的一招；

250. Buttress

 支持（想法或論點）

 The arguments for change are buttressed by events elsewhere.

251. Tact

 （處事、言談等的）得體，乖巧，機敏；外交手腕

 He's never had much tact and people don't like his blunt manner.
252. Bastardization
253. Artifact
254. Telltale (the many telltale signs of chronic smoking)
255. Disparate (fields as disparate as religion and biology)
256. Ethereal (dances with an ethereal style)
 light and delicate, especially in an unnatural way

257. Histrionic (had such a histrionic outburst) 做作的，裝腔作勢的

258. Nettlesome
 annoying, and causing problems or difficulties

259. Unnerve
 I think it unnerved me to be interviewed by so many people.

260. Unseemly = indecent = indecorous = unbecoming

261. Exacting
  需付出極大努力的；要求小心仔細的；要求嚴格的

 an exacting training schedule

262. Clemency

 （施加懲罰時表現出的）寬厚，仁慈

 The jury passed a verdict of guilty, with an appeal to the judge for clemency.

263. Epiphany （對重要事物的）頓悟

264. Relegate

 貶職；使降級；降低…的地位

 She resigned when she was relegated to a desk job.

265. Illustrious  famous, well respected, and admired

266. Solicitous 關心的，關切的

267. Powwow (call for a powwow)

268. Celerity  speed

269. Diabolical 糟糕透頂的，差得驚人的/邪惡的，惡魔般的

270. Cryptic = mysterious, uncanny,arcane

271. Malinger （為逃避工作）詐病，裝病

272. Becoming (her dress was becoming) 合適的；相配的；好看的

273. Reproach 責備，責怪，批評

274. Hubris 驕傲自大

275. Truculence (responded with utter truculence)

 the quality of being truculent (= unpleasant and likely to argue a lot):
 His good mood gradually gave way to truculence when she didn't pay him any

attention.
276. Antedate = predate
277. Puissant  very strong, powerful, and effective
278. Tempestuous
 If sth such as a relationship or time is tempestuous, it is full of strong emotions.

279. Machinate  to make secret plans in order to get an advantage

280. Rebuke

281. Dilapidated 年久失修的，破敗的，破舊的

282. Propitious 吉祥的，吉利的

283. Precarious 危險的；不牢靠的，不穩的

284. Sardonic 譏諷的，冷嘲的，輕蔑的

285. Catholic 廣泛的；包羅萬象的

286. Smug 沾沾自喜的，自鳴得意的

287. Denouement 結局，結果

288. Majestic 雄偉的；壯麗的；威嚴的

289. Dovetail

 （使）吻合；（使）銜接；（使）咬合

 Their results dovetail nicely with ours.

290. Exalt
 to raise someone to a higher rank or more powerful position

291. Exonerate 證明…無罪；宣佈…無罪；使免受責備

292. Eclectic

 不拘一格的；相容並蓄的；博採眾長的

 an eclectic style/approach
293. Juxtapose

294. Inviolate 不受侵犯的；未受破壞的；不受褻瀆的

295. Tempered
296. Voracious

 饑渴的；渴求的；（尤指）貪吃的

297. Abjure 公開放棄

298. Obstreperous

 愛吵嚷的；喧鬧的；吵鬧不服管束的；難駕馭

299. Complacent

 自滿的，自鳴得意的

 a complacent smile/attitude
300. Imponderable (imponderable tasks)

 （效果或結果）無法預測（或估量）的

 There are too many imponderables to make an accurate forecast.

301. Idiosyncrasy

 癖好，怪癖；特徵

 She often cracks her knuckles when she's speaking - it's one of her little
idiosyncrasies.
302. Pundit =expert
303. Facetious

 （尤指不問場合）好開玩笑的；滑稽的，詼諧的

304. Painstaking

 認真仔細的，精心的，費盡心思的

305. Fastidious

 一絲不苟的；過分嚴謹的；苛求的

306. Reticence
307. Pejorative
308. Forestall ~preempt