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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| mellifluous |  :cacophonous 甜美的;流暢的;柔和的 |
| dulcet | :cacophonous 悅耳的 |
| calumny | :approbation 誹謗 |
| caprice |  :confirmation :resolution 多變的傾向,任性, 狂想曲,隨想曲the caprices of the weather |
| genial |  :caustic 和藹的,親切的;友好的 |
| attest |  :belie 證實 |
| euphonious | :cacophonous 悅耳的 |
| innocuous | :caustics 無毒/害的 |
| aboveboard |  :chicanery 率直地;光明正大地 |
| forthrightness | :chicanery |
| circumspect |  :audacious 慎重的 |
| prelude | :coda 前奏 |
| obdurateness | :complaisance |
| cowed |  :dauntless 恐嚇,威脅 He cowed them with his threats. |
| intrepid |  :cowed 勇敢的;大膽的;無畏的 the intrepid mountaineers |
| valorous |  :craven 勇敢的 |
| embolden |  :dauntless 使大膽;使有勇氣 |
| hearten |  :daunt 激勵 |
| meek |  :daunting 溫順的,柔順的 |
| timorous |  :dauntless 極膽怯的,提心吊膽的 |
| tepid |  :dauntless 不熱情的,不熱烈的 a tepid reception |
| pusillanimous |  :dauntless 膽怯的;懦弱的;優柔寡斷的 |
| insolent |  :deferential 恭敬的;慣於順從的/ 傲慢的;無禮的;侮慢的 next: 傲慢的;不禮貌的;莽撞的 |
| impertinent | :deferential 傲慢的;不禮貌的;莽撞的 It was impertinent of him to behave like that. |
| delude |  :disabuse 欺騙;哄騙;迷惑 He deluded everyone into following him. |
| drench | :desiccate 使濕透,浸濕 |
| assertiveness | :diffidence 自信;魄力 Her assertiveness was starting to be seen as arrogance. |
| brazen |  :diffidence 無恥的,厚臉皮的, 響而刺耳的 I saw the boy stealing money; but he is so brazen that he tried to say that I had stolen it. |
| pithy | :diffidence 簡潔有力的;簡練的 |
| tendentious | :disinterested 有偏見的,傾向性的;宣傳性的 |
| tantamount |  :disparate 同等的,相當於 His answer was tantamount to an insult. |
| candid |  :dissembling 公正的,公平的 This is really a candid decision. To be candid, I don't like your hairstyle. |
| garner |  :disseminate 把...儲入穀倉;收藏 Squirrels garner nuts for the winter. |
| endow | :divest 捐贈;資助 賦予He is endowed with an inventive mind. |
| enmity | :concord 敵意;不和, personal enmities,She is at enmity with her neighbors. |
| execration |  :approbation 憎惡;詛咒 |
| expansive | :diffident 坦率的;豪爽的;健談的, 擴張的;膨脹的 2. 廣闊的;遼闊的;廣泛的 |
| extol | :disparage 讚美;頌揚 They were extolled as heroes. |
| upbraid |  :extrol 責罵,訓斥 |
| faction | :disinterested 派系之爭,內訌 The party split into petty factions. |
| hoodwink |  :disabuse, 欺詐;哄騙 |
| impudence | :deference 厚臉皮, 傲慢 |
| rectitude | :inequity 正直;公正 |
| lionize |  :denigrate 捧(某人)為名人 |
| myopia |  :discernment 近視, 目光短淺 |
| myopic (a) | :discerning 近視, 目光短淺 |
| nervy | :diffident 緊張不安的, 神經過敏的 |
| obdurate | :complaisant 頑固的, 冷酷的 |
| obloquy | :adulate 恥辱,污名 |
| opprobrium | :good repute 恥辱;咒罵 |
| pithy | :diffuse 簡潔有力的;簡練的 |
| pluck | :craven 勇氣,意志 He showed pluck in fighting a boy much bigger than himself. |
| precursory | :derivative 先驅的 |
| preponderant | :commensurate 優勢的 |
| prissy | :desultory 為小事掛慮的;拘謹的 |
| temperate | :dissolute (放蕩的)溫和的,不極端的 He is temperate in speech. |
| scurrility | :decorum 說話刻薄, 下流 |
| sedulous | :desultory 勤勉的 |
| venerate | :deride 尊敬;崇敬 Robert was a lawyer and I always venerated him. |
| valiant | craven 勇敢的,英勇的 He made a valiant attempt to rescue the child. |
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