| Term | Definition |
|---|
| invigorate | :enervate(使失去活力;使衰弱) 賦予精神;鼓舞 |
| eradicate | :engender (產生;引起) 連根拔除 |
| smattering of knowledge | :erudite (博學的) 一知半解的知識 |
| stricture | :eulogy 苛評 |
| palliate | :exacerbate 緩和;減輕 |
| indict | :exculpate 控告 |
| condemn | :exculpate 宣告...有罪,判...刑 |
| earnest | :facetious 認真的;誠摯的;熱心的 She is earnest in her work. |
| lugubrious | :facetious 很哀傷的 |
| veritable | :fallacious 名副其實的 |
| veracious | :fallacious 誠實的;真實的 |
| astute | :fatuous (愚昧的) 1. 敏銳的,精明的,機敏的 2. 狡猾的,詭計多端的 |
| sagacious | :fatuous 睿智的;有遠見的;聰慧的 He is the most sagacious member of the committee. |
| flout | :venerate 藐視;嘲笑;嘲弄 |
| squelch | :foment (挑起;激起;煽動) 鎮壓 |
| stifle | :foment 使窒息,悶住;悶死 / 扼殺;抑止,阻止 |
| allay | :foment 1. 使平靜,平息 Father helped to allay her fears. 2. 使緩和,減輕 The injection allayed his pain. |
| quash | :foment 鎮壓,平息 |
| quell | :foment 鎮壓;平息;壓制 The police had been called in to quell a minor disturbance. |
| inhibit | :foment 1. 禁止 2. 約束;抑制 |
| abet | :forestall 1. 教唆,唆使;煽動 2. 幫助;支持 |
| assent to | :gainsay 同意,贊成 |
| taciturn | :garrulous (饒舌的)沈默寡言的;無言的 |
| laconic | :garrulous 簡潔的,簡明的 |
| reticent | :garrulous 無言的;沈默的 |
| succinct | :garrulous 簡練的;簡潔的 |
| curb | :goad (刺激;驅使;唆使) 1. 勒馬繩 2. 控制,約束,抑制 |
| lull | :goad 使安靜;使入睡 The motion of the train soon lulled me to sleep. 2. 使平靜;使緩和 |
| colloquial | :grandiloquent (誇張的;大言不慚的) 口語的;會話的 |
| succinct | :grandiloquent 簡練的;簡潔的 |
| overwrought | :impassive 過於緊張的 |
| affluent | :indigent (貧乏的) 富裕的 He was born to an affluent family. |
| unscrupulous | :ingenuous 肆無忌憚的;不講道德的;無恥的 He is an unscrupulous businessman. |
| lugubrious | :facetious (滑稽的)1. 很哀傷的(尤其指做得過火的) |
| occult | :manipulate 難以理解的 |
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