| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Augment | decrease/subside-increase/expand |
| Sluggish-dilatoriness | 緩慢的 |
| Recalcitrance | 反抗;頑強;不聽話 |
| Exacerbate-Aggravate | Worsen |
| Predilection | 嗜好;偏愛 |
| Sybarite | 愛奢侈享樂的人 |
| Sumptuous | 奢侈的 |
| Voluptuary | 沈迷於酒色的人 |
| slipshod-desultory-remiss | 穿著不整潔的;懶散的 |
| Chafe | 惹怒 |
| Inflame | 使憤怒, 使燃燒 使發炎 |
| Vex | 使生氣 |
| Diffident | 缺乏自信的,懦怯的;羞怯的 |
| Circumspect | 缺乏自信的,懦怯的;羞怯的 |
| Austere | 嚴厲的,禁慾的,簡樸的 |
| Aver | 斷言;證實 |
| Affirm | 斷言;證實 |
| Attest | 斷言;證實 |
| Undermine | 在...下挖坑道, (海,風等)侵蝕...的基礎, 暗中破壞;逐漸損害 |
| Subdue | 征服,鎮壓;使順從 |
| Deliberate | 深思熟慮的,慎重的,謹慎的,商議 |
| Pertinacious | 執拗的;頑固的 |
| Resolute | 堅決的,堅定的;果敢的;不屈不撓的 |
| Steadfast | 固定不動的;不變的 |
| Coy | 害羞的,靦腆的 (girl) |
| Dissolute | 放蕩的;放縱的 |
| Extravagant | 奢侈的;浪費的 |
| Fervor | 熱烈,熱情 |
| Gainsay | Deny |
| Gall | 使生氣 |
| Harrow | 耙子, 使痛苦,折磨 |
| Languor | 倦怠 |
| Libertine | 放蕩者;玩樂者 |
| Nefarious | 惡毒的;窮兇極惡的 |
| Noisome | 有害的 |
| Ostentation | 虛飾;賣弄 |
| Philistine | 趣味庸俗的人 |
| Proclivity | 傾向;癖性;氣質 |
| Propensity | (性格上的)傾向,習性 |
| Sap | 削弱,逐漸消耗, 使大傷元氣, 樹液 (The long walk sapped the old lady's strength.) |
| Sybarite | 愛奢侈享樂的人 |
| Tamper | 損害,削弱;竄改,賄賂 (The letters may have been tampered with.) |
| Thwart | 反對,阻撓 (Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the rain.) |
| Torpor | 不活潑;遲鈍;懶散, (動物的)冬眠 |
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