blasé

(过度放纵之后)厌倦享乐的，腻厌的：apathetic

unkempt

凌乱的，无序的：lacking in order

wry

扭曲的：twisted, bent;坚持错误的：stubborn to wrong

iniquity

邪恶，不公正：immorality, injustice

fail-safe

保险措施：to preclude loss or injury;万无一失的：no chance of failure

obliging

乐于助人的：do favors

mercenary

(外国军队的)雇佣军：soldier hired;唯利是图的，贪婪的：monetary or material gain

dolt

笨蛋：stupid

periodical ?

期刊：publication;週期性的，有固定间隔的：regular intervals

flag

旗帜，象徵：symbol;变得衰弱：become feeble

supplement

增补，补充：complete for a deficiency

threadbare

陈腐的：hackneyed;贫穷的：lacking possessions;破烂的：worn or torn

creep

缓慢地行进：slowly;匍匐前进：body close to the ground

machination

轨迹：scheming or crafty action

reprieve

对...暂缓处刑，免罪：postpone or cancel punishment;维持...的运行：prevent from being closed

compliment

称讚，恭维：praise;敬意，免费赠送的礼物：respectful

voluble

健谈的，多话的：ready speech

banter

幽默、打趣的(地)谈话：humored

homogenize

使统一化：make agree single established standard

negation

否定：opposite

calcify

使僵化：inflexible, unchangeable

gainsay

否认：declare false;反对：oppose

acquire

获取，获得：get as one's own

proliferate

快速繁殖;激增：grow or multiply by rapidly offspring

falsehood

谎言：untrue, made in order to deceive

solitude

孤独，避世：being alone

heinous

可憎的，十恶不赦的：hatefully

imperturbable

沉着冷静的，淡定的：extreme calm

slight

不重要的：deficient in weight;轻微的：small in degree;轻蔑，看不起：treat with disdain;忽略，疏忽：fail to give proper attention

collude

串通，共谋(做坏事)：together secretly, fraudulent, deceitful, conspire

stabilize

使稳定;变得稳定：make or become stable

residue

剩余物：remains

intangible

无法感知的，无形的：capable perceived

elucidate

阐明：make lucid

prairie

大草塬：treeless grassland

indecorous

不合礼节的，不得体的：conflicting with accepted standards

stammer

口吃，结巴：speak with pauses

adventitious

外来的，后天的，非内在的：not inherent or innate

rookie

新兵;新生;菜鸟：recruit

shun

避开，避免：keep away

malaise

不舒服：bodily discomfort

daunt

使胆怯，吓到：to lessen the courage

disconcert

使不安：disturb

meditate

思索，沉思：focus

monarch

君主，帝王：rules;巨头，大亨：person of rank, power, or influence

infelicitous

不愉快的，不幸的：unfortunate;不恰当的，不合时宜的：not appropriate

dulcet

悦耳的，令人愉悦的：melodious

pertinent

相关的，恰当的：relevance

anathema

诅咒：curse

jitters

紧张，不安：panic, nervousness

trifling

细微的，不重要的：lacking in significance

rue

后悔，遗憾：feeling of regret

spat

(小的)争吵：quarrel

tyrant

暴君：oppressively or brutally

rumple

使皱，弄皱：form creases;打乱，使不整齐：undo the proper order

elegy

哀歌(诗)，挽歌(诗)：expressing sorrow

solvent

有偿付能力的：able to pay debts;溶剂：another substance is dissolved

strip

脱衣，剥去：remove clothing

groove

享受，极其满意，过得快活：take pleasure in

fastidious

挑剔的，极仔细的，追求完美的：meticulous attention to detail

smattering

浅薄的知识：superficial knowledge;少量：small amount

hedonism

享乐主义：doctrine pleasure

lugubrious

(故作夸张的)悲哀的：mournful

sling

投掷：send through the air

instigate

煽动，激起：urge forward, stir up

revolt

使厌恶，使反感：fill with disgust;反叛：renounce allegiance

ignominy

耻辱：lost the esteem

tyro

新手，业余爱好者：beginner, novice

exterminate

根除，消灭：killing off

constitute

指派，任命：appoint;构成：make up

imperious

爱发号施令的：ordering people;傲慢的，专横呃：arrogantly domineering;迫切的：compelling

forestall

预先阻止：prevent beforehand

chauvinistic

盲目爱国的：excessive favoritism

miserly

吝啬的：penuriousness

plentitude

大量：ample amount

crease

折痕：folding

antagonize

与...敌对，反对：opposition, counteract;激怒：incur, provoke, hostility

ineffable

难以表达的：incapable expressed

backslide

(情况等)倒煺，故态復萌：revert to a worse condition

guile

狡猾，狡诈：misleading

sodden

湿透的：penetrated by water;使...湿透：wet thoroughly

obsess

迷住的，使困扰：haunt

curtail

缩短，削减：less in extent or duration

defray

支付：undertake the payment

stymie

阻碍：present an obstacle

patina

外表：superficial;(由内而外散发的)氛围，气场：appearance or aura

mince

切碎：small pieces;小步走：short steps

haven

安全的地方：place of safety

rouse

激起，煽动：stir up;唤醒：stop sleeping

goldbrick

逃避工作和责任：shirk responsibilities

superimpose

添(声)加(色)(使形象、某因素或性质更加清楚)：add distinct

deplete

耗尽，使衰竭：make complete use

vindictive

復仇的，有寻仇倾向的：seek revenge

extort

勒索：force, intimidation

maverick

特立独行之人：does not conform;标新立异的，不合常规的：deviating

rapscallion

流氓，恶棍：evil

morose

忧郁的：sullen, gloomy

assail

抨击，严厉批评：criticize harshly;攻击，勐攻：violent action against

gull ??

欺骗：untrue

charisma

魅力，吸引力：charm