List 3

Question 1

expedient

Answer 1

权宜之计

Question 2

corrode

Answer 2

侵蚀

Question 3

rejuvenate

Answer 3

使返老还童，使恢复活力

Question 4

pivotal

Answer 4

关键的

Question 5

notoriety

Answer 5

恶名，臭名昭著

Question 6

impending

Answer 6

迫近的

Question 7

unimpeachable

Answer 7

无可指摘的，可做模范的

Question 8

codify

Answer 8

编成法典，编撰；整理

Question 9

discount

Answer 9

不考虑，忽视

Question 10

brandish

Answer 10

挥舞，炫耀

Question 11

animated

Answer 11

活生生的，活泼的

Question 12

felicity

Answer 12

幸福，恰当，巧妙

Question 13

circumscribe

Answer 13

限制

Question 14

rant

Answer 14

咆哮，大声责骂；夸夸其谈

Question 15

foolhardy

Answer 15

愚勇的，莽撞的

Question 16

decoy

Answer 16

n.引诱，诱饵 v.诱捕

Question 17

domineer

Answer 17

专横跋扈

Question 18

adulterate

Answer 18

参杂

Question 19

awe

Answer 19

敬畏

Question 20

ascetic

Answer 20

修道的，苦行的

Question 21

retract

Answer 21

缩紧，收回

Question 22

adroit

Answer 22

熟练的，机敏的

Question 23

stolid

Answer 23

不易激动的，感觉迟钝的

Question 24

haphazard

Answer 24

偶然的，随意的

Question 25

synoptic

Answer 25

提要的，摘要的

Question 26

extol

Answer 26

赞扬

Question 27

amnesia

Answer 27

记忆缺失，健忘症

Question 28

comeuppance

Answer 28

因果报应

Question 29

vindicate

Answer 29

证明无罪，为……辩护

Question 30

anticlimax

Answer 30

n.虎头蛇尾

Question 31

modicum

Answer 31

少量

Question 32

maverick

Answer 32

持不同意见者

Question 33

spendthrift

Answer 33

挥霍者

Question 34

incriminate

Answer 34

控告……有罪

Question 35

feign

Answer 35

假装

Question 36

brawn

Answer 36

肌肉力量，强壮

Question 37

bane

Answer 37

祸根，灾星

Question 38

thwart

Answer 38

阻挠，妨碍

Question 39

addle

Answer 39

使糊涂

Question 40

pious

Answer 40

虔诚的，宗教的

Question 41

impeccable

Answer 41

无瑕疵的

Question 42

alacrity

Answer 42

n.敏捷，轻快

Question 43

simplistic

Answer 43

过分单纯化的

Question 44

ancestry

Answer 44

祖先，世系

Question 45

reputed

Answer 45

一般认为的，普遍认定的，号称的

Question 46

fervor

Answer 46

热情

Question 47

astute

Answer 47

机敏的，狡猾的

Question 48

pantomime

Answer 48

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