字彙的力量 — Level 8

alacrity

[əˈlækrətɪ]

敏捷；欣然 (n)

She accepted the invitation with alacrity.

obviate

[ˈɑbvɪˌet]

排除；避免 (v)

Careful planning can obviate many potential problems.

emolument

[ɪˈmɑljəmənt]

薪資；報酬 (n)

The senator received a generous emolument for his services.

intransigent

[ɪnˈtrænsədʒənt]

不妥協的；頑固的 (adj)

His intransigent attitude made negotiations impossible.

mordant

[ˈmɔrdənt]

尖刻的；辛辣的 (adj)

The critic was known for his mordant wit.

sagacious

[səˈɡeʃəs]

睿智的；有見識的 (adj)

The sagacious old man offered valuable advice.

acerbic

[əˈsɝbɪk]

刻薄的；尖酸的 (adj)

Her acerbic comments hurt many people at the meeting.

variegated

[ˈvɛrɪəˌɡetɪd]

雜色的；多樣的 (adj)

The garden was filled with variegated flowers.

succor

[ˈsʌkɚ]

援助；救濟 (n)

The charity provided succor to the earthquake victims.

importune

[ˌɪmpɚˈtjun]

強求；不斷請求 (v)

The beggars importuned passersby for spare change.

palliate

[ˈpælɪˌet]

減輕；緩和 (v)

The medicine helped palliate her chronic pain.

wizened

[ˈwɪznd]

枯萎的；乾癟的 (adj)

The wizened old farmer told stories of his youth.

captious

[ˈkæpʃəs]

吹毛求疵的；愛挑剔的 (adj)

Her captious remarks discouraged the young writer.

emendation

[ˌimɛnˈdeʃən]

修訂；校正 (n)

The editor made several emendations to the manuscript.

truculent

[ˈtrʌkjələnt]

好鬥的；兇狠的 (adj)

The truculent customer demanded to see the manager.

expurgate

[ˈɛkspɚˌɡet]

刪除；淨化 (v)

The publisher expurgated offensive passages from the book.

reprobate

[ˈrɛprəˌbet]

墮落者；無賴 (n)

The old reprobate had wasted his entire inheritance.

spurious

[ˈspjʊrɪəs]

偽造的；假的 (adj)

The expert quickly identified the spurious painting.

volition

[voˈlɪʃən]

意志；自願 (n)

She left the company of her own volition.

interpolate

[ɪnˈtɝpəˌlet]

插入；竄改 (v)

The scribe had interpolated his own comments into the text.

adduce

[əˈdjus]

引證；舉出 (v)

The lawyer adduced strong evidence to support his case.

miscreant

[ˈmɪskrɪənt]

惡棍；歹徒 (n)

The police arrested the miscreants behind the robbery.

quixotic

[kwɪkˈsɑtɪk]

不切實際的；空想的 (adj)

His quixotic dream of world peace inspired many followers.

suppurate

[ˈsʌpjəˌret]

化膿 (v)

The untreated wound began to suppurate after a few days.

martinet

[ˌmɑrtnˈɛt]

嚴格的紀律執行者 (n)

The new sergeant was a martinet who tolerated no mistakes.

compunction

[kəmˈpʌŋkʃən]

良心不安；悔恨 (n)

He felt no compunction about lying to his colleagues.

mercurial

[mɝˈkjʊrɪəl]

善變的；活潑的 (adj)

Her mercurial moods made her difficult to work with.

nostrum

[ˈnɑstrəm]

萬靈藥；偏方 (n)

Politicians often peddle simple nostrums for complex problems.

propitiate

[prəˈpɪʃɪˌet]

撫慰；取悅 (v)

They offered gifts to propitiate the angry gods.

efficacy

[ˈɛfɪkəsɪ]

效力；功效 (n)

Scientists are testing the efficacy of the new vaccine.

tantamount

[ˈtæntəˌmaʊnt]

等同的；相當於 (adj)

Silence in this case is tantamount to agreement.

pariah

[pəˈraɪə]

賤民；被排斥者 (n)

After the scandal, he became a pariah in his community.

germane

[dʒɝˈmen]

有關的；恰當的 (adj)

Her comments were not germane to the discussion.

licentious

[laɪˈsɛnʃəs]

放蕩的；淫亂的 (adj)

The novel was banned for its licentious content.

superannuated

[ˌsupɚˈænjuˌetɪd]

退休的；過時的 (adj)

The factory still used superannuated machinery from the 1970s.

egregious

[ɪˈɡridʒəs]

極惡劣的；極壞的 (adj)

The accountant made an egregious error in the report.

vapid

[ˈvæpɪd]

乏味的；無趣的 (adj)

The party was filled with vapid conversation.

crotchet

[ˈkrɑtʃɪt]

怪念頭；奇想 (n)

Her grandfather had many strange crotchets about food.

epigraph

[ˈɛpəˌɡræf]

題詞；碑文 (n)

The author chose a Shakespeare quote as the epigraph.

expatiate

[ɪkˈspeʃɪˌet]

詳述；闡述 (v)

The professor expatiated on the causes of the war.

sinecure

[ˈsaɪnɪˌkjʊr]

閒職；掛名職位 (n)

His position as honorary chairman was a complete sinecure.

predilection

[ˌprɛdlˈɛkʃən]

偏好；偏愛 (n)

She has a predilection for classical music.

imbroglio

[ɪmˈbrolˌjo]

糾紛；複雜局面 (n)

The political imbroglio lasted for several months.

ineffable

[ɪnˈɛfəbl]

難以言喻的 (adj)

She felt an ineffable joy upon seeing her child again.

stolid

[ˈstɑlɪd]

冷漠的；無動於衷的 (adj)

He listened to the bad news with a stolid expression.

offal

[ˈɔfl̩]

內臟；下水 (n)

Some traditional dishes use offal as a key ingredient.

lissome

[ˈlɪsəm]

柔軟的；輕盈的 (adj)

The lissome dancer moved across the stage effortlessly.

mellifluous

[məˈlɪfluəs]

甜美的；流暢的 (adj)

The singer had a mellifluous voice that charmed the audience.

surfeit

[ˈsɝfɪt]

過量；過度 (n)

There was a surfeit of food at the wedding banquet.

blandishment

[ˈblændɪʃmənt]

奉承；甜言蜜語 (n)

She was immune to the salesman's blandishments.