Veral Advantage Level 9 词汇优势 第九级单词.docx

Level 91. prolix wordy and tiresome, long winded and boring, verbose, using far too many and a great deal more words than are necessary and essential to get the point, such as the point may be, across, despite the fact that , circumlocutory, tautological, pleonastic2. apocryphal not genuine, counterfeit, illegitimate, specifically, of doubtful authenticity or authorship, spurious, unauthorized, unauthenticated, fabricated, fraudulent, supposititious3. cupidity greed, a strong desire for wealth or material things, avarice, acquisitiveness, covetousness, venality4. vernal pertaining to spring , occurring in the spring , also, having the qualities of spring, fresh, warm, mild5. temerity recklessness, rashness, foolhardiness, reckless disregard for danger, risk, or consequences, nerve, cheek, gall, audacity, heedlessness, effrontery6. rapprochement reconciliation, a reestablishing of friendly relations7. disquisition a formal discussion of or inquiry into a subject, a discourse, treatise, critique, commentary, lecture, thesis, oration, homily, tract, monograph, dissertation8. proscribe to prohibit, forbid, outlaw, bad, denounce, disallow, condemn, censure, ostracize, expatriate, interdict 9. munificence great generosity, lavish giving philanthropy, literality, benevolence, bountifulness, benefice, largess, straight forwardness, and sincerity in ones dealings with others, uprightness, trustworthiness, scrupulousness, veracity, rectitude10. probity honesty, integrity, fairness, straight forwardness, and sincerity in ones dealings with others11. puissant powerful, mighty, strong, forceful, vigorous, potent, dynamic, stalwart12. peculate to steal, embezzle, specifically, to steal or misuse money or property entrusted to ones care13. diffident shy, timid, bashful, lacking in self-confidence, hesitant to speak or ace14. venal corruptible, bribable, capable of being bribed or bought or bought off, able to be, obtained for a price, mercenary15. parsimonious stingy, miserly, extremely tight with money, grasping, money, grubbing, penny pinching , close fisted, penurious, niggardly16. pusillanimous cowardly, lacking courage, timid, fainthearted, irresolute17. extant existing, still in existence, not extinct , not lost or destroyed 18. meretricious tawdry, gaudy, attractive in a flashy or cheap away, falsely alluring, deceptively enticing19. xenophobia fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners, or of anything strange or foreign20. quotidian daily, recurring every day or pertaining to every day, as a quotidian ritual, diurnal 21. exigency an urgency, pressing need, a situation demanding immediate attention or action22. pulchritude beauty, loveliness, attractiveness 23. Denouement the unraveling or resolution of a plot, as of a novel or a drama, the outcome or resolution of any complex situation24. Fugacious fleeting, passing quickly away, transient, ephemeral, transitory, evanescent25. Turbid literally, muddy, clouded, roiled, murky, as if from stirred up, sediment, figuratively, muddled, obscure, confused, not lucid26. Indefeasible not capable of being undone, taken away, annulled, or rendered void27. Disingenuous insincere, crafty, sly, not straightforward or frank, wily, subtle, slippery, deceptive, hypocritical, fraudulent, mendacious28. Scurrilous foul mouthed, obscene, using or expressed in language that is coarse, vulgar abusive, shameless, indelicate, lewd, smutty, ribald, irreverent, insolent, disparaging, derisive, contumelious29. Recrudescence a revival, renewal, fresh outbreak after a period of inactivity or quiescence30. Defenestrate to throw something or someone out of the window31. Dilatory delaying, causing or intended to cause delay, slow tardy, characterized by delay or procrastination32. Vilify to defame, slander, attack with vicious, abusive language, disparage, denigrate, stigmatize, malign, revile, vituperate, calumniate, difficult to move to emotion or action33. Phlegmatic calm, unemotional , having a sluggish, apathetic temperament, difficult to move to emotion or action34. Desiccated dried or dried up, deprived of moisture35. Comity courtesy, civility, politeness, respectful, and considerate behavior36. Specious appearing to be true, genuine, or correct but actually false or deceptive, superficially just or reasonable but not so in reality37. Noisome harmful to health or well-being, unwholesome, dangerous, destructive, foul smelling, offensive, disgusting, injurious, ruinous, deleterious, noxious, baneful, malign, pernicious38. Calumny defamation of character, slander, a false and malicious statement or accusation meant to injure a persons reputation, backbiting, denigration , obloquy, vilification39. Excoriate to strip, scrape, or tear off the skin, hence, to rebuke or denounce harshly and severely and severely, abrade, chafe, chafe, scalp, gall, flay, censure, castigate, vituperate40. Lassitude weariness, fatigue, a weak or exhausted state or feeling, a sluggish relaxation of body or mind, listlessness41. Lethargy, debility, indolence, interior , enervation, torpor, languor42. Traduce to publicly disagree or humiliate by making false and malicious statements, to make a mockery, of, expose to public ridicule or contempt, defame, slander, denigrate, malign, vituperate, calumniate, vilify43. Dishabille the state of being partly clothed, partial undress44. Saturnalia an orgy, licentious merrymaking, unrestrained revelry45. Extirpate to pu