100个最炫的英语单词

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panacea

(n.) a remedy for all ills or difficulties (Doctors wish there was a single panacea for every disease, but sadly there is not.)

parody

(n.) a satirical imitation (A hush fell over the classroom when the teacher returned to find Magdalena acting out a parody of his teaching style.)

penchant

(n.) a tendency, partiality, preference (Fiona's dinner parties quickly became monotonous on account of her penchant for Indian dishes.)

perusal

(n.) a careful examination, review (The actor agreed to accept the role after a three-month perusal of the movie .)

plethora

(n.) an abundance, excess (The wedding banquet included a plethora of oysters piled almost three feet high.)

predilection

(n.) a preference or inclination for something (James has a predilection for eating toad in the whole with tomato ketchup.)

quaint

(adj.) charmingly old-fashioned (Mary was delighted by the quaint bons she saw in Romania.)

rash

(adj.) hasty, incautious (It's best to think things over calmly and thoroughly, rather than make rash decisions.)

refurbish

(v.) to restore, clean up (After being refurbished the old Triumph motorcycle manded the handsome price of 6000.)

repudiate

(v.) to reject, refuse to accept (Tom made a strong case for an extension of his curfew, but his mother repudiated it with a few biting words.)

rife

(adj.) abundant (Surprisingly, the teacher's writing was rife with spelling errors.)

salient

(adj.) significant, conspicuous (One of the salient differences between Alison and Helen is that Alison is a couple of kilos heier.)

serendipity

(n.) luck

, finding good things without looking for them (In an amazing bit of serendipity, penniless Mark found a 50 bill on the back seat of the bus.)

staid

(adj.) sedate, serious, self-restrained (The staid butler never changed his expression no matter what happened.)

superfluous

(adj.) exceeding what is necessary (Samantha had already won the campaign so her constant flattery of others was superfluous.)

sycophant

(n.) one who flatters for self-gain (Some see the people in the cabi as the Prime Minister's closest advisors, but others see them as sycophants.)

taciturn

(adj.) not inclined to talk (Though Magda never seems to stop talking, her brother is quite taciturn.)

truculent

(adj.) ready to fight, cruel (This club doesn't really attract the dangerous types, so why was that bouncer being so truculent?)

umbrage

(n.) resentment, offence (He called me a lily-livered coward, and I took umbrage at the insult.)

venerable

(adj.) deserving of respect because of age or achievement (The venerable High Court judge had made several key rulings in landmark cases throughout the years.)

vex

(v.) to confuse or annoy (My boyfriend vexes me by pinching my bottom for hours on end.)

vociferous

(adj.) loud, boisterous (I'm tired of his vociferous whining so I'm breaking up with him.)

wanton

(adj.) undisciplined, lewd, lustful (Joanna's wanton demeanor often made the frat guys next door very excited.)

zenith

(n.) the highest point, culminating point (I was too nice to tell Emily that she had reached the absolute zenith of her career with that one top 10 hit of hers.)