词汇优势 第八章单词Verbal Advantage Level 8.docx

Level 8alacrity cheerful readiness, eagerness or promptness in action or movement, quickness, liveliness, briskness, enthusiasm, animation, zeal, celerityobivate to prevent, make unnecessary, meet and dispose of, clear out of the wayemolument wages, salary, payment received for work, compensation, recompense, remunerationintransigent uncompromising , refusing to come to an agreement, unwilling to modify one’s position or give ground, irreconcilable, unyielding, diehard, hidebound, obstinate, resolute, tenacious, recalcitrant, intractable, refractory, obduratemordant biting, cutting, keen, sarcastic, scathing, incisive, caustic, trenchant, virulent, acrimonioussagacious wise, shrewd, perceptive, showing sound, judgment and keen insight, especially in practical matters, insightful, discerning, astute, judicious, percipient, sage, sapient, perspicaciousacerbic spur, bitter, and harsh in favor, tone, or character, tart, caustic, pungent, astringent, acrid, acidulousvariegated in a broad sense, varied, diverse, showing variety of character or form, in a strict sense, spotted, streaked, or dappled, having marks or patches of different colors, as a variegate quilt, a variegated cat, a variegated designsuccor to aid, help, relieve, give assistance to , in time of need or difficulty, as to succor that wounded or succor the sickimportune to trouble or annoy with requests or demands, make urgent or persistent entreaties or solicitationspalliate to lessen the severity of , gloss over, make something seem less serious or severe, as to palliate suffering, to palliate an offense, or to palliate your troubles with drink, soften, diminish, mitigate, extenuatewizened dried up, shriveled, withered, shrunken and wrinkled, wither, shrivelcaptious faultfinding, quick to point out faults or raise trivial objections, carping, quibbling, caviling, censorious, querulousemendation a correction, alteration, change made to correct or improve, especially a change made in a piece of writing to c