advent
n. coming or arriving 出现；到来
The advent of the country's national day brought excitement to everyone.
国庆日的到来使人人欢欣鼓舞。
adventitious
adj. accidental; coming by chance 偶然的
After an adventitious meeting in a pub, Max and Vera became lifelong friends.
偶然在酒吧认识后，麦克斯和维拉变成终生的朋友。
Synonym
同义词：fortuitous; contingent; casual
contumacious
adj. .stubborn; not obeying 顽固的；不服从命令的
The lieutenant's contumacious actions led to a court-martial hearing of his case
中尉因为不服从命令的举动，而被送至军事法庭受审讯。
* lieutenant
中尉
* court-martial
军事法庭
* hearing
审讯
Antonym
反义词：obedient; acquiescent; compliant; resigned
convene
v. to come together (for a meeting); to form ( a meeting ) 开会；召开
The economic summit between the four countries will convene at the newly-built convention center.
四国的经济高峰会议将于新建的会议中心召开。
Synonym
同义词：summon; convoke; assemble
Antonym
反义词：adjourn; recess
devoid
adj. empty; lacking 缺乏的
Mr.Westin's building report is completely devoid of any reference to the dispute we had with the construction company.
卫斯汀先生的建筑报告中，完全没有提到我们和建筑公司之间的争执。
Synonym
同义词：deficient; void; scanty
Antonym
反义词：sufficient; adequate; replete
disabuse
v. to free someone from false ideas 矫正
Dr. Palin's presentation on AIDS disabused the students of any incorrect notions about the transmission of the disease.
培林博士关于爱滋病的演说；矫正了学生对于此病传染的错误观念。
Synonym
同义词：amend; rectify; redress
evacuate
v. to withdraw; to leave empty 撤退；撤离
Everyone was evacuated from the building after the police received an anonymous bomb threat.
在警方接获匿名者的炸弹威胁后，该建筑物中的每一个人都被撤离。
* anonymous
匿名的
Synonym
同义词：relinquish; vacate
evanescent
adj. quickly fading 很快消失的
Her evanescent dreams of being a ballerina faded with her childhood.
她成为芭蕾舞者的梦想，随着童年的逝去也很快消失了。
* ballerina
（芭蕾舞）女舞者
Synonym
同义词：vanishing; fleeting
misadventure
n. bad luck; misfortune 不幸；灾难
Sharon never rented a car again after her misadventure with a rented car in Chicago.
雪伦自从在芝加哥租车发生过不幸的事件后，就再也不租车了。
Synonym
同义词：disaster; calamity; catastrophe; mishap
perturbation
n. disturbance; trouble 扰乱；不安
The alarming rate at which taxes were increasing created much perturbation among the common people.
税赋增加的惊人比例，造成一般民众的不安。
Synonym
同义词：agitation
perusal
n. act of reading carefully 细读；阅读
v. peruse
Our company has some literature which can be sent to you for your perusal.
我们公司有些说明的小册子，可以寄给您看。
* literature
广告或说明性质的印刷品
tumescent
adj. swelling; swollen 肿胀的
The child's tumescent abdomen and stick-like limbs were signs of severe malnutrition.
那个孩子肿胀的腹部和细如竹竿的四肢，是严重营养不良的现象。
* abdomen
腹部
* malnutrition
营养不良
Synonym
同义词：bloated; bulging
tumid
adj. 1. swollen 肿胀的 2. bombastic 浮夸的
Leon and his sister were disappointed with Christopher's tumid style of writing.
里昂和他妹妹对于克里斯多夫浮夸的写作风格感到失望。
Synonym
同义词：1. dilated 2. inflated; pompous
turbid
adj. muddy; not clear 混浊不清的
n. turbidity
The turbid water of the river did not look inviting to any of the swimmers.
混浊不清的河水对游泳的人来说，一点吸引力也没有。
Synonym
同义词：murky
Antonym
反义词：clear; limpid; lucid
turbulence
n. violence; disorder 动乱；骚动
The king ordered his guards to investigate the turbulence in the courtyard.
国王命令侍卫去查看后院的骚动。
Synonym
同义词：commotion; uproar; tumult
usury
n. lending money at a high rate of interest 高利贷
Many Mafia organizations raise funds through usury.
许多黑手党的机构利用放高利贷来募集资金。
vacuous
adj. empty; inane 空虚的；愚蠢的
I can't believe Ted left his girlfriend Alice for such a vacuous aerobics instructor.
我不敢相信泰德会将他的女友爱丽丝，交给这么愚蠢的健身运动教练。
* aerobics
有氧运动
Synonym
同义词：vacant; shallow; superficial
vainglorious
adj. conceited; showy 自负的；炫耀的
The knight's vainglorious claim of having saved the village by killing an evil dragon was met with the laughter of the villagers.
骑士自负地宣称已杀死恶龙拯救全村，引起村民的嘲笑，
Synonym
同义词：boastful; supercilious
Antonym
反义词：humble; modest; meek
venturous
adj. daring 大胆的；冒险的
Our expedition leader's venturous spirit was contagious, and soon we all shared his enthusiasm.
探险队队长的冒险精神具有感染力，很快地我们都象他一样充满热忱。
* contagious
传染性的
Synonym
同义词：audacious; dauntless
Antonym
反义词：cautious; circumspect
veracious
adj. true; honest 诚实的
n. veracity
As one of the few veracious judges in the district, Judge Watson was widely respected by the citizens of the town.
瓦森法官是这个地区少数几位诚实法官之一，他非常受镇民的尊敬。
Antonym
反义词：deceptive; deceitful; dishonest
verbatim
adv. word for word 逐字地
For our American history class, everyone had to memorize the Declaration of Independence and recite in verbatim.
在美国历史课上，我们每个人都必须牢记独立宣言，而且逐字地背诵出来。
Synonym
同义词：literally; literatim; to the letter
verbiage
n. pompous array of words 冗词；冗长
As your paper was filled with meaningless verbiage, her teacher explained, "I want you to write it over."
「你的报告里都是些无意义的废话」，老师解释，「所以我要你重写」。
Synonym
同义词：redundancy; verbosity
Antonym
反义词：brevity; concision; terseness
verbose
adj. using more words than are needed 冗长的
n. verbosity
We all found the author's verbose style of prose confusing and ultimately boring.
我们都觉得作者的散文中冗长的风格令人混淆，结果会使人厌烦。
Synonym
同义词：wordy; diffuse; prolix
Antonym
反义词：concise; laconic; terse; pithy
verdict
n. decision in a law case 判决
After several hours of deliberation, the jury announced its verdict.
在数小时的深思熟虑后，陪审团宣布了判决。
* deliberation
深思熟虑
Synonym
同义词：sentence; adjudication
verity
n. truth 真实；真理
The police questioned the verity of the suspect's statement.
警方对嫌疑犯陈述的真实性感到怀疑。
Synonym
同义词：veracity;truism
Antonym
反义词：falsity