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glib: If you describe what someone says as glib, you disapprove of it because it implies that something is simple or easy, or that there are no problems involved, when this is not the case.

glide: If you glide somewhere, you move silently and in a smooth and effortless way.

gild: If you gild a surface, you cover it in a thin layer of gold or gold paint.

goad: If you goad someone, you deliberately make them feel angry or irritated, often causing them to react by doing something.

54. voracious / veracious

voracious: If you describe a person, or their appetite for something, as

voracious, you mean that they want a lot of something. (LITERARY)

veracious: truthful, honest.

55. ingenuous / ingenious / indigent / indigenous

ingenuous: If you describe someone as ingenuous, you mean that they are innocent, trusting, and honest. (FORMAL)

ingenious: Something that is ingenious is very clever and involves new ideas, methods, or equipment.

indigent: Someone who is indigent is very poor. (FORMAL)

indigenous: Indigenous people or things belong to the country in which they are found, rather than coming there or being brought there from another country. (FORMAL)(=native)

56. sympathy / apathy / antipathy / pathetic

apathy: You can use apathy to talk about someone's state of mind if you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about anything.(=indifferent)

antipathy: Antipathy is a strong feeling of dislike or hostility towards someone or something. (FORMAL)

pathetic: If you describe a person or animal as pathetic, you mean that they are sad and weak or helpless, and they make you feel very sorry for them.

57. don / doff / dour

don: If you don clothing, you put it on. (WRITTEN)

doff: If you doff your hat or coat, you take it off. (OLD-FASHIONED)

dour: If you describe someone as dour, you mean that they are very serious and unfriendly.

58. impervious / imperious / impetuous / imperil

impervious: If you are impervious to someone's actions, you are not affected or influenced by them.

imperious: If you describe someone as imperious, you mean that they have a proud manner and expect to be obeyed.(WRITTEN)

impetuous: If you describe someone as impetuous, you mean that they are likely to act quickly and suddenly without thinking or being careful.

imperil: Something that imperils you puts you in danger. (FORMAL) (=endanger)

59. reap / heap / leap

reap - 收获，英⽂中我们经常说 to reap what you sow

60. blandish / brandish

blandish: to coax with flattery

brandish: If you brandish something, especially a weapon, you hold it in a threatening way.

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61. vanish / varnish

varnish: The varnish on an object is the hard, clear, shiny surface that it has when it has been painted with varnish.(表饰)

vanish - 消失

62. veto / vote

veto-否决

vote-投票

63. viscid / viscous / vicious / vicarious / vivid

viscid: having an adhesive quality

viscous: A viscous liquid is thick and sticky.

vicious: A vicious person or a vicious blow is violent and cruel.

vicarious: A vicarious pleasure or feeling is experienced by watching, listening to, or reading about other people doing something, rather than by doing it yourself.(间接体验的;代理的)

64. prodigal / prodigious

prodigal: You can describe someone as a prodigal son or daughter if they leave their family or friends, often after a period of behaving badly, and then return at a later time as a better person. (LITERARY)

prodigious: Something that is prodigious is very large or impressive.(LITERARY)

65. seethe / soothe

seethe: When you are seething, you are very angry about something but do not express your feelings about it.

soothe: If you soothe someone who is angry or upset, you make them feel calmer.

Something that soothes a part of your body where there is pain or discomfort makes the pain or discomfort less severe.

66. trenchant / penchant

trenchant: You can use trenchant to describe something such as a criticism or comment that is very clear, effective, and forceful. (FORMAL)

penchant: If someone has a penchant for something, they have a special liking for it or a tendency to do it. (FORMAL)

67. command / commend / comment

commend: If you commend someone or something, you praise them formally. (FORMAL)

68. accent / ascent / ascend / scent

ascent: An ascent is an upward, vertical movement.

ascend: If someone ascends to an important position, they achieve it or are appointed to it. When someone ascends a throne, they become king, queen, or pope. (FORMAL)

69. daft / deft / dart

daft: If you describe a person or their behaviour as daft, you think that they are stupid, impractical, or rather strange. (BRIT INFORMAL)

deft: A deft action is skilful and often quick. (WRITTEN)

dart: If a person or animal darts somewhere, they move there suddenly and quickly. (WRITTEN)

If you dart a look at someone or something, or if your eyes dart to them, you look at them very quickly. (LITERARY)

70. woo / woe

woo: If you woo people, you try to encourage them to help you, support you, or vote for you, for example by promising them things which they would like.

woe: woe is very great sadness. (LITERARY)

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71. curb / curt

curt: If you describe someone as curt, you mean that they speak or reply in a brief and rather rude way.(敷衍的)

72. avid / avoid

avid: You use avid to describe someone who is very enthusiastic about something that they do.

73. quip / pique

quip: A quip is a remark that is intended to be amusing or clever;(WRITTEN)

To quip means to say something that is intended to be amusing or clever. (WRITTEN)

pique: Pique is the feeling of annoyance you have when you think someone has not treated you properly.

If something piques your interest or curiosity, it makes you interested or curious.

74. savvy / savor

savvy: If you describe someone as having savvy, you think that they have a good understanding and practical knowledge of something. (INFORMAL)

e.g. He is known for his political savvy and strong management skills.

savor:Enjoy or appreciate (something pleasant) to the full, especially by lingering over it:

75. brink / brisk

brink: If you are on the brink of something, usually something important, terrible, or exciting, you are just about to do it or experience it.(=verge)

brisk: active and energetic

76. glean / glisten / gleam

glean: If you glean something such as information or knowledge, you learn or collect it slowly and patiently, and perhaps indirectly.(=gather)

glisten: If something glistens, it shines, usually because it is wet or oily.

gleam: If an object or a surface gleams, it reflects light because it is shiny and clean.

If your eyes gleam, they look bright and show that you are excited or happy. (WRITTEN)(=glisten, shine)

A gleam of something is a faint sign of it.

77. toxic / tonic

tonic: A tonic is anything that makes you feel stronger, more cheerful, or more enthusiastic.

toxic ：有害的。注意intoxicate表⽰的是吸引

78. girth / mirth

girth: The girth of an object, for example a person's or an animal's body, is its width or thickness, considered as the measurement around its circumference. (FORMAL)

mirth: Mirth is amusement which you express by laughing. (LITERARY)

79. hazard / haphazard

hazard: A hazard is something which could be dangerous to you, your health or safety, or your plans or reputation.

haphazard: If you describe something as haphazard, you are critical of it because it is not at all organized or is not arranged according to a plan.

80. bookish / boorish

bookish: Someone who is bookish spends a lot of time reading serious books.(=studious)

boorish: Boorish behavior is rough, uneducated, and rude.

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81. sage / saga

sage: Sage means wise and knowledgeable, especially as the result of a lot of experience. (LITERARY) Or a person who is regarded as being very wise.

saga - 传奇

82. whim / rim / brim

whim: A whim is a wish to do or have something which seems to have no serious reason or purpose behind it, and often occurs suddenly.

brim: If someone or something is brimming with a particular quality, they are full of that quality.

When your eyes are brimming with tears, they are full of fluid because you are upset, although you are not actually crying.

rim -表⽰边缘

83. flit / flip / fleet

flit: If you flit around or flit between one place and another, you go to lots of places without staying for very long in any of them.

If an expression flits across your face or an idea flits through your mind, it is there for a short time and then goes again.

flip: If you flip a device on or off, or if you flip a switch, you turn it on or off by pressing the switch quickly.(=flick)

If you flip through the pages of a book, for example, you quickly turn over the pages in order to find a particular one or to get an idea of the contents.

If you say that someone is being flip, you disapprove of them because you think that what they are saying shows they are not being serious enough about something.

fleet - 短暂的

84. lull / gull / dull

lull: A lull is a period of quiet or calm in a longer period of activity or excitement.

gull：考察的经常是gullible 表⽰容易被骗的

85. rash / rehash

rash: If someone is rash or does rash things, they act without thinking carefully first, and therefore make mistakes or behave foolishly.

rehash: If you describe something as a rehash, you are criticizing it because it repeats old ideas, facts, or themes, though some things have been changed to make it appear new.

86. grin / chagrin

grin: A grin is a broad smile.

If you grin and bear it, you accept a difficult or unpleasant situation without complaining because you know there is nothing you can do to make things better.

chagrin: Chagrin is a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps because of your own failure. (FORMAL, WRITTEN)

87. voluble / voluminous

voluble: If you say that someone is voluble, you mean that they talk a lot with great energy and enthusiasm. (FORMAL)

voluminous: Something that is voluminous is very large or contains a lot of things. (FORMAL)

88. virtue / virtual / virus

89. paean / panache / panacea

paean: A paean is a piece of music, writing, or film that expresses praise, admiration, or happiness. (LITERARY)(=eulogy)(赞歌，凯歌)

panache: If you do something with panache, you do it in a confident, stylish, and elegant way.

panacea - 万能灵药

90. premise / surmise / demise

surmise: If you surmise that something is true, you guess it from the available evidence, although you do not know for certain. (FORMAL)

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91. employ / deploy / ploy

deploy: To deploy troops or military resources means to organize or position them so that they are ready to be used.

ploy: A ploy is a way of behaving that someone plans carefully and secretly in order to gain an advantage for themselves.(策略)

92. apposite / opposite

apposite: Something that is apposite is suitable for or appropriate to what is happening or being discussed. (FORMAL)

93. object / objection / objective / objectivity

objective: Objective information is based on facts.

94. lurid / lucid

lurid: If you say that something is lurid, you are critical of it because it involves a lot of violence, sex, or shocking detail.

95. covet / covert / overt

covet: If you covet something, you strongly want to have it for yourself.(FORMAL)

covert: Covert activities or situations are secret or hidden. (FORMAL)

overt: An overt action or attitude is done or shown in an open and obvious way.

96. stationary / stationery

stationary: Something that is stationary is not moving.(=static)

97. supple / supplement / supplicate

supple: A supple object or material bends or changes shape easily without cracking or breaking.

supplicate: A supplicant is a person who prays to God or respectfully asks an important person to help them or to give them something that they want very much. (FORMAL)

98. binge / hinge / fringe

binge: If you go on a binge, you do too much of something, such as drinking alcohol, eating, or spending money. (INFORMAL)

hinge: A hinge is a piece of metal, wood, or plastic that is used to join a door to its frame or to join two things together so that one of them can swing freely.

fringe: To be on the fringe or the fringes of a place means to be on the outside edge of it, or to be in one of the parts that are farthest from its centre.

99. thorough / through / though

100. staple / stable

staple: A staple food, product, or activity is one that is basic and important in people's everyday lives.

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