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Sustain
live through
keep up
Weather
to endure the effects of weather or other forces
S: Reporters wondered whether Gary would ? his latest political challenge and remain in office.
Charlatan
fraud; quack; con man
S: Buck was selling what he claimed was a cure for cancer, but he was just a ? (the pills were jelly beans).
Anchor
to secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place
Vie
content; compete
S: Politicans ? with one another, competing for donations and votes.
Gloat
to express evil satisfaction; view malevolently
S: As you ? over your ill-gotten wealth, do you think the many vitctims you have defrauded. (骗)
Renovate
restore to good condition; renew
Reparable
capable of being repaired
Pomposity
self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt
Although the commencement speaker had some good things to say, we had to laugh at his ? and a general air of parading his own dignity.
Defiance
refusal to yield; resistance
S: When John reached the terrible two’s, he responded to every parental request with howls of ?
Temper
make something less intense or extreme
toughen (steel glass) by heating and then cooling
S: Not even her supervisor’s grumpiness could ? Nancy’s enthusiasm for her new job.
Intractable
uncontrollable; stubborn; disobedient
Irreconcilable
incompatible; not able to be resolved
S: Because the separated couple were ?, the marriage counselor recommended a divorce.
Malign
speak evil of; bad-mouth; defame
Engage
to pledge to do something (especially to marry; hire someone to perform a service; attract and keep; induce someone to participate; take part in; attack (an enemy)
S: When Tony and Tina became ?, they decided to ? a lawyer to write up a pre-nuptial agreement.
Vulnerable
susceptible to wounds
S: His opponents could not harm Achilles, who was ? only in his heel.
Rigorous
strict; harsh; severe
Inscrutable
impenetrable; not readily understood; mysterious
S: Experienced poker players try to keep their expressions ?, hiding their reactions to the cards behind a so called ‘poker face’
Vigor
active strength
S: Although he was over 70 yo, Jack had the ? of a man in his prime.
Infamous
shamefully wicked; having an extremely bad reputation; disgraceful
S: To be ? is to be famous for being evil.
Resolve
determination; firmness of purpose
S: How dare you question my ? to take up sky-diving! Of course I haven’t changed my mind!
Insubordination
disobedience; rebelliousness
S: At the slightest hint of ? from the sailors of the Bounty, Captain Bligh had them flogged.
Pitfall
hidden danger; concealed trap
S: Her parents warned young Sophie against the many ?? that lay in wait for her in the dangerous big city.
Intrepid
fearless
S: For her ? conduct nursing the wounded during the war,Florence was honored by Queen.
Grapple
to wrestle; come to grips with
S: He ?? with the burglar and overpowered him.
Complicity
participation in wrongdoing; the act of being accomplice
S: There was ?? between the bank robber and the dishonest teller.
Incompatible
so opposed in nature as to be unable to coexist; unable to work together in combination
Cogent
powerfully convincing
S: Shaft was ?? in explaining why he needed the confidential files.
Withstand
stand up against; successfully resist
S: If you can ?? all the peer pressure to cut classes, you should survive college just fine.
Controvert
to oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict
S: The witness’s testimony was so clear and her reputation for honesty so well established that the defense attorney decided it was wiser to make no attempt to ?? what she said.
Incongruous
not harmonious; not consistent; not appropriate; not fitting in
S: The ultramodern kitchen seemed ?? in the restored eighteenth-century farmhouse. It was ??.
Polemical
aggressive in verbal attack; disputatious
S: Lexy was a master of ?? rhetoric; she should have worn a T-shirt with the slogan ‘Born to Debate'.’
Besiege
to surround with armed forces; harass (with request)
S: When the bandits ?? the village, the villagers hole up in the town hall and prepared to withstand a long siege.
Confrontation
act of facing someone or something; encounter, often hostile
S: Morris hoped to avoid any ?? with his ex-wife, but he kept running into her at the health club.
Indefatigable
tireless
S: Although the effort of taking out the garbage tired Wayne out for the entire morning when it came to partying, he was ??.
Duplicity
the act of being two-faced; double-dealing; deception
S: Dave in his duplicity, told us he wasn’t going to rob the bank and then went right out and robbed it.
Impending
approaching; imminent; looming
S: Jim’s ?? 50th bday filled him with gloom; he was starting to feel old.
Converse
opposite
Objective
goal; aim
Contend
to argue earnestly; struggle in rivalry
S: Sociologist Harry Edwards ?? that some colleges exploit young African American athletes.
Contention
angry disagreement; point made in a debate or argument; competiton
S: Some people are peacemakers; others seek out any excuse for quarrels and ??.
Bolster
to support; reinforce
S: The debaters amassed file boxes full of evidence to ?? their arguments.
Rigid
unable to bend
not easily changed
unwilling to change (beliefs, opinons)
Deacons Dobbs wore a ?? white plastic collar that chafed his neck.
Acclimate
adjust to climate
S: One of the difficulties of our present air age is the need of travelers to ?? themselves to their new environments.
Concentration
action of focusing one’s total attention
Insolence
impudent disrespect; haughtiness
S: How dare you treat me so rudely! The manager will hear of your ??.
Prevail
to triumph; to overcome rivals; (with on, upon, or with) to persuade
S: When justice ??, it means good defeats evil.
Despise
to look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful
S: Mr. Bond, I ?? spies; I look down on them as mean, despicable, honorless men.