托福考試詞匯TOP100助你拿下閱讀寫作(2)

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flimsy lacking solidarity, strength
    fraud a fault, a deception
    gaudy too bright and showy
    ghastly death-like, pale and ill
    grumble to complain
    harass worry, trouble
    heretic very busy; active
    impediment smth that hinders (esp in speech)
    indigenous native
    insatiate never satisfied
    intrepid fearless
    irate angry
    jeopardy danger
    leash control
    loafer an idle, lazy person
    lucrative profitable
    lustrous bright; shining
    malign to slander
    meddle to interfere, to intrude
    mend to repair
    mirth being merry and happy
    nausea feeling of sickness
    neglect pay no attention to
    nocturnal of or in the night
    obese very fat
    obsolete no longer useful, outdated
    perch take up a high position
    pervade spread through every part of
    petulant unreasonably impatient or irritable
    pillage plunder (esp in war)
    presumptuous too bold or self-confident
    quashed annuled
    quenching satisfy, put an end to, put out
    refurbished make clean, as if like new
    rejoicing happiness, joy
    reticent in the habit of saying little
    reverberate be sent back, again and again
    rigor sternness, strictness, severe conditions
    rotundity state of being round
    salvage the saving of property from loss
    scattered not situated together
    shatter to breaksintosmany pieces
    shunned avoided, kept away from
    sketchy shortly, roughly, quickly
    sporadic happening from time to time
    stifled suppressed, kept back
    strive to make great efforts, to struggle
    subsequent following
    succumb yield, die
    taciturn unspoken, silent
    tantalize raise hopes that cannot be realized
    tentative uncertain, probable
    torpid dull and slow
    treacherous not to be trusted, perfidious
    tremor thrill
    tyro a beginner
    uproar noise and excitement
    vanity a foolish pride
    vehemence forcefulness; intensity; conviction
    vigilance watchfulness
    vindicate prove the truth
    voluptuous arousing sensual pleasures
    wan looking ill, not bright
    wile a trick