18. fleck斑點 freckle斑點 （這兩個單詞在巴朗詞表上，其實真沒必要記）

19. forge 鍛打 forgo 放棄

Maria found it easy to___ her meager winnings in the lottery, as her ticket was worth next to nothing.

(A) digest

(B) extol

(C) impugn

(D) forgo

(E) relish

20．eager 希望的 meager缺乏的

（1）The powers and satisfactions of primeval people, though few and meager, were _______ their few and simple desires.

A) simultaneous with B) commensurate with C) substantiated by

D) circumscribed by E) ruined by

commensurate 相當的

（2）The second edition of the textbook provides___ footnotes; since the first edition, the editors have apparently__ a great deal of background data.

(A) meager, accumulated

(B) illegible, clarified

(C) copious, amassed

(D) voluminous, excised

(E) monotonous, embellished

21．callow 年輕而無經驗的 hallow視為神圣 shallow淺的（思想深度上淺顯）

（1）It’s a story about a callow youth who learns the value of hard work and self-reliance.

（2）The film critic__ the movie, saying that the script lacked structure and the characters were laughably shallow.

(A) derided

(B) remembered

(C) belied

(D) praised

(E) ignored

（3）The critics were distressed that an essayist of such glowing___ could descend to writing such dull, uninteresting prose.

A. obscurity

B. ill-repute

C. shallowness

D. promise

E. amiability

shallowness的特點就是dull，uninteresting prose, character

22．hectic興奮的 hector嚇唬 heckle質問 （這三個詞也可以不用背，到現在詞頻是0）

23．ferment 發酵，動亂 foment 煽動

注意deferment是defer（延遲）的名詞形式。

On the verge of financial collapse, the museum was granted a__, receiving a much-needed___ of cash in the form of a government loan.

(A) reprieve, infusion

(B) deferment, inducement

(C) rebate, advance

(D) hearing, security

(E) procurement, account

procurement（pro＋cure，向前治療）the act of getting possession of something（取得征購）

我們在學習了詞根詞綴之后會對單詞有更深刻的認識。

24．skim 略過 skin 皮膚

Her treatment of the subject was so ------ that the class was convinced she had only ------- the material the night before.

A. spotty ….skimmed

B. thorough ….misunderstood

C. partial …memorized

D. confused…..learned

25．wan有病的 wane變小 waning逐漸變小的

（1）Resident of the secluded island fear that__ commercial development will___ their quiet way of life.

(A) widespread, reinforce

(B) waning, harm

(C) diminishing, reform

(D) encroaching, disturb

(E) further, aid

有的同學會選B，選B的同學顯然是邏輯運用不全，看見了quiet沒有？

（2）That Mr. Willis’s newest film is No.1 at the box office this week is a testament to the star’s___ power and not to the reviews, which were___ at best.

A. waning, indifferent

B. ongoing, glowing

C. drawing, modest

D. increasing, matchless

E. unique, superb

不要因為不認識A的waning而使你錯選A，很多同學都有這種古怪的做題的方法！

26．esoteric（記憶：es堪稱e，不＋ot看out，不出去的）秘傳的

exotic（ex外＋ot外）外來的

27．gallant（這個單詞不好記憶，但gallantry：gallan敢＋try試，敢試，勇敢的），gallant是gallantry 的adj形式

His___ effort at making up with Mary, complete with an insincere apology, did nothing to impress her.

A. gallant

B. half-hearted

C. refined

D. blunt

half-hearted: complete with an insincere apology 三心二意

特別是男生們不要受你們雄性荷爾蒙的影響選了gallant。

28．pejorative 輕蔑的 perjure 做偽證

（1）The campus police who monitored the demonstrations had little respect for the student protesters, generally speaking of them in__ terms.

A. hyperbolic

B. euphemistic

C. pejorative

D. derivative

E. uncertain

（2）Physical exercise often has a___ effect, releasing emotional tension and refreshing the spirit.

(A) pejorative (B) debilitating (C) cathartic

(D) retentive (E) tenacious

很多寶書上cathartic只有“緩瀉劑”這個義項，cathartic：strongly laxative

29．render 是個義項很多的單詞，我們看一下曾經考察過的它的一個義項：

Although the meanings of words may necessarily be liable to change, it does not follow that the lexicographer is therefore unable to render spelling, in a great measure, ----.

(A) arbitrary

(B) superfluous

(C) interesting

(D) flexible

(E) constant

關于這道題的邏輯會有填空老師去講解，在這里我們講一下render spelling，表示確立拼寫的意思。