1.swindler 騙子

　　A swindler’s____ is usually a gullible person who is unable to resist the swindler’s traps.

　　(A) peer

　　(B) ally

　　(C) prey

　　(D) nemesis

　　(E) superior

　　nemesis：報應，天罰;gullible 容易受騙的

　　2. agnostic：從詞根構成上來說，a不+gnos(know的變體，知道)，不知道的，不可知

　　(1)a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God不相信上帝存在的;(2)someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something 不相信某種事情存在的人

　　As a young man, Thomas Merton underwent a religious conversion, gradually changing from__ to a devout Roman Catholic.

　　(A) an archetype

　　(B) a bibliophile

　　(C) a martinet

　　(D) an aesthete

　　(E) an agnostic

　　archetype：(arche古+type形狀)原型

　　bibliophile：(biable書+phil喜歡)愛書者，藏書家

　　3.martinet嚴守要求服從紀律之人someone who is very strict and makes people obey rules exactly

　　He was regarded by his followers, as something of ________, not only because of his insistence on strict discipline, but also because of his _______ adherence to formal details.

　　A) a martinet … rigid

　　B) an authority … sporadic

　　C) a tyrant … reluctant

　　D) a fraud… conscientious

　　E) an acolyte … maniacal

　　acolyte(愛過來的)：教士的助手

　　4.fraud：騙子 someone or something that is not what it is claimed to be。

　　注意!這種騙子不是crime的一種，而是內心的感覺，是自己可能做事情的時候不是那么心安理得，所以常用于I fell like a fraud…比如說，蛋糕明明是你偷吃的，你室友問你的時候你卻說是狗吃的(^_^)，這時候你就會feel like a fraud.

　　Marisa felt like a fraud, for while she professed her__ she knew she had__ the unfortunate mistake.

　　(A) profundity, abhorred

　　(B)enthusiasm, condoned

　　(C)innocence, committed

　　(D)immorality, performed

　　(E) repentance, condemned

　　fraud的起碼特點commit the unfortunate mistake.

　　5.iconoclastic<> traditional 破壞偶像的：傳統的

　　heterodox <> orthodox 異端的：正統的

　　iconoclastic:( icon偶像+clast打) heterodox:( heter異+dox，doc傳統)異端的

　　如：Heretic 異教徒 a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)，所以其反義詞便是orthodox

　　Henry viewed Melissa as___; she seemed to be against any position regardless of its merits.

　　(A) heretical (B) disobedient (C)contrary (D) inattentive (E) harried

　　這個題很好的體現了heretic的特點，而且heretical的程度非常的重

　　orthodox(orth正+dox傳統)如orthotast 正骨(矯正骨頭)

　　iconoclastic：characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions攻擊現有的信仰和直覺，所以iconoclastic的特點就是unorthodox或者heterodox，而traditional的特點就是orthodox.

　　(1) Breaking with established musical conventions, Stravinsky was___ composer whose heterodox works infuriated the traditionalists of his day.

　　A. a derivative

　　B. an iconoclastic

　　C. an uncontroversial

　　D. a venerated

　　E. a trite

　　(2) The representative was a traditionalist, reluctant to support any legislation inconsistent with the nation’s most____ principles.

　　A. orthodox

　　B. impassioned

　　C. precarious

　　D. impressionable

　　E. indeterminate

　　6.sycophant/toady(馬屁精，諂媚者)特點： adulation, fawning, obsequious，flattery

　　(1)Her dislike of___ made her regard people who tried to win her approval through praise as____.

　　(A) autocrats, dictators

　　(B) defiance, toadies

　　(C) tyrants, connoisseurs

　　(D) adulation, superiors

　　(E) flattery, sycophants

　　(2)Surrounded by a retinue of sycophants who invariably____ her singing, Callas wearied of the constant adulation and longed for honest criticism.

　　(A) orchestrated (B)thwarted (C) assailed (D)extolled (E)reciprocated

　　extol 贊美

　　7.amateur / dilettanti <> connoisseur/virtuoso/professional/expert 業余人士：專業人士

　　(1)The selection committee for the exhibit was amazed to see such fine work done by a mere------.

　　(A) connoisseur

　　(B)artist

　　(C) amateur

　　(D) entrepreneur

　　(E) exhibitionist

　　(2)There are too many ----and not enough serious workers.

　　(A) sycophants (B) kleptomaniacs (C) novices

　　(D) dilettantes (E) zealots

　　這里dilettante表示半吊子，an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions。

　　8. artist <> artisan 藝術家<>工匠

　　We need both ornament and implement in our society; we need the artist and the----.

　　(A) beautician (B) writer (C) politician

　　(D) artisan (E) model

　　9.virtuoso 大師：virtuosity， marvelous，exquisite，paramount

　　Winsor McCay, the cartoonist, could draw with incredible __________; his comic strip about Little Nemo was characterized by marvelous draftsmanship and sequencing.

　　A) sincerity B) efficiency C) virtuosity

　　D) rapidity E) energy

　　10.protagonist (戲劇中的主角，政治，社會事件的主要推動者)

　　___ is a common theme in Greek tragedies and mythology, whose stories often featured protagonists suffering from exaggerated pride and subsequently being punished by the gods for it.

　　(A) obstinacy

　　(B) hubris

　　(C) impetuosity

　　(D) valor

　　(E) callousness