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renege .
【考法 1】 vt. 放棄，摒棄： to solemnly or formally reject or go back on (as something formerly adhered to)
【例】 She refused to renege the principles by which she had always lived her life, even if it resulted in losing her business. 盡管有可能使她失去她的事業，但她仍然拒絕放棄她在生命中所堅持的那些原則。
【近】 abnegate, forswear, recant, renounce, repeal, repudiate, retract, withdraw
【反】 adhere 堅持
【派】 renegade n. 叛徒
rigmarole .
【考法 1】 n. 混亂而無意義的話： language marked by abstractions, jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions; confused or meaningless talk
【例】 The security guard gave me some kind of rigmarole about passes and authorizations. 保安不知所云地跟我說了一些關于通關和授權的話。
【近】 abracadabra, babble, drivel, gabble, gibber, jabber, nonsense, prattle
implicit .
【考法 1】 adj. 不言而喻的，心照不宣的： capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed
【例】 The implicit agreement among members of the outing club is that everyone pays his or her own way on all trips. 野外俱樂部成員之間一條心照不宣的約定就是：沿途所有開銷都 AA。
【近】 implied, unexpressed, unspoken, unvoiced, wordless
【反】 explicit, expressed, spoken, stated, voiced 明確聲明的
【考法 2】 adj. 無疑問的，無保留的： being without doubt or reserve
【例】 Members of the expedition must have implicit trust in their leaders. 遠征的隊員必須百分之百地信任他們的領隊。
【近】 assured, clear, confident, doubtless, positive, sanguine, sure
【反】 doubtful, dubious, uncertain, unsure 不確定的，存有疑惑的
marginal .
【考法 1】 adj. 邊緣的： located at or near a border
【例】 Marginal locations in the open-air market are a bit cheaper. 露天市場邊緣的地段通常都要便宜些。
【近】 frontier
【反】 interior 內在的
【考法 2】 adj. 不重要的： not of central importance
【例】 regards violence as a marginal rather than a central problem 并不把暴力問題當作重要的核心問題來看
【近】 inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, minor, minute, negligible, nugatory, slight, trifling, trivial
【反】 consequential, eventful, important, meaningful, momentous, significant, substantial, weighty 重要的
pivotal .
【考法 1】 adj. 最關鍵的，最為重要的： of the greatest possible importance
【例】 The report was missing a pivotal piece of information. 報告遺漏了最為重要的信息。
【近】 critical, crucial, decisive, key, vital
【反】 inconsequential, inconsiderable, insignificant, marginal, minor, minute, negligible, nugatory, slight, trifling, trivial 不重要的
unavailing .
【考法 1】 adj. 徒勞的，無果的： producing no results
【例】 an unavailing effort to avert a war 試圖避免戰爭的徒勞嘗試
【近】 abortive, barren, bootless, fruitless, ineffectual, unproductive, unprofitable, unsuccessful, useless, vain
【反】 effective, effectual, efficacious, fruitful, potent, productive 有效的；successful 成功的
cachet .
【考法 1】 n. 威望，聲望： a mark or quality, as of distinction, individuality, or authenticity
【例】 Federal courts have a certain cachet which state courts lack. 聯邦法院擁有州立法院所不具備的威信。
【近】 credit, distinction, esteem, homage, kudos, prestige
【反】 infamy, notoriety 不好的名聲
graft .
【考法 1】 vt. 移植，移接： to implant (living tissue) surgically or as if surgically
【例】 The top layer of skin has to be grafted onto the burns. 頂層的皮膚需要被移植到燒傷的傷口上。‖graft old traditions onto the new ones 把老傳統移植到新的習俗之上
【近】 implant, transplant
feisty .
【考法 1】 adj. 好斗的，好爭論的： having or showing a lively aggressiveness
【例】 At 66, she was as feisty as ever. 盡管已經 66 歲高齡，她還是一樣好斗。
【近】 aggressive, agonistic, assaultive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, disputatious, gladiatorial, militant, quarrelsome, truculent
【反】 pacific, peaceful, peace-loving 熱愛和平的
cascade .
【考法 1】 n. （尤指小的）瀑布： a steep usually small fall of water
【例】 The river forms a series of cascades as it drops a total of 200 feet in elevation. 這條河前后海拔差達200 余英尺，故而形成了一系列的小瀑布。
【近】 fall, waterfall
【反】 cataract 大瀑布
adj. 未說出口的；無言的；不言而喻的
