disjunctive .
【考法 1】 adj. 分離的： marked by breaks or disunity
【例】 a disjunctive narrative sequence 分散的敘述順序
【反】 conjunctive,connective 連接的
【派】 disjunction n. 分離
featureless .
【考法 1】 adj. 缺乏特征的： lacking distinguishing characteristics or features
【例】 the featureless landscape of the steppe 大草原上缺乏特色的地貌
【近】 beige, characterless, faceless, indistinctive, neutral, noncommital, vanilla
【反】 diagnostic, discriminating, distinct, distinctive, distinguishing, identifying, peculiar, typical 特征的
frosty .
【考法 1】 adj. 寒冷的： having a low or subnormal temperature
【例】 a frosty autumn that was a sign of the brutal winter that followed 一個極為寒冷的秋天，它象征著隨之而來的、可能更加殘暴的冬季
【近】 algid, arctic, bitter, chilling, coldish, cool, freezing, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, nippy, numbing, polar, snappy
【反】 ardent, blazing, burning, fervent, fervid, molten, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sultry, sweltering,
torrid 炎熱的
【考法 2】 adj. 無強烈感情的，冷淡的： lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling
【例】 She gave the telemarketer on the phone a frosty "No, thank you" and hung up. 她向電話那頭的推銷
員冷冷地說了一句"不，謝謝"之后就掛掉了電話。
【近】 antiseptic, apathetic, brittle, chilly, cold-blooded, frozen, indifferent, unfriendly, unsympathetic, wintry
【反】 cordial, friendly, genial, hearty, sympathetic, warm, warm-blooded, warmhearted 友善的，熱心的
sacrosanct .
【考法 1】 adj. 極為神圣的，不可侵犯的： most sacred or holy
【例】 The teacher's book of grades is sacrosanct, and someone could be expelled for changing anything in it.
老師記錄的成績小冊子是極為神圣的，任何篡改它的人可能受到被退學的懲罰。
【近】 hallowed, holy, inviolable, sacred, unassailable, untouchable
【反】 blasphemous, irreverent, profane, sacrilegious 褻瀆的
shifty .
【考法 1】 adj. （顯得）狡詐的，（顯得）欺詐的： having, displaying, or suggestive of deceitful character
【例】 shifty practices such as turning back the odometers on used cars 一些欺騙性的花招，比如把舊車的里程表調零‖He had a shifty face so I won't trust him. 他看起來賊目鼠眼的，我不會相信他。
【近】 crooked, deceitful, deceptive, duplicitous, fraudulent, guileful, rogue, shady, sharp, underhanded
【近】 aboveboard, honest, straight 正派的，光明正大的
topsy-turvy .
【考法 1】 adj. 混亂的，不整潔的： lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness; totally disordered
【例】 The office is still topsy-turvy even though we moved in months ago. 盡管我們上個月就搬了進來，辦公室還是混亂不堪。‖turning our ordered life topsy-turvy 把原本有序的生活徹底打亂
【近】 chaotic, confused, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled, disorderly, jumbled, messed, rumpled, sloppy, unkempt, untidy
【反】 bandbox, crisp, kempt, neat, orderly, organized, shipshape, tidy, trim, well-ordered 整潔的，有序的
wayward .
【考法 1】 adj. 剛愎自用的，不服管束的： following one's own capricious, wanton, or depraved inclinations
【例】 had always been the most wayward of their three children 總是三個小孩里最不聽話的一個‖wayward children with a history of behavioral problems 過去行為上有些問題的調皮小孩
【近】 balky, contrary, contumacious, defiant, intractable, obstreperous, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, unruly
【反】 amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, obedient, ruly, submissive, tractable 順從的
backslide .
【考法 1】 vi. （情況等）倒退，固態萌發： to revert to a worse condition
【例】 Keep these things in mind to help prevent you from backsliding. 牢記這些東西，他們能防止你舊病復犯。
【近】 degenerate, lapse, recidivate, relapse, retrograde, retrogress
【近】 advance, progress 進步，前進
beholden .
【考法 1】 adj. 欠他人人情的： owing something, such as gratitude, to another
【例】 Not wanting to be beholden to anyone, he insisted on paying his own way. 因為不想欠別人的人情，所以他堅持出自己的那一份錢。
【近】 indebted, obligated, obliged
beige .
【考法 1】 adj. 缺乏特征的： lacking distinction
【例】 Some food critics have dismissed that chef's version of French cuisine as beige and boring. 一些美食評論家認為那名廚師所做的法國菜平凡無奇，令人厭倦。
【近】 characterless, faceless, featureless, indistinctive, neutral, noncommital, vanilla
【反】 diagnostic, discriminating, distinct, distinctive, distinguishing, identifying, peculiar, typical 特征的