諾曼·舒爾最重要的1000個英文字 - Norman Schur's 1000 Most Important Words
(這一千字適合高級程度或者對英文有莫名的愛好者,初學者不用太認真,看看就好)
Norman W. Schur (1907–1992) was a lawyer in the United Kingdom, but he is best known for his books about words.
This is Norman Schur's list of the 1,000 "most important" words. There are actually 1,019 here because of those that are similarly spelled, opposites of one another, etc. I've gone through and marked with asterisks the ones (*) that I'm somewhat uncomfortable with (177 of these), as in I'd be slightly apprehensive if you challenged me to pinpoint their meaning, and the ones (**) that I'm basically clueless about (26 of these). I feel roughly fluent with the rest.
諾曼·舒爾(1907-1992)是英國的一位律師,但他最出名的是撰寫英文單字書.
以下是諾曼.舒爾列出來的最重要的英文單字1000,事實上總數是1019個單字,因為有些字比較相近,或者是剛好相反的意思等等.以下標示星號的字是稍為有點感覺複雜的字,這就是說我有點擔心你會想問我那些字的意思,而其中26個有二個星號的字,我基本上是一無所知的,但其它剩下的字,大致上都是還不錯用的.
(中文是Google中英翻譯結果,或許會怪怪的...各種單字的意思,建議還是查用常用英文字典比較清楚)
| 1 | *abate | *減弱 |
| 2 | abdicate | 退位 |
| 3 | aberrant | 異常 |
| 4 | abominate | 憎惡 |
| 5 | abrasive | 磨料 |
| 6 | abrogate | 廢除 |
| 7 | abstemious | 節制 |
| 8 | abstinent | 禁慾 |
| 9 | abstruse | 奧 |
| 10 | accolade | 榮譽 |
| 11 | acerbic | 尖刻 |
| 12 | acme | 極致 |
| 13 | acolyte | 侍僧 |
| 14 | acquiesce | 默認 |
| 15 | acrimonious | 激烈 |
| 16 | acronym | 縮寫 |
| 17 | adage | 諺語 |
| 18 | admonitory | 警示 |
| 19 | adroit | 熟練 |
| 20 | adulation | 阿諛奉承 |
| 21 | adversity | 逆境 |
| 22 | *aegis | *宙斯盾 |
| 23 | affable | 和藹可親的 |
| 24 | aficionado | 狂熱愛好者 |
| 25 | affinity | 親和 |
| 26 | aggrandize | 增加,誇大 |
| 27 | alacrity | 敏捷 |
| 28 | allay | 釋 |
| 29 | allegory | 寓言 |
| 30 | alleviate | 緩解 |
| 31 | alliteration | 頭韻 |
| 32 | *amanuensis | *抄寫員 |
| 33 | ambience | 氛圍 |
| 34 | ambiguous | 曖昧 |
| 35 | ambivalent | 矛盾 |
| 36 | ambulatory | 動態 |
| 37 | ameliorate | 改善 |
| 38 | amenable | 適合 |
| 39 | amenity | 市容 |
| 40 | amorous | 多情 |
| 41 | amorphous | 非晶 |
| 42 | anachronism | 時代錯誤 |
| 43 | anagram | 字謎 |
| 44 | analogy | 打個比方 |
| 45 | anathema | 詛咒 |
| 46 | ancillary | 配套 |
| 47 | animus | 敵意 |
| 48 | annals | 志 |
| 49 | anomaly | 異常 |
| 50 | antecedents | 來路 |
| 51 | anthropology | 人類學 |
| 52 | anthropomorphic | 擬人化 |
| 53 | antic | 滑稽 |
| 54 | antipathy | 反感 |
| 55 | antiquity | 古風 |
| 56 | antithesis | 對立面 |
| 57 | aphorism | 警句 |
| 58 | aplomb | 沉著 |
| 59 | apocalypse | 啟示 |
| 60 | apocryphal | 杜撰 |
| 61 | apogee | 遠地點 |
| 62 | *apostate | *背道 |
| 63 | apotheosis | 神化 |
| 64 | appellation | 稱謂 |
| 65 | apposite | 貼切 |
| 66 | apprehend | 逮捕 |
| 67 | appropriate | 適當的 |
| 68 | apt | 易 |
| 69 | arbiter | 仲裁者 |
| 70 | arcane | 奧術 |
| 71 | arch | 弓 |
| 72 | arduous | 艱鉅 |
| 73 | argot | 隱語 |
| 74 | arid | 乾旱 |
| 75 | Armageddon | 大決戰 |
| 76 | *arrant | *徹頭徹尾的 |
| 77 | arrogate | 獨攬 |
| 78 | arsenal | 阿森納 |
| 79 | artful | 巧 |
| 80 | artless | 爛漫 |
| 81 | ascetic | 苦行 |
| 82 | asperity | 粗糙 |
| 83 | aspersion | 詆毀 |
| 84 | assiduous | 孜孜以求 |
| 85 | assuage | 緩和 |
| 86 | atavistic | 返祖 |
| 87 | atrophy | 萎縮 |
| 88 | attenuate | 衰減 |
| 89 | augment | 增強 |
| 90 | augur | 奧格 |
| 91 | auspicious | 吉祥 |
| 92 | autonomous | 自治區 |
| 93 | *avuncular | *母舅 |
| 94 | awry | 歪 |
| 95 | axiom | 公理 |
| 96 | *badinage | *的玩笑 |
| 97 | *bailiwick | *轄區 |
| 98 | *baleful | *惡意 |
| 99 | banal | 平庸 |
| 100 | bastion | 堡壘 |
| 101 | *bathos | * bathos |
| 102 | behemoth | 巨獸 |
| 103 | beleaguer | 圍攻 |
| 104 | bellicose | 好戰 |
| 105 | belligerent | 交戰 |
| 106 | bemused | 困惑 |
| 107 | bestow | 賜給 |
| 108 | bibliophile | 藏書 |
| 109 | bibulous | 吸水 |
| 110 | *blandishment | * blandishment |
| 111 | blatant | 明目張膽 |
| 112 | bovine | 牛 |
| 113 | bravado | 虛張聲勢 |
| 114 | *brickbat | *碎磚 |
| 115 | *bromide | *溴化 |
| 116 | brook | 布魯克 |
| 117 | brouhaha | 騷動 |
| 118 | brusque | 粗暴 |
| 119 | bucolic | 田園風光 |
| 120 | burgeon | 發芽 |
| 121 | cabal | 陰謀 |
| 122 | cachet | 純情 |
| 123 | cacophony | 雜音 |
| 124 | cadaverous | 蒼白 |
| 125 | *cadge | *乞討 |
| 126 | cajole | 哄著 |
| 127 | *callow | *乳臭未乾 |
| 128 | *calumny | *讒言 |
| 129 | canard | 鴨翼 |
| 130 | candor | 坦率 |
| 131 | canon | 佳能 |
| 132 | *cant | *著 |
| 133 | cantankerous | 壞脾氣 |
| 134 | capitulate | 勸降 |
| 135 | capricious | 任性 |
| 136 | *captious | *挑剔 |
| 137 | carnal | 肉體 |
| 138 | carnivorous | 肉食性 |
| 139 | *carp | *鯉魚 |
| 140 | carrion | 腐屍 |
| 141 | castigate | 鞭撻 |
| 142 | casuistry | 詭辯 |
| 143 | cataclysm | 大災變 |
| 144 | catharsis | 宣洩 |
| 145 | *catholic | *天主教 |
| 146 | caveat | 警告 |
| 147 | *cavil | *吹毛求疵 |
| 148 | celibacy | 獨身 |
| 149 | champion | 冠軍 |
| 150 | charlatan | 騙子 |
| 151 | *chary | *儉 |
| 152 | chasm | 鴻溝 |
| 153 | *chicanery | *強辯 |
| 154 | chide | 斥責 |
| 155 | chimera | 嵌合體 |
| 156 | churlish | 無禮 |
| 157 | cipher | 密碼 |
| 158 | circuitous | 迂迴 |
| 159 | circumlocution | 迂迴 |
| 160 | circumspect | 謹慎 |
| 161 | clamorous | 吵鬧的 |
| 162 | clandestine | 秘密 |
| 163 | claptrap | 譁眾取寵 |
| 164 | cleave | 切割 |
| 165 | clemency | 寬大 |
| 166 | *cloy | *克洛伊 |
| 167 | cogent | 切實 |
| 168 | cognizant | 認識 |
| 169 | collation | 整理 |
| 170 | colloquy | 討論會 |
| 171 | compendium | 綱要 |
| 172 | complacent | 自滿 |
| 173 | *complaisant | *柔順 |
| 174 | complement | 補 |
| 175 | compliant | 兼容 |
| 176 | concomitant | 伴隨 |
| 177 | concrete | 具體 |
| 178 | conduit | 管道 |
| 179 | congenital | 先天性 |
| 180 | consensus | 共識 |
| 181 | consortium | 財團 |
| 182 | consummate | 完善 |
| 183 | contentious | 爭議 |
| 184 | context | 背景 |
| 185 | contiguous | 連續 |
| 186 | contretemps | contretemps |
| 187 | contrite | 懊悔 |
| 188 | *contumacious | * contumacious |
| 189 | conundrum | 難題 |
| 190 | co-opt | 增選 |
| 191 | copious | 豐富 |
| 192 | corollary | 推論 |
| 193 | corporeal | 肉體 |
| 194 | correlate | 關聯 |
| 195 | *coruscate | *煥發 |
| 196 | *cosset | *寵兒 |
| 197 | coterie | 小圈子 |
| 198 | craven | 克雷文 |
| 199 | *craw | *嗉 |
| 200 | credible | 可信 |
| 201 | creditable | 可信 |
| 202 | credulous | 輕信 |
| 203 | crestfallen | 垂頭喪氣 |
| 204 | culpable | 有罪 |
| 205 | curmudgeon | 倔老頭 |
| 206 | cursory | 走馬 |
| 207 | curt | 柯特 |
| 208 | *cynosure | *北極星 |
| 209 | dalliance | 調戲 |
| 210 | *daub | *塗抹 |
| 211 | dauntless | 無畏 |
| 212 | dearth | 缺乏 |
| 213 | debacle | 崩潰 |
| 214 | debase | 貶低 |
| 215 | debilitate | 衰弱 |
| 216 | debunk | 揭穿 |
| 217 | decimate | 毀滅 |
| 218 | declasse | declasse |
| 219 | decorous | 高雅 |
| 220 | decorum | 撕破臉 |
| 221 | decry | 譴責 |
| 222 | deduce | 演繹 |
| 223 | deem | 認為 |
| 224 | deferential | 恭敬 |
| 225 | definitive | 明確 |
| 226 | delectation | delectation |
| 227 | deleterious | 有害 |
| 228 | demonic | 惡魔 |
| 229 | denigrate | 詆毀 |
| 230 | denizen | 常客 |
| 231 | deprecate | 棄用 |
| 232 | *deracinate | * deracinate |
| 233 | derelict | 廢棄 |
| 234 | deride | 嘲笑 |
| 235 | derisive | 嘲笑 |
| 236 | derogatory | 貶 |
| 237 | *descry | *窺探 |
| 238 | desecrate | 褻瀆 |
| 239 | desiccate | 變幹 |
| 240 | *desuetude | *廢止 |
| 241 | desultory | 散漫 |
| 242 | detrimental | 不利 |
| 243 | *detritus | *碎屑 |
| 244 | dexterous | 靈巧 |
| 245 | dextrous | 靈巧 |
| 246 | diaphanous | 透明的 |
| 247 | diatribe | 謾罵 |
| 248 | dichotomy | 二分法 |
| 249 | didactic | 說教 |
| 250 | *diffident | *缺乏自信 |
| 251 | digress | 離題 |
| 252 | dilettante | 外行 |
| 253 | diminution | 縮小 |
| 254 | disaffection | 不滿 |
| 255 | disconsolate | 惆悵 |
| 256 | discursive | 話語 |
| 257 | disdain | 不屑 |
| 258 | disingenuous | 虛偽的 |
| 259 | disparate | 不同 |
| 260 | dissemble | 掩飾 |
| 261 | dissertation | 論文 |
| 262 | *dissimulate | *掩飾 |
| 263 | dissolute | 放蕩 |
| 264 | distraught | 悲痛欲絕 |
| 265 | doff | 道夫 |
| 266 | dogged | 困擾 |
| 267 | *doggerel | *順口溜 |
| 268 | dogmatic | 教條 |
| 269 | *doleful | *寂寞 |
| 270 | dolt | 傻瓜 |
| 271 | don | 唐 |
| 272 | dormant | 蟄伏 |
| 273 | dossier | 檔案 |
| 274 | *doughty | *強悍 |
| 275 | *dour | *倔強 |
| 276 | *doyen | *老前輩 |
| 277 | draconian | 嚴厲 |
| 278 | droll | 滑稽 |
| 279 | dudgeon | 達真 |
| 280 | duplicity | 口是心非 |
| 281 | ebullient | 熱情洋溢 |
| 282 | eclectic | 香艷 |
| 283 | edify | 陶冶 |
| 284 | effective | 有效 |
| 285 | effectual | 有效的 |
| 286 | effectuate | effectuate |
| 287 | efficacious | 有效 |
| 288 | efficient | 高效 |
| 289 | *effrontery | *厚顏無恥 |
| 290 | effulgent | 光輝燦爛 |
| 291 | egregious | 令人震驚 |
| 292 | egress | 出口 |
| 293 | elegy | 輓歌 |
| 294 | elicit | 引發 |
| 295 | elide | 的Elid |
| 296 | elucidate | 澄清 |
| 297 | emblazon | 頌揚 |
| 298 | emend | 修定 |
| 299 | emeritus | 退休 |
| 300 | emote | 表現感情 |
| 301 | empirical | 經驗 |
| 302 | emulate | 效仿 |
| 303 | encomium | encomium |
| 304 | endemic | 流行 |
| 305 | enervate | 衰弱 |
| 306 | enigmatic | 謎樣 |
| 307 | enmity | 仇 |
| 308 | ennui | 無聊 |
| 309 | entity | 實體 |
| 310 | **enure | ** enure |
| 311 | envisage | 設想 |
| 312 | ephemeral | 短暫 |
| 313 | epicure | 美食家 |
| 314 | epigram | 警句 |
| 315 | epitaph | 墓誌銘 |
| 316 | epithet | 詞 |
| 317 | epitome | 縮影 |
| 318 | equable | 平和 |
| 319 | equanimity | 泰然處之 |
| 320 | equitable | 公平 |
| 321 | equivocal | 模棱兩可 |
| 322 | errant | 對不按 |
| 323 | ersatz | 代用品 |
| 324 | erudite | 博學多才 |
| 325 | eschew | 避開 |
| 326 | esoteric | 深奧 |
| 327 | ethereal | 空靈 |
| 328 | etymology | 詞源 |
| 329 | eulogy | 悼詞 |
| 330 | euphemism | 委婉 |
| 331 | euphonius | euphonius |
| 332 | euphoric | 欣快 |
| 333 | exacerbate | 加劇 |
| 334 | *excoriate | *苛責 |
| 335 | excrement | 糞便 |
| 336 | exculpate | 開脫 |
| 337 | *execrable | *惡劣 |
| 338 | exegesis | 註釋 |
| 339 | exemplary | 模範 |
| 340 | exhort | 叮嚀 |
| 341 | exigency | 緊急 |
| 342 | exonerate | 免除 |
| 343 | exorcise | 儺 |
| 344 | *expatiate | *闡述 |
| 345 | *expiate | *贖罪 |
| 346 | expostulate | 勸告 |
| 347 | expropriate | 沒收 |
| 348 | expunge | 抹去 |
| 349 | extempore | 即興 |
| 350 | extenuate | extenuate |
| 351 | *extirpate | *摘除 |
| 352 | extrapolate | 推斷 |
| 353 | exuberant | 旺盛 |
| 354 | facet | 面 |
| 355 | facile | 輕便 |
| 356 | facilitate | 方便 |
| 357 | fallacious | 謬誤 |
| 358 | *fallow | *休耕 |
| 359 | falter | 動搖 |
| 360 | *farrago | *大雜燴 |
| 361 | fatuous | 昏庸 |
| 362 | feasible | 可行的 |
| 363 | feckless | 沒趣 |
| 364 | fecund | 肥沃 |
| 365 | feisty | 爭強好勝 |
| 366 | felicitate | 祝賀 |
| 367 | felicitous | 恰當 |
| 368 | felicity | 幸福 |
| 369 | *feral | *野性 |
| 370 | ferret | 鼬 |
| 371 | *festoon | *花彩 |
| 372 | fetid | 惡臭 |
| 373 | foetid | 惡臭 |
| 374 | *fey | *妖精 |
| 375 | fiasco | 慘敗 |
| 376 | fiat | 菲亞特 |
| 377 | fiduciary | 信託 |
| 378 | figurative | 比喻 |
| 379 | finite | 有限 |
| 380 | flaccid | 弛緩性 |
| 381 | flagellate | 鞭毛蟲 |
| 382 | flamboyant | 浮誇 |
| 383 | flatulent | 空虛 |
| 384 | flay | 鞭笞 |
| 385 | fledgling | 初出茅廬 |
| 386 | flippant | 輕率 |
| 387 | flout | 藐視 |
| 388 | foible | 怪癖 |
| 389 | foment | 煽動 |
| 390 | font | 字體 |
| 391 | foray | 突襲 |
| 392 | *force majeure | *不可抗力 |
| 393 | forensic | 法醫 |
| 394 | formidable | 強大 |
| 395 | fortuitous | 偶然 |
| 396 | founder | 創始人 |
| 397 | *fractious | *撒嬌 |
| 398 | fruition | 修成正果 |
| 399 | *fulminate | 雷酸* |
| 400 | *fulsome | *令人生厭 |
| 401 | *furtive | *偷偷摸摸 |
| 402 | *fusillade | *齊射 |
| 403 | *gadfly | *牛虻 |
| 404 | garrulous | 噥 |
| 405 | gauche | 笨拙 |
| 406 | generic | 通用 |
| 407 | genesis | 成因 |
| 408 | genre | 流派 |
| 409 | *gentry | *紳 |
| 410 | germane | 鍺 |
| 411 | googol | 固高 |
| 412 | *gormandize | * gormandize |
| 413 | *gossamer | *游絲 |
| 414 | grandiloquence | 豪言壯語 |
| 415 | gratuitous | 沒來由 |
| 416 | gratuity | 小費 |
| 417 | **gravamen | **不平 |
| 418 | gregarious | 合群 |
| 419 | guise | 蓋世 |
| 420 | habituate | ,觀察者 |
| 421 | hackneyed | 陳腐 |
| 422 | halcyon | 寧靜 |
| 423 | harbinger | 預兆 |
| 424 | **harridan | ** harridan |
| 425 | hedonist | 享樂主義者 |
| 426 | hegemony | 霸權 |
| 427 | **hegira | 伊斯蘭教紀元** |
| 428 | heinous | 令人髮指 |
| 429 | herbivorous | 草食 |
| 430 | hermaphrodite | 雌雄同體 |
| 431 | heterogeneous | 異構 |
| 432 | heuristic | 啟發式 |
| 433 | hiatus | 裂孔 |
| 434 | **hie | HIE** |
| 435 | *homily | *講道 |
| 436 | homogeneous | 齊 |
| 437 | honorarium | 酬金 |
| 438 | hubris | 傲慢 |
| 439 | hyperbole | 誇張 |
| 440 | hypothesis | 假設 |
| 441 | iconoclast | 反傳統 |
| 442 | idyllic | 田園 |
| 443 | ignominy | 恥辱 |
| 444 | illicit | 非法 |
| 445 | illusory | 虛幻 |
| 446 | imbibe | 喝酒 |
| 447 | *imbroglio | *糾葛 |
| 448 | immemorial | 遠古時代 |
| 449 | immutable | 不變 |
| 450 | impassive | 冷漠 |
| 451 | impecunious | 身無分文 |
| 452 | impede | 阻礙 |
| 453 | *imperious | *專橫 |
| 454 | imperturbable | 冷靜 |
| 455 | implacable | 無情 |
| 456 | implement | 實施 |
| 457 | implicate | 牽連 |
| 458 | implicit | 隱 |
| 459 | imponderable | 無法估計 |
| 460 | importunate | 堅持的 |
| 461 | importune | 胡攪蠻纏 |
| 462 | impugn | 抨擊 |
| 463 | impute | 推諉 |
| 464 | inauspicious | 不吉利 |
| 465 | incarnate | 化身 |
| 466 | inchoate | 早期 |
| 467 | *incipient | *初期 |
| 468 | inclement | 惡劣 |
| 469 | incognito | 隱姓埋名 |
| 470 | incongruous | 不協調 |
| 471 | increment | 增量 |
| 472 | incredulous | 不可思議 |
| 473 | *incubus | *夢魘 |
| 474 | inculcate | 灌輸 |
| 475 | incumbent | 現任 |
| 476 | indecorous | 無禮 |
| 477 | indigenous | 土著 |
| 478 | indigent | 貧困 |
| 479 | indolent | 好逸惡勞 |
| 480 | ineffable | 不可言喻 |
| 481 | ineluctable | 不可避免 |
| 482 | ineptitude | 無能 |
| 483 | ingenue | 清純的少女 |
| 484 | ingenuous | 天真 |
| 485 | innate | 天生的 |
| 486 | innocuous | 無害 |
| 487 | innuendo | 含沙射影 |
| 488 | inordinate | 過度 |
| 489 | *inscrutable | *莫測 |
| 490 | *insouciant | *漫不經心 |
| 491 | insular | 孤立 |
| 492 | intangible | 無形 |
| 493 | integument | 珠 |
| 494 | *interdict | *停職 |
| 495 | interlocutor | 對話者 |
| 496 | interpolate | 插值 |
| 497 | intractable | 頑固性 |
| 498 | intransigent | 妥協 |
| 499 | intransigeant | intransigeant |
| 500 | intrepid | 強悍 |
| 501 | intuit | 忒 |
| 502 | inundate | 淹沒 |
| 503 | *inure | *都應符合 |
| 504 | invective | 抨擊 |
| 505 | inviolable | 不可侵犯 |
| 506 | inviolate | 不可侵犯 |
| 507 | *irascible | *暴躁 |
| 508 | issue | 問題 |
| 509 | iterate | 迭代 |
| 510 | *jejune | *不成熟 |
| 511 | jettison | 拋棄 |
| 512 | jingoism | 沙文主義 |
| 513 | jocular | 詼諧 |
| 514 | *journeyman | *飄去 |
| 515 | juxtapose | 並列 |
| 516 | karma | 因果報應 |
| 517 | keen | 熱衷 |
| 518 | ken | 肯 |
| 519 | kinetic | 動能 |
| 520 | kite | 風箏 |
| 521 | *kitsch | *媚俗 |
| 522 | *knell | *喪鐘 |
| 523 | kowtow | 磕頭 |
| 524 | kudos | 榮譽 |
| 525 | **lachrymose | *愛哭 |
| 526 | laconic | 簡潔 |
| 527 | lacuna | 腔隙 |
| 528 | *lagniappe | * lagniappe |
| 529 | *lambent | * lambent |
| 530 | lament | 哀嘆 |
| 531 | languish | 憔悴 |
| 532 | lascivious | 好色 |
| 533 | lassitude | 精神不振 |
| 534 | latent | 潛伏 |
| 535 | laudatory | 美稱 |
| 536 | lax | 鬆懈 |
| 537 | lay | 打好 |
| 538 | lethargic | 昏睡 |
| 539 | leviathan | 利維坦 |
| 540 | lexicon | 詞典 |
| 541 | *licentious | *淫亂 |
| 542 | *limn | * LIMN |
| 543 | linchpin | 關鍵所在 |
| 544 | limpid | 清澈 |
| 545 | **lissome | 輕盈** |
| 546 | **lissom | ** LISSOM |
| 547 | litany | 一連串 |
| 548 | *lithe | *輕盈 |
| 549 | litigious | 訴訟 |
| 550 | logy | 遲緩 |
| 551 | loquacious | 貧嘴 |
| 552 | **lothario | **色狼 |
| 553 | lugubrious | 陰鬱 |
| 554 | lurid | 聳人聽聞 |
| 555 | macrocosm | 大世界 |
| 556 | maladroit | 笨拙 |
| 557 | malaise | 全身乏力 |
| 558 | malapropism | 飛白辭格 |
| 559 | malfeasance | 瀆職 |
| 560 | malign | 中投 |
| 561 | malleable | 展性 |
| 562 | *manque | * manque |
| 563 | *martinet | *馬丁內 |
| 564 | *masticate | *磨爛 |
| 565 | matriculate | 錄取 |
| 566 | *maw | *魚肚 |
| 567 | *mawkish | *感傷 |
| 568 | megalomania | 妄自尊大 |
| 569 | *melange | *大雜燴 |
| 570 | mellifluous | 盈盈 |
| 571 | mendacious | 虛假 |
| 572 | mendicant | 乞丐 |
| 573 | *mercurial | *善變 |
| 574 | meretricious | 浮華 |
| 575 | messianic | 救世主 |
| 576 | metamorphosis | 變態 |
| 577 | metaphor | 比喻 |
| 578 | metaphysics | 形而上學 |
| 579 | mete | 丈量 |
| 580 | miasma | 瘴氣 |
| 581 | microcosm | 縮影 |
| 582 | *mien | *勉 |
| 583 | milieu | 氛圍 |
| 584 | militate | 顧忌 |
| 585 | minutiae | 細節 |
| 586 | misanthrope | 厭世 |
| 587 | misapprehension | 誤解 |
| 588 | misappropriate | 挪用 |
| 589 | miscreant | 惡棍 |
| 590 | misnomer | 用詞不當 |
| 591 | misogyny | 厭女症 |
| 592 | mitigate | 緩解 |
| 593 | mnemonic | 記憶 |
| 594 | modicum | 點點 |
| 595 | molt | 蛻皮 |
| 596 | morass | 泥沼 |
| 597 | *mordant | *媒 |
| 598 | *moribund | *奄奄一息 |
| 599 | motif | 主題 |
| 600 | *mottled | *斑駁 |
| 601 | *mountebank | *走江湖 |
| 602 | **mulct | **罰金刑 |
| 603 | mundane | 世俗 |
| 604 | *munificent | *優厚 |
| 605 | nadir | 最低點 |
| 606 | nascent | 新生 |
| 607 | nebulous | 星雲 |
| 608 | nefarious | 邪惡 |
| 609 | nemesis | 剋星 |
| 610 | neophyte | 新手 |
| 611 | nether | 幽冥 |
| 612 | *niggardly | *吝嗇 |
| 613 | *niggling | *耍賴 |
| 614 | nihilism | 虛無主義 |
| 615 | nirvana | 必殺技 |
| 616 | nomenclature | 命名 |
| 617 | non sequitur | 不合邏輯的推論 |
| 618 | *nostrum | *妙方 |
| 619 | noxious | 有毒 |
| 620 | nuance | 細微之處 |
| 621 | nubile | 適婚 |
| 622 | **nugatory | **無價值 |
| 623 | obdurate | 頑固 |
| 624 | obeisance | 拜 |
| 625 | obfuscate | 混淆 |
| 626 | oblivion | 遺忘 |
| 627 | obloquy | 漫罵 |
| 628 | obscurantism | 愚民 |
| 629 | *obsequies | *葬禮 |
| 630 | obsequious | 低三下四 |
| 631 | *obstreperous | *吵鬧 |
| 632 | obtrude | 管閒事 |
| 633 | obtrusive | 突兀 |
| 634 | obtuse | 鈍 |
| 635 | obviate | 避免 |
| 636 | occlude | 堵塞 |
| 637 | odious | 可惡 |
| 638 | *offal | *內臟 |
| 639 | Olympian | 奧海 |
| 640 | *ombudsman | *監察員 |
| 641 | omniscient | 無所不知 |
| 642 | omnivorous | 雜食性 |
| 643 | onerous | 繁重 |
| 644 | onomatopoetic | 擬聲 |
| 645 | *opprobrium | *罵名 |
| 646 | ordure | 糞 |
| 647 | ostensible | 表面上 |
| 648 | ostentatious | 財大氣粗 |
| 649 | ostracize | 排斥 |
| 650 | otiose | 沒有用 |
| 651 | *paean | *讚歌 |
| 652 | palliative | 治標不治本 |
| 653 | pallid | 蒼白 |
| 654 | palpable | 捫 |
| 655 | panacea | 靈丹妙藥 |
| 656 | panache | 派頭 |
| 657 | *panegyric | *頌詞 |
| 658 | panoply | 盔甲 |
| 659 | pantheon | 萬神殿 |
| 660 | paradox | 悖論 |
| 661 | paragon | 典範 |
| 662 | parameter | 參數 |
| 663 | *pariah | *賤民 |
| 664 | *parlous | *隉 |
| 665 | parochial | 狹隘 |
| 666 | paroxysm | 發作 |
| 667 | parsimonious | 吝嗇 |
| 668 | *parvenu | *新貴 |
| 669 | pastiche | 仿作 |
| 670 | pastoral | 田園 |
| 671 | patent | 專利 |
| 672 | pathological | 病理 |
| 673 | pathos | 悲愴 |
| 674 | patrician | 貴族 |
| 675 | paucity | 缺乏 |
| 676 | peccadillo | peccadillo |
| 677 | pecuniary | 金錢 |
| 678 | pedagogue | 教育家 |
| 679 | pedant | 學究 |
| 680 | pedestrian | 行人 |
| 681 | pejorative | 貶義 |
| 682 | penchant | 嗜好 |
| 683 | penultimate | 倒數第二 |
| 684 | *penurious | *節儉 |
| 685 | **peregrination | **游動 |
| 686 | *peremptory | *蠻橫 |
| 687 | *perfidious | *背信棄義 |
| 688 | perfunctory | 敷衍 |
| 689 | peripatetic | 逍遙 |
| 690 | peripheral | 周邊 |
| 691 | pernicious | 有害的 |
| 692 | *peroration | * peroration |
| 693 | perquisite | 油水 |
| 694 | *persiflage | * persiflage |
| 695 | persona | 人物 |
| 696 | perspicacious | 明察秋毫 |
| 697 | peruse | 細讀 |
| 698 | pervasive | 無處不在 |
| 699 | petulant | 任性 |
| 700 | philistine | 市儈 |
| 701 | phlegmatic | 多痰 |
| 702 | *piquant | *辛辣 |
| 703 | pithy | 精闢 |
| 704 | placate | 安撫 |
| 705 | placebo | 安慰劑 |
| 706 | placid | 波瀾不驚 |
| 707 | plaintive | 淒婉 |
| 708 | *plangent | *轟鳴 |
| 709 | platitude | 老生常談的問題 |
| 710 | *plaudits | *喝彩 |
| 711 | plethora | 過多 |
| 712 | poignant | 淒美 |
| 713 | polemic | 論戰 |
| 714 | polyglot | 通曉多國語言 |
| 715 | ponderous | 沉重 |
| 716 | pontificate | 教宗 |
| 717 | portend | 預示著 |
| 718 | portmanteau | 混成詞 |
| 719 | postulate | 假設 |
| 720 | potpourri | 花香 |
| 721 | *potter | *波特 |
| 722 | pragmatic | 務實 |
| 723 | **prate | 叨叨** |
| 724 | *prattle | *閒聊 |
| 725 | precipitate | 沉澱 |
| 726 | precipitous | 險峻 |
| 727 | precursor | 前體 |
| 728 | predilection | 好發 |
| 729 | *preen | * PREEN |
| 730 | prehensile | 抓握 |
| 731 | presage | 預示 |
| 732 | prescience | 先見之明 |
| 733 | presentiment | 預感 |
| 734 | *prestidigitator | *變戲法 |
| 735 | **prevaricate | 搪塞** |
| 736 | *priapic | *春藥 |
| 737 | *primogeniture | *長子繼承制 |
| 738 | primordial | 原始 |
| 739 | privation | 窮困 |
| 740 | privy | 廁所 |
| 741 | *probity | *廉潔 |
| 742 | proclivity | 傾向 |
| 743 | procreate | 生育 |
| 744 | prodigal | 浪子 |
| 745 | prodigious | 驚人 |
| 746 | prodigy | 神童 |
| 747 | profane | 褻瀆 |
| 748 | profligate | 揮霍 |
| 749 | prognosis | 預後 |
| 750 | prognosticate | 已經預感 |
| 751 | proliferate | 增殖 |
| 752 | prolific | 多產 |
| 753 | *prolix | *冗長 |
| 754 | prone | 易 |
| 755 | propensity | 傾向 |
| 756 | prophylactic | 預防 |
| 757 | *propinquity | * 接近 親近 |
| 758 | *propitiate | *慰 |
| 759 | *propitious | *吉祥 |
| 760 | proprietary | 專利 |
| 761 | prosaic | 平淡 |
| 762 | proselytize | 改變信仰 |
| 763 | *protean | *千變萬化 |
| 764 | protracted | 長期 |
| 765 | proviso | 條件 |
| 766 | prowess | 實力 |
| 767 | prurient | 好色 |
| 768 | *puckish | *惡作劇 |
| 769 | puerile | 薄利多銷 |
| 770 | pugnacious | 好鬥 |
| 771 | **pulchritude | ** 美麗的來源 |
| 772 | *pummel | *捶打 |
| 773 | *punctilious | *執 |
| 774 | pundit | 權威人士 |
| 775 | **purgative | 瀉藥** |
| 776 | *purloin | *盜取 |
| 777 | *pusillanimous | *膽怯 |
| 778 | putative | 假定 |
| 779 | quaff | 一飲而盡 |
| 780 | quagmire | 泥潭 |
| 781 | quail | 鵪鶉 |
| 782 | qualm | 疑慮 |
| 783 | quandary | 左右為難 |
| 784 | *quarry | *採石場 |
| 785 | quash | 撤銷 |
| 786 | **quaver | **顫聲 |
| 787 | **quay | 碼頭** |
| 788 | *quell | *被害 |
| 789 | *querulous | *嘵 |
| 790 | query | 查詢 |
| 791 | queue | 隊列 |
| 792 | quiescent | 靜態 |
| 793 | quintessence | 國粹 |
| 794 | quixotic | 阿Q精神 |
| 795 | quizzical | 滑稽 |
| 796 | *raconteur | *故事大王 |
| 797 | **raffish | **不務正業 |
| 798 | *rake | *耙 |
| 799 | rambunctious | 粗暴 |
| 800 | *rancor | *積怨 |
| 801 | rankle | 激怒 |
| 802 | rapacious | 貪婪 |
| 803 | rapt | 全神貫注 |
| 804 | recalcitrant | 頑抗 |
| 805 | recant | 公開認錯 |
| 806 | recapitulate | 概括 |
| 807 | recidivism | 累犯 |
| 808 | reclusive | 深居簡出 |
| 809 | recondite | 深奧 |
| 810 | reconnoiter | 偵察 |
| 811 | rectify | 整頓 |
| 812 | rectitude | 正直 |
| 813 | redolent | 散發出濃烈 |
| 814 | redoubtable | 可怕 |
| 815 | redress | 補救 |
| 816 | *refractory | *難治 |
| 817 | *refulgent | *輝煌 |
| 818 | *regale | *盛宴 |
| 819 | rejoinder | 反駁 |
| 820 | remand | 還押 |
| 821 | *remonstrate | *勸諫 |
| 822 | renegade | 叛徒 |
| 823 | renege | 食言 |
| 824 | repartee | 對答 |
| 825 | repertoire | 曲目 |
| 826 | replete | 充滿 |
| 827 | reprehensible | 應受譴責 |
| 828 | reprobate | 墮落 |
| 829 | reprove | 數落 |
| 830 | resolute | 堅決 |
| 831 | reticent | 寡言 |
| 832 | retrograde | 逆行 |
| 833 | retrogress | 倒退 |
| 834 | retrospective | 回顧 |
| 835 | rhetoric | 修辭 |
| 836 | ribald | 下流 |
| 837 | rife | 成風 |
| 838 | rigors | 嚴酷 |
| 839 | *riposte | *還擊 |
| 840 | *risible | *愛笑 |
| 841 | **roue | 肉鵝** |
| 842 | **rubicund | **紅光滿面 |
| 843 | *rue | *芸香 |
| 844 | ruminate | 尋味 |
| 845 | sacrosanct | 神聖不可侵犯 |
| 846 | sagacity | 卓識 |
| 847 | salacious | 色情 |
| 848 | salient | 突出 |
| 849 | salubrious | 有益健康 |
| 850 | salutary | 有益 |
| 851 | salvo | 齊射 |
| 852 | sanctify | 聖 |
| 853 | sanctimonious | 道貌岸然 |
| 854 | sang-froid | 桑FROID |
| 855 | sanguine | 樂觀 |
| 856 | *sapient | *睿智的 |
| 857 | sardonic | 嘲諷 |
| 858 | sartorial | 裁縫 |
| 859 | **saturnine | **陰沉 |
| 860 | savoir-faire | 訣竅 |
| 861 | savor | 品味 |
| 862 | saw | 鋸 |
| 863 | *scabrous | *粗糙 |
| 864 | schism | 分裂 |
| 865 | **scion | 接穗** |
| 866 | score | 評分 |
| 867 | scourge | 禍害 |
| 868 | scurrilous | 下流 |
| 869 | *scuttle | *天窗 |
| 870 | *seamy | *陰暗面 |
| 871 | secular | 世俗 |
| 872 | seminal | 精液 |
| 873 | sententious | 警句 |
| 874 | sentient | 有情 |
| 875 | septic | 化糞池 |
| 876 | sequel | 續集 |
| 877 | sequester | 隔離 |
| 878 | serendipity | 運氣 |
| 879 | *serpentine | *蛇形 |
| 880 | servile | 奴性 |
| 881 | shibboleth | 陳詞濫調 |
| 882 | *sibilant | *噝 |
| 883 | simile | 比喻 |
| 884 | simulate | 模擬 |
| 885 | *sinecure | *閑職 |
| 886 | *sinuous | *老奸巨滑 |
| 887 | skeptic | 懷疑論者 |
| 888 | sceptic | 懷疑論者 |
| 889 | skittish | 水性楊花 |
| 890 | slake | 平息 |
| 891 | slew | 擺 |
| 892 | *slue | *極多 |
| 893 | smug | 臭美 |
| 894 | *sobriquet | *綽號 |
| 895 | sodden | 爛 |
| 896 | solecism | 語法錯誤 |
| 897 | soliloquy | 獨白 |
| 898 | solipsism | 唯我論 |
| 899 | sop | SOP |
| 900 | *sophism | *詭辯 |
| 901 | sophomore | 大二 |
| 902 | soporific | 催眠 |
| 903 | *soupcon | * 少許 |
| 904 | spate | 接連發生 |
| 905 | spleen | 脾 |
| 906 | sporadic | 零星 |
| 907 | spurious | 假 |
| 908 | squalid | 骯髒 |
| 909 | **stentorian | 洪亮** |
| 910 | stolid | 慢性子 |
| 911 | strident | 刺耳 |
| 912 | stultify | 自相矛盾 |
| 913 | sublimate | 昇華 |
| 914 | *sub rosa | *子羅莎 |
| 915 | succor | 救助 |
| 916 | succubus | 魅魔 |
| 917 | succulent | 最爽 |
| 918 | succumb | 屈從 |
| 919 | sully | 蘇利 |
| 920 | supercilious | 目空一切 |
| 921 | supine | 仰臥 |
| 922 | supplicate | 哀告 |
| 923 | surfeit | 過量 |
| 924 | surmise | 揣 |
| 925 | surreptitious | 秘密 |
| 926 | *sybarite | * 懶惰的人 |
| 927 | sycophant | 溜鬚拍馬 |
| 928 | **sylph | **這位精靈 |
| 929 | symbiosis | 共生 |
| 930 | syntax | 語法 |
| 931 | synthesis | 綜合 |
| 932 | tacit | 默契 |
| 933 | taciturn | 沉默寡言 |
| 934 | tactile | 觸覺 |
| 935 | tangential | 切 |
| 936 | tangible | 有形 |
| 937 | tautology | 同義反复 |
| 938 | tawdry | 俗氣 |
| 939 | tedious | 乏味的 |
| 940 | *temerity | *冒然 |
| 941 | temporal | 時間 |
| 942 | tendentious | 傾向性 |
| 943 | tenet | 宗旨 |
| 944 | tenuous | 脆弱 |
| 945 | terse | 簡潔 |
| 946 | testy | 暴躁 |
| 947 | *timorous | *膽怯 |
| 948 | *titular | *有名無實 |
| 949 | *toady | *哈巴狗 |
| 950 | torpid | 遲鈍 |
| 951 | tortuous | 曲折 |
| 952 | traduce | 譖 |
| 953 | transcend | 超越 |
| 954 | travesty | 嘲弄 |
| 955 | *tremulous | *顫抖 |
| 956 | *trenchant | *犀利 |
| 957 | trepidation | 誠惶誠恐 |
| 958 | *truculent | *洶洶 |
| 959 | truism | 真理 |
| 960 | truncate | 截斷 |
| 961 | turgid | 腫脹 |
| 962 | *tyro | *初學 新生 |
| 963 | ubiquitous | 無處不在 |
| 964 | *umbrage | *不快 |
| 965 | unconscionable | 不合情理 |
| 966 | *unctuous | *油腔滑調 |
| 967 | unfathomable | 深不可測 |
| 968 | unflagging | 不屈不撓的 |
| 969 | unmitigated | 十足 |
| 970 | *unpropitious | * 不吉利 |
| 971 | unseemly | 不體面 |
| 972 | unsullied | 污點 |
| 973 | untenable | 站不住腳 |
| 974 | *untrammeled | *奔放 |
| 975 | *uxorious | 怕老婆,疼老婆 |
| 976 | vacillate | 動搖 |
| 977 | vacuous | 空洞 |
| 978 | vagary | 奇思妙想 |
| 979 | vapid | 拼著 |
| 980 | variegated | 雜色 |
| 981 | vehement | 激烈 |
| 982 | *venal | *貪贓枉法 |
| 983 | veneer | 貼面 |
| 984 | venerate | 敬禮 |
| 985 | venial | 可寬恕 |
| 986 | veracious | 說實話,老實 |
| 987 | verisimilitude | 逼真 |
| 988 | veritable | 名副其實 |
| 989 | vertigo | 眩暈 |
| 990 | vicissitude | 變遷 |
| 991 | vignette | 小插曲 |
| 992 | vilify | 醜化 |
| 993 | **virago | **潑婦 |
| 994 | virtuoso | 炫技 |
| 995 | virulent | 劇毒 |
| 996 | visage | 面貌 |
| 997 | visceral | 內臟 |
| 998 | vitriolic | 硫酸 |
| 999 | vituperative | 責罵 |
| 1000 | vociferous | 喧囂 |
| 1001 | voluble | 健談 |
| 1002 | voracious | 貪婪 |
| 1003 | votary | 信徙 |
| 1004 | votive | 還願 |
| 1005 | waft | 飄蕩 |
| 1006 | wag | 饒舌,喋喋不休 |
| 1007 | wanton | 肆意 |
| 1008 | waspish | 蜂腰 |
| 1009 | *welter | *飛揚 |
| 1010 | winnow | 簸 |
| 1011 | winsome | 迷人的 |
| 1012 | wizened | 乾癟 |
| 1013 | *wont | *不會 |
| 1014 | wry | 苦笑 |
| 1015 | xenophobia | 仇外心理 |
| 1016 | *yen | *日元 |
| 1017 | zealot | 狂熱者 |
| 1018 | zenith | 天頂 |
