2011 年英文系─語國一方英文字彙比賽

今天中午 12:30，英文系舉辦了一年一度的 "語國一方字彙比賽"，由我出題。題目仿美國 GRE 測驗字彙部分的難度，今將題目公告如下，有興趣的格友不妨抽空做做，試試自己的字彙程度。

錯過這次比賽的東吳同學，明年還有機會，請密切留意相關公告。

答題說明：以下 50 題皆為單選題，請在 4 個選項中，選出與題首單字語義最接近者。題上作答，答案以 A、B、C、D 寫於題目最左邊的空白處。每題 2 分，答錯倒扣 0.5 分。

1. adulation A. admiration B. love affair C. mixture D. liveliness
2. antithesis A. opposite B. misplacement C. disrespect D. healthiness
3. avuncular A. bird-watching B. kind and friendly C. starry D. greedy
4. bellwether A. warning B. climate change C. good old days D. indicator
5. bifurcate A. cooperate B. fight C. divide D. explain
6. bucolic A. monetary B. pastoral C. bad-tempered D. alcohol-drinking
7. castigate A. abandon B. eject C. criticize severely D. cause a scandal
8. commodious A. spacious B. commercial C. furnished D. fashionable
9. compunction A. hopelessness B. summary C. centralization D. guilty feeling
10. countenance A. strike B. face C. holding back D. military maneuver
11. debilitate A. deafen B. eliminate C. weaken D. illuminate
12. desultory A. random B. resolute C. rocketing D. dangerous
13. draconian A. pertaining to ducks B. concise C. ill-fitting D. extremely strict
14. ebullient A. hasty B. happy and excited C. impolite D. firm but gentle
15. elucidate A. coach B. work hard C. clarify D. catch
16. euphemism A. wonder B. religious music C. indirect wording D. good news
17. fastidious A. meticulous B. being on a diet C. on and off D. rational
18. fortuitous A. strong B. happening by chance C. ancient D. step by step
19. gainsay A. deny B. convince C. win by force D. beat around the bush
20. gustatory A. windy B. relating to the sense of taste C. favorable D. justifiable
21. hapless A. dissatisfied B. miscalculated C. noncommittal D. unfortunate
22. hiatus A. arrogance B. depression C. interruption D. obedience
23. itinerant A. traveling from place to place B. other C. selfish D. ready to act
24. irascible A. good-natured B. bad-tempered C. uniform D. complicated
25. juggernaut A. magician B. respectable person C. seaman D. very powerful force
26. lachrymose A. shining bright B. long-winded C. tearful D. angelic
27. limpid A. transparent B. lacking strength C. healthy D. relating to speech
28. magnanimous A. long and boring B. generous C. evil-minded D. calculating
29. miasma A. muscle disease B. egoism C. pleasure D. thick unpleasant air
30. myriad A. wonder B. a long thin little creature C. a large number D. vision
31. nuptial A. just born B. wedding C. sexually attractive D. piecemeal
32. opprobrium A. strong criticism B. suspension C. approval D. proper conduct
33. palpable A. easily noticed B. light-weighted C. ridiculous D. reasonable
34. pecuniary A. relating to money B. trivial C. shouting loudly D. common
35. polemic A. distant B. argument C. directly opposite D. diplomatic answer
36. propensity A. longing B. downward slope C. tendency D. consideration
37. quagmire A. witty talk B. hostility C. tradition D. difficult situation
38. raconteur A. complainer B. go-between C. lobbyist D. story-teller
39. remuneration A. infrastructure B. pay C. backwardness D. enthusiasm
40. rubric A. cleansing B. title C. feeling sorry D. relating to architecture
41. sapient A. sunken B. dripping C. wise D. tree-like
42. sepulchral A. sad and serious B. in a group of seven C. unusual D. decorated
43. supercilious A. overarching B. self-important C. more than needed D. high-born
44. surreptitious A. upward B. yielding C. spoken softly D. done secretly
45. toothsome A. sharp B. advanced in age C. tasty D. gossipy
46. torpor A. extreme heat B. lethargy C. underwater bomb D. monster
47. travail A. long journey B. difficult situation C. utilize D. conquer
48. ungainly A. bankrupt B. not graceful C. futile D. unsuccessful
49. wherewithal A. reason B. method C. place D. money
50. zeitgeist A. newspaper B. vampire C. exact copy D. spirit of the times