18. fleck斑点 freckle斑点 （这两个单词在巴朗词表上，其实真没必要记）

19. forge 锻打 forgo 放弃

Maria found it easy to___ her meager winnings in the lottery, as her ticket was worth next to nothing.

(A) digest

(B) extol

(C) impugn

(D) forgo

(E) relish

20．eager 希望的 meager缺乏的

（1）The powers and satisfactions of primeval people, though few and meager, were _______ their few and simple desires.

A) simultaneous with B) commensurate with C) substantiated by

D) circumscribed by E) ruined by

commensurate 相当的

（2）The second edition of the textbook provides___ footnotes; since the first edition, the editors have apparently__ a great deal of background data.

(A) meager, accumulated

(B) illegible, clarified

(C) copious, amassed

(D) voluminous, excised

(E) monotonous, embellished

21．callow 年轻而无经验的 hallow视为神圣 shallow浅的（思想深度上浅显）

（1）It’s a story about a callow youth who learns the value of hard work and self-reliance.

（2）The film critic__ the movie, saying that the script lacked structure and the characters were laughably shallow.

(A) derided

(B) remembered

(C) belied

(D) praised

(E) ignored

（3）The critics were distressed that an essayist of such glowing___ could descend to writing such dull, uninteresting prose.

A. obscurity

B. ill-repute

C. shallowness

D. promise

E. amiability

shallowness的特点就是dull，uninteresting prose, character

22．hectic兴奋的 hector吓唬 heckle质问 （这三个词也可以不用背，到现在词频是0）

23．ferment 发酵，动乱 foment 煽动

注意deferment是defer（延迟）的名词形式。

On the verge of financial collapse, the museum was granted a__, receiving a much-needed___ of cash in the form of a government loan.

(A) reprieve, infusion

(B) deferment, inducement

(C) rebate, advance

(D) hearing, security

(E) procurement, account

procurement（pro＋cure，向前治疗）the act of getting possession of something（取得征购）

我们在学习了词根词缀之后会对单词有更深刻的认识。

24．skim 略过 skin 皮肤

Her treatment of the subject was so ------ that the class was convinced she had only ------- the material the night before.

A. spotty ….skimmed

B. thorough ….misunderstood

C. partial …memorized

D. confused…..learned

25．wan有病的 wane变小 waning逐渐变小的

（1）Resident of the secluded island fear that__ commercial development will___ their quiet way of life.

(A) widespread, reinforce

(B) waning, harm

(C) diminishing, reform

(D) encroaching, disturb

(E) further, aid

有的同学会选B，选B的同学显然是逻辑运用不全，看见了quiet没有？

（2）That Mr. Willis’s newest film is No.1 at the box office this week is a testament to the star’s___ power and not to the reviews, which were___ at best.

A. waning, indifferent

B. ongoing, glowing

C. drawing, modest

D. increasing, matchless

E. unique, superb

不要因为不认识A的waning而使你错选A，很多同学都有这种古怪的做题的方法！

26．esoteric（记忆：es堪称e，不＋ot看out，不出去的）秘传的

exotic（ex外＋ot外）外来的

27．gallant（这个单词不好记忆，但gallantry：gallan敢＋try试，敢试，勇敢的），gallant是gallantry 的adj形式

His___ effort at making up with Mary, complete with an insincere apology, did nothing to impress her.

A. gallant

B. half-hearted

C. refined

D. blunt

half-hearted: complete with an insincere apology 三心二意

特别是男生们不要受你们雄性荷尔蒙的影响选了gallant。

28．pejorative 轻蔑的 perjure 做伪证

（1）The campus police who monitored the demonstrations had little respect for the student protesters, generally speaking of them in__ terms.

A. hyperbolic

B. euphemistic

C. pejorative

D. derivative

E. uncertain

（2）Physical exercise often has a___ effect, releasing emotional tension and refreshing the spirit.

(A) pejorative (B) debilitating (C) cathartic

(D) retentive (E) tenacious

很多宝书上cathartic只有“缓泻剂”这个义项，cathartic：strongly laxative

29．render 是个义项很多的单词，我们看一下曾经考察过的它的一个义项：

Although the meanings of words may necessarily be liable to change, it does not follow that the lexicographer is therefore unable to render spelling, in a great measure, ----.

(A) arbitrary

(B) superfluous

(C) interesting

(D) flexible

(E) constant

关于这道题的逻辑会有填空老师去讲解，在这里我们讲一下render spelling，表示确立拼写的意思。