三复合词

1．Aboveboardbaraced=aboveboard <> surreptitious=furtive

2．Evenhanded: even(相等的)＋hand（两手）公平的

3．Even-tempered：性情平和的，不易生气的

4．Lighthearted：快乐的，轻松的（light轻的＋hearted心态＝心里轻松）愉快的

5．Carree：（care关心＋free不再＝不再关心）轻松的，愉快的

6．Hardheaded： 冷静的，实际的

7．Headlong：轻率的

Don&apost rush headlong into danger; think it through carully bore you make any decisions.

8．Lightheaded：轻率的

9．Headstrong：刚愎自用

She&aposs hopelessly headstrong; she always gets up against people in authority.

10．Underhanded:卑鄙的

11．Outgoing：容易与别人相处

12．Easygoing：容易与别人相处

13．openhanded: 大方的，豪爽的given or giving freely

Because the congresswoman has been so openhanded with many of her constituents, it is difficult to reconcile this___ with her private___.

(A)selfishness, inattention

(B) insolence, virtue

(C)magnanimity, pettiness

(D)opportunism, ambition

(E) solicitousness, generosity

14．self-critical：自我批评的

15．self-facement：自谦

His submissiveness of manner and general air of self-facement made it__ he would be__ to take command of the firm.

(A)unlikely, selected

(B) implausible, hesitant

(C) clear, designated

(D)puzzling, disinclined

(E) probable, demoted

16．self-deprecatory：自谦的

17．self-conscious：自觉

18.crestfallen（crest＋fall，鸡冠子耷拉下来）垂头丧气的

19．downcast（down向下＋cast投掷）垂头丧气的

20．baraced 厚颜无耻的

21．sharp-edged尖刻的

22．Timeworn 过时的

23．Outdated 过时的

24．Threadbare 陈腐的＝banal

25．Two-edgedsword 双刃剑，指有好处也有坏处

26．Websaboteur指专门破坏网站的人（saboteur 破坏分子）

27．Shopworn过时的

28．Painstaking辛苦的，勤勉的

29．Timeconsuming 费时的，拖延时间的

30．Sidestep 避开

31．Underrepresented 未被充分代表的

Despite the growing___ of Hispanic actors in the American theater, many Hispanic experts feel that the Spanish-speaking population is___ on the stage.

A. decrease, inappropriate

B. emergence, visible

C. prominence, underrepresented

D. skill, alienated

E. number, misdirected

32．avant-garde: radically new or original 先锋派

Gertrude Stein championed many__ artists of her time because she appreciated the new and experimental nature of their art.

(A)avant-garde

(B) competitive

(C) impugned

(D)dilatory

(E) mannered

avant-garde的特点：new and experimental

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