unrequited a. 無報答的 (remunerative<>unrequited)
unruly a. 難控制的, 任性的 (unruly:authority=refractory:change) (disciplined/subdued<>unruly)
untenable a. 站不住腳的 (untenable:defense=invulnerable:injury=inevitable:avoide=incontrovertible:disputed)
untold a. 無數的 (countless/innumerable/myriad/untold:number=everlasting/interminable:duration)
untoward a. 不幸的 (untoward<>auspicious/propitious/favorable and anticipated)
untutored a. 未受教育的, 粗野的, 幼稚的
unwitting a. 不知情的 (conscious<>unwitting)
unwonted a. 不習慣的, 不尋常的 (habit<>unwonted behavior)
upbraid v. 嚴厲譴責 (upbraid:reproach=dote:like)
uphold v. 支撐, 贊成 (uphold<>abrogate/impugn)
uproar n. 喧囂, 騷動
upset a. 煩亂的, 不高興
urbane a. 溫文爾雅的, 懂禮的 (urbane:gaucherie=guileless:chicanery) (urbane<>rude/rustic/oafishness)
urge v. 激勵, 強烈要求
usurp v. 霸佔 (impostor:identity=usurper:authorization)
usury n. 高利貸 (usury:interest=gouging:price)
utter v. 出聲, 完全的 (exclaim:utter=flare:shine) (utter<>partial)
vaccinate v. 預防接種 (soporific:sleep=vaccinating:immunity)
vacillate a. 猶豫不決的, 搖擺的 (bristle:anger=vacillate:unresolution)
vacuous a. 空虛的, 愚蠢的 (vacuous<>omniscient/intelligent/plentitude)
vagary n. 難以預測的變化, 奇想 (vagary:predict=impossibility:execute)
vagrant n. 流浪漢
vague a. 模糊的 (vague<>express/trenchant)
vain a. 愛虛榮的, 無用的 (gloat:smug=primp:vain)
valediction n. 告別演說 (panegyric:praise=valediction:farewell) (valediction<>greeting)
valiant a. 英勇的 (pusillanimous<>stouthearted/dauntless/valiancy)
valid a. 有效的, 正當的 (specious<>valid)
valorize v. 抬高以平穩物價 (valorize<>erode?????)
valorous a. 勇敢的 (craven<>valorous)
vanquish v. 征服
vapid a. 乏味的 (vapid<>inventive/piquant/riveting/zesty/bracing)
vaporize v. 蒸發 (vaporization/gasification<>solidification)
vaporous a. 空想的, 有霧的 (vaporous<>substantial)
variance n. 分岐, 差異 (variance<>congruity/uniformity/quantity with a fixed value)
variegated a. 雜色的 (variegated<>uniformly colored)
variegation n. 變化多端的色彩 (variegation<>uniform coloration)
varnish v. 上漆, 使有光澤 (varnish:glossy=sand:smooth)
vat n. 染缸 (mortar:grind=vat:dye)
vault n. 地窖 (larder:provisions糧食,供應=vault:valuables)
vaunt v. 自誇 (vaunt<>meek/self-deprecate/downplay/humble/understate)
veer v. 轉向, 改變話題 (veer:direction=convert:belief)
vehement a. 猛烈的 (vehement<>languid/apathetic/lull/tepid) (rail:vehemence=entreat:urgency)
venal a. 貪髒枉法的 (venal<>unsusceptible of bribery) (disinterested:partisanship=venal:probity)
vendor n. 小販 (vendor:purvey=censor:expurgate)
veneer n. 鑲面板 (foil:metal=veneer:wood) (glaze:porcelain=veneer:furniture=baseboard:wall)
venerate v. 尊敬 (veneration<>derision/disdain/despise/scorn/contempt/dishonor)
vengeful a. 報復的
venial a. 可原諒的, 輕微的 (venial:excuse=pellucid:understand) (venial<>inexcusable)
venom n. 毒液, 惡意 (venom:toxin=milk:nutrient)
ventilate v. 公開, 通風
veracious a. 誠實的, 說真話的 (fallacious/mendacity/prevarication<>veracity)
verbatim a. 照字面的 (paraphrase:verbatim=approximate:precise)
verbose a. 冗長累贅的 (verbosity:words=floridness:embellishments)
verdant a. 青翠的, 不老練的 (verdant<>barren/sere/sterile/morbid)
verdict n. 判決, 定論
verify v. 證實 (refutation<>verification)
verisimilar a. 好象真實的 (verisimilar<>implausible難以置信的)
veritable a. 真正的, 名符其實的 (veritable<>specious/fallacious)
vernacular a. 方言 (vernacular:place=jargon:profession)
versatile a. 萬用的 (versatile<>having limited application)
versed a. 精通的 (footloose:attachment=unversed:familiarity熟悉)
versemonger n. 拙劣詩人
vertigo n. 眩暈 (vertigo:nauseate=treat:cure) (hemorrhage:bleeding=vertigo:dizziness)
verve n. 活力, 熱情 (verve<>listlessness/lassitude)
vessel n. 血管, 容器 (aqueduct:water=pipeline:gas=vessel:blood) (hem:garment=brim:vessel)
vestigial a. 退化的, 遺跡的 (vestigial<>fully developed) (vestige小痕跡:remainder=figurine:statue)
veteran n. 老兵 (cadet:veteran=tadpole:frog)
veto n. 否決 (veto<>consent)
vex v. 使惱火 (vexation<>gratifying/pleasing) (draconian:inclemency=fret:vexation)
viable a. 能存活的, 能生育的 (elastic:expand=viable:live)
vibrant a. 生氣勃勃, 明快的, 振動的
vicarious a. 代理的 (vicarious<>firsthand)
vice/vicious a. 邪惡的 (benignant<>vicious) (vice<>virtue)
vicissitude n. 變化 (vicissitudinous<>immutable/unchanging)
victimize v. 犧牲, 使受騙上當 (victimize<>treat fairly)
vigilant a. 機警的 (vigilant:entrapped=wary:gulled)
vignette n. 劇中的小插話 (vignette:scene=skit:drama)
vigor n. 精力, 活力 (adulterate:purity=enervate:vigor) (decrepit<>vigorous)
vile a. 討厭的, 可鄙的 (deplore:vile=??)
vilify v. 誹謗 (vilify<>honor/extol/beautification)
vim n. 精力, 活力 (lassitude<>vim/animation)
vindicate n. 為…辯白 (vindicate<>confirm guilt/calumniate/impugn)
vindictive a. 報復性的 (mercenary:money=vindictive:revenge) (vindictive<>magnanimous)
violate v. 妨礙, 侵犯
virility n. 男子氣慨 (=MANHOOD, MASCULINITY)
virtuoso n. 演藝精湛的人, 大師 (virtuoso:skill=potentate:power)
virtuous a. 有品德的 (doldrums:energy=depravity:virtue)
virulent a. 劇毒的, 惡毒的 (virulent/deleterious<>salubrious)
visceral a. 出自內心深處的 (visceral response of his reader)
viscid a. 粘滯的, 粘性的 (viscid<>slick)
viscous a. 粘滯的, 粘性的 (glutinous<>non viscous)
visionary a. 想像中的, 不切實際的 (visionary:idealistic=officious:obliging)
vista n. 舞台遠景, 展望, 回想 (placebo:painkiller=backdrop:vista)
vitality n. 活力 (dehydrate:water=wither:vitality)
vitiate v. 損害, 使無效 (vitiate<>fortify/strengthen)
vitiligo n. 白斑病
vitrify v. 變成玻璃狀 (tarnish:dull=vitrify:smooth)
vitriolic a. 刻薄的, 諷刺的 (vitriolic<>soothing)
vituperative a. 辱罵的 (lionize:admire=vituperate:despise) (vituperative<>complimentary)
vivacious a. 活潑的, 快活的 (vivacious<>languid/phlegmatic)
vivid a. 鮮明的, 生動的
vociferous a. 喧嘩的 (vociferous<>reticent/monotone/serenity)
vogue n. 時尚, 流行
volatile a. 脾氣易變的, 揮發性的 (volatile:temper脾氣=ready應變力易變的:wit應變力) (volatile:evaporate=soluble:dissolve)
volition n. 自決, 自主 (volition<>inability to choose)
voluble a. 流利的, 健談的 (voluble:verbosity=licentious:dissoluteness)
voluminous a. 龐大的, 長篇的 (voluminous<>scanty/scarce)
voluptuous a. 好酒色的 (voluptuous<>spartan/self constrained/self denying/ascetic) (misanthrope:humane=ascetic:voluptuary)
vomit n. 嘔吐物, 催吐劑 (vomit:disgorge=??)
voracious a. 貪婪的, 狼吞虎咽的 (impassive:perturb=voracious:satisfy) (voracity<>lack of appetite)
votary n. 熱心支持者 (votary<>skeptic)
vouch v. 擔保, 證明 (vouch<>refuse to guarantee)
vulgar a. 粗俗的 (genteel/gentle:vulgarity=intrepid:fear)
waffle v. 閒聊, 胡扯 (waffle:enunciate=embed:disinter)
waft v. 吹送, 飄蕩 (waft:plummet=meander:dash)
wag n. 小丑, 搖擺 (ludicrous:buffoon=dissolute:libertine=humorous:wag)
wage n. 薪水
wan a. 蒼白的, 病態的 (wan<>rubicund/hale)
wanderlust n. 旅行癖, 流浪癖 (curiosity:know=wanderlust:travel)
wane v. 衰退, 減少 (intensify/burgeon/escalate<>wane) (resurgence<>waning vitally)
want n. 缺乏, 需要 (repletion<>want)
wanton a. 荒唐的, 嬉鬧的
wardrobe n. 衣櫥 (wardrobe:clothes=bookcase:books=larder:food)
warmonger n. 好戰者, 戰爭販子 (warmonger/jingoist<>dove/pacifist)
warp v. 歪曲, 有偏見 (aligned<>warped)
warrant v. 有理由, 批准, 保證 (gratuitous<>warranted/merited)
wary a. 機警的, 小心的 (wary:gulled=vigilant:ambushed)
wastrel n. 不負責任者, 浪子 (nexperience:neophyte=irresponsibility:wastrel)
watershed n. 重要關頭, 分水嶺 (watershed<>routine)
wax v. 變大, 月亮漸滿, 上蠟於 (wax<>decrease/waste away/flag/waning)
waylay v. 埋伏 (vigilant:waylaid=wary:duped)
weld v. 焊接 (weld:metal=sew:fabric/cloth)
welter n. 起伏, 雜亂 (welter<>orderly arrangement)
wheedle v. 以甜言蜜語騙 (wheedle:cajolery=extort:coercion)
whet v. 磨利, 刺激 (blunt/dull<>whet)
whiff n. 輕吹, 小小一口 (blast:whiff=gush:trickle)
whimsical a. 反覆無常的, 古怪的 (caprice:whimsical=insight:discerning) (mercurial:mood=whimsical:behavior)
whirlpool n. 漩渦 (tornado:air=whirlpool:water)
wholesome a. 有益健康的(wholesomeness<>decadence/taint/deleterious/insalubrious/noxious/morbid/sordid)
wicked a. 邪惡的 (nefarious:wickedness=generous:liberality)
willful a. 固執的 (headstrong:willfulness=obfuscate:confusing)
wily a. 有詭計的, 狡猾的
wince v. 畏縮, 避開 (wince:pain=smile:pleasure=pout:displeasure=sneer:contempt)
windbag n. 好說話的人, 風囊 (windbag<>taciturnity)
windy a. 空談的 (windy:concise=hackneyed陳腐:original)
winnow v. 篩穀 (winnow:chaff/grain=filter:impurities)
winsome a. 迷人的, 漂亮的 (winsome<>unprepossessing/repelling)
wit n. 機敏的判斷力 (volatile:temper=ready:wit)
witch n. 女巫 (witch:coven=retainer:retinue隨從)
withdraw v. 隱退, 退回 (roisterer:carouse狂飲=recluse:withdraw) (tender/press<>withdraw)
withdrawn a. 內向的, 怕羞的 (expansive<>limited/reserved/taciturn/withdrawn)
wither v. 凋謝 (dehydrate:water=wither:vitality) (wither<>revive/burgeon)
withhold v. 扣留, 抑制 (withhold<>proffer/grant)
wizen a. 凋謝的 (wizened<>thrive/blooming)
wobble v. 搖晃 (wobble<>stabilze)
wont a. 習慣的
woo v. 求愛, 爭取支持 (adulate:fawn=woo:adore)
wordsmith n. 擅長文字創作者 (raconteur:storytelling=wordsmith:writing)
worldly a. 世俗的 (worldly<>singular/naive)
worship n. 崇拜 (worship:sacrifice=prediction:augury)
wound n. 傷害 (graze:wound=??)
wrangler n. 牧馬者, 爭論者 (lariat套索:wrangler=crook:shepherd)
wretched a. 可憐的, 惡劣的 (elation高昂<>wretchedness)
writ n. 書面命令 (royalty:payment=subpoena:writ)
wry a. 諷刺的, 扭曲的 (fluent:glib=humorous:wry) (wry<>even/straight/true/directly/undeviating)
xenophobe n. 仇外者 (misanthrope:people=xenophobe:strangers)
yardstick n. 碼尺 (gauge:pressure=scale:weight=yardstick:length)
yarn n. 紗線 (knit:yarn=plait:hair)
yawn v. 打呵欠, 裂開 (yawn:sleepiness=blush:embarrassment)
yearn v. 渴望 (yearn<>loathe)
yeast n. 酵母
yield v. 屈服 (meek<>unyielding)
yoke v. 連接, 使成配偶 (asunder/sunder<>combine/yoke/bond)
yokel n. 鄉下人 (yokel:sophistication=coward:courage)
zeal n. 熱心, 狂熱 (fervor:zealot=improvidence:spendthrift) (zeal<>torpor/vapid)
zenith n. 頂點, 天頂 (zenith<>lowest point/nadir)
zest n. 強烈風味, 熱情 (bland/vapid<>zesty)
zigzag a. Z 字形 (zigzag:turns=montage:images)
zone v. 分割土地 (land:zoning=??)
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