英文外链(完整版)托福独立写作高级词汇替换-draft

高级词汇替换

satisfy=

gratify

(gratified her curiosity)

short=

fleeting

“

fleeting passions of fantasy”

ephemeral

(

“

There remain some truths too ephemeral to be captured in the

cold pages of a court transcript or . . . opinion”

)

scholarship=

fellowship

(be admitted to fellowship)

angry=

enraged

(be enraged at [by] sb.'s conduct

，

be enraged with sb.)

smelly=

malodorous

(The cellar will need to be cleared of several malodorous piles of

garbage)

ugly=

hideous

(a hideous face, hideous conduct)

attractive=

appealing

(an appealing manner)

absorbing

(Shell collecting can be so absorbing that you don

’

t notice the tide

coming in )

diverse=

miscellaneous

(

“

My reading . . . had been extremely miscellaneous”

)

disorder=

disarray

(The child had disarrayed the books. The troops were in disarray.)

chaos

(The country descends into a economic chaos)

crazily=

frantically

(The little baby kicked frantically in the cradle)

rapid=

meteoric

(a meteoric rise to fame)

ordinary=

mundane

(mundane chores, like washing dishes)

despite=

notwithstanding

(The teams played on, notwithstanding the rain.)

best=

optimal

(near optimal, time optimal)

sharp=

acute

(

“

a

raw,

chilling

and

psychologically

acute

novel

of

human

passions

red

uced to their deadliest essence”

)

unbelievable=

inconceivable

(an inconceivable victory against all odds.)

puzzle=

perplex

(perplex an issue,

perplex a man with questions)

method=

avenue

(avenue to success)

famous=

distinguished

(distinguished guest,

distinguished for diligence)

ancient=

archaic

(an archaic bronze statuette. archaic laws.)

decorate=

embellish

(a fanciful account that embellishes the true story.)

possible=

feasible

(looking for feasible ways)

so=

consequently

(

His long illness and consequent absence put him far behind in his work.)

accordingly

(You may arrange accordingly.)

rare=

infrequent

(infrequent oases in the desert.)

greedy=

rapacious

(human

’

s rapacious appetite for money)

hot=

boiling

(fainted because it was boiling hot; boiling mad over the mistake.)

dangerous=

perilous

(a perilous journey through hostile territory)

hazardous

(a hazardous investment)

nowadays=

currently

only=

unique

(the unique existing example of Donne's handwriting.)

distinctive

(distinctive tribal tattoos.

“

Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East

flavor”

)

stop=

cease

(

“

fold our wings,/And cease from wanderings”

)

part=

component

n. adj.

(Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.)

result=

consequence

(an issue of consequence. take upon oneself the consequences. )

obvious=

apparent

(an apparent advantage.)

manifest

(

“

Mercedes . . . manifested the chaotic abandonment of hysteria”

)

based on=

derived

from (derive a conclusion from facts.)

quite=

fairly

(a fairly good dinner.)

pathetic=

lamentable

(a lamentable situation)

field=

domain

(the domain of the People's Repubulic of China)

appear=

emerge

(The truth emerged at the inquest.)

whole=

entire

(entire affection)

wet=

moist

(moist eyes)

damp

(Their mother's illness cast a damp over the Christmas holidays.)

humid

(humid air; a humid evening)

wrong=

erroneous

(erroneous conclusions.)

difficult=

formidable

(

“

Though a true hero, he was also a thoroughgoing bureaucrat and

politician, a formidable combination”

)

change=

convert

(was converted to pacifism by the war.)

typical=

quintessential

(

“

Liszt was the quintessential romantic)

careful=

cautious

(felt a cautious optimism that the offer would be accepted.)

prudent

(be modest and prudent)

ability=

capacity

(

a capacity crowd at the concert.

at full capacity)

capability

(a student of great capabilities.)

strange=

eccentric

(an eccentric character)

rich=

affluent

(

“

the so-

called emerging affluents”

)

use=

utilize

(we must utilize all the tools at our disposal)

dubious=a dubious distinction.

skeptical

(a skeptical attitude; skeptical of political promises.)

hard-working=

assiduous

(an assiduous worker who strove for perfection. assiduous research)

difficult=

arduous

(a long, arduous, and exhausting war.)

poor(soil)=

barren

(

barren efforts. writing barren of insight.)

infertile

(only parched, infertile fields remained after months of drought)

fragile=

brittle

The

duchess,

though

well-known

as

a

society

hostess,

conveyed

an

unmistakably brittle air.

vulnerable

(

“

We are vulnerable both by water and land, without either fleet or

army”

)