direct_hits词汇_最终版本.docVIP

ambivalent mixed feelings anomaly/atypical a deviation from the norm sarcastic/sardonic derisive mocking comments dearth/paucity scarcity or shortage prattle to babble incessantly wry dry humor unconventional/unorthodox not ordinary or typical painstaking/meticulous/exacting highly detailed audacious very bold; daring indifferent/apathetic lack of interest or concern diffident lacking self-confidence pragmatic practical, sensible evocation an imaginative recreation presumptuous overbearing; impertinently bold recalcitrant/obdurate very stubborn, defiant boon a timely benefit bane a source of harm clandestine/surreptitious secretive, not aboveboard, covert affable/amiable/genial/gregarious agreeable, friendly confounded/perplexed/mystified puzzled, confused prodigious enormous, massive ambiguous unclear, not definitive reproach/censure to scold, rebuke nostalgia a sentimental longing for the past conjecture/supposition an inference obsolete no longer in use auspicious very favorable morose/despondent very depressed impasse failure to reach an agreement anachronism not in the proper time period belie to give a fals