abyss: hole so deep as to appear bottomless 　　acquiesce: agree, accept without protest 　　affable: polite and friendly, easy to talk to 　　affliction: distress, suffering 　　affluent: wealthy, abundant 　　agitate: move, shake, stir up 　　ambiguous:shavingsmore then one meaning 　　annex: take possession of 　　aqueous: of or like water 　　arduous: demanding great effort, strenuous 　　aroma: quality or surrounding atmosphere considered typical 　　atone: make repayment 　　avarice: greed 　　bellicose: inclined to fighting 　　calisthenics: exercises to develop strong bodies 　　captor: person who takes smb captive 　　concoct: invent, prepare by mixing together 　　dangle: hand or swing loosely 　　deprive: take away from, prevent from using 　　diligent: hard-working 　　disrobe: undress 　　docile: easily trained or controlled 　　doleful: dismal, mourful 　　drought: a long period of dry weather 　　dubious: feeling doubt 　　dumbfound: astonish 　　efface: rub or wipe out, obliterate 　　elucidate: to make understandable 　　enchant: charm, delight e 　　ndeavor: to make an effort, to try very hard 　　endorse: approve, support a claim or statement 　　enthral: take the whole attention, enslave 　　exploit: to use for selfish advantage or profit 　　extensive: far-reaching 　　extol: to praise highly 　　flimsy: lacking solidarity, strength 　　fraud: a fault, a deception 　　gaudy: too bright and showy 　　ghastly: death-like, pale and ill 　　grumble: to complain 　　harass: worry, trouble 　　heretic: very busy; active 　　impediment: smth that hinders (esp in speech) 　　indigenous: native 　　insatiate: never satisfied 　　intrepid: fearless 　　irate: angry 　　jeopardy: danger 　　leash: control 　　loafer: an idle, lazy person 　　lucrative: profitable 　　lustrous: bright; shining 　　malign: to slander 　　meddle: to interfere, to intrude 　　mend: to repair 　　mirth: being merry and happy 　　nausea: feeling of sickness 　　neglect: pay no attention to 　　nocturnal: of or in the night 　　obese: very fat 　　obsolete: no longer useful, outdated 　　perch: take up a high position 　　pervade: spread through every part of 　　petulant: unreasonably impatient or irritable 　　pillage: plunder (esp in war) 　　presumptuous: too bold or self-confident 　　quashed : annuled 　　quenching: satisfy, put an end to, put out 　　refurbished: make clean, as if like new 　　rejoicing: happiness, joy 　　reticent: in the habit of saying little 　　reverberate: be sent back, again and again 　　rigor: sternness, strictness, severe conditions 　　rotundity: state of being round 　　salvage: the saving of property from loss 　　scattered: not situated together 　　shatter: to breaksintosmany pieces 　　shunned: avoided, kept away from 　　sketchy: shortly, roughly, quickly 　　sporadic: happening from time to time 　　stifled: suppressed, kept back 　　strive: to make great efforts, to struggle 　　subsequent: following 　　succumb: yield, die 　　taciturn: unspoken, silent 　　tantalize: raise hopes that cannot be realized 　　tentative: uncertain, probable 　　torpid: dull and slow 　　treacherous: not to be trusted, perfidious 　　tremor: thrill 　　tyro: a beginner 　　uproar: noise and excitement 　　vanity: a foolish pride 　　vehemence: forcefulness; intensity; conviction 　　vigilance: watchfulness 　　vindicate: prove the truth 　　voluptuous: arousing sensual pleasures 　　wan: looking ill, not bright 　　wile: a trick 　　wrinkle: make small lines (eg forehead)