1.swindler 骗子

　　A swindler’s____ is usually a gullible person who is unable to resist the swindler’s traps.

　　(A) peer

　　(B) ally

　　(C) prey

　　(D) nemesis

　　(E) superior

　　nemesis：报应，天罚;gullible 容易受骗的

　　2. agnostic：从词根构成上来说，a不+gnos(know的变体，知道)，不知道的，不可知

　　(1)a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge about the existence of God不相信上帝存在的;(2)someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something 不相信某种事情存在的人

　　As a young man, Thomas Merton underwent a religious conversion, gradually changing from__ to a devout Roman Catholic.

　　(A) an archetype

　　(B) a bibliophile

　　(C) a martinet

　　(D) an aesthete

　　(E) an agnostic

　　archetype：(arche古+type形状)原型

　　bibliophile：(biable书+phil喜欢)爱书者，藏书家

　　3.martinet严守要求服从纪律之人someone who is very strict and makes people obey rules exactly

　　He was regarded by his followers, as something of ________, not only because of his insistence on strict discipline, but also because of his _______ adherence to formal details.

　　A) a martinet … rigid

　　B) an authority … sporadic

　　C) a tyrant … reluctant

　　D) a fraud… conscientious

　　E) an acolyte … maniacal

　　acolyte(爱过来的)：教士的助手

　　4.fraud：骗子 someone or something that is not what it is claimed to be。

　　注意!这种骗子不是crime的一种，而是内心的感觉，是自己可能做事情的时候不是那么心安理得，所以常用于I fell like a fraud…比如说，蛋糕明明是你偷吃的，你室友问你的时候你却说是狗吃的(^_^)，这时候你就会feel like a fraud.

　　Marisa felt like a fraud, for while she professed her__ she knew she had__ the unfortunate mistake.

　　(A) profundity, abhorred

　　(B)enthusiasm, condoned

　　(C)innocence, committed

　　(D)immorality, performed

　　(E) repentance, condemned

　　fraud的起码特点commit the unfortunate mistake.

　　5.iconoclastic<> traditional 破坏偶像的：传统的

　　heterodox <> orthodox 异端的：正统的

　　iconoclastic:( icon偶像+clast打) heterodox:( heter异+dox，doc传统)异端的

　　如：Heretic 异教徒 a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)，所以其反义词便是orthodox

　　Henry viewed Melissa as___; she seemed to be against any position regardless of its merits.

　　(A) heretical (B) disobedient (C)contrary (D) inattentive (E) harried

　　这个题很好的体现了heretic的特点，而且heretical的程度非常的重

　　orthodox(orth正+dox传统)如orthotast 正骨(矫正骨头)

　　iconoclastic：characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions攻击现有的信仰和直觉，所以iconoclastic的特点就是unorthodox或者heterodox，而traditional的特点就是orthodox.

　　(1) Breaking with established musical conventions, Stravinsky was___ composer whose heterodox works infuriated the traditionalists of his day.

　　A. a derivative

　　B. an iconoclastic

　　C. an uncontroversial

　　D. a venerated

　　E. a trite

　　(2) The representative was a traditionalist, reluctant to support any legislation inconsistent with the nation’s most____ principles.

　　A. orthodox

　　B. impassioned

　　C. precarious

　　D. impressionable

　　E. indeterminate

　　6.sycophant/toady(马屁精，谄媚者)特点： adulation, fawning, obsequious，flattery

　　(1)Her dislike of___ made her regard people who tried to win her approval through praise as____.

　　(A) autocrats, dictators

　　(B) defiance, toadies

　　(C) tyrants, connoisseurs

　　(D) adulation, superiors

　　(E) flattery, sycophants

　　(2)Surrounded by a retinue of sycophants who invariably____ her singing, Callas wearied of the constant adulation and longed for honest criticism.

　　(A) orchestrated (B)thwarted (C) assailed (D)extolled (E)reciprocated

　　extol 赞美

　　7.amateur / dilettanti <> connoisseur/virtuoso/professional/expert 业余人士：专业人士

　　(1)The selection committee for the exhibit was amazed to see such fine work done by a mere------.

　　(A) connoisseur

　　(B)artist

　　(C) amateur

　　(D) entrepreneur

　　(E) exhibitionist

　　(2)There are too many ----and not enough serious workers.

　　(A) sycophants (B) kleptomaniacs (C) novices

　　(D) dilettantes (E) zealots

　　这里dilettante表示半吊子，an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions。

　　8. artist <> artisan 艺术家<>工匠

　　We need both ornament and implement in our society; we need the artist and the----.

　　(A) beautician (B) writer (C) politician

　　(D) artisan (E) model

　　9.virtuoso 大师：virtuosity， marvelous，exquisite，paramount

　　Winsor McCay, the cartoonist, could draw with incredible __________; his comic strip about Little Nemo was characterized by marvelous draftsmanship and sequencing.

　　A) sincerity B) efficiency C) virtuosity

　　D) rapidity E) energy

　　10.protagonist (戏剧中的主角，政治，社会事件的主要推动者)

　　___ is a common theme in Greek tragedies and mythology, whose stories often featured protagonists suffering from exaggerated pride and subsequently being punished by the gods for it.

　　(A) obstinacy

　　(B) hubris

　　(C) impetuosity

　　(D) valor

　　(E) callousness