复合词

　　1.Aboveboard barefaced=aboveboard <> surreptitious=furtive

　　2.Evenhanded: even(相等的)+hand(两手) 公平的

　　3.Even-tempered：性情平和的，不易生气的

　　4.Lighthearted：快乐的，轻松的(light轻的+hearted心态=心里轻松)愉快的

　　5.Carefree：(care关心+free不再=不再关心)轻松的，愉快的

　　6.Hardheaded： 冷静的，实际的

　　7.Headlong：轻率的

　　Don't rush headlong into danger; think it through carefully before you make any decisions.

　　8.Lightheaded：轻率的

　　9.Headstrong：刚愎自用

　　She's hopelessly headstrong; she always gets up against people in authority.

　　10.Underhanded:卑鄙的

　　11.Outgoing：容易与别人相处

　　12.Easygoing：容易与别人相处

　　13.openhanded: 大方的，豪爽的 given or giving freely

　　Because the congresswoman has been so openhanded with many of her constituents, it is difficult to reconcile this___ with her private___.

　　(A) selfishness, inattention

　　(B) insolence, virtue

　　(C) magnanimity, pettiness

　　(D) opportunism, ambition

　　(E) solicitousness, generosity

　　14.self-critical：自我批评的

　　15.self-effacement：自谦

　　His submissiveness of manner and general air of self-effacement made it__ he would be__ to take command of the firm.

　　(A) unlikely, selected

　　(B) implausible, hesitant

　　(C) clear, designated

　　(D) puzzling, disinclined

　　(E) probable, demoted

　　16.self-deprecatory：自谦的

　　17.self-conscious：自觉

　　18. crestfallen(crest+fall，鸡冠子耷拉下来)垂头丧气的

　　19.downcast(down向下+cast投掷)垂头丧气的

　　20.barefaced 厚颜无耻的

　　21.sharp-edged 尖刻的

　　22.Timeworn 过时的

　　23.Outdated 过时的

　　24.Threadbare 陈腐的=banal

　　25.Two-edged sword 双刃剑，指有好处也有坏处

　　26.Websaboteur 指专门破坏网站的人(saboteur 破坏分子)

　　27.Shopworn 过时的

　　28.Painstaking 辛苦的，勤勉的

　　29.Timeconsuming 费时的，拖延时间的

　　30.Sidestep 避开

　　31.Underrepresented 未被充分代表的

　　Despite the growing___ of Hispanic actors in the American theater, many Hispanic experts feel that the Spanish-speaking population is___ on the stage.

　　A. decrease, inappropriate

　　B. emergence, visible

　　C. prominence, underrepresented

　　D. skill, alienated

　　E. number, misdirected

　　32.avant-garde: radically new or original 先锋派

　　Gertrude Stein championed many__ artists of her time because she appreciated the new and experimental nature of their art.

　　(A) avant-garde

　　(B) competitive

　　(C) impugned

　　(D) dilatory

　　(E) mannered

　　avant-garde的特点：new and experimental