word 1-10

word 1: advocate 提倡，拥护，主张

Similarly, many are now aware of this polarized notion of the field and some have begun to advocate possible alternatives.

word 2: delegate 委托，托付

However, these delegates saw their efforts as serving purposes beyond profit generation.

word 3: unprecedented 前所未有的，史无前例的

With the surge of population and economic activity during the past two generations or so, the environment has come under unprecedented stress.

word 4: poignant 尖锐的，强烈的，酸楚的

The women’s stories are at once poignant and remarkable.

word 5: nebulous 朦胧的，模糊的

The authors admit that their subject matter is nebulous and its meanings ambiguous.

word 6: clandestine 秘密的，暗中的

They have wanted war, they have been waging it upon us for three years, but in a clandestine, hypocritical, roundabout manner.

word 7: tirade （激烈的）长篇演说

The whole of his speech has been directed as a tirade against and an attack upon trade unionism.

word 8: recur 重现

Yet in the midst of this diversity, at least four themes recur.

word 9: tacit 缄默的，默许的

There is a tacit but quite unjustified assumption in traditional grammar that nouns can appear in adjunct function only when accompanied by an explicit dependent.

word 10: allegation 宣称，断言，指控

Surprisingly, the source for this serious allegation is not identified.

word 11-20

word 11: gullible 轻信的，易受骗的

Not only are the public often assumed to be a trifle gullible, they are also portrayed as empty vessels.

word 12: benign 和蔼的，良性的，吉利的

The chance of malignant degeneration in a benign papillioma is not well understood.

word 13: peripheral 外围的，不重要的

The book contains a great deal of peripheral detail.

word 14: rebuff 断然拒绝，回绝

She rebuffed all suggestions that she should resign.

word 15: animosity 敌意，仇恨

Of course we’re competitive, but there’s no personal animosity between us.

word 16: tenuous 纤细的，脆弱的

The police have only found a tenuous connection between the two robberies.

word 17: complacent 自满的，沾沾自喜的

We can’t afford to become complacent about any of our products.

word 18: acme 顶端，最高点

To act on this world-famous stage is surely the acme of any actor’s career.

word 19: defunct 失效的，不在世的

(humorous) I think this TV is defunct!

word 20: abet 支持，煽动，教唆

His accountant had aided and abetted him in the fraud.