disjunctive .
【考法 1】 adj. 分离的： marked by breaks or disunity
【例】 a disjunctive narrative sequence 分散的叙述顺序
【反】 conjunctive,connective 连接的
【派】 disjunction n. 分离
featureless .
【考法 1】 adj. 缺乏特征的： lacking distinguishing characteristics or features
【例】 the featureless landscape of the steppe 大草原上缺乏特色的地貌
【近】 beige, characterless, faceless, indistinctive, neutral, noncommital, vanilla
【反】 diagnostic, discriminating, distinct, distinctive, distinguishing, identifying, peculiar, typical 特征的
frosty .
【考法 1】 adj. 寒冷的： having a low or subnormal temperature
【例】 a frosty autumn that was a sign of the brutal winter that followed 一个极为寒冷的秋天，它象征着随之而来的、可能更加残暴的冬季
【近】 algid, arctic, bitter, chilling, coldish, cool, freezing, frigid, gelid, glacial, icy, nippy, numbing, polar, snappy
【反】 ardent, blazing, burning, fervent, fervid, molten, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sultry, sweltering,
torrid 炎热的
【考法 2】 adj. 无强烈感情的，冷淡的： lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling
【例】 She gave the telemarketer on the phone a frosty "No, thank you" and hung up. 她向电话那头的推销
员冷冷地说了一句"不，谢谢"之后就挂掉了电话。
【近】 antiseptic, apathetic, brittle, chilly, cold-blooded, frozen, indifferent, unfriendly, unsympathetic, wintry
【反】 cordial, friendly, genial, hearty, sympathetic, warm, warm-blooded, warmhearted 友善的，热心的
sacrosanct .
【考法 1】 adj. 极为神圣的，不可侵犯的： most sacred or holy
【例】 The teacher's book of grades is sacrosanct, and someone could be expelled for changing anything in it.
老师记录的成绩小册子是极为神圣的，任何篡改它的人可能受到被退学的惩罚。
【近】 hallowed, holy, inviolable, sacred, unassailable, untouchable
【反】 blasphemous, irreverent, profane, sacrilegious 亵渎的
shifty .
【考法 1】 adj. （显得）狡诈的，（显得）欺诈的： having, displaying, or suggestive of deceitful character
【例】 shifty practices such as turning back the odometers on used cars 一些欺骗性的花招，比如把旧车的里程表调零‖He had a shifty face so I won't trust him. 他看起来贼目鼠眼的，我不会相信他。
【近】 crooked, deceitful, deceptive, duplicitous, fraudulent, guileful, rogue, shady, sharp, underhanded
【近】 aboveboard, honest, straight 正派的，光明正大的
topsy-turvy .
【考法 1】 adj. 混乱的，不整洁的： lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness; totally disordered
【例】 The office is still topsy-turvy even though we moved in months ago. 尽管我们上个月就搬了进来，办公室还是混乱不堪。‖turning our ordered life topsy-turvy 把原本有序的生活彻底打乱
【近】 chaotic, confused, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled, disorderly, jumbled, messed, rumpled, sloppy, unkempt, untidy
【反】 bandbox, crisp, kempt, neat, orderly, organized, shipshape, tidy, trim, well-ordered 整洁的，有序的
wayward .
【考法 1】 adj. 刚愎自用的，不服管束的： following one's own capricious, wanton, or depraved inclinations
【例】 had always been the most wayward of their three children 总是三个小孩里最不听话的一个‖wayward children with a history of behavioral problems 过去行为上有些问题的调皮小孩
【近】 balky, contrary, contumacious, defiant, intractable, obstreperous, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, unruly
【反】 amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, obedient, ruly, submissive, tractable 顺从的
backslide .
【考法 1】 vi. （情况等）倒退，固态萌发： to revert to a worse condition
【例】 Keep these things in mind to help prevent you from backsliding. 牢记这些东西，他们能防止你旧病复犯。
【近】 degenerate, lapse, recidivate, relapse, retrograde, retrogress
【近】 advance, progress 进步，前进
beholden .
【考法 1】 adj. 欠他人人情的： owing something, such as gratitude, to another
【例】 Not wanting to be beholden to anyone, he insisted on paying his own way. 因为不想欠别人的人情，所以他坚持出自己的那一份钱。
【近】 indebted, obligated, obliged
beige .
【考法 1】 adj. 缺乏特征的： lacking distinction
【例】 Some food critics have dismissed that chef's version of French cuisine as beige and boring. 一些美食评论家认为那名厨师所做的法国菜平凡无奇，令人厌倦。
【近】 characterless, faceless, featureless, indistinctive, neutral, noncommital, vanilla
【反】 diagnostic, discriminating, distinct, distinctive, distinguishing, identifying, peculiar, typical 特征的