【答案解析】The opposite of to chagrin (disappoint) is to ; please.
Beware eye-catchers. Choice A is incorrect. Chagrin is unrelated to grin.
Think of "being chagrined by a defeat."
单选题
DISINGENUOUS:
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】The opposite of disingenuous or guileful (giving a false impression of naiveté) is naive or unsophisticated.
Think of a "disingenuous appearance of candor."
单选题
When those whom he had injured accused him of being a ______ , he retorted curtly that he had never been a quack.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】Charlatan is another term for a quack or pretender to medical knowledge.
单选题
There is an essential ______ in human gestures, and when someone raises the palms of his hands together, we do not know whether it is to bury himself in prayer or to throw himself into the sea.
【正确答案】
E
【答案解析】The statement that "we do not know" whether a gesture indicates devotion or despair sug-gests that gestures are by their nature ambiguous or unclear.
单选题
ASCETIC : SELF-DENIAL ::
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】By definition, an ascetic (one who practices severe self-discipline) is characterized by self denial. A zealot (extreme enthusiast) is characterized by fanaticism. Beware eye-catchers. A miser may hoard wealth, but he is not necessarily characterized by affluence. Even poor persons may be misers.
(Defining Characteristic)
单选题
CAMOUFLAGE : DISCERN ::
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】To camouflage something is to make it difficult to discern or perceive. To encipher or encode something is to make it difficult to comprehend.(Function)
单选题
SEER : PROPHECY ::
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】A seer or prophet is by definition someone gifted in prophecy. A sage or wise person is by definition someone gifted in wisdom.(Defining Characteristic)