なんと、２０分の１９！ うそでしょ・・・
revile 悪口を言う
Ezra Pound, the expatriate poet, was reviled for his pro-Fascist remarks.
derogatory 軽蔑的な
The columnist was ordered to recant her derogatory statements.
nebulous 漠然とした
Because the contract offer was a nebulous one, the union leaders balked at it.
pesky うるさい
Every time his accountant called with pesky pecuniary problems, Ben was very blunt with him.
redolent においがする、思わせる
The redolent scent that came from the bakery created in Eloise a sense of nostalgia for her grandmother's bread.
repose 休息
While the palace guards are in repose, the rebel's coup began in earnest.
omnivorous 何でも食べる
Omnivorous eaters find the dietary laws in some hotels to be too restrictive.
disparate 全く異なる
Regardless of how disparate their crimes were, all the prisoners were free by the general amnesty.
abstemious つつましい
Coach Fischer issued a fiat that required that his players be abstemious.
extant 現存している
Hundreds of extant copies of Shakespeare's signature came from the same prolific forger.
vicissitudes 移り変わり
The vicissitudes life in the Medical Corps are not for the squeamish.
edifice 大建造物
We originally planned on a skyscraper but had to settle for a truncated edifice.
sultry 蒸し暑い
When we learned that the movie was to be replete with sultry scenes, the cautious banker refused to underwrite its cost.
trenchant 痛烈な
General Fox submitted a trenchant report on the enemy's latent strength.
puissant 強力な
Although the debater's rebuttal was puissant, it was totally irrelevant.
unabated 衰えず
The plague continued unabated, and the hapless Friar John was unable to deliver the note to Romeo.
maudlin 感傷的な
A good barometer of the reunion's success was the number of maudlin songs that the alumni sang.
levity 軽率
Dean Flanigan admonished us for our levity at the graduation exercises.
lugubrious 悲しげな
She advocated lugubrious music as appropriate background for the funeral scene.
ぜいぜいっ、疲れた～！！ しかし、まだ半分もきてないよ