三 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23．Outdated 过时的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
