vocabulary 11

1. clandestine (adj): secret (She deserved better than these clandestine meetings.)
2. contingency 意外事故 (noun): possibility (We must be prepared for all contingencies.)
3. egocentric 自我中心的(adj): self-educated ("We've talked enough about me," said the egocentric author to a friend. "Now let's talk about you. What do you think of my new book?")
4. exonerate 免罪(verb): to be found not guilty (They should exonerate these men from this crime.)
5. incongruous 不协调的 (adj): contradictory (I found the scene somewhat incongruous.)
6. indigenous 生来的(adj): native (The tomato is indigenous to South America.)
7. liability 妨碍 (noun): a handicap (Because of his injury, Tom was just a liability to the team.)
8. prolific丰富的 (adj): creating abundantly (He was a prolific composer作曲家 of operas.)
9. reinstate使恢复原职 (verb): to put back (The firm reinstated the man who was wrongly dismissed开除.)
10. superfluous 多余的 (adj): unnecessary (She fined使精细 away superfluous matter in the design.)