Answers to 英文同义词：Match Up (08222008)

Correct answers:

smarmy vitriolic eristic lachrymose captious

sorrowful blistering fulsome faultfinding debater

* Correct pairs matched by color, not alignment

smarmy - Hypocritically, complacently, or effusively earnest.

Synonyms: fulsome, oleaginous, unctuous

Usage: His smarmy speech left no doubt that he actually felt superior to those he was meant to be praising.

vitriolic - Bitterly scathing; caustic.

Synonyms: acid, blistering, caustic, venomous, acrid, acerbic, bitter

Usage: His vitriolic speech attacking his opponent hurt his popularity with voters.

eristic - A person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy.

Synonyms: controversialist, disputant, debater

Usage: He was a philosopher of the eristic sort, whose greatest pleasure was in tearing down the arguments of others.

lachrymose - Weeping or inclined to weep; causing or tending to cause tears.

Synonyms: dolorous, weeping, tearful, sorrowful

Usage: He was by turns devout and obscene, merry and lachrymose.

captious - Marked by a disposition to find and point out trivial faults.

Synonyms: faultfinding, critical

Usage: She found the new professor to be captious, marking all the grammatical errors in her essays while ignoring the points she had tried to make.