1.deficiency n. 缺乏，不足，缺点

The deficiency of this plan is very clear and it can't possibly succeed.
这项计划的缺陷是很明显的，它不可能成功。

2.illiterate adj. 文盲的，无知的 n. 文盲

You must be an illiterate if you've never heard of Marx.
要是连马克思也没听说过，那你一定是个文盲。

3.acquaintance n. 熟人，相识，了解

I have never made his acquaintance.
我与他素昧平生。

4.subjection n. 征服，服从，隶属

The country's subjection of its neighbor has been finished.
该国对邻国的征服已经完成。

5.originally adv. 原本，原创

I had a notion that she originally came from Poland.
我有个想法认为她的原籍是波兰。

6.counteract vt. 抵消，中和，消解，抵制

We must try to counteract the present current of anti-government feeling.
我们应该努力消除目前的这股反政府情绪。

7.self-conceit n. 自负，自大

Self-mockery may sometimes mask great conceit.
自嘲有时隐藏很大的自负。

8.consequential adj. 作为结果的(引出重要结果的，自高自大的)

She was injured and suffered a consequential loss of earnings.
她受了伤因而收入受损。

9.recommend vt. 建议，推荐，劝告 vt. 使成为可取，使受欢迎

The doctor strongly recommended that he take a holiday.
医生竭力劝他去休假。

10.vacant adj. 空的，空虚的，木然的

Several candidates had been manoeuvring for position long before the leadership became vacant.
领导职位尚未空缺，几个竞争者早就在为向上爬而钩心斗角了。

11.veneration n. 崇敬

I acquired lasting respect for tradition and veneration for the past.
我开始对传统和历史产生了持久的敬慕。

12.clergyman n. 牧师，教士，神职人员

This clergyman is respected by all the villagers.
这位教士受到所有村民的尊敬。

13.obsequiousness n. 奉承，谄媚

I find his obsequiousness repellent.
我发现他令人生厌的谄媚。

14.self-importance n. 自尊，自负，自大

He felt grown-up, puffed up with self-importance.
他觉得长大了,便自以为了不起。