boast? ? n. 夸耀; 夸口;??v.自夸; 自吹自擂; 有(值得自豪的東西);

aspiration? ?n.渴望; 抱負; 志向; 發送氣音; 送氣;

macabre? ?adj.可怕的，恐怖的(尤指與死亡等相聯系的);

alley cat? ?n.流浪貓; (街上的) 野貓

lacerate? ??v.劃破，割裂(皮或肉); 嚴厲抨擊; 斥責;

leprous? ?adj.麻風病的;

shabby? ?adj.破舊的; 破敗的; 破爛的; 衣著破舊的; 不公正的; 不講理的;

uncomely? ?不美的; 不標致的; 丑陋的; 不像樣的;

grime? ?n.一層污垢; 塵垢; 積垢;? ?vt.使污穢; 使…弄臟;

mill? n.磨坊; 面粉廠; 工廠; 制造廠; 磨粉機; 磨面機;? ?v.(用磨粉機) 碾碎，磨成粉;

gully? ?n.溪谷; 沖溝; 深溝; 溝壑;? vi.在…上開溝形成沖溝; 形成溝渠;

clapboard? ?護墻板,隔板,桶板

preposterous? ?adj.荒唐的; 極不合情理的; 怪誕的; 離奇古怪的

swinishly? ?貪婪地; 下流地;

perpendicular? ??adj.垂直的; 成直角的; 垂直式的(英國14、15世紀盛行的建筑風格，以使用垂直線和大拱為特征);

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?n.垂直線(或位置、方向)

eczematous? ?adj.濕疹性的;

patina? ?n.(金屬表面的) 綠銹，銅銹，氧化層; 薄層; (木器或皮革的) 光澤

loathsome? ? adj. 極不愉快的; 令人厭惡的; 討厭的;

grotesquery? ?怪誕

diabolical? ?adj.糟糕透頂的; 煩人的; 討厭的; 道德敗壞的; 邪惡的; 惡魔似的

concoct? ?v.調制，調合，配制(尤指食物或飲料); 虛構，杜撰，編造(故事、借口等)

insensate? ?adj.沒有感（知）覺的；沒有理智的

putrid? ?adj.腐爛的; 腐臭的; 令人厭惡(或惡心)的;

inadvertence? ?n.粗心大意，疏漏，漫不經心，疏忽；錯誤;

obscene? ? adj.淫穢的; 猥褻的; 下流的; (數量等) 大得驚人的，駭人聽聞的;

obscure? ?adj.無名的; 鮮為人知的; 費解的; 難以理解的;

? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?v.使模糊; 使隱晦; 使費解;

enigmatical? ?陰陽怪氣; 謎一般的; 不可思議的;

appreciable? ?adj.(大得) 可以覺察到的，足以認為重要的; 可觀的;

appreciably? ?adv.明顯地；相當地；可察覺地

But somehow I had never quite sensed its appalling desolation.

It is as if some titanic and aberrant genius, uncompromisingly inimical to man, had devoted all the ingenuity of Hell to the making of them.

It is impossible to put down the wallpaper that defaces the average American home of the lower middle class to mere inadvertence, or to the obscene humor of the manufacturers.