ENG words

festinate \FESS-tuh-nut\ adjective
匆促的
: hasty

Example sentence:
"Even [the company's] successes . . . are vestiges of 1990s thinking. They may halt a festinate death, but you don't build a company around them." (Fritz Nelson, Network Computing, August 21, 2000)

• vestige n. 遺跡、殘骸 vestige of ancient religion
• (否定)一點兒、絲毫 not a vestige of truth

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ensky \in-SKYE\ verb
使飛上天空
: exalt

• exalt v.
• 使升高、高攀
• 提拔、提高 exalted to the position of president
  
• 讚揚
• 使得意、使喜悅 be exalted by the news
  
• 令人興奮、使人得意
  

Example sentence:
"Her first appearance in evening dress was a revelation to me; she was my idol, enskied and sacred." (Frank Harris, My Life and Loves)

• revelation n. 出乎意料的事、天啟、神示
• sacred adj. 神聖的
  

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quirk \KWURK\ verb
使彎曲、使扭轉
: curve, twist

Example sentence:
David quirked his eyebrow in perplexity at his companion's curious remark.

• perplexity n. 困惑、茫然