varsity

(高校・大学などの，特にスポーツの)代表チーム
(主に英古風)大学(特にOxford, Cambridge両大学)

quibble

言いのがれ, へりくつ, こじつけ, くだらない批判, あら捜し
a minor autovivify quibble

trite

(言葉・表現・考えが)古臭い, ありふれた, 新鮮味に乏しい

oblate spheroid

扁平な回転楕円体
Everyone knows that the world is an oblate spheroid.

cordially

心から, 誠意をもって, ひどく, 強烈に

filch

盗む
Who steals my purse steals trash; 'tis something, nothing.
'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands;
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him
And makes me poor indeed.
- William Shakespeare

adversity

逆境, 不運, 不幸
not compromising your principles when under stress or adversity

eschew

控える, 避ける, 回避する
We eschewed taking risk for the last five years.

bigot

(宗教・政治・人種問題などに)強い偏見がある人
bigotry: 偏見に根差した憎悪,頑迷;偏狭な考え[行為]

antiquarian

古物収集[研究]の, 好古趣味の, 古書の

omnivore

何でも食べる人, 雑食動物
herbivore: 草食動物
carnivore: 肉食動物

cacophony

耳ざわりな音, 不協和音, 騒音(⇔euphony)

rickets

くる病, 骨軟化症

quadriplegic

四肢麻痺の

lam

逃走
on the lam: (特に警察を避けて)逃走[潜伏]中で
In a farmhouse in Sicily, Mafia boss and Italy's most wanted man Bernardo Provenzano was captured this week after 43 years on the lam.

pandemonium

大混乱, 混沌

matrimonial

結婚(式)の, 夫婦関係の, 夫婦間の

amputee

手足などを失った人

stupor

(酒・薬で)感覚がなくなること, 知覚麻痺
In my dislexic evening stupor I mixed up the slashes.

portmanteau word

A word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two different words.
e.g. "Podcasting" is a portmanteau word coined in 2004.

instigate

扇動する, そそのかす

incontinence

失禁

jade

疲れ果てさせる, うんざりさせる

elation

意気揚々, 大得意, 上きげん
I understand the elation of coming up with an idea that solves a real need, building a product, and seeing people use it to make their lives better.