第九周

1.devastate (v.) to bring to ruin or desolation by violent action

The fire devastated the city.

2. endemic (adj.) belonging or native to a particular people or country

This chest disease is endemic among miners in this area.

3. custody (n.) immediate charge and control (as over a ward or a suspect) exercised by a person or an authority

After his divorce, the father was granted custody of the children.

4. credit (v.) to trust in the truth of

Their claim is rather hard to credit.

5. intentional (adj.) having external reference

His exclusion in the meeting was quite intentional.

1. highlight (n.) the lightest spot or area (as in a painting)

Recorded highlights of today’s big football game will be shown after the news.

2. sheer (adj.) of very thin or transparent texture

He won by sheer iuck.

3. suppress (v.) to put down by authority or force

Opposition to the government was quickly suppressed.

4. divine (adj.) of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God or a god

The meal was simply divine.

5. appetite (n.) any of the instinctive desires necessary to keep up organic life

The baby has good appetite.

1. instruct (v.) to give orders or directions, especially with the right or expectation of being obeyed

I’ve been instructed to wait here until the teacher arrives.

2. prospect (n.) an extensive view

I am afraid there is not much prospect of this being finished before the weekend.

3. boost (n.) a push upward

If you boost me up, I can just reach the window.

4. .humiliate (v.) to cause to feel ashamed or to lose the respect of others

It was so humiliating to be corrected by the head teacher in front of whole school.

5. ameliorate (v.) to make better or more tolerable

The situation is being ameliorated.

1. resonant (adj.) continuing to sound

The air was resonant with the shout of children.

2. thermal (adj.) being or involving a state of matter dependent upon temperature

I like thermal springs.

3. mattress (n.) an inflatable airtight sack for use as a mattress

I’ll have to get a new mattress for my bed --- the springs have gone in this one.

4. bond (v.) to lap (as brick) for solidity of construction

Parents should have plenty of time with their new baby to allow bonding to occur.

5. veteran (adj.) a person who has had long experience in some form of activity

At the age of 12the boy was already a veteran traveler, having flown all over the world with his father.

1. prevalent (adj.) generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored

Eye diseases are prevalent in some tropical countries.

2. fabricate (v.) to make up for the purpose of deception

It turned out that he had fabricated the whole story.

3. impersonate (v.) to assume or act the character of

He was arrested for impersonating an army officer.

4. hustle (v.) to convey forcibly or hurriedly

She hustled the children off to school and started working.

5. emission (n.) an act or instance of emitting

We have been receiving powerful radio emissions from a distant star system.

第八周

1.propel (v.) to drive forward or onward by or as if by means of a force that imparts motion

A sailing boat is propelled by wind.

2. obdurate (adj.) stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

Despite all my pleas she remained obdurate.

3. taint (n.) a contaminating mark or influence

Can we be sure they are free from any taint of disloyalty?

4. academic (adj.) of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning

They publish academic books.

5. niggle (v.) to spend too much effort on minor details

She niggled over every detail of the bill.

1. sightseeing (adj.) devoted to or used for seeing sights

Some people like to lie on the beach, but I prefer sightseeing.

2. allure (v.) to entice by charm or attraction

The job offers alluring opportunities.

3. earnest (adj.) characterized by or proceeding from an intense and serious state of mind

We made an earnest endeavour to persuade her.

4. withdraw (v.) to take back or away

She withdraws money from her bank account.

5. perceive (v.) to attain awareness or understanding of

He perceived a subtle change in her manner.

1. humidity (n.) a moderate degree of wetness especially of the atmosphere

It’s not the heat but the humidity makes it so uncomfortable today.

2. swap (v.) to give in trade

Shall we swap place?

3. liability (n.) the quality or state of being liable

The new law exempts them from all liability in this matter.

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5. fascinating (adj.) extremely interesting or charming

I find her books quite fascinating.

1. retail (v.) to sell in small quantities directly to the ultimate consumer

In the shop they retail tobacco and sweets.

2. distant (adj.) separated in space

The two boys are distant relations.

3. avert (v.) to see coming and ward off

An accident was averted by his quick unpleasant sensation.

4. zone (v.) to surround with a zone

This part of the town has been zoned as a shopping area.

5. yield (v.) to give or render as fitting, rightfully owed, or required

That tree yields with plenty if fruits.

1. rebuff](n.)] to reject or criticize sharply

Our request for support met with an unexpected rebuff.

2. invariably (adv.) on every occasion

It invariable rains when I go there.

3. petty (adj.) having secondary rank or importance

Don’t be so petty!

4. forefront (n.) the foremost part or place

She has been at the forefront of the struggle of the women’s rights.

5. dispatch (v.) to kill with quick efficiency

A message was dispatched to take the news to the soldiers at the front.

第七周

1.upstart (n.) a start-up enterprise

She was beateb to the top job by an upstart who join the firm barely a year ago.

2. meditate (v.) to engage in contemplation or reflection

I hear you are meditating giving up your job.

3.demonstrate (v.)- to prove or make clear by reasoning or evidence

His last remark demonstrates his total ignorance of the subject.

4. lousy (adj.) infested with lice

The town was lousy with tourists.

5. devastating (adj.) to bring to ruin or desolation by violent action

It is a devastating storm.

1. swamp (v.) to fill with or as if with water

We were stamped with phone calls after our advertisement in the paper.

2. incision (n.) an act of incising something

An incision was made into the diseased organ.

3. sloppy (adj.) wet so as to spatter easily

This is a very sloppy piece of work.

4. delve (v.) to dig or labor with or as if with a spade

He delved into the family archives looking for the facts.

5. association (n.) something linked in memory or imagination with a thing or person

She set up an association to help blind people.

1. excursion (n.) a going out or forth

We went on a day excursion to Blackpool .

2. foul (v.) to become or be foul

He was sent off for fouling the other team’s goalkeeper.

3. conquest (n.) the act or process of conquering

She is one of his numerous conquests.

4. incoherent (adj.) lacking orderly continuity, arrangement, or relevance

She become quiet incoherent as the disease got worse.

5. consequence (n.) a conclusion derived through logic

The high level of unemployment has produced harmful social consequence.

1. odour (n.) a quality of something that stimulates the olfactory organ

I have been in bad odour with the boss since he discovered that I had criticized him.

2. prompt (v.) to move to action

What prompted that remark?

3. paranoid (adj.) characterized by or resembling paranoia

My father locks every door and window in the house --- he is paranoid about being robbed.

4. glimpse (n.) a fleeting view or look

I glimpsed her among the crowed just before she disappear from sign.

5. expire (v.) to breathe one's last breath

The trade agreement between the two countries will expire next year.

1. terribly (adj.) exciting extreme alarm or intense fear

We were terribly lucky to find you here.

2. nonchalant (adj.) having an air of easy unconcern or indifference

She received the prize with an air of nonchalant.

3. accommodations (n.) something supplied for convenience or to satisfy a need

She stay in the tourist accommodations on a boat.

4. extol (v.) to praise highly

He keeps extolling the merits of his new car.

5. span (v.) to measure by or as if by the hand with fingers and thumb extended

A bridge spanned the stream.

第六周

1.prosperity(n.) the condition of prospering

The country is prospering under a strong government.

2. voucher (n.) an act of vouching

Some firm give their workers luncheon vouchers.

3. impractical (adj.) not wise to put into or keep in practice or effect

He is an impractical person who can’t even boil an egg.

4. raft (n.) a collection of logs or timber fastened together for conveyance by water

A whole raft of people came for drinks.

5. exhilarate (v.) to make cheerful and excited

This sea air is most exhilarating.

1. tune (v.) to adjust in musical pitch or cause to be in tune

The musicians tuned their instruments before the concert began.

2. raft (n.) a collection of logs or timber fastened together for conveyance by water

A whole raft of people came for drinks.

3. prospect (n.) an extensive view

I am afraid there is not much prospect of this being finished before the weekend.

4. rectify(v.) to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct

He sent them a check to rectify his account.

5. instruct (v.) to give orders or directions, especially with the right or expectation of being obeyed

I’ve been instructed to wait here until the teacher arrives.

1. adequate (n.) sufficient for a specific requirement

We don’t have adequate water.

2. seeming (adj.) outwardly or superficially evident but not true or real

For all his seeming calmness, he was really very nervous.

3. scold(v.) censure severely or angrily

She is always scolding her children.

4. overwhelming (adj.) tending or serving to overwhelm

An overwhelming majority voted against the proposal.

5. craft (n.) skill in planning, making, or executing

He used a certain among of craft to make the sale.

1. imitator(n.) to follow or endeavor to follow as a model or example

The band inspiried countless imitators over the years.

2. dissension (n.) partisan and contentious quarreling

His words caused a great deal of dissension among his followers.

3. dupe (v.) to make a dupe of

The salesman duped the old lady into buying a faulty dishwasher.

4. purge (n.) something that purges

The new president carried out a purge of disloyal army officer.

5. swift (adj.) moving or capable of moving with great speed

The President promised swift and effective retribution against the terrorists.

1. hazy (adj.) obscured or made dim or cloudy by or as if by haze

The mountains were hazy in the distance.

2. squirt (v.) to force or be forced out in a thin fast stream

Water squirted from the punctured hose.

3. unravel (v.) to disengage or separate the threads of

The sweater has started to unravel.

4. obedient(adj.) dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority

We sat down, obedient to the wishes of Oliver.

5. compartment (n.) a separate division or section

We sat in a second-class compartment.

第五周

1.accommodations (n.) something supplied for convenience or to satisfy a need

She stay in the tourist accommodations on a boat.

2. lousy (adj.) infested with lice

The town was lousy with tourists.

3. dupe (v.) to make a dupe of

The salesman duped the old lady into buying a faulty dishwasher.

4. flare (v.) to burn with an unsteady flame

A match flared in the darkness.

5. mound (n.) an artificial bank or hill of earth or stones

He walks slowly out to the mound to talk to the pitcher.

1. choir (n.) an organized company of singers (as in a church service)

The church choir is singing tonight.

2. glimpse (n.) a fleeting view or look

I glimpsed her among the crowed just before she disappear from sign.

3. registration (n.) the art or act of selecting and adjusting pipe organ stops

The registration of the students for the course will begin on Thursday morning.

4. terribly (adj.) exciting extreme alarm or intense fear

We were terribly lucky to find you here.

5. acrobatics (n.) a spectacular, showy, or startling performance or demonstration involving great agility or complexity

There has acrobatics on the street.

1. anatomy (n.) a branch of morphology that deals with the structure of organisms

The ball hit him on a rather delicate part of his anatomy.

2. confrontation (n.) a face-to-face meeting

We cannot risk the confrontation with the union.

3. thrill (v.) to cause to experience a sudden sharp feeling of excitement

Meeting the famous football player was a great thrill for the children.

4. optician (n.) a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments

I have got an appointment at the optician today.

5. breakdown (n.) failure to progress or have effect

Our car had a breakdown on the road.

1. outweigh (v.) to exceed in weight, value, or importance

In this case the disadvantages for outweight the advantages.

2. approximate (adj.) located close together

This is just a approximate figure.

3. dispatch (v.) to kill with quick efficiency

A message was dispatched to take the news to the soldiers at the front.

4. terribly (adj.) exciting extreme alarm or intense fear

We were terribly lucky to find you here.

5. yield (v.) to give or render as fitting, rightfully owed, or required

That tree yields with plenty if fruits.

1. seeming (adj.) outwardly or superficially evident but not true or real

For all his seeming calmness, he was really very nervous.

2. hazard (n.) a game of chance like craps played with two dice

There are many serious health hazards associated with smoking.

3. consequenc (n.) a conclusion derived through logic

The high level of unemployment has produced harmful social consequence.

4. zone (v.) to surround with a zone

This part of the town has been zoned as a shopping area.

5. feminine (adj.) characteristic of or appropriate or unique to women

He has a rather feminine voice.

第四周

1. onward (adv.) toward or at a point lying ahead in space or time

From now onward we’ll do things my way.

2. extol (v.) to praise highly

He keeps extolling the merits of his new car.

3. terminate (v.) to extend only to a limit

The next train terminates here.

4. redeem (v.) to buy back

Has the government redeemed all its election promises?

5. fabricate (v.) to make up for the purpose of deception

It turned out that he had fabricated the whole story.

1. triumph (v.) the joy or exultation of victory or success

His new film is an absolute triumph.

2. notable (adj.) worthy of note

The area is notable for its pleasant climate.

3. discipline (n.) a field of study

Learning poetry is a good discipline for the memory.

4. accent (n.) an articulative effort giving prominence to one syllable over adjacent syllables

I can’t place your accent.

5. entity (n.) the existence of a thing as contrasted with its attributes

After the war Germany was divided, no longer one political entity.

1. foul (v.) to become or be foul

He was sent off for fouling the other team’s goalkeeper.

2. sheer (adj.) of very thin or transparent texture

He won by sheer iuck.

3. adequate (n.) sufficient for a specific requirement

We don’t have adequate water.

4. oblige (v.) to constrain by physical, moral, or legal force or by the exigencies of circumstance

Could you oblige me with a match?

5. postmortem (adj.) following the event

They held a postmortem on the company’s poor sales result.

1. vanity (n.) something that is vain, empty, or valueless

His vanity makes him away from success.

2. accommodations (n.) something supplied for convenience or to satisfy a need

She stay in the tourist accommodations on a boat.

3. windfall (n.) something (as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind

These apples are windfalls, but they are good.

4. exhilarate (v.) to make cheerful and excited

This sea air is most exhilarating.

5. avalanche (n.) a sudden great or overwhelming rush or accumulation of something

He was swept away in an avalanche.

1.  install (v.) to place in an office or dignity by seating in a stall or official seat

We are having central heating installed.

2. excursion (n.) a going out or forth

We went on a day excursion to Blackpool .

3. administration (n.) performance of executive duties

You will need some experience in administration before you can run the department.

4. voucher (n.) an act of vouching

Some firm give their workers luncheon vouchers.

5. rebuff (n.) to reject or criticize sharply

Our request for support met with an unexpected rebuff.

第三周

1. route (n.) a traveled way

The school is on a bus route.

2. worthwhile (adj.) being worth the time or effort spent

We had a long wait, but it was worthwhile because we got the tickets.

3. mystical (adj.) having a spiritual meaning or reality that is neither apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence

It is a mystical ceremony.

4. tradeoff (n.) an exchange that occurs as a compromise

5. blossom (v.) reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts

1. diagnose (v.) to recognize (as a disease) by signs and symptoms

The doctor diagnosed my illness as a rare disease.

2. expire (v.) to breathe one's last breath

The trade agreement between the two countries will expire next year.

3. pathetic (adj.) marked by sorrow or melancholy

He is a pathetic actor.

4. coroner (n.) a usually elected public officer whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes

His father is a coroner.

5. corpse (n.) a dead body especially of a human being

There is a corpse in the bush.

1. ubiquity (adj.) present everywhere

2. dominant (adj) commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others

Blue is dominant color in his later paintings.

3. devastating (adj.) to bring to ruin or desolation by violent action

It is a devastating storm.

4. contradict (v.) to imply the opposite or a denial of

Don’t contradict your father!

5. develop (v.) to set forth or make clear by degrees or in detail

They do exercises to develop their muscles.

1. demonstrate (v.) to prove or make clear by reasoning or evidence

His last remark demonstrates his total ignorance of the subject.

2. extol (v.) to praise highly

He keeps extolling the merits of his new car.

3. stick (v.) to pierce with something pointed

She stuck her fork into the meat.

4. virtue (n.) a particular moral excellence

Among her many virtues are loyalty, courage and truthfulness.

5. incoherent (adj.) lacking orderly continuity, arrangement, or relevance

She become quiet incoherent as the disease got worse.

第二周

1. insight (n.) the power or act of seeing into a situation

She is a woman with great insight.

2. verdict (n.) the finding or decision of a jury on the matter submitted to it in trial

The judge directed the jury to return a verdict of guilty.

3. steep (adj.) making a large angle with the plane of the horizon

This hill is too steep too ride up on a bike.

4. remotely (adv.) separated by an interval or space greater than usual

She isn’t any remotely interested in what you’re saying.

5. suffocate (v.) to stop the respiration of

The baby suffocated under its pillow.

1. insane (adj.) mentally disordered

He went insane.

2. giddy (adj.) causing dizziness

I feel giddy.

3. spoil (v.) to seize by force

The cook had spoilt the soup by putting too much salt in it.

4. verdict (n.) the finding or decision of a jury on the matter submitted to it in trial

The judge directed the jury to return a verdict of guilty.

5. remotely (adv.) separated by an interval or space greater than usual

She isn’t any remotely interested in what you’re saying.

1.  premiere (v.) to appear for the first time as a star performer

The premiere is successful.

2. conference (n.) a meeting of two or more persons for discussing matters of common concern

My boss attended a conference on plastics last week.

3. appetite (n.) any of the instinctive desires necessary to keep up organic life

The baby has good appetite.

4. gadget (n.) an often small mechanical or electronic device with a practical use but often thought of as a novelty

She don’t know how to use the gadget for peeling potatoes

5. boost (n.) a push upward

If you boost me up, I can just reach the window.

1. equipment (n.) mental or emotional traits or resources

She set all her equipment.

2. emission (n.) an act or instance of emitting

We have been receiving powerful radio emissions from a distant star system.

3. casualty (n.) serious or fatal accident

Their army suffered heavy casualty.

4. intuitive (adj.) readily learned or understood

She is a very intuitive person.

5. conceive (v.) to cause to begin

Scientist first conceived the idea of the atomic bomb in the 1930s.

1. confine (v.) to hold within a location

Please confine your remarks to the subject under the discussion.

2. elaborate (adj.)- planned or carried out with great care

She made elaborate preparations for party.

3. intensive (adj.) tending to strengthen or increase

Intensive efforts are being made to resolve the dispute.

4. eloquent (adj.) marked by forceful and fluent expression

He is an eloquent speaker.

5. intuitive (adj.) readily learned or understood

She is a very intuitive person.

第一週

1.speciation (n.) an evolutionary process in which one species splits into two or more species

2.ditch (v.) to get rid of

She got bored with her boyfriend and ditched him.

3.harsh (adj.) causing a disagreeable or painful sensory reaction

The light is harsh.

4.string (n.) the gut, wire, or nylon cord of a musical instrument

Puppets are worked by strings.

5.underutilized (adj.) using something less effectively than it should be used

1.label (v.) to identify people by assigning them to a certain category

2.correlation (n.) a connection between two or more things, especially the influence one thing has on another

3.replicate (v.) to make or so something again in exactly the same way

4.foul (v.) to become or be foul

He was sent off for fouling the other team’s goalkeeper.

5.discipline (n.) a field of study

Learning poetry is a good discipline for the memory.

1. campaign (n.) a connected series of military operations forming a distinct phase of a war

She fought a successful election campaign.

2. fringe (v.) to furnish or adorn with a fringe

A line of trees fringed the pool.

3. criterion (n.) a standard that is used for judging something or for making a decision about something

4. oblige (v.) to constrain by physical, moral, or legal force or by the exigencies of circumstance

Could you oblige me with a match?

5. swift (adj.) moving or capable of moving with great speed

The President promised swift and effective retribution against the terrorists.

1. investment (n.) an outer layer

She made an investment in the new firm.

2. literally (adv.) in effect

She was literally blue with cold.

3. variation (n.) the act or process of varying : the state or fact of being varied

Because these clothes are handmade, there may be some variations in color.

4. fictional (adj.) belonging to fiction

He wrote a fictional account of a journey to the moon.

5. thesis (n.) the unstressed part of a poetic foot especially in accentual verse

I’m writing my thesis on Shakespeare’s use of metaphor.

1. spectacular (adj.) attracting attention or notice through unusual or conspicuous qualities

The new play was a spectacular success.

2. swarm (v.) to move or assemble in a crowd

She swarmed down the rope.

3. crevasse (n.) a breach in a levee

The dog fell into the crevasse.

4. obsession (n.) a persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling

He has an unhealthy obsession with death.

5. perimeter (n.) a line or strip bounding or protecting an area

What is the perimeter of the circle?