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词汇列表
- overbalance
- v. cause to be off balance
- pearl
- n. a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
- airsickness
- n. motion sickness experienced while traveling by air (especially during turbulence)
- quadrilateral
- n. a four-sided polygon
- reheating
- v heat again
- embryological
- a. Of or pertaining to embryology.
- briskness
- n liveliness and eagerness
- complacence
- n the feeling you have when you are satisfied with yourself
- emend
- v. make improvements or corrections to
- emolument
- n. compensation received by virtue of holding an office or having employment (usually in the form of wages or fees)
- impassible
- a. Incapable of suffering; inaccessible to harm or pain;
- euphonious
- a. having a pleasant sound
- disarrange
- v. destroy the arrangement or order of
- malediction
- n the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult)
- spinet
- n. a small and compactly built upright piano
- factitious
- s. not produced by natural forces
- stickpin
- n. a decorative pin that is worn in a necktie
- despoiler
- n someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
- improvident
- a. not provident; not providing for the future
- factious
- s dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
- vitalism
- n. (philosophy) a doctrine that life is a vital principle distinct from physics and chemistry
- seismology
- n. the branch of geology that studies earthquakes
- eclat
- n. brilliant or conspicuous success or effect
- deodorizer
- n. He who, or that which, deodorizes; esp., an agent that
- profitless
- s. without profit or reward
- adulteration
- n. being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating
- postdate
- v. be later in time
- controvert
- v be resistant to
- manoeuvre
- n a plan for attaining a particular goal
- preeminent
- s greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement
- convoke
- v. call together
- despatch
- n an official report (usually sent in haste)
- tipple
- v. drink moderately but regularly
- pestilential
- s likely to spread and cause an epidemic disease
- adventitious
- s. associated by chance and not an integral part
- masticate
- v. grind and knead
- surpassingly
- r. to a surpassing degree
- obtrude
- v push to thrust outward
- ferromagnetic
- a. relating to or demonstrating ferromagnetism
- dissimulate
- v. hide (feelings) from other people
- supercontinent
- n. a very large landmass formed when two or more continents collide and join together
- gilding
- n a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
- chary
- s characterized by great caution and wariness
- dolorous
- s. showing sorrow
- rustproof
- s. treated against rusting
- ichthyosaur
- n. any of several marine reptiles of the Mesozoic having a body like a porpoise with dorsal and tail fins and paddle-shaped limbs
- prevaricate
- v be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
- irreproachable
- s free of guilt; not subject to blame
- declivity
- n a downward slope or bend
- mainspring
- n. the most important spring in a mechanical device (especially a clock or watch); as it uncoils it drives the mechanism
- phonetics
- n. the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis
- chromosphere
- n. a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun
- carping
- n persistent petty and unjustified criticism
- gage
- n street names for marijuana
- antedate
- v be earlier in time; go back further
- retentive
- a. good at remembering
- exculpate
- v pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- gazette
- n. a newspaper or official journal
- parch
- v. cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat
- dietetics
- n. the scientific study of food preparation and intake
- petrify
- v. cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned
- immodesty
- n. the trait of being vain and conceited
- shipwright
- n. a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
- springwater
- n. water flowing from a natural spring, regarded as clean and fresh
- congruity
- n. the quality of agreeing; being suitable and appropriate
- iterate
- v. run or be performed again
- calibre
- n a degree or grade of excellence or worth
- avocational
- a. of or involved in an avocation
- parapsychology
- n phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes
- theist
- n. one who believes in the existence of a god or gods
- reformism
- n. a doctrine of reform
- polygonal
- a. having many sides or relating to a surface marked by polygons
- photosensitive
- s sensitive to visible light
- propitiate
- v. make peace with
- vaporization
- n. annihilation by vaporizing something
- chilli
- n very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency
- importune
- v. beg persistently and urgently
- irresolute
- a. uncertain how to act or proceed
- munificent
- s very generous
- atomization
- n. separating something into fine particles
- tableland
- n. a relatively flat highland
- intruding
- s. projecting inward
- dissipated
- s. preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
- undistorted
- s. without alteration or misrepresentation
- lithosphere
- n. the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer mantle
- ceremonious
- s. rigidly formal or bound by convention
- palpitate
- v. cause to throb or beat rapidly
- addle
- v. mix up or confuse
- overtire
- v. tire excessively
- fogged
- s. obscured by fog
- martinet
- n. someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
- bicameral
- a. composed of two legislative bodies
- prospecting
- v search for something desirable
- protract
- v lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer
- sentimentalism
- n. the excessive expression of tender feelings, nostalgia, or sadness in any form
- insubordinate
- a. not submissive to authority
- gabble
- n rapid and indistinct speech
- indented
- v set in from the margin
- administrate
- v work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
- dethrone
- v. remove a monarch from the throne
- moiety
- n. one of two (approximately) equal parts
- hornbill
- n. bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers
- debauch
- n a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
- temporize
- v. draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time
- symbology
- n. the study or the use of symbols and symbolism
- immolate
- v. offer as a sacrifice by killing or by giving up to destruction
- sagacious
- s. skillful in statecraft or management
- sentimentalize
- v. look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment
- effrontery
- n audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right to
- ductile
- s. easily influenced
- shipload
- n the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car
- igneous
- a. produced under conditions involving intense heat; especially from molten magma"
- lave
- v. wash or flow against
- unfertilized
- s. not having been fertilized
- provident
- a. providing carefully for the future
- drub
- v beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
- balloonist
- n. someone who flies a balloon
- rarefy
- v. lessen the density or solidity of
- trainload
- n. quantity that can be carried by a train
- gambol
- n gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- subtractive
- a. constituting or involving subtraction
- impracticality
- n. concerned with theoretical possibilities rather than actual use
- saltiness
- n. language or humor that is down-to-earth
- Mesozoic
- n. from 230 million to 63 million years ago
- slothful
- s disinclined to work or exertion
- geomagnetic
- a. relating to or measured by the magnetic field of the earth
- thousandfold
- a. Multiplied by a thousand.
- retrograde
- v. move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies
- impious
- a. lacking piety or reverence for a god
- venturesome
- s disposed to venture or take risks
- indemnify
- v. secure against future loss, damage, or liability; give security for
- betoken
- v be a signal for or a symptom of
- extemporaneous
- s with little or no preparation or forethought
- fruitfulness
- n. the quality of something that causes or assists healthy growth
- bush
- n. a large wilderness area
- dauntless
- s invulnerable to fear or intimidation
- conjectural
- s. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
- careerism
- n. the practice of advancing your career at the expense of your personal integrity
- illusive
- s. based on or having the nature of an illusion
- overtaxed
- v tax excessively
- coincident
- s. occurring or operating at the same time
- fetter
- n. a shackle for the ankles or feet
- jolting
- v move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
- gibbon
- n. English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794)
- seamount
- n. an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor
- byword
- n a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
- connivance
- n. agreement on a secret plot
- fulminate
- n. a salt or ester of fulminic acid
- fervid
- s characterized by intense emotion
- cowhand
- n a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback
- potash
- n. a potassium compound often used in agriculture and industry
- phlegmatic
- s. showing little emotion
- covetous
- s. showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages
- enervate
- v. weaken mentally or morally
- deprecate
- v. express strong disapproval of; deplore
- rebroadcast
- n. a broadcast that repeated at a later time
- tapeworm
- n. ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines of humans and other vertebrates
- proprietorship
- n. an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits
- fumigate
- v. treat with fumes, expose to fumes, especially with the aim of disinfecting or eradicating pests
- gainsay
- v take exception to
- gibe
- n an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- choreographic
- a. of or concerned with choreography
- penury
- n a state of extreme poverty or destitution
- aluminium
- n a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite
- indenture
- n. formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt
- endotoxin
- n. a toxin that is confined inside the microorganisms and is released only when the microorganisms are broken down or die
- coalescence
- n. the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
- continence
- n. the exercise of self constraint in sexual matters
- fulsome
- s unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
- cornet
- n. a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
- invariable
- a. not liable to or capable of change
- handedness
- n. the property of using one hand more than the other
- vivacity
- n. characterized by high spirits and animation
- cognizance
- n. range of what one can know or understand
- rashly
- r in a hasty and foolhardy manner
- rhythmical
- a. recurring with measured regularity
- fruitlessly
- r in an unproductive manner
- colloquialism
- n. a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
- torpid
- s slow and apathetic
- seismograph
- n. a measuring instrument for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration of movements of the ground (as an earthquake)
- pedagogic
- a of or relating to pedagogy
- oratorio
- n a musical composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text
- endeavour
- n a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness)
- spangle
- v. glitter as if covered with spangles
- regimentation
- n. the imposition of order or discipline
- provincialism
- n. a lack of sophistication
- pinion
- n. a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack
- multicellular
- s. consisting of many cells
- crosscut
- n. a diagonal path
- nonconformist
- n. a Protestant in England who is not a member of the Church of England
- magnetize
- v. make magnetic
- equivocate
- v be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
- slake
- v. make less active or intense
- nonconformity
- n. lack of harmony or correspondence
- ionosphere
- n. the outer region of the Earth's atmosphere; contains a high concentration of free electrons
- dispensable
- a. capable of being dispensed with or done without
- ablution
- n. the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
- matchless
- s. eminent beyond or above comparison
- dexterous
- s skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
- fossilize
- v. convert to a fossil
- stonemason
- n a craftsman who works with stone or brick
- avaricious
- s. immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth
- gourmand
- n a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
- egoism
- n. (ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare in the basis of morality
- glandular
- a. relating to or affecting or functioning as a gland
- befuddle
- v. make stupid with alcohol
- smelting
- v extract (metals) by heating
- barrenness
- n. the state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children
- unbridgeable
- a. not bridgeable
- vacillation
- n indecision in speech or action
- soundproof
- v. insulate against noise
- hovercraft
- n. a craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines
- indent
- n. an order for goods to be exported or imported
- urbanize
- v. make more industrial or city-like
- aggravating
- s. making worse
- commodious
- a. large and roomy (`convenient' is archaic in this sense)
- discomfit
- v cause to lose one's composure
- assiduous
- s. marked by care and persistent effort
- malleability
- n. the property of being physically malleable; the property of something that can be worked or hammered or shaped without breaking
- correlated
- v to bear a reciprocal or mutual relation
- incorruptible
- s. incapable of being morally corrupted
- tractable
- a. easily managed (controlled or taught or molded)
- bewilder
- v. cause to be confused emotionally
- screed
- n. a long monotonous harangue
- magnetosphere
- n. the magnetic field of a planet; the volume around the planet in which charged particles are subject more to the planet's magnetic field than to the solar mag
- suburbanization
- n. the process by which people, businesses and housing spread from a city into the surrounding suburbs
- thresh
- v move or stir about violently
- cession
- n. the act of ceding
- tapering
- n. the act of gradually lowering the size or amount
- amalgamate
- s. joined together into a whole
- credulous
- a. disposed to believe on little evidence
- upbraid
- v express criticism towards
- projectionist
- n. the person who operates the projector in a movie house
- abstruse
- s. difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
- clamorous
- s conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry
- inelastic
- a. not elastic
- arboreal
- a. inhabiting or frequenting trees
- catching
- n. (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
- falconer
- n. a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
- canter
- n. a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
- proofread
- v. read for errors
- spoilage
- n. the amount that has spoiled
- photosphere
- n. the intensely luminous surface of a star (especially the sun)
- snobbish
- s befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
- filch
- v make off with belongings of others
- satiate
- v. fill to satisfaction
- seclude
- v. keep away from others
- lyrically
- r. in a lyrical manner
- dawning
- n the first light of day
- designing
- s. concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest
- assistantship
- n. a paid appointment for a graduate student that involves teaching or research duties
- sewerage
- n waste matter carried away in sewers or drains
- doleful
- s. filled with or evoking sadness
- egress
- n. (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse
- compaction
- n. an increase in the density of something
- actuate
- v put in motion or move to act
- scud
- n. the act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)
- fortuitously
- r by good fortune
- gymnastic
- a. of or relating to or used in exercises intended to develop strength and agility
- toothed
- a. having teeth especially of a certain number or type; often used in combination
- hexagon
- n. a six-sided polygon
- bipedal
- a. having two feet
- prognostic
- n a sign of something about to happen
- slavish
- s. blindly imitative
- idiomatic
- a. of or relating to or conforming to idiom
- inoffensive
- a. not causing anger or annoyance
- limpid
- s. (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable
- distend
- v. cause to expand as it by internal pressure
- fireproof
- v. make resistant to fire
- alliteration
- n. use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse
- gainful
- s. yielding a fair profit
- abashed
- s. feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious
- despoil
- v steal goods; take as spoils
- impartially
- r. in an impartial manner
- impertinent
- s. characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
- courteously
- r in a polite manner
- corpulent
- s. excessively fat
- acquisitive
- a. eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
- probity
- n. complete and confirmed integrity; having strong moral principles
- alkali
- n. a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture
- cohere
- v. cause to form a united, orderly, and aesthetically consistent whole
- threateningly
- r in a menacing manner
- edify
- v make understand
- remit
- n. the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with
- impudent
- s. marked by casual disrespect
- watercourse
- n. natural or artificial channel through which water flows
- survivability
- n. the ability to remain alive or continue to function, especially under harsh conditions
- burgeon
- v. grow and flourish
- silicate
- n. a salt or ester derived from silicic acid
- exultant
- s. joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success
- acme
- n. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- crystallization
- n. the formation of crystals
- ignoble
- a. completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose
- apostasy
- n. the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
- dismembered
- v separate the limbs from the body
- uncouth
- s lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
- improviser
- n. One who improvises.
- coinage
- n. coins collectively
- comity
- n. a state or atmosphere of harmony or mutual civility and respect
- subjection
- n forced submission to control by others
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