abode:居所;逗留adobe:土砖abjure:发誓放弃;弃绝adjure:命令;恳求abject:可怜的,卑下的|deject:使沮丧,灰心adjourn:使延期,推迟;休会abeyance:中止observance:遵守acid:n.酸a.酸的,讥讽刻薄的acrid:辛辣的,刻薄的arid:干旱的avid:渴望的,热心的advent:出现,到来advert:注意;广告affected:做作的,不自然的affecting:感人的,动人的aggravate:加重,恶化|~exacerbateaggregate:集合,合计aghast:a.惊骇的,吓呆的ghastly:可怕的,惊人的,惨白的agony:极大痛苦annoy:惹恼,骚扰allegiance:n.忠诚,拥护belligerence:交战,好斗性ligeance:忠诚,领地aloft:在空中|loft:阁楼|lofty:崇高的,高尚的aloof:冷淡的,疏远的loaf:一条(面包);虚度光阴allay:减轻,缓和alley:小路,巷,跑道ally:结盟alloy:合金allude:暗指,间接提到allure:吸引,引诱|lure:引诱ambulatory:(适宜于)步行的|ambulance:救护车|ambulate:走动amenity:礼仪,使人感到舒适的事物|comity礼仪,礼让amiable:和蔼的,亲切的|amicable:友好的|amity友好关系amenable:愿服从的;通情达理的amnesty:大赦animation:活泼,生气animosity:仇恨,憎恶amoral:与道德无关的immoral:不道德的anemia:贫血insomnia:失眠症amnesia:健忘症annals:纪年表|annal:记录annual:每年的annul:取消anxious:worried;earnestlywishinganxiety:painfuluneasiness;abnormalapprehensionaorta:大动脉artery:动脉vein:静脉apathetic:冷漠的antipathetic:引起反感的pathetic:引起怜悯的;令人难过的apocalyptic:预示灾祸的,启示的apocrypha:伪经,伪书applicant:申请人appliance:用具,餐具appreciable:可以察觉的,可估计的apprehensible:可理解的apprehensive:不安的,焦虑的,能领悟的appreciative:感激的,有鉴赏力的approbation:称赞opprobrium:恶名声,侮辱apparel:(精致的)衣服apparition:幽灵;神奇的现象appall:使惊骇,使恐怖appeal:恳求,吸引,上诉appellation:名称,称呼appraise:评价,鉴定apprise:通知,告诉approve:赞成,批准arbiter:权威人士,泰斗arbitrator:仲裁人,公断者armory~arsenalaspiration:渴望,热望|aspire:向往,有志于inspiration:灵感|inspire:鼓舞,激发,吸气respiration:呼吸perspiration:出汗|perspire:v.流汗assist:援助,帮助resist:抵抗,反抗assume:v.假定|assuming:傲慢的presume:假定|presuming:专横的atone:赎罪,补偿atonal:无调的attune:使适合,使协调attire:v.穿着;装饰n.好衣服attrition:摩擦,磨损attribute:归因为contribute:贡献,投稿avaricious:贪婪的,贪财的rapacious:强夺的;贪婪的voracious:狼吞虎咽的;贪婪的badge:徽章(如校徽等)|badger:獾;一再烦扰barge:驳船budge:移动一点;改变立场bulge:n./v.膨胀,鼓起bungle:粗制滥造hedge:数篱nudge:(用肘)轻触,轻碰baffle:使困惑,难倒befuddle:使迷惑,使为难;使酒醉昏迷bail:保释(金)bale:大包裹,灾祸,不幸|baleful:邪恶的,恶意的banish:放逐某人banister:栏杆bard:吟游诗人|doggerel:歪诗,打油诗scabbard:(刀、剑)鞘|scab:疤|scar:伤疤barter:n.易货贸易banter:打趣bark:树皮;犬吠debark:登陆;下(船、飞机、车…)embark:上(船、飞机…)|disembark:登陆embankment:堤岸,路基barter:物物交换banter:打趣,玩笑beckon:召唤某人,示意beacon:灯塔behold:目睹,看见|beholden:感激某人的;欠人情的benediction:n.祝福,祈祷benefactor:n.行善者,捐助者benevolent:a.善心的,仁心的bleach:漂白|bleachers:(球场的)露天座位blight:n.植物枯萎病v.使…枯萎blithe:快乐的,无忧无虑的bluff:虚张声势;悬崖峭壁buffalo:美洲野牛blunder:v.犯大错;笨拙的做n.愚蠢之举blunt:a.钝的;直率的v.变钝bluster:(指风)猛刮|blustering:大吵大闹的bolster:n.枕垫v.支持,鼓励boulder:巨砾bohemian:a./n.放荡不羁的(人)bonhomie:好性情,温和,和蔼brazen:厚脸皮的blazon:n.纹章,装饰;v.精确描绘brisk:轻快bristle:硬毛,气势汹汹brittle:易碎的,脆弱的bristle:n.短而硬的毛发v.(毛)竖起;发怒boom:n.繁荣昌盛时期;v.发出深沉有回响的声音boon:恩惠,天赐福利brand:商标;烙印|firebrand:燃烧的木块;引起动乱的人brindle:斑点,有斑纹的动物bridle:缰绳,抑制bumble:说话含糊;拙劣的做bump:v.碰撞n.撞击声lump:肿块humble:谦逊的,卑下的nimble:敏捷的,灵活的rumble:发出低沉的隆隆声rumple:弄乱;弄皱stumble:绊倒,蹒跚calibrate:量…的口径;校准caliper(s):测径器,双脚规calumniate:诽谤,中伤culmination:顶点fulmination:攻击,指责canvas:油布,帆布canvass:细查;拉选票cataclysm:剧变,灾难(常指大洪水或地震)catalysis:加速,催化作用cater:迎合,承办crater:火山口,弹坑caustic:腐蚀性的,刻薄的causal:原因的,因果关系的casual:偶然的|casualty:伤亡事故,伤亡者celibaten.独身者a.不结婚的ciliate:有纤毛的;有睫毛的cessation:终止,(短暂)停止cession:割让,转让|G:cede割让,放弃concession:让步,特许权|G:concedev.让步,承认concussion:脑震荡;强烈震荡incessant:无间断的intercede:说好话,求情recess:壁凹;休假recession:撤回;不景气|G:recede后退,收回(诺言)|recessive:隐性的regress:使倒退,复原,逆行|regressive退步的,退化的secession:脱离,退出|G:secede;正式退出(组织)chaste:贞洁的|chasten:(通过惩罚而使坏习惯等)改正;磨练check:制止;检查|checker:棋盘上的小方格|checkered:盛衰无常的circumscribe:限制proscribe:禁止prescribe:处方clam:蛤;嘴紧的人clamp:夹子|clamper:钳cramp:n.箍v.箍紧coarse:粗糙的coerce:v.强制,强迫cognate:同词源的;同类的cygnet:幼天鹅crypt:地下室,地窖command:v./n.命令commend:称赞,表扬compass:罗盘;包围compassion:同情,怜悯competent:胜任的,有资格的contentious:引起争议的complacent:自满的complaisant:顺从的;讨好的complement:补足物,补足complex:复杂的|complexion:肤色;外表特征concert:n.音乐会,一致|concerted:共同的,一致的,商定的concerto:协奏曲disconcert:使…尴尬comply:遵循,顺从|compliance:顺从|compliant:服从的,顺从的compliment:n./v.恭维,称赞complaisance:彬彬有礼,殷勤,柔顺|complaisant:顺从的,讨好的condole:v.慰问,吊唁console:v.安慰,慰藉confluence:汇合influence:影响refluence:逆流conjecture:v./n.推测,臆测conjunction:联合;连词conjure:恳求;变戏法conservatory:温室,音乐学院conservation:保守,守恒conspicuous:显著的contagious:传染性的|~infectcontiguous:邻近的|coterminous:毗连的contingent:意外的;视情况或条件而定的consensus:全体意见一致censure:责难contaminate:使…受污染contemplate:深思contempt:轻视,鄙视content:n.内容a.满意的|contented:心满意足的contention:争论|contentious:好辩的,善争吵的contest:竞争,对…表示怀疑contend:与对手竞争;据理力争continent:a.自制的;n.大陆incontinent:a.无力自控的;纵欲的conversant:精通convergent:会聚的consign:托运,委托condign:相当的,适宜的,应得的resign:辞职cosmopolitan:世界主义者;四海为家的人cosmopolitanism:世界性,世界主义cosmopolis:国际都市contrite:悔罪的contrive:计划,图谋|contrived:做作的convict:v.定罪;n.罪犯convince:使某人确信,说服convoke:召集|~conveneinvoke:祈求;实施生效provoke:激怒,挑拨|unprovoked(生气等)无缘无故的revoke:废除,撤销evoke:引起,唤起coop:(鸡等)笼,栏corral:(牛马等)畜栏cooperate:v.合作,协同corporate:a.团体的,共同的|incorporate:v.合并,并入corporeal:肉体的;物质的,有形的collaborate:合作,通敌operate:操作crate:板条箱crater:火山口;弹坑charter:宪章;包租车船crave:渴望得到|carve刻,切开|cavern大洞穴craven:胆怯的raven:渡鸦|ravenous:贪婪的,狼吞虎咽的crayon:彩色笔;粉笔或其绘画canyon:峡谷cringe:v.畏缩;阿谀,奉承|cringing:n./a.阿谀(的),奉承(的)cozen:欺骗,哄骗cozy:舒适的,安逸的credo:信条creed:信条crook:钩子;v.弯曲creek:小溪|brook:小溪;容忍|rivulet:小溪,小河crumb:碎屑,面包屑;碎裂的东西crumble:弄碎,崩毁crumple:弄皱,破裂curb:n.路缘,(街道的)镶边石;马勒v.控制curd:n.凝块,凝乳|curdle:v.凝固custom:习惯,风俗|Custom:海关customer:消费者accu