高英vocabulary.doc

Lesson One Face to Face with Hurricane CamilleNoun hurricane, motel汽车旅馆, main, generator发电机, pane嵌板, blast冲击波, ferocity凶猛, swipe猛击, swath, vacationer, debris, sanctuary, lean-to, thrust, spaghetti, salvation, canteen, wreckage, wrath, litter, bar, loan, Verblash, pummel, scud, disintegrate, douse, scramble, shudder, maroon, devastate, snap, implore, extinguish, waver, topple, prop, tilt, slant, hinge, diminish, strew, festoon, coil, rake, rampage, pitch, salvage, afflict, weld, reflect, abandon, whip, lap, skim, grade, huddle, recede, elevate Adjective and adverbgruff, methodically, spectacular, portable, virtually, incomprehensible Noun phrasethe blues, water main, window pane, vantage point, coastal communities, a power failure, French door, gun-like reports, a fire brigade, outward calm, concentrated breadth, a populated area, power lines, National Guard, civil-defense unit, refugee center, Salvation Army, mountain slide, a delayed reaction, low-interest, long-term business loansVerb phrasebatten down, ride out, sit out, mount to a roar, inch its way, take responsibility, be bound to, wipe out, blow in, blow off, break apart, shoot out, trail away, prop up, give way, stream in, pitch in Other phraseinch by inch, above sea level, by the minute, on the verge of, in donations, in a low wood, in its swathLesson Two MarrakechNoun pomegranate, chant, bier, lot, mound, gazelle, hindquarter, navvy, municipality, ghetto, skull-cap, booth, clamour, witchcraft, grove, legionnaire, lucerne, fodder, harrow, furrow, trickle, subsoil, packsaddle, bridle, halter, gut, plight, stork, syphilis, garrison, charger, mourner, skeleton, lathe, bandit, column, infantry, scrubVerbthread, hack, butt, sidle, stow, infest, warp, grope, yoke, infuriate, squash, slump, hobble, wail, nibble, erode, wring, invert, mummify, tip Adjective and adverboblong, lumpy, hummocky, undifferentiated, prickly, bumpy, sore, frenzied, self-contained, square, conspicuous, back-breaking, desolate, damnably, inquisitive, sullen, literally, gratefully, windowless, sore-eyed, prehistoric, instantly, reach-me-down, sensitive, contemptuous, Noun phraseprickly pears, building-lot, burying ground, colonial empires, coral insect, skull-cap, impossible luxury, dark rumors, money-lender, a beast of burden, broken-up brick, earth-colored body, garrison town, scraps of paper, Distressed Areas, Foreign Legionnaires, dried-up earthVerb phrasethread ones way, appeal to, take in, register oneself, reduce to, it doesnt matter twopence, chances are (that)Other phrasein rags, in a cloud, out of shape, more or less, for show, stalk by stalk, next to, in this connection, Lesson Three Pub Talk and the Kings EnglishNoun conversationalist, anecdote, intimate, musketeers of Dumas, recess, convict, churl, alchemy, rift, dandelion, underling, ultimatum, chimpanzee, charm, affirmations, denials, descendant, snobbery, representation, chef, Verbindulge, delve, scamper, intercept, abuse, coin, tussle, edict, meander, sparkle, multiply, harden, punctuate, justify, celebrate, bind, renderAdjective and adverbintricate, desultorily, tart, bilingual, pejorative, facetious, immune, sociable, ignorantly, literate, sinister, lofty, Noun phraseclass rift, bilingual education, Norman Conquest, cultural barrier, cultural humiliation, racial discrimination, cultural domination, common sense, Verb phraseindulge in, make a point, get out of bed on the wrong side, delve into, press on ones mind, lay down, sit down to, ring true, sit up at, talk sense, burst into, think into the shoes ofOther phraseon the rocks, in a flash, without any focus, out of snobbery, in general use, on wings, into the shoes ofLesson Four Inaugural AddressNoun forebear, generosity, heir, foe, prey, invective, shield, writ, adversary, civility, beachhead, endeavor, tribulation, alliance, testimony, renewal, oath, aggression, subversion, Verbsignify, prescribe, outpace, unleash, belabor, formulate, tap, heed, embattle, forge, abolish, temper, discipline, commit, assure, pledge, replace, convert, renew, enlarge, engulf, overburden, alter, negotiate, invoke, summon, grant, undoAdjective and adverbinaugural, almighty, sovereign, asunder, hostile, accidental, deadly, rightly, twilight, fruitful, patient, maximum, mortalNoun phraseinaugural address, friend and foe, ranks of the free, iron tyranny, colonial control, mass misery, chains of poverty, hostile powers, co-operative ventures, cultural and spiritual origins, world assembly, sovereign states, balance of terror, sign of weakness, jingle of suspicion Verb phrasesplit asunder, pay price, bear burden, meet hardship, support friend, oppose foe, end up, break the bonds, convert words into deeds, cast off, oppose aggression, tap the ocean depths, preserve peace, give testimony to, bear arms, cast off, convert into, split asunder, tempt with, exchange with, be subject to Other phraseat issue, a host of, at odds, beyond doubt, year in and year outLesson Five Love is a FallacyNoun fallacy, trauma, dynamo, scalpel, faddist, fad, craze, acme, appendicitis, raccoon, temple, gear, pin-up, proportions, making, carriage, specialty, dipper, sauerkraut, pelt, waif, kick, dimension, premise, ember, analogy, brief, blueprint, chunk, pitchblende, indignation, cretin, let-up, chink, constellation, hulk, perspiration, infamy, turf, knot-head, jitterbug, idiocy, Pygmalion, Frankenstein, crater Verbunfetter, mumble, shed, covet, veer, wax, wane, wince, tug, desist, chirp, deposit, smolder, blubber, fracture, gurgle, hamstring, fashion, languish, surge, wag, bellow, reel, modulate, diagnose, poise, shamble, croak, swivelAdjective and adverbenterprising, limp, flaccid, pedantic, calculating, perspicacious, acute, astute, penetrating, incredulous, unsanitary, unsightly, narrowly, cerebral, exquisite, gravy, gamy, reverent, canny, greasy, canny, contrite, glum, fraught, yummy, exultant, grueling, well-heeled, hollow-eyed, impressionable, thickly, testily Noun phrasepin-up proportions, trysting place, pedantic discipline, negation of reason, erectness of carriage, ease of bearing, a torn man, Dicto Simpliciter, Hasty Generalization, Post Hoc, Contradictory Premises, Ad Misericordiam, False Analogy, Hypothesis Contrary to Fact, Poisoning the WellVerb phrasedevelop argument, cite instances, reach an conclusion, sweep up, surrender oneself to, give anything for, slip into high