Unit 10 vocabulary.doc

Unit 10 A More Perfect Union (Part II)Vocabulary1mortgage: nc a legal arrangement by which you borrow money from a bank or similar organization in order to buy a house , and pay back the money over a period of years 抵押贷款，按揭2. amass: v. If you amass something such as money or information, you gradually get a lot of it. 积聚；大量收集3. bequeath: v. to officially arrange for someone to have something that you own after your death 将（财物等）遗赠给；将（知识等）传给（后人）4. erosion: n. the process by which something is gradually reduced or destroyed逐步损害，削弱erodeerosive5. blight: n. anything that destroys, prevents growth, or causes devaluation 有害因素，阴影6. barbershop: n. a shop where mens hair is cut 美 （男）理发店hairdresser7. pew: n. originally a compartment in the auditorium of a church providing seats for several persons；now a long bench with a back, in a church 教堂里的长条木座椅8. pulpit: n. an elevated platform of a high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service（教堂中的）讲坛podium9. complicity: n. association of partnership in or as in a wrongful act合谋，串通；共犯accomplice. n. 共犯，帮凶10. chasm: kzm n. a deep crack in the earths surface; a wide divergence of feelings, sentiments, interests etc. 裂隙，深坑，巨大差距，分歧11. bogus: adj. not true or real, although someone is trying to make you think it is 假冒的，伪造的12. culprit: n. informal the reason for a particular problem or difficulty 问题的起因，困难的起源; 犯人，罪犯；肇事者13. grievance: n. a belief that you have been treated unfairly, or an unfair situation or event that affects and upsets you 不平，委屈，不满grieve v. 伤心；悲伤grief n. 悲伤；悲痛；悲伤的事14. audacity: n. the confidence to say or do what you want, despite difficulties, risks or the negative attitudes of other people 大胆，冒昧，放肆audacious15. gaffe: n. an embarrassing mistake made in a social situation or in public 在社交场合或当众出丑，失言，失利16. crumbling: adj. breaking apart into lots of little pieces, or making something do this (使)粉碎crumbledisintegrate17. shutter: v. AmE to close a business, office etc. for a short time or permanently 美 使暂时或永久地停业,使关闭n. 遮光器；百叶窗18gin up: to come up with; generate激起e.g.:President Obama and his party have little time left to gin up enthusiasm and a lot more committed voters. 奥巴马总统和他的民主党没时间激发热情，也没功夫煽动更多忠实的选举人了19. zero sum: of, relating to, or being a situation (as a game or relationship) in which a gain for one side entails a corresponding loss for the other side 零和e.g.: For too long, policymakers, lawmakers, and voters have treated competitiveness as a zero-su