英文單字 2013 6/10~2013 6/14

單字筆記2013 6/10
單字1:tranquilize
來源:Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose.
定義:To soothe

單字2:stipend
來源:An absence without adequate excuse could result in the suspension of a financial stipend.
定義:A definite amount paid at stated periods in compensation for services or as an
allowance

單字3:toilsome
來源:A Freelancer is toilsome and enjoyable; it is a challengeable occupation full of more feelings of achievement!
定義:Laborious

單字4:untoward
來源:I' ll come if nothing untoward happens.
定義:Causing annoyance or hindrance

單字5:presentiment
來源:I have a presentiment that something bad will happen.
定義:Foreboding

單字筆記2013 6/11
單字1:variant
來源:The thumbwheel is a variant of the dial, but one that is much easier to use.
定義:A thing that differs from another in form only, being the same in essence or
substance

單字2:obtrude
來源:Don't obtrude your opinions on others.
定義:To be pushed or to push oneself into undue prominence

單字3:myriad
來源:A myriad of stars surround the moon.
定義:A vast indefinite number

單字4:nimble
來源:Besides, Jack was nimble, and made the best of what start he had.
定義:Light and quick in motion or action.

單字5:relinquish
來源:To release or relinquish to another.
定義:To give up using or having

單字筆記2013 6/12
單字1:proffer
來源:May we proffer you our congratulations?
定義:To offer to another for acceptance

單字2:refinery
來源:The oil is carried to the oil refinery by pipelines.
定義:A place where some crude material, as sugar or petroleum, is purified

單字3:scruple
來源:He makes no scruple to tell a lie.
定義:Doubt or uncertainty regarding a question of moral right or duty

單字4:unsettle
來源:To throw into confusion; unsettle.
定義:To put into confusion

單字5:valid
來源:Each character is valid by itself, yet the whole may not pass muster.
定義:Founded on truth

單字筆記2013 6/13
單字1:cabal
來源:Instead of trying to develop into a mass party, frelimo remain a small tightly organize cabal
定義:A number of persons secretly united for effecting by intrigue some private
purpose

單字2:astringent
來源:an astringent alcoholic solution containing an extract from the witch hazel plant.
定義:Harsh in disposition or character

單字3:avocation
來源:My greatest avocation is musing. I can stay by myself for a long time without feeling disconsolate in the least.
定義:Diversion

單字4:bristle
來源:Apparently Chinese men in particular tend to bristle at the thought of raising children not their own.
定義:One of the coarse, stiff hairs of swine: used in brush-making, etc.

單字5:chastity
來源:An imputation against a woman's chastity is defamatory.
定義:Sexual or moral purity

單字筆記2013 6/14
單字1:outskirt
來源:Fighter jet?training at the outskirt of Beijing. No aircraft is allowed in the city.
定義:A border region

單字2:pennant
來源:he is ahead by a pawn; the leading team in the pennant race.
定義:A small flag

單字3:aver
來源:I had to aver myself in the meeting in order to ensure acquisition of the new book.
定義:To assert as a fact

單字4:betroth
來源:To promise or bind by a solemn pledge, especially to betroth.
定義:To engage to marry

單字5:bustle
來源:There was employment, hope, solicitude, bustle, for every hour of the day.
定義:To hurry

英文單字 2013 6/3~2013 6/7

單字筆記2013 6/3
單字1:banal
來源:They never could connect really the romance of their impending deaths with the banal mechanical process.
定義:Commonplace

單字2:caitiff
來源:I am Robin Hood, as thy caitiff carcase soon shall know.
定義:Cowardly

單字3:brae
來源:They warn of a brae new world of "embryo farms" and "cloning mills" for the cultiation of human spare parts.
定義:Hillside

單字4:decorate
來源:Bright posters decorate the streets.
定義:To embellish

單字5:evert
來源:The other slug has also begun to evert the organ. You can see that it comes out from around the side of the head.
定義:To turn inside out

單字筆記2013 6/4
單字1:frizz
來源:To form or cause to be formed into small, tight curls; frizz.
定義:To give a crinkled, fluffy appearance to

單字2:gosling
來源:Now the foreign goose-egg was set under the broody hen and in due time a wonderful gosling hatched out.
定義:A young goose

單字3:harangue
來源:But the venom of the chaplain's harangue had worked into his blood and sapped the life of his sweet contentment.
定義:A tirade

單字4:incident
來源:An official enquiry into the incident was launched.
定義:A happening in general, especially one of little importance

單字5:implicit
來源:He had an air, a walk, a manner, in which charm was implicit.
定義:Implied

單字筆記2013 6/5
單字1:luscious
來源:He stretched his limbs in expectation of a luscious forfeit.
定義:Rich, sweet, and delicious

單字2:mete
來源:He saddled Mutz, promising to mete out cruel punishment to the thief.
定義:To apportion

單字3:obesity
來源:Schools Take Steps to Counter Youth Obesity.
定義:Excessive fatness

單字4:peaceful
來源:Amongst birds, the contest is often of a more peaceful character.
定義:Tranquil

單字5:quackery
來源:Some scientists relegate parapsychology to the sphere of quackery.
定義:Charlatanry

單字筆記2013 6/6
單字1:quibble
來源:To see or make trivial distinctions; quibble.
定義:An utterly trivial distinction or objection

單字2:rigmarole
來源:She told me some rigmarole or other having lost her keys.
定義:Nonsense

單字3:sequel
來源:20th Century Fox decided that the movie Ice Age needed a sequel.
定義:That which follows in consequence of what has previously happened

單字4:transverse
來源:The transverse sensitivity was due primarily to the end loops in the grid pattern.
定義:Lying or being across or in a crosswise direction

單字5:unison
來源:My feelings are in unison with yours.
定義:A condition of perfect agreement and accord

單字筆記2013 6/7
單字1:wry
來源:He achieved a wry smile while his grayblue eyes were by now perturbed by puzzled inquiry.
定義:Deviating from that which is proper or right

單字2:venal
來源:I never intimidate ordinary folks. I only intimidate those venal officials.
定義:Mercenary, corrupt

單字3:umbrage
來源:The pope himself had taken great umbrage at the book.
定義:A sense of injury

單字4:vale
來源:I descended a little on the side of that delicious vale, surveying it with a secret kind of pleasure.
定義:Level or low land between hills

單字5:stingy
來源:They wouldn't be so stingy about it.
定義:Cheap, unwilling to spend money.

英文單字 2013 5/27~2013 5/31

單字筆記2013 5/27
單字1:imbibe
來源:Lounge patrons desperately wanted to imbibe the essence of all this.
定義:To drink or take in

單字2:icily
來源:I confess it with shame--shrunk icily into myself, like a snail.
定義:Frigidly

單字3:kilowatt
來源:Total annual production of electrical energy used for light, power, heat and air-conditioning is over 2, 292,800 million kilowatt hours.
定義:One thousand watts

單字4:microcosm
來源:This small island contains the whole of nature in microcosm.
定義:The world or universe on a small scale

單字5:noxious
來源:appreciable amounts of noxious wastes are dumped into the harbor.
定義:Hurtful

單字筆記2013 5/28
單字1:insular
來源:an insular climate, way of life
定義:Pertaining to an island

單字2:overleap
來源:overleap oneself
定義:To leap beyond

單字3:penury
來源:A succession of bad harvests had reduced the small farmers to penury.
定義:Indigence

單字4:possessive
來源:The possessive instinct never stands still.
定義:Pertaining to the having, holding, or detention of property in one's power
or command

單字5:reluctant
來源:Perhaps our pilot was reluctant to give too exact a fix.
定義:Unwilling

單字筆記2013 5/29
單字1:sparse
來源:She went in to fix the sparse evening meal.
定義:Thinly diffused

單字2:similitude
來源:A striking similitude between the brother and sister now first arrested my attention.
定義:Similarity

單字3:tirade
來源:His writings are one long tirade against ignorance.
定義:Harangue

單字4:unbiased
來源:Elinor wished to hear her sister's unbiased opinion.
定義:Impartial, as judgment

單字5:unlawful
來源:What would she think of such wild, unlawful loving?
定義:Illegal

單字筆記2013 5/30
單字1:vendor
來源:She looked at the vendor who cheated her the other day with distaste.
定義:A seller

單字2:tenet
來源:In1987, Information Newsletter put forward the tenet of serving readers and the industry.
定義:Any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as
true

單字3:subjection
來源:There is no contract of subjection between the people and the government, such as had been construed by Hobbes.
定義:The act of bringing into a state of submission

單字4:secrecy
來源:He inherited characteristic Puritan preoccupations with sin, with gilt and with secrecy.
定義:Concealment

單字5:sordid
來源:It was material, sordid, deadly common-place.
定義:Of degraded character or nature

單字筆記2013 5/31
單字1:venison
來源:The lords and ladies feasted on venison.
定義:The flesh of deer

單字2:tilth
來源:improve the tilth of the soil
定義:Cultivation

單字3:tyrannical
來源:She married to get away from her tyrannical mother.
定義:Despotic

單字4:unbearable
來源:At night he would lie sleepless on his cot, suffering an almost unbearable frustration.
定義:Unendurable

單字5:underlie
來源:All these factors which underlie our success have been guaranteed in the Basic Law.
定義:To be the ground or support of

英文單字 2013 5/20~2013 5/24

單字筆記2013 5/20
單字1:caprice
來源:Mr Bennet was so odd a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humour, reserve, and caprice.
定義:A whim

單字2:cite
來源:I cannot cite a like instance.
定義:To refer to specifically

單字3:broach
來源:Haley and the stranger smoked a while in silence, neither seeming willing to broach the test question of the business.
定義:To mention, for the first time

單字4:blaze
來源:London was a blaze of pageantry and colour.
定義:A vivid glowing flame

單字5:concord
來源:They were there to take part in a ritual act of concord.
定義:Harmony

單字筆記2013 5/21
單字1:disown
來源:Give me the strength never to disown the poor or bend my knees before insolent might.
定義:To refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as connected with oneself

單字2:vincible
來源:Most ignorance is vincible ignorance, We don't know because we don't want to now.
定義:Conquerable

單字3:whine
來源:The bullet hit a rock and rocketed with a sharp whine.
定義:To utter with complaining tone

單字4:usury
來源:Usury is condemned as payment for the use of money which has no use value.
定義:The demanding for the use of money as a loan, a rate of interest beyond what is
allowed by law

單字5:uncommon
來源:He stares at the portrait with uncommon interest.
定義:Rare

單字筆記2013 5/22
單字1:testament
來源:The Testament is in force. I will join you as soon as possible.
定義:A will

單字2:spheroid
來源:spheroid geodesy
定義:A body having nearly the form of a sphere

單字3:vagrant
來源:It was as though this foreign vagrant twanged within him a neglected string, which gave forth moans of mutiny.
定義:An idle wanderer

單字4:aperture
來源:Actually, the mask and openings are not really necessary; the mirror alone could serve as aperture.
定義:Hole

單字5:assay
來源:When they assay the ore, they found that they had discovered a very rich vein.
定義:The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy ore

單字筆記2013 5/23
單字1:badger
來源:Tom have being badger his uncle to buy him a camera
定義:To pester

單字2:autarchy
來源:In the middle of 1930s, a debate on autarchy and democracy proceeded in China, which had 126 great significance to the cognition of the politics of China.
定義:Unrestricted power

單字3:frigid
來源:Temperatures in this swamp environment apparently can be cool but not frigid.
定義:Lacking warmth

單字4:fluent
來源:He went on with his fluent explanations.
定義:Having a ready or easy flow of words or ideas

單字5:gyrate
來源:Gyrate the dancers gyrated wildly to the strong beat of the music.
定義:To revolve

單字筆記2013 5/24
單字1:guzzle
來源:No matter how many Coca-colas you guzzle, you won't be able to chase down a cheetah or leap the Grand Canyon in a single bound.
定義:To swallow greedily or hastily; gulp

單字2:immature
來源:He pretends he's been around but he's really very immature.
定義:Not full-grown

單字3:hoodwink
來源:I cannot believe that so blatant a comedy can hoodwink anybody.
定義:To deceive

單字4:impatience
來源:Some impatience was exhibited owing to the non-arrival of the speaker.
定義:Unwillingness to brook delays or wait the natural course of things

單字5:incipient
來源:In some fungi, there is evidence of incipient speciation.
定義:Initial

英文單字 2013 5/13~2013 5/17

單字筆記2013 5/13
單字1:congeal
來源:Congeal our heritage into a distinct Singapore identity of Culture.
定義:To coagulate

單字2:connive
來源:Some policemen connive at gambling.
定義:To be in collusion

單字3:deify
來源:Some people deify power.
定義:To regard or worship as a god

單字4:dutiful
來源:He therefore rode along with an air of dutiful submission.
定義:Obedient

單字5:enigma
來源:He is an enigma to all of us.
定義:A riddle

單字筆記2013 5/14
單字1:evince
來源:She at last condescended to evince awareness of his proximity.
定義:To make manifest or evident

單字2:felony
來源:Murder is a felony.
定義:One of the highest class of offenses, and punishable with death or imprisonment

單字3:fray
來源:She encouraged the hospitable impulse and promised in advance to hurl herself into the fray.
定義:To fret at the edge so as to loosen or break the threads.

單字4:havoc
來源:They had to rebuild their homes after the havoc of the hurricane.
定義:Devastation

單字5:impassible
來源:He is impassible before victory, before danger, before defeat.
定義:Not moved or affected by feeling

單字筆記2013 5/15
單字1:landmark
來源:Last month, Pisans toasted the reopening of their beloved landmark with a celebration.
定義:A familiar object in the landscape serving as a guide to an area otherwise

單字2:lurid
來源:For one lurid moment she saw Dot Magston in the arms of a lad she didn't know.
定義:Ghastly and sensational.

單字3:massive
來源:She was a woman, and as such attracted massive interest abroad.
定義:Of considerable bulk and weight

單字4:osculate
來源:The children osculated their parents good night.
定義:To kiss

單字5:patrician
來源:Its patrician dignity was a picturesque sham.
定義:Of senatorial or noble rank

單字筆記2013 5/16
單字1:peevish
來源:She reported him to be an ailing, peevish creature.
定義:Petulant. (irritable)

單字2:resistive
來源:resistive breeding
定義:Having or exercising the power of resistance

單字3:sensuous
來源:here is no need to digress further on the sensuous plane.
定義:Having a warm appreciation of the beautiful or of the refinements of luxury

單字4:sonorous
來源:He was continually giving vent to a hearty, sonorous, unshared laugh.
定義:Resonant

單字5:typify
來源:The names typify region.
定義:To serve as a characteristic example of

單字筆記2013 5/17
單字1:wiry
來源:His father turned, the wiry figure walking a little stiffly.
定義:Thin, but tough and sinewy

單字2:carnal
來源:The carnal world.
定義:Sensual

單字3:competitor
來源:The first prize was awarded to the youngest competitor.
定義:A rival

單字4:butt
來源:It is impolite to butt in line in front of other people.
定義:To strike with or as with the head, or horns

單字5:boorish
來源:I had a sensitive consciousness of always appearing constrained, boorish, and dull.
定義:Rude

英文單字 2013 5/6~2013 5/10

單字筆記2013 5/6
單字1:repugnant
來源:The mere idea of stealing had been repugnant.
定義:Offensive to taste and feeling

單字2:prickle
來源:My scalp began to prickle as I realized the horrible truth.
定義:To puncture slightly with fine, sharp points

單字3:odorous
來源:Odorous pollutants can cause minor annoyance.
定義:Having an odor, especially a fragrant one

單字4:mirage
來源:Although the morning was young, the hazy mirage was up.
定義:An optical effect looking like a sheet of water in the desert

單字5:leisure
來源:I have no leisure for playing cards.
定義:Spare time

單字筆記2013 5/7
單字1:resent
來源:He did not appear to resent it
定義:To be indignant at, as an injury or insult

單字2:abject
來源:abject poverty
定義:Sunk to a low condition

單字3:benefactor
來源:This orphanage has many benefactors.
定義:A doer of kindly and charitable acts

單字4:avert
來源:She was so striking that I had to avert my somewhat startled eyes.
定義:To turn away or aside

單字5:calorie
來源:After six months, the calorie counters lost more than twice as much weight as the fat counters!
定義:Amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree centigrade.

單字筆記2013 5/8
單字1:candid
來源:Raise was candid about the bleak living conditions on the farms.
定義:Straightforward.

單字2:brine
來源:She steeped the cucumbers in brine.
定義:Water saturated with salt

單字3:cereal
來源:The cereal is packaged in plain boxes.
定義:Pertaining to edible grain or farinaceous seeds.

單字4:coincidence
來源:It was a coincidence that he was born on his mother's birthday.
定義:A circumstance so agreeing with another: often implying accident.

單字5:complacence
來源:Many people, even in high office, rest in the balmy complacence of assurance that science can solve everything.
定義:Satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings

單字筆記2013 5/9
單字1:averse
來源:I'm not averse to broccoli if it's cooked right.
定義:having an active feeling of repugnance or distaste —usually used with to

單字2:unwise
來源:lacking wisdom or good sense
定義:Foolish

單字3:ultimate
來源:After many defeats, the war ended for us in ultimate victory.
定義:last in a progression or series

單字4:urgent
來源:We've come to deliver an urgent message.
定義:calling for immediate attention

單字5:unanimous
來源:People were unanimous in support of the peace effort.
定義:being of one mind

單字筆記2013 5/10
單字1:stubble
來源:His chin had a thick growth of stubble that meant he hadn't shaved this morning.
定義:a rough surface or growth resembling stubble

單字2:apply
來源:When I was younger,my nickname was "shorty.".Now that I'm very tall,I feel the name doesn't apply anymore.
定義:to put into operation or effect

單字3:dependable
來源:Dave is a dependable employee who always shows up on time and works hard.
定義:capable of being depended on

單字4:drive
來源:The new website design managed to drive new visitors to our site.
定義:to urge relentlessly to continuous exertion

單字5:overnight
來源:My friend stayed overnight and left the next day.
定義:during the night