Word Power 02-----拿高分，单词是基础！

fyhllj · 发表于 2003-9-12 22:53:00

If you know these words, we figure you're ready to have lunch with an admissions conselor at Harvard or make a great impression on an interview at a Fortune 500 firm. ---------The author.

11-15 is Connecting with 01 section

11. Acquiesce v. to comply passively , to give in
   The king’s cabinet did not easily acquiesce to the pardons
   Their acquiescence was critical.

12. Aesthetic  adj. concerned with or appreciate of beauty
   The Queen, with his fine, aesthetic sense, decided to stage the abdication with an eye towards high drama and bright colors

13. Amnesty  n an official pardon for a group of people who violate a law
In fact, the king himself had granted amnesty five years before to a ring of conspirators who had been planning to rob a bank.

14.Animosity  n, Ill , Dislike
He harbored no animosity towards the conspirators, even though a portion of his own money rested in the bank’s vaults.

15.Anomalous  adj. irregular, abnormal, unusual
The price secretly plans to hang all criminals once he is crowned, as he considers his father’s decision regarding amnesty an anomalous one.

Lesson two: Climb every mountain

16.Arduous adj. difficult to do , laborious
Sam knew the mountain-climbing expedition would be arduous.
Jenna, Sam’s wife, having experienced the arduousness of last climb, decided not to go

17.Augment v. to increase or enlarge
Sam felt it important to augment the number of guides he employed for the climb.

18.Austere adj. stern in manner or appearance, strict in morals
He also felt that the group should follow an austere routine, as any frivolity could cost them lives.

19.Aversion n strong or fixed dislike, afeeling of repugnance
Sam had a decided aversion to joy seekers anyway, because they usually wasted too much of his time.

20.Banal adj. commonplace, trite, unoriginal
He particularly hated climbers like Harrison who, with his fancy airs and fancier equipment, struck him as utterly banal.

Every lesson tells a story.

Word Power 02-----拿高分，单词是基础！

Word Power 02-----拿高分，单词是基础！

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