braver高英期末复习

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Unit1

1.
more
or
less
:
imprecise
but
fairly
close
to
correct;
almost
but
not
exact.
2.
scrupulous: careful; exact; strict.

3.
afield
: far away from home or one’s usual surroundings.

4.
rife
: widespread; common; excessively abundant.

5.
malapropism
:
the
unintentional
misuse
of
a
word
by
confusion
with
one
that
sounds similar.

6
.
coercion
:
the
act
of
compelling
by
force
of
authority;
using
force
to
cause
something

7.
epitomize
: embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of

disprove: prove to be false 8.
9.
expire
: terminate; conclude; come to an end

10.
indigent
: poor enough to need help from others
Unit3

1.
knack:
a nature/special skill, talent or ability; trick or ruse

2.
awry
: turned or twisted toward one side; askew; away from the expected or

proper direction; wrong

3.
staggering:
shocking; surprising; amazing; astounding

4.
vestige
: the smallest possible amount/trace/remains

5.
prodigy
: an unusually gifted or intelligent(young) person

6.
recalcitrant:
unruly; difficult to manage, handle, control or operate 7. a house of
cards: a weak and fragile structure, plan, or organization; a bubble

ineffable: incapable of being expressed in words; indescribable; unspeakable 8.
Unit4

1.
adventure
: an unusual or exciting experience: an adventure in dining 2. curiosity:
an eager desire to know or learn;

inquisitiveness

3.
rudiments
:
the
first
simple
facts
or
rules
of
anything:
to
learn
the
rudiments
of
cookery

4.
fanatic
:
a
person
whose
enthusiasm
or
zeal
for
something
is
extreme
or
beyond
normal limits

5.
underline
: emphasize or cause to stand out; underscore

6.
balk
:
stop
or
turn
away
abruptly
or
unexpectedly;
avoid
deliberately
7.
essential
truth: absolute truth

8.
relish
:(n) pleasure; enjoyment; an appetite for something; a strong appreciation or
liking: a relish for luxury

(v)take pleasure in; like; enjoy
Unit5
1
. attributed to
: considered or believed to be done or caused by

2.
savant
: a learned man/scholar; someone who knows a lot about a subject; someone
who has mental problems and may have lower intelligence than average, but can do
one thing very well, such as adding numbers very quickly.

3.
corollary
:
something
that
is
the
direct
result
of
something
else;
a
practical
consequence that follows naturally.

4.
shoddy
: cheap and inferior(in quality);made or done cheaply and badly.

5.
forestall
: prevent from happening or arising; make impossible; act in advance of;
deal with ahead of time

6. do the trick
: perform the function; make/be effective

7. seaworthiness
: fitness for a sea voyage; fitness to traverse the seas

:
produce or call forth (emotions,feelings,and responses)

9. fashion:
make something from something, using hands or only a few tools

10
. alienation from the company and its products
: a feeling of not belonging to the
company and not being involved in the production of goods
Unit6
sive
:
making an all-out
effort
to
win
or succeed;
competitive(an
aggressive
basketball player); vigorously energetic, the use of initiative and forcefulness(an
aggressive salesperson)

:
sound /proved/reliable/dependable (solid facts/ evidence/citizen)

nize
: look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail

4. ingredient:
an element in a mixture or compound

e:
use up (supplies, money, energy, etc);reduce or exhaust; empty entirely or
partially

6
. roundup
: a collection or summary of news items, such as a weather roundup, news
roundup, etc.(Tune in at eleven for a roundup of the day’s news);the act of gathering
together livestock, esp. cattle, so that they may be branded, counted, or sold

7.
envision
:
imagine
something
that
you
think
might
happen
in
the
future,
esp.
something that will be good

8. caricature
: a representation of a person in literature or art made so that parts of his
body appear more noticeable, odd, or amusing

9. transmit:
send or convey from one person or place to another; convey by or as if
by inheritance or heredity
Unit 7
ic
(line29):sudden,
development/rise/change

2.
clutch(t
o/onto/at)(line31):hold
something
tightly
lest
it
should
get
lost
e.g.
1)Terrified by the noise ,the small child clut
ched(onto)her mother ’s hand. 2) Feeling
himself drowning, the man clutched at a straw.

3. transience(l
ine 33):short-
time/brief continuity as in “the transience of fame” e.g.
1)Kate,
a
famous
English
poet,
expresses
the
notion
of
the
permanence
of
art
and
transience
of
human
life
in
his
masterpiece
“Ode
on
Grecian
Urn”
2)Some
people
believe that each birthday
is
another step toward the end,
and what
we celebrate at
birthday gathering is not only our growth, but our transience.

4.
embed
（
in/with
usu.
pass.
）

(line43):
fix
firmly
and
deeply
in
(a
mass
of
surrounding matter);cause to be an integral part of a surrounding whole. e.g. 1)a gold
crown embedded with jewels.
2) That terrible day will be forever embedded in my memory.

5. boutique
(line64): a small shop that sells fashionable clothes ,shoes, jewellery, etc.

6
. sumptuous
(line66):very impressive and expensive; luxurious and showing wealth
e.g. 1)a sumptuous feast/palace. 2) The guests turned up in sumptuous evening gowns.

surprising
and
notice.
e.g.
dramatic