toefl Flashcards
vibrant
充满活力的
skim
撇去、略过
soot
煤烟
impersonation
扮演
pantomime
手势、哑剧
out of sight
看不见
fanwise
（展开）呈扇形的
percolate
渗出
obsession with
fixation on
cement
巩固，加强
utterly
amostly,
disdian
蔑视
caliber
口径
Pales in comparison
somethings have no ability to compare with others.
too little in amount for what is needed
immersion
the state of being completely involved in sth
fetid
smelling very unpleasant
rancid
it tastes or smells unpleasant because it is no longer fresh
resentment
a feeling of anger or unhappiness
metaphormoses
to change or make sth/sb change into sth completely different,
deity
a god
lucrative
producing a great deal of profit
endorse
support
indelible
hard to remember
peculiar
strange or unusual, especially in a way that is unpleasant or worrying.
encroachment
invasion
avert
avoid
majestic
grand
perilous
dangerous
intrepid
brave
reprimand
to tell sb officially that you do not approve of them or their actions
deciduous
that loses its leaves every year
frantically
crazily;
crevice
fractures
soar
increase rapidly above the usual level.
refuge
a condition of being safe or sheltered from pursuit, danger, or trouble.
infusion
the act of adding sth to sth else in order to make it stronger
demonstration
showing feelings openly, especially feelings of affection
antecedent
a thing or an event that exists or comes before another, and may have influenced it
dine
to eat (something) for dinner.
off-putting
unpleasant, disconcerting, or repellent
exogenous
origin from outside
endogenous
origin from inside
manifestation
an event, action or thing that is a sign that sth exists or is happening.
excruciatingly
in a way that is extreme and difficult to bear
homicide
the crime of killing sb deliberately
innocent
not having done sth wrong
incarcerate
imprison or confine.
wooded area
forest
ectoherms
cold blood animals
vogue
the prevailing fashion
neonate
new born baby
smother
to kill sb by covering their face so that they cannot breathe
steppe
a large area of land with grass but few trees, especially in SE Europe and Siberia
prostrate
lying on the ground and facing downwards (verb)
so shocked, upset, etc. that you cannot do anything (Adj)
perishable
likely to decay or go bad quickly
void
a large empty space
haggard
looking very tired because of illness, worry or lack of sleep
obliged
to force sb to do sth, by law, because it is a duty,
inadvertently
by accident; without intending to
affluence
is the state of having a lot of money or a high standard of living
opulent
things or places look grand and expensive
fitus
an animal or human being in its later stages of development before it is born.
grandiose
If you describe something as grandiose, you mean it is bigger or more elaborate than necessary.
a succession of
a series of
divert
1: to make sb/sth change direction.
2: to take sb’s thoughts or attention away from sth
blight
to spoil or damage sth, especially by causing a lot of problems
destitute
without money, food and the other things necessary for life
petrification
the process by which organic matter exposed to minerals over a long periods is turned into a stony substance.
immerse
to put sb/sth into a liquid so that they or it are completely covered
