Word List 1 Flashcards by Lesley Cai

abbreviate

v. to make shorter, to shorten a word or phrase

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aberrant

adj. turning away from what is right, deviating from what is normal
ab+err+ant

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aberration

n. being aberrant

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abet

v. to incite, encourage, urge and help on

a+ bet

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abeyance

n. temporary suspension of an activity

in abeyance

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abhor

v. to detest, hate

ab+hor

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abalze

adj. being on fire, radiant with light or emotion,

blaze with sth

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abolition

n. the state of being abolished, prohibition

abolish

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abrasive

adj. tending to abrade

abrade

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abreast

adv. side by side

a+breast

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abridge

v. to reduce in scope or extent, to condence

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awkward

adj. ungainly, difficult to use, causing inconvenience

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axiom

n. maxim, an established principle

ax-iom

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bacterium

n. any of domain of bacteria

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baffle

v. to confuse, puzzle, confound

baifule

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balk

n. thick, roughly squared wooden beam v. be reluctant to tackle sth, because it is difficult
daliang

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ballad

n. a song or poem that tells a story in short stanzas

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balm

n. ab fragrant ointment or aromatic oil

balsam n.

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balmy

adj. soothing. mild, pleasant

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banal

adj. dull or state, comonplace, insipid

bland, flat

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bane

n. the cause of distress, death or ruin

beiyun

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banish

v. to send sb.out of the country as a punishment

banisi-baninongsi

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banter

n. playfull, good-humored joking

banta-daqu

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barbarous

adj. uncultured ,crude, cruel, brutal

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baroque

adj. gaudily ornate

barren

adj. bare | bale-suoyoudezhiwu

barrier

n. obstruction as of a fence, obstacle

base

adj. devoid of high values or ethics | baibide

candor

n. frankness | candor may actually enhance one's standing

cannily

adv.jilingdi

canny

adj. shrewd and careful | can-ny

cantankerous

adj. bad tempered, quarelsome | a cantankerous man

capitulate

v. to surrender conditionally | capit-ulate

capricious

adj.

captious

adj. quick to find fault, carping | cap-tious

captivating

adj. very attractive and interesting. in a way that hold your attention.

capture

v. | n. zhanlipin

cardiac

adj. relating to, situated near, or acting on heart

cardinal

adj. of basic importance. | n. hongyizhujiao

caricature

n. art that has quality of caricature | car & I & cat - caricature

carnage

n. bloody and extensive slaughter | bloodbath

carnivorous

adj. flesh-eating

carve

cast

n. troupe (yanyuan) | v. to throw, to give a shape to by pouring in liquid in to a mold

dearth

n. scarcity | dear-th

debase

v. to make lower in value, quality or dignity

debatable

adj. open to dispute

debate

debauch

v. to lead away from virtue or excellence | n. an act or occasion of debauchery

debilitate

v. to make weak or feeble , weaken

decadene

n. the process of becoming decadent

decelerate

v. to reduce the speed, to decrease the rate of progress.

deceptive

adj. tending or having power to deceive | a deceptive advertisement

deciduous

adj. not lasting, epherneral, falling of or out

decimate

v. to destroy or kill a large part | decim-ate

decipher

decisive

adj. having the power or quality of deciding

decisiveness

decline

v. to become smaller, weaker, fewer. | n.

decompose

v. to rot,decay

echo

eclectic

adj. selecting the best from various systems, doctrines, or source zhezhongde, jianrongde

eclipse

n. rishi yueshi

ecological

adj. shengtaixuede

economize

v. to save

economy

n. jingji, jieyue

edifice

n. a large imposing building

edify

v. to enlighten, or uplift morally or spiritually

efface

v. to wipe out, erase

effective

adj.

effervescence

n. bubbling, hissing, and foaming as gas escape

fanciful

adj.

fantasy

farce

n. an exaggerated comedy, sth. ridiculous or absurd

far-reaching

adj. having a wide influence

fascinate

v. to charm, captivate, attract

fast

n. the practice of very, zhaijie | adv.

fastidious

adj. not easy to plese, very critical or discriminating

fault

n. | a fracture in the crust of planet.

favorable

adj. helpful, showing approval

fearsome

adj. causing fear

feckless

adj. inefficient, irresponsible

fecund

adj. fruitful in offspring or vegetation

feign

v. to make a false show of, pretend

gain

gainsay

v. to deny

galaxy

gall

n. bile, hatrade, bitter feeling

gallant

adj. brave and noble, polite and attentive to women

galvanize

v. to stimulate, to plate metal with zinc (diandu)

garble

v. to alert or distort as to creat wrong impression nor change the meaning

garish

adj. too bright or gaudy, tastelessly showy

garrulous

adj. loquacious, talkative

gaudy

adj. bright and showy

gene

generalize

v. to draw a general conclusion from particular examples

generate

v. to bring into being, to originate or produce

generation

generic

adj. of or characteristic of a genus | attention- different for genetic

generosity

n. willingness to share, unselfishness

abatement / abate

n. the act or process of abating | v.