Word List 3 amenities-apostate Flashcards
amenities
N. /令人愉快之物，便利设施/convenient features; courtesies.
amiable
ADJ. /可爱的,友好的,惬意的/agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly.
amicable
ADJ. /温和的,友好礼貌的/politely friendly; not quarrelsome.
amiss
ADJ. /错误/wrong; faulty.
amity
N. /友谊/friendship.
amnesia
N. /失忆,健忘/loss of memory.
amnesty
N. /原谅/pardon.
amoral
ADJ. /不道德的/nonmoral.
amorous
ADJ. /爱情的/moved by sexual love; loving.
amorphous
ADJ. / 无形的, 不成形的/formless; lacking shape or definition.
amphibian
ADJ. /两栖的/able to live both on land and in water.
amphitheater
N. /椭圆形的剧院,斗兽场/oval building with tiers of seats.
ample
ADJ. /丰富的,富足的/abundant.
amplify
V. /放大/broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger.
amputate
V. /截肢,切除/ cut off part of body; prune.
amulet
N. /护身符/charm; talisman.
anachronistic
ADJ. / 时代错误/having an error involving time in a story.
analgesic
ADJ. /止痛的/causing insensitivity to pain.
analogous
ADJ. /类似的/comparable.
analogy
N. /类比,相似/similarity; parallelism.
anarchist
N. /无政府主义者/person who seeks to overturn the established government; advocate of abolishing
authority.
anarchy
N. /无政府主义/absence of governing body; state of disorder.
anathema
N. /诅咒/solemn curse; someone or something regarded as a curse.
ancestry
N. /祖先/family descent.
anchor
V. /固定;锚/secure or fasten firmly; be fixed in place.
ancillary
ADJ. /辅助的/serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary.
anecdote
N. /奇闻轶事/short account of an amusing or interesting event.
anemia
N. /贫血/condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles.
anesthetic
N. /麻醉药/substance that removes sensation with or without loss of consciousness.
anguish
N. /极度痛苦/acute pain; extreme suffering.
angular
ADJ. /有尖角的,瘦骨嶙峋的/sharp-cornered; stiff in manner.
animated
ADJ. /活跃的,有生气的/lively; spirited.
animosity
N. /仇恨/active enmity.
animus
N. /敌意/hostile feeling or intent.
annals
N. /记录,历史/records; history.
annex
V. /接手/ attach; take possession of.
annihilate
V. /毁灭,破坏/destroy.
annotate
V. /评论,注释/ comment; make explanatory notes.
annuity
N. /年金,养老金/yearly allowance.
annul
v. /避免/make void.
anoint
V. /神圣化/consecrate.
anomalous
ADJ. /不正常的, 变态的/abnormal; irregular.
anomaly
N. /不正常/irregularity.
anonymity
N. /匿名/state of being nameless; anonymousness.
anonymous
ADJ. /匿名的/having no name.
antagonism
N. /反抗,敌对/hostility; active resistance.
antecede
V. /先于/precede.
antecedents
N. /历史环境;历史背景/preceding events or
circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background.
antediluvian
ADJ. /远古,上古,及其久远/antiquated; extremely
ancient.
anthem
N. /圣歌,赞美诗/song of praise or patriotism.
anthology
N. /选集/book of literary selections by various authors.
anthropocentric
ADJ. /人类中心说/regarding human beings as the center of the universe.
anthropoid
ADJ. /类人的/manlike.
anthropologist
N. /人类学家/a student of the history and science of mankind.
anthropomorphic
ADJ. /人形的/having human form or characteristics.
anticlimax
N. /反高潮,突降/letdown in thought or emotion.
antidote
N. /解药/medicine to counteract a poison or disease.
antipathy
N. / 反对, 厌恶/aversion; dislike.
antiquated
ADJ. /过时的,陈旧的/old-fashioned; obsolete.
antiseptic
N. /抗菌物/substance that prevents infection.
antithesis
N. /对立面/contrast; direct opposite of or to.
apathy
N. /漠不关心/lack of caring; indifference.
ape
V. /模仿/imitate or mimic.
aperture
N. /洞,穴,孔/opening; hole.
apex
N. /高点,顶点,高潮/tip; summit; climax.
aphasia
N. / 失声/loss of speech due to injury or illness.
aphorism
N. /格言,警句,谚语/pithy maxim.
apiary
N. /蜂房/a place where bees are kept.
aplomb
N. /沉着,垂直/poise; assurance.
apocalyptic
ADJ. /启示的,启示录的/prophetic; pertaining to revelations.
apocryphal
ADJ. /假的,捏造的/untrue; made up.
apogee
N. /顶点/highest point.
apolitical
ADJ. /不 问政治的/having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs.
apologist
N. /辩护者/one who writes in defense of a cause or institution.
apostate
N. /变节者,脱党者,叛徒/one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs.
