Word List 4 apotheosis-astigmatism Flashcards
apotheosis
N. /神化,典范/elevation to godhood; an ideal example of something.
appall
V. /使惊慌,震惊/dismay; shock.
apparatus
N. / 器械, 设备/equipment.
apparition
N. /鬼,幽灵/ghost; phantom.
appease
V. /平静,安抚/pacify or soothe; relieve.
appellation
N. /名 字,标题/name; title.
append
V. /追加,附上/attach.
application
N. /勤奋的付出/diligent attention.
apposite
ADJ. /合适的/appropriate; fitting.
appraise
V. /估价/estimate value of.
appreciate
V. /感 激 ;增 值 ;赏 识 /be thankful for; increase in
worth; be thoroughly conscious of.
apprehend
V. /逮捕;惧怕;领会/arrest (a criminal); dread; perceive.
apprehension
N. /害怕/fear.
apprenticeship
N. /学徒身份/time spent as a novice learning a trade from a skilled worker.
apprise
V. /告诉/inform.
approbation
N. /同意,批准/approval.
appropriate
V. /获得;挪用,据为己有/acquire; take possession of for one’s own use.
apropos
PREP. /关于/with reference to; regarding.
aptitude
N. /能力,才能/fitness; talent.
aquatic
ADJ. /与水有关系的/pertaining to water.
aquiline
ADJ. /弯曲的,钩状的/curved, hooked.
arable
ADJ. /可耕种的/fit for growing crops.
arbiter
N. /仲裁者/a person with power to decide a dispute; judge.
arbitrary
ADJ. /反复无常;残暴;随机的/capricious; randomly chosen;
tyrannical.
arbitrator
N. /仲裁者/judge.
arboretum
N. /植物园/place where different tree varieties are exhibited.
arcade
N. /拱廊/a covered passageway, usually lined with shops.
arcane
ADJ. /秘密;谜/secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated.
archaeology
N. /考古学/study of artifacts and relics of early mankind.
archaic
ADJ. /过时的/antiquated.
archetype
N. /原形/prototype; primitive pattern.
archipelago
N. /群岛/group of closely located islands.
archives
N. /档案;档案馆/public records; place where public records are kept.
ardent
ADJ. /激烈的;热心肠的;有激情的/intense; passionate; zealous.
arduous
ADJ. /努力;奋发/hard; strenuous.
aria
N. /清唱剧/operatic solo.
arid
ADJ. /荒芜的/dry; barren.
aristocracy
N. / 贵族/hereditary nobility; privileged class.
armada
N. /舰队/fleet of warships.
aromatic
ADJ. /芬芳的/fragrant.
arousal
N. /觉醒;激励/awakening; provocation (of a response).
arraign
V. /传讯;责问/charge in court; indict.
array
V. /排列;整理/marshal; draw up in order.
V. /衣 服;穿着,装饰/clothe; adorn.
arrears
N. /欠债/being in debt.
arrest
V. /阻止;引起注意;吸引/stop or slow down; catch someone’s attention.
arrogance
N. /傲慢,骄傲/pride; haughtiness.
arroyo
N. /干枯的河床/gully.
arsenal
N. /军火库/storage place for military equipment.
articulate
ADJ. /有效的;独特的/effective; distinct.
artifact
N. /人造物品/object made by human beings, either handmade or mass-produced.
artifice
N. /技巧;欺骗/deception; trickery.
artisan
N. /工匠/manually skilled worker; craftsman, as opposed to artist.
artless
ADJ. /坦诚;直率/without guile; open and honest.
ascendancy
N. /统治,控制/controlling influence; domination.
ascertain
V. /确认,确证/find out for certain.
ascetic
ADJ. /苦行;禁欲/practicing self-denial; austere.
ascribe
V. /归因于;指派/refer; attribute; assign.
aseptic
ADJ. /抗菌的/preventing infection; having a cleansing effect.
ashen
ADJ. /灰色/ash-colored.
asinine
ADJ. /愚蠢/stupid.
askance
ADJ. /瞄,不经意的斜视/with a sideways or indirect look.
askew
ADJ. /歪斜/crookedly; slanted; at an angle.
asperity
N. /严酷,粗暴/sharpness (of temper).
aspirant
N. /有志者;有抱负的人/seeker after position or status.
aspire
V. /热 望;热心 于 /seek to attain; long for.
assail
V. /攻击/assault.
assay
V. /分析;化验/analyze; evaluate.
assent
V. /同意;接受/agree; accept.
assert
V. /断言/declare or state with confidence; put oneself forward boldly.
assessment
N. /评价,评估;判断/ evaluation; judgment.
assiduous
ADJ. /勤奋/diligent.
assimilate
V. /吸收;同化/absorb; cause to become homogeneous.
assuage
V. /减 轻( 痛 苦 );满 足( 饥 渴 );安 慰 /ease or lessen
pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger
assumption
N. /假定,设想;采取/something taken for granted; taking over or taking possession of.
assurance
N. /担 保,保证;确定;自信/promise or pledge; certainty; self-confidence.
asteroid
N. /小行星/small planet.
astigmatism
N. /散光/eye defect that prevents proper focus.
