现代大学英语精读2单词

lesson one

accomplishment n完成

acquire v获得

arrogantly adv傲慢的

aspirin n阿司匹林

assume v设想

available adj可利用的

bachelor n学士

beanpole n又高又瘦的人

bull n公牛

certify v证明

civilized adj文明的

client n委托人

continuity n继续

cyanide n氰化物

democratic adj民主的

disaster n灾难

drugstore n药房、杂货店

enroll v使….入学

expertise n专门知识

expose v使经历、使面临

faculty n教职工

fragment n碎片、使某物砸碎、断裂generate v产生

grind v磨碎

hip n臀部

humanity n人性

implicitly adv含蓄地

inevitable adj不可避免的

literal adj照字面意义的

maintain v保持

Neanderthal n尼安德特人nevertheless adv然而

peculiar adj独有的

penetrating adj思想敏锐的

pest n讨厌的人

philosophy n哲学

pill n药片

preside v主持

professional adj职业的

pursuit n追求

push-button adj用按钮来操纵

qualified adj胜任的

rear v养育

resources n资源

savage n野人

scroll n学位证书

semester n学期

sensitive adj有理解的

shudder v发抖

specialize v专修

species n种类

specimen n有某种特点的人

spiritual adj精神的

store v储存

suffice v足够

lessontwo

alert adj警惕的

birch n桦树

bough n主支

cabin n小棚屋

chase v赶走

creek n小河

crouch v蹲

cub n幼崽

detain v阻止某人

dim v使….暗淡

doc n医生

drift v漂游

flake n薄片

grasshopper n蚱蜢

howl n嚎叫

leap v跳

lick v舔

mantle n披风

meadow n草地

mischievous adj顽皮的

muzzle n动物的鼻口部分numb adj麻木的、失去感觉得pace n一步

partner n伙伴

paw n瓜子

pierce v刺

pine n松树

poke v猛推、插刺

puppy n幼犬

realize v意识到

restless adj闲下来的

rifle n来复枪、步枪rocket n火箭

rooster n公鸡

rumble n低沉连续的声音shack n木屋

shiver v颤抖

slash v猛、乱放

smother v厚厚的、大面积、snarl n怒吼声

soaked adj湿透

spear v用鱼叉刺

spurt v喷出

squat v蹲坐

squirrel n松鼠

stir v微动

thicken v变厚

thill v使….激动、兴奋toll n某事造成的损失、trapper n猎人

unchained adj没有锁链锁着的

whimper v呜咽、啜泣

wiggle v使摆动

wilf n狼

wool n皮毛

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approval n批准、承认、（官方）bond n债券

certainty n确定的事物、性质、状态

commit v 犯错误、不合法的事情、（干坏事)

contribution n贡献

convict v证明有罪、n罪犯costly adj昂贵的、贵重的

court n法庭

current adj当前的、流血的、decade n十年

deter v阻止

dismiss v解散

elite adj属于精英的、最好的、estimate v估计

evidence n证据

execute v处死

feasible adj可行的

feature n特点、特色、特征illustrate v举例说明

imprison v关押

inmate n同狱的犯人

maximum adj最大量的nonetheless adv虽然如此、但仍然、nontraffic adj与交通无关的observation n观察注意

offender n罪犯

offense n犯法、罪活

per prep每

personnel n人员

precisely adv精确地

prior adj优先的

property n财产

prosecute v告发、起诉

rate n比率、速度

reality n事实、真实、现实reject v拒绝接受

saudiArabia沙特阿拉伯

severity n严格

social adj社会的

solution n解决办法

solution

statistics n

teenage adj

theft n

tough adj

victim n

voter n

witness n Alcatraz

beneath prep bloom v breast n bride n bridegroomn

bubble v bud n butterfly n chamberlain n chill v coral

crimson adj crystal n

cynic n

daffodil n

daisy n

delicate adj

dove n

ebb v

ecstasy n

emerald n

fling (flung, flung) v

flush n

flutter v

foam n

frost n

frown v

girdle n

grove n

gutter n

harp n

instrument

jewel n

lizard n

mermaiden

musician

Nightingale

nip

opal

outright

pang

petal

pluck

prince v ruby

ruby

sincerity n soar

soul v

stringed n sunbeam

sun-dial

thorn

tomb n topmost n vein

violin n wretched n alcohol

blur n brow v considerate n cover

dab n demonstrate v draining-board v greasy adj imply v indifference

mop v nozzle n pinch v one's brows

plunge v racist n refrigerator n relax v rinse v rummage v shallow adj ware n sink n snap v spray v squeeze v stupid adj thoroughly

unattached

undress v wrist n ary

acknowled

admirable

aesthetic a anonymity

balding adj behave v behavior n blast n budget n

cular

capacity n casualty n conclusion n congressiona

dip v distinction n doze v emotional ad employee n essential adj Florida n flotation n freeze v gasp v grope v gull n harsh adj helicopter

immovable

impact n injured adj jet n likewise adv monument n possibility n Potomac n presidential a proof n remark n slap n standoff n stewardess n stunning adj survivor n thus adv totally adv tragedy n unique adj alter v appeal v artificial adj ashore adv aspiration n blade n bribe n brood v Caribbean adj cavalryn

deadly adj dominate v

facility n sible to do sth

folly n germ n glory n much

gripv

idle adj inspiration n intelligence

laboratory n ment

mastery n minister n ministry n istration wit plague n project n rival n soothingly

splendor n spread v spur v strip n tale n tavern n threat n threaten

tropicsn

warfare n wisdom n airily adv apron n bet v bid v bourgeois a colony n colonial adj confess v convention

crusade n crushed adj divine adj earnest adj enthusiasticsth

establish v exit v forehead n fuss v genteel adj girlishly adv

gown n grave n hastily adv ideally adv investigate

lap n ma'am n an

maid

miserable a mythology

naive adj overseas ad partially ad permanent

positively a primitive ad psychology

puzzled adj readjust v reprimand respectableehavior

shell-shockear

shh int snoop v speculativel

sternly adv stifle v sympatheti

tribe n wander v weepv

wicked adj

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