北京环球时代学校英语专业考研核心词汇.docx

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1、北京环球时代学校英语专业考研核心词汇Word List 1ZestHe entered into our plans with terrific zest.Zephyrthe flowers, the zephyrs, and the warblers of springZeniththe zenith of one, s careerZeitgeist He has caught the Zeitgeist of rural life in the 1980s verywell indeed.ZealousShe was a zealous worker for charitable bod

2、ies.Zealotry The enemy of idealism is zealotry.ZealWangs zeal was contagious; soon all his fellow students werebusily making posters, inspired by his ardent enthusiasm for the cause.ZanyI can watch the Marx brothers zany antics for hours.Yokel At school, his classmates regarded him as a yokel and la

3、ughed athis rustic mannerisms.Yeoman It was not the aristocrat but the yeoman who determined the nationspolicies.Yen She had a yen to get away and live on her own for a while.Yeast brewers yeast, bakers yeast.Yaw He spun the steering-wheel so that we yawed from side to side,xenophobewry a wry glance

4、, grin, smile, etcwrongheadedwrit a writ for the arrest of sb.Wrinkle Shes beginning to get wrinkles around her eyes. Give sb a wrinkleor twoWrest With only ten seconds left to play, our team wrested victory from their grasp.Wreak I am afraid he will wreak his vengeance on the innocent as wellas the

5、 guilty.Wrath His wrath burst into flameWraith That child flits about like a wraith.Wont As was his wont, he jogged two miles every morning before going to work.Woeful woeful ignoranceWoeShe needed someone to listen to her tale of woe.Wobble This table wobbles.Wizen a wizened little man with frizzy

6、gray hairWitticism What you regard as witticisms are often offensive to sensitivepeople.Wither Their hopes gradually withered away.Wistful wistful eyes, a wistful mood.Wispy Worried about preserving his few wispy tufts of hair, Waltercarefully massaged hisscalp and applied hair restorer every night.

7、Winsome a winsome smileWinnow This test will winnow out the students who study from those whodont bother.Wink He winked at me to show that he was playing a joke on the others,windbagwince bear pain without wincingwily a wily fraudwilt The crops wilted under the hot sunwillowy a willowy brunettewillf

8、ulnesswiggle Stop wiggling and sit still!Wield wield an axe, a sword, a tennis racket, authority, control, power,etc.Wholesome plain but wholesome meals, wholesome advice.Whittle As a present for Aunt Polly, Tom whittled some clothespins out ofa chunk of wood.Whit not a whit of common sensesWhirlpoo

9、l They felt they were being sucked into a whirlpool of publicity.Whine The prisoner whined his innocenceWhimsical He dismissed his generous gift to his college as a sentimentalfancy, an oldman,s whimsical gesture.Whim have a whim for doingsth.Whiff The slightest whiff of Old Spice cologne brought me

10、mories of Georgeto her mind.Whet The odors from the kitchen are whetting my appetite; I will beravenous by the time themeal is served.Wherewithal Id like a new stereo, but I havent got the wherewithal,whelmwheedle coax and wheedle sb. into good humourwelter a welter of unrelated facts.welshwell-groo

11、med well-groomed young men in expensive suits.Wedge a wedge of cake, cheese, etc.The window doesnt stay closed unless you wedge it. wedge a door open.Wean He decided he would wean himself away from eating junk food and stickto fruits andvegetables.Weal the red weals left across his chest by the stra

12、p.Waylay They agreed to waylay their victim as he passed through the darkalley going home.Wastrel He was denounced as a wastrel who had dissipated his inheritance.Waspish a lawyer with an inventive mind and a waspish sense of humourWary The spies grew wary as they approached the sentry.Warp The door

13、 was warped and wouldnt shut, warp justicewarmongerward There are three candidates standing for election in this ward.Warble Every morning the birds warbled outside her window.Wanton Pointing to the stack of bills , Sheldon criticized Sarah for herwanton expenditures. Inresponse, Sara accused Sheldo

14、n of making an unfounded, wanton attack.Wangle He always managed to wangle the easy jobs.Wane From now until December 21,the winter solstice, the hours ofdaylight will wane.Wan a wan complexion, a wan moonWallow The hippopotamus loves to wallow in the mud.Wallop If I ever catch the rascal, I 11 real

15、ly wallop him!Wake the foaming white wake of the liner. Outbreaks of disease occurredin the wake of thedrought.Waive I will waive my rights in this matter in order to expedite ourreaching a proper decisionWord List 2Wage The government is waging a campaign against sex discrimination inindustry.Waft

16、Daydreaming, he gazed at the leaves that wafted past his window.Waffle What* s she waffling about?waddlevulture vultures round the bedside of the dying millionaire.Vulpine She disliked his sly ways, but granted him a certain vulpineintelligence,vulgarityvoyeur Jill called Jack a voyeur when she caug

17、ht him aiming his binocularsat a bedroom window of the house next door.Vouch I can vouch for him, his honesty.Votary votaries of peace, disarmament, etc.Vortex Sucked into the vortex of the tornado, Dorothy and Toto werecarried from Kansas to Oz.Voracious The wolf is a voracious animal , its hunger

18、never satisfied.Voluptuous a voluptuous woman, a voluptuous lifeVoluminous a voluminous edition, a voluminous cloakVoluble She was a voluble speaker, always ready to talk,volitionvogue a growing vogue for things made in Japanvociferous a vociferous opponentvivacious She had always been vivacious and

19、 sparkling.Vituperate The prince vituperated against the developers for ruiningLondon* s skyline.Vitriolic Such vitriolic criticism is uncalled for.Vitrify vitrified glazes, eg on ceramics.Vitiate the vitiated atmosphere of our polluted inner cities. Fraudwill vitiate the contract.Viscous Melted tar

20、 is a viscous substance.Viscid The trunk of the maple tree was viscid with sap.Virulent The virus is highly virulent and has made many of us ill for days.Virtuoso a virtuoso at the violinVirtuosity At that time, his virtuosity on the trumpet had no parallelin jazz.Virile a new and virile leadershipV

21、iper The habitat of the horned viper, a particularly venomous snake,is in sandy regionslike the Sahara or the Sinai peninsula.Vindictive She was very vindictive and never forgave an injury.Vindicate The report vindicated him of complicityVim full of vim. Put more vim into your acting!Vilify She is a

22、 liar and is always trying to vilify my reputation.Vigilant under the vigilant eye of the examiner.Vigil tired out by long nightly vigils at her son, s bedside, hold acandle-light vigi1 forpeace.VictualVicissitudinousVicarious Many people get a vicarious thrill at the movies byimagining they are the

23、 characters on the screen.Vibrant The vibrant strings, a vibrant womanViand There was a variety of viands at the feast.Viable a viable solution to the crisisVexatious a vexatious lawsuit; a vexatious period in her lifeVestigial The legs of snakes are vestigial or absent altogether.Vestige We discove

24、red vestiges of early Indian life in the cave.Verve go at one* s job with al1 the verve of a youngsterVertigo Looking out of the window still gives him vertigoVertex a monument on the vertex of the hillVertebrate fishes and amphibians and reptiles and birds and mammals areverbetrate animalsVersemong

25、ervernal vernal breezes, The vernal radiance of her smile captivated usall.Vernacular Cut out those old-fashioned thees and thous and writein the vernacular.Veritable The rain turned our holiday into a veritable disaster.Verisimilar a verisimilar taleVerdigris Despite all attempts to protect the sta

26、tue from the elements,it became coatedwith verdigris.Verdant Monet* s paintings of the verdant meadows were symphonies ingreen.Verbosity Truscott* s verbosity made it hard to separate plain fact fromdecorative embellishment.Verbose a verbose companionVerbatim He repeated the message verbatim.Veracit

27、y There is no reason to doubt the veracity of the evidenceVeracious I can recommend him for this position because I have always foundhim veracious and reliable.Ventral We shall now examine the ventral plates of this serpent , notthe dorsal side.Venom The venom of jealousy has poisoned many a relatio

28、nshipVenial a venial crimeVengeance take, seek, swear vengeance for the bombing.Venerable We do not mean to be disrespectful when we refuse to follow the advice of our venerable leader.Veneer a table made of plywood, covered in teak veneerVendetta The rival mobs engaged in a bitter vendetta.Venal Th

29、e venal policeman accepted the bribe offered him by thespeeding motorist whom he had stopped.Vehemence He spoke more loudly and with more vehemence than he hadintended.Vegetate I do not understand how you can vegetate in this quiet villageafter the adventurouslife you have led.Veer After what seemed

30、 an eternity, the wind veered to the east andthe storm abated.vauntvault wine-vaults, the vault of heaven.Vaudeville In 1901, he broke out of vaudeville and set his sights onBroadway.vascularWord List 3VariegationVariance set people at variance,.Vapid She delivered an uninspired and vapid address,va

31、nquishedvandalize About 1, 000 rioters vandalized buildings and looted stores,valorousvaletudinarianvalediction a valedictory speech, message, gift.Vagary She followed every vagary of fashion.Vacuous The candidate* s vacuous remarks annoyed the audience, who hadhoped to hear morethan empty platitude

32、svacillate Uncertain which suitor she ought to marry, the princessvacillated, saying now one,now the other.Uxorious an uxorious husbandusury lend money at usuryusurp The revolution ended when the victorious rebel leader usurped thethrone.Urbane an unbane manneruptight: Offers of help just make him u

33、ptight.Upsurge an upsurge in sales, costs, investments.Upstart upstart bureaucrats, financiers, officials, etc.upstageupshot The upshot of the rematch was that the former champion provedthat he still possessedall the skills of his youth.Uproarious The uproarious comedy hit Home Alone featured Macaul

34、ayCulkin, whose mugging and comic antics provoked gales of uproariouslaughter from audiences coast to coast.Upfront They tended to have a much more upfront attitude.Upbraid I must upbraid him for his unruly behavior.Unwonted He hesitated to assume the unwonted role of master of ceremoniesUnwitting H

35、is insult, though unwitting, pained her.Unwind unwind a bal1 of string, a reel of thread, a roll of bandage,etc.Unwieldy The large carton was so unwieldy that the movers had troublegetting it up thestairs.Unversed unversed in social etiquette.Untoward an untoward incidentUntenable I find your theory

36、 untenable and must reject it.Untapped an untapped source of wealth, talent, inspiration.Unstudied with unstudied elegance, grace, charm, etc.unspottedunsound unsound reasoning, judgement, advice.Unseemly at the most unseemly hours,unscrupulousnessunscathed He escaped unscathed from the car wreck.Un

37、savory People with unsavory reputations should not be allowed to workwith young chiIdren.Unrequited Suffering the pangs of unrequited love, Olivia rebukes Cesariofor his hard-heartedness.Unrepentant Pamela was unrepentant abouther strong language and abrasiveremarks.Unremunerative an unremunerative

38、occupationUnremitting unremitting care, boredom, drudgery.Unregenerate unregenerate human nature; unregenerate conservatisUnravelunravel the threads of a tangled skeinUnprovoked unprovoked aggression, attacks.Unpretentious an unpretentious little book but one that tells a simplestory well.Unpreposse

39、ssing During adolescence many attractive young people somehowacquire the falsenotion that their appearance is unprepossessing.Unpremeditated an unpremeditated attack.Unobtrusive The secret service agents in charge of protecting thePresident tried to be asunobtrusive as possible.Unmitigated an unmiti

40、gated disaster, scoundrel.unletteredunkempt an unkempt appearanceunivocal an univocal statementunintel 1igible unintelligible handwriting, jargon.Unimpeachable a man of unimpeachable character.uni lateral ism. the recent history of American aggressive unilateralism on trade.Uni lateral This legislat

41、ion is unilateral since it binds only one partyin the controversy.Uniform The rows of houses were uniform in appearance.Unidimensional a prose statement of fact is unidimensional, its valuebeing measured wholly in terms of its truthunguent Apply this unguent to the sore muscles before retiring,ungru

42、dgingungainly He is an ungainly young man;he trips over everything.Unflappable A busy manager needs a completely unflappable secretary.Unfettered Chained to the wall for months on end, the hostage despairedthat he would ever beunfettered.Unfeigned She turned so pale that I am sure her surprise was u

43、nfeigned.Unfathomable the oceans unfathomable depths,unfathomablemotives, mysteries.Unfaltering She approached the guillotine with unfaltering steps.Unearthly There is an unearthly atmosphere in her work that amazes thecasual observer.Undulate The flag undulated in the breeze.Underwrite The governme

44、nt has agreed to underwrite the project with agrant of 5 mi 1lion.Underplay underplay certainaspects, factors, elements, etc.Undergird Whereas relativity theory undermined the Newtonian mechanics,cosmology wasundergirded by it.Underdog crowds supporting the underdog.Unctuous speak in unctuous tones,

45、 unctuous assurances.Uncouth Most biographers portrayLincoln as an uncouth and ungainly young man.Uncourtly the old gentleman1 s countly manners.Word List 4Unconscionable She found the load shark* s demands unconscionable andimpossible to meet.Uncanny an uncanny ability to foresee the futureUnbridle

46、d She had a sudden fit of unbridled rage.Unblemished Lees unblemished reputation as a man of honor and principle.Unbidden memories, images, names, etc coming unbidden to ones mind.Unbecoming conduct unbecoming to an officer and a gentleman.Unavailing unavailing efforts, attempts to stop smoking.Unas

47、suming an unassuming mannerunarticulatedunanimity We were surprised by the unanimity with which our proposalswere accepted by thedifferent groups.Unalloyed unalloyed joy, thusiasm, citement.Unabated Our enthusiasm remained unabated.Umpire umpire a match, competition, dispute.Umbrage feel umbrage at a social snubUlterior I assure you there was no ulterior motive in my suggestion,ulcerateubiquitous a ubiquitous trendtyro a tyro in foreign affairstyrannosaurustypography set to a high standa