刘毅词汇 10000 第二部分

vocabulary 10000 第二部分

When the king abdicated 1 his throne, his brother succeeded him.

Ability to think clearly will accrue 3 to you from good habits of study.

The salesman has been badgering my father for two weeks to buy a new car.

They succeeded in baffling the enemy’s attack plans.

He conjectured 4 that his new stocks would rise on eh stock market.

The poor woman’s mind has been deranged 5 for many years.

The natives thought the explorer was possessed 6 by a fiend.

The mother was pining to see her son and daughter.

The gas almost smothered 7 the coal miners but they got out in time.

The long climb up the mountain made her heart throb 8 rapidly.

Many people usually drink hot broth 2 when they are sick.

Some tiny plants grow in the crevice 9 of the stone wall.

The duke’s son demeaned himself by doing manual babor with his servants.

We fostered the young girl while her mother was in hospital.

Our country has prospered 10 by various incentive 11 systems.

A guide led us through the maze 12 of tunnels in the cave.

She pored over the picture book in silence enjoying the various colors.

Like human skin,soil has holes that are called pore.

Pick up the rubbish and throw it in the garbage an

We don’t need to speculate about the possible winner in the game.

Sweet music caught and held him transfixed aainst the iron fence .

A bird that cannot fly is an anomaly.

If you look at the end of your nose,your eyes converge 13.

We have a duplicate key to the front door.

There were few peaceful epoches 14 in the history of our country .

Hunger and suffering from cold had made the lost hikers gaunt.

The incessant 15 barking of the dog kept him awake through the night.

Though the teacher asked a simple question about her parents,the little girl stood mute with embarrassment 16.

He was a passionte partisan 17 of these people and had organized a Worker’s Union.

The parents of the sick boy scanned the doctor’s face for a sign of hope.

She scanned the newspaper in a few minutes.

He stabbed a piece of meat from the plate with his fork.

I tried to cook a nice dinner,but I’m afraid I’ve rather botched it .

Her new shoes chafed 18 the skin on both her feet.

After a brisk moring widn dissipater the clouds,the sky was clear all day .

The foolish son dissipated his fater’s forturn by spending it on drinking and gambling 19 .

The inscriptions 20 on the ancient monuments have been effaced 21 by time.

There was a glint in her eyes that showed she was angry.

Overtime 23 work is often onerous,though it is well paid.

The girl did not move though the policeman iterated his command hat she go.

Most boys have a propensity 24 of playing with machinery 25.

Mother singed 26 chicken to get rid of hairs.

The little boy put on his father’s medals and strutted 27 around the room.

There are many kinds of diseases that medical science is yet ot unravel 28.

He bellowed 29 in pain when the hammer came down on his finger.

The horseback rider drew his cloak tightly around him in the rain.

His friendly behavior was a cloak for his evil intention.

The ministry 30 was a vvery devout 31 man and devoted 32 his whold life to Christian 33 mission work.

A man appeared at the castle gate in the guise 34 of the woodcutter.

The power of a grain of wheat to grow into a plant remains 35 latent if it is not planted.

He pawned 36 his watch to byuy food until he could get a job.

When the cannon 37 was fired the earth quaked under his feet.

Famine has often been the sequel of war.

After the ship sank, salvage 38 of its argo was impossible.

The battle was won with so great a loss of soldiers that it was a virtual defeat.

He does things that are marvellous or apparently 39 impossible,he is a wizard.

He admonished his friend not to be late for his work.

He seems to be doing nothing, but really he’s just biding 41 his time.

A man who cheats on his income tax and on his expense account tends to condone 42 these practices in his friends.

I designate you to act for me while I am away.

Most animals let their young fend 43 for themselves at an early age.

Only hardy 44 plants will survive the severe cold in the Arctic area.

Baseball players do exercises at the beginning of the season in order to limber[fish1]  themselves up.

You must pay in humility 45 / condescension 46 / modesty 47 of spirit for every benefit received at the hands of philanthropy /charity.

Can you recollect 48 the name of the author of [Ivanhoe]?

He was smitten/affected with the view that he stopped and took out his camera.

According to the testimony 49 of the medical profession, the health of the nation is improving.

He liked the bitter taste of the ale; beer is his favorite drink.

Blend[fish2]  the butter and the sugar before adding other ingredient / factor / elements of the cake.

Especially large, sharp canine 50 characterizes the carnivorous animals.

The common English sparrow is a denizen 51 of America; it was first brought from Europe to America about 1850.

She was in a frenzy 52 of grief when she heard that her child was missing.

The player’s injury[fish3]  incapacitated him for participating in the football match.

The hunters came from the East to massacre 53 the buffaloes 54 of the plains, killing 55 several million in a short time.

When I asked his advice he ponder / meditated 56 the matter and then told me not to go.

To the riddle 57 “What walks on four legs in the mooring 58, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?” the answer is ”man.”

The father spanked 59 the naughty child for his bad manners.

He tried to appease 60 the crying child by giving him candy.

The war was a terrible catastrophe 61 in which many people died and many buildings were destroy[fish4] ed.

He felt completely daunted by the difficulties that faced him.

The crowd gaped/ stared/ gawked at the daring tricks performed by the tightrope 63 walker.

He will be in the hospital for the duration of the school year.

We implored him to act before it was too late.

She muffled 65 her throat in a warm scarf not to catch a cold.

On April Fool’s day people often play pranks on each other.

Soapy took the umbrella and saunter[fish5] ed off with it slowly.

There was a trickle 67 of blood from the wound on his face.

She was astounded 68 / amazed by the news that she had won the speech contest.

The people living in that valley are all members of one clan 69.

Newspaper accounts of political and international affairs are often distorted.

While travelling, they entrusted their children to the care of a baby sitter.

Sometimes the gets hungry and eats like a glutton 71.

Unless a check is signed it is invalid 72.

He became invalid as the result of ill health and lack of exercise.

His words were polite but there was an overtone / implication of anger in his voice.

They probe[fish6] d his past career to judge his qualifications.

There are many sacred / holy shrines in the Near East.

The statute 74 increased the taxes we must pay.

The wounded soldier writhed uncomfortably in pain.

Watching the first man land on the moon, we beheld 76 a sight never seen before by man.

They should change this bad habit and condescend/deign to be pleased what is pleasing.

More than 5,000 years ago the Chinese were controlling the Yellow River floods with dike 77s.

The farmers dug a deep dike to carry water to the rice field.

He flipped a coin on the counter to decide whether to go to the theater or not.

My uncle who had traveled to many countries in the world told a grisly story about people who ate human flesh.

The knave/ rogues who set fire to the barn have been caught and sent to prison.

The general held a parley 80 with the enemy’s leader about exchanging prisoners.

There is not a shred/fragment of evidence that missing money was stolen.

The judge surmised/guessed his guilt 81; there was no proof that he killed the man.

The future is so uncertain that we cannot know all the vicissitudes/varieties of our fortunes.

The fire warden 82 [fish7] told us not to light matches near the gas station.

Most people abhor 83 the criminal of kidnapping the children.

If you boost me up, I can reach the window easily.

His friend’s willingness to help him was a big boost to the morale 84.

The jail is used for detention 85 of persons who have been arrested.

He gave such explicit 86 directions that everyone understood them.

Wise teachers avoid invidious rules against the students.

You malign 87 a generous person when you call him a stingy person.

In places where the water is not potable, they set up purifying systems.

I never went to school, and I’ve rued 88 it bitterly all my life.

People in the far north subsist 89 chiefly on fish and meat.

She was such an unruly child that nobody could get along with her.

The boy had an agile 90 mind, and could come up with excuses as quickly as his mother asked for them.

His lack of money was the result of caprice in spending on unnecessary things.

She is disconsolate 91 about the death of her father.

It is a popular fallacy to suppose that riches always bring happiness.

She gave ingenuous 92 answers to the strangers’ entire question.

I saw a mirage 93 that made highway ahead seem tube flooded with water.

The heavy thunderstorm precluded 94 our going to the beach.

Sheer white curtains hung at the little window to let in as much light as possible.

From the top of the wall there was a sheer drop of 100 feet to the water below.

His letter was succinct 95, with all the major points on one page.

There is not much arable 96 land on the side of a rocky mountain.

The winner’s complacent 97 smile annoyed the loser in the football game.

The wolves dismembered the deer’s dead body with their sharp teeth.

After the war, the defeated country was dismembered and could no longer be called a nation.

She danced with glee when she saw the new toys, which her father bought for her birthday present.

He gave us implicit 98 consent to take the apples, for he smiled when he saw us do it.

Someone is spreading mischievous 99 stories about minister’s private life.

In the sentence “She lives alone by herself” the word “alone” is redundant 100.

The solicitude 101 shown to him by his neighbors after the robbery impressed him very deeply.

The bank keeps a large surplus of money in reserve.

The doctor gave him some medicine to abate 102 the pain.

His ambition was consummated 103 when he won the prize.

Our savings 104 have dwindled 105 since my wife was sent to hospital.

It is haphazard 106 timetable, sometimes lessons are held and sometimes they aren’t.

It is obvious that a blind man ought not to drive an automobile 107.

I know only his overt 22 reasons for refusing; he may have others.

We tried to be friendly, but his rebuff made us think the wanted to be left alone.

He was sad, and his thought about future was very somber 108.

The boy’s lack of money thwarted 109 his plans for college.

I have a vehement 110 hatred 111 of people who are cruel to animals

The benign 112 old lady sent us a kind and warm smile.

The sergeant 113 was degraded to private for the reason of disobeying order.

My other writings are very ephemeral, but this book will be remembered forever.

People who have never gone to school are usually illiterate 114.

The old man tottered 115 across the room and sat down on the sofa.

Not every rich man is lavish 116 in spending money.

It is a mistake to lavish kindness ungrateful people.

He is the one who is peddling 117 the drugs unlawfully.

She reproved the maid in an angry voice for breaking the dish.

Many kinds of fabrics 118, furs and drugs are synthetic 119 products.

His unbounded courage and compassion 120 made him an excellent leader of the nation.

He was wretched when he failed the entrance examination again.

 [fish1]Shapping; limber up;relax; elastic;pliable;spread

 [fish2]搅和, 融合, 混合

 [fish3]伤势

 [fish4]destroy

毁灭

destiny

命运

 [fish5]poke around = stroll = saunter

 [fish6]probe探求; investigate调查;magnetic needle

 [fish7]消防官