刘毅词汇 10000 第三部分

vocabulary 10000 第三部分

She continued to work in a blithe 1 spirit in spite of all difficulties.

She was feeling dejected and unhappy until the good news cheered her up.

He is an erratic 2 fellow whose actions are usually completely unpredictable.

When he was a child, his life contained noble ambitions and immaculate thought.

The little girl loathed 3 leaving her mother for studying abroad.

The woman in this painting has a pensive 4 smile.

I was restarted from keeping an appointment by a business conference that lasted most of the day.

She was proud of her stalwart good-looking grandson.

During his illness he shunned 6 all society, and in particular those who had been his dearest.

They quarreled with such a loud noise that their voices were audible to the neighbor.

The new boy had an auspicious 7 first day in the elementary school.

She was filled with elation 8 at the new that she won the first prize in her class.

The haughty 9 man thinks highly of himself while holding others in contempt.

The officer’s violation 10 of a regulation is more of jeopardy 11 than the enlisted 12 man’s offense 13.

It is mandatory 14 to pay a debt within a certain period of time.

The teacher rebuked 15 the student for throwing the examination paper on the floor.

Not many people came to see the game; the sparse 16 crowd was scattered 17 thinly through the stadium

A miser 18 gives undue 19 importance to making and saving money.

The doctor’s friendly manner helped the patient allay 20 his fear.

Gluttony and drunkenness have been called carnal vices 21.

A family name becomes defunct 22 when the only heir dies without any son.

Of the many plans submitted the committee selected the plan that seemed most feasible.

The boy showed ingenuity 23 in making toys out of scraps 24 of discarded wood.

My joke caused a great deal of mirth among the little children.

Soldiers on the battlefield lead a precarious 25 life.

Some people believe that fate has preordained whether they will be happy or unhappy.

At the council broad he was taciturn and never opened his lips.

His eldest 26 brother died after the venomous bite from the rattlesnake.

The doctor said there was nothing amiss with her.

This anthology comprises samples from the work of ten authors.

Families that quarrel in the privacy of the home do well do dissemble when they to out to dinner.

A glib 27 door to door salesman sold her a set of books that she did not want.

Before World War II, the French thought their Magnet Line as an invincible 28 bulwark 29 against German invasion.

The lazy little boy gave his face perfunctory washing.

The Disneyland tour was replete 30 with unexpected thrills and suspense 31.

We respectfully solicit 32 your continuous friendship and patronage 33.

The nation will soon be liberated 34 from the foulest 35 thralldom.

Give the flowers some water regularly, or they will wilt 36.

That abominable 37 place was so dirty and evil smelling that he turned away in disgust.

Brainy students could understand easily what the teacher explained to them.

As the mooring 38 progressed, the weather deteriorated 39 more and more.

In German he was an exquisite 40 stylist, and he brought to that language a new sensitivity in the art of story telling.

Cancer is no longer an incurable 41 disease nowadays, it can be remedied by using radioactivity.

Manual workers often earn more than office workers do.

This workbook has a teacher’s manual in which examination problems and their answers are included.

He is a potential leader to control this large state.

They are such ruthless parents that they never give presents to the children on Christmas Day.

Her explanations for failure to do the work were voluble but not easily believed.

Theatre lobbies were filled with a vociferous 42 crowd during the intermission.

The weather in early December was bleak 43 and unpleasant.

The electric inspector 44 was castigated 45 for having failed to check the wire as he was supposed to.

We should overcome the worst that the tyrant’s enmity can do.

In any case, parents should be impartial 46 to their every child.

The teacher asked me to give a lucid 47 explanation of my being late for class.

The old man is confused most of the time but he does have lucid moments.

A square has four 90-degree angles made by its four perpendicular 48.

In retrospect 49, many good opportunities were neglected in my lire.

The politician showed a good sagacity avoiding the mistakes he’d made in the previous campaign.

Urbane 50 speech is educated speech, as distinguished 51 from the speech of the ignorant.

After Redding about the lives of several great Americans, John became an ardent 52 student of American history.

I can’t bear his derogatory remarks about my brother’s character.

I won’t tell you what time to leave; you’re old enough to use your own discretion 53.

The house of the meetings will be fixed 54 at the chairman’s discretion.

The party got quite hilarious 55 after they brought more wine.

It is a paramount 56 responsibility of every officer to take care of his men before caring for himself.

Houses and trees seem to recede 57 as we ride past in a train.

The whole city was rife 58 with rumors 59 of political corruption 60 and bribery 61.

Both sides burst into spontaneous cheers at the magician’s skillful tricks.

The air ten miles above the earth is very tenuous 62.

A baseball player usually reaches the acme 63 of his skill before he is thirty.

He spared no one’s feelings and expressed his views with great candor 64.

The father finally dissuaded 65 his son from leaving school.

Her advice was quite gratuitous 66, I can think for myself.

The house of representatives has the sole power to impeach 67 an officer of the United States Government.

Her ostensible 68 purpose was to borrow some sugar, but she really wanted to see her neighbor’s new furniture.

The poor painter sold his paintings for a paltry 69 sum of money.

The poor family lived in a sordid 70 log cabin in the valley.

She makes it a rule to keep her room neat and tidy after coming back from school.

One tall boy stood aloof 71 from all the small children.

Regular meals and exercise are of cardinal 72 importance to our health.

There are many drab houses in the Smokey mining town.

The life of a person who never does anything is dull and drab.

The two families had been at feud 73 with each other for three generations.

His insolent 74 speech and behavior upset everyone in the room.

The judge said that nothing could mitigate 75 the cruelty with which the man had treated the child.

A summary of the events leading up to this situation would be pertinent 76 information.

His predecessor 77 quit because he was not in the least interested in this kind of job.

Let me apologize for my being tardy 78 in answering your letter.

You’d think she would never climb again, after falling down the mountain, but it just whetted 79 her appetite.

The man accused of stealing the money was acquitted 80 for lack of witnesses.

Be careful not to break the box of glass, that thin glass is hard but brittle 81.

The ugly frame detracts from the beauty of the famous picture.

To extirpate 82 weeds is not only to destroy their visible parts but also to pull them out by the roots.

The indulent mother bought her children everything they wanted.

The indulgent teacher praised every poem we wrote.

The mendacious 83 beggar told a different tale of woe 84 at every house.

For my own sake, I’ve told a plausible 85 lie at the club meeting, but the members did not believe me at all.

We have the sanction of the recreation department to play ball in this park.

Youngsters usually rush into marriage with only the shallow notions of what love and responsibility mean.

We parked the car on the grass verge 86 at the side of the highway.

No one in the adjacent apartments was awakened 87 by their quarreling sounds.

The spring floods were a great calamity 88 to the farmers whose crops and houses were ruined.

The floods and storms, which have no precedent 89 in the recorded history, devastated 90 the country.

The exultant 91 players were dancing on the ground over their team’s victory.

The wealth of our country seems inexhaustible to many people abroad.

We saw a maudlin 92 movie about an orphan 93 who lost his parents in the war.

The enemies plundered 94 all the valuable things they could find in the village.

A scrupulous 95 man never fails to give back the borrowed money to its owner.

From sundry 96 hints, I guessed I was to be given a bicycle for my birthday present.

The children made zealous 97 efforts to clean up the house for the Christmas party.

We wonder if human beings are primarily altruistic 98 or selfish.

The public clamor for lower taxes continued year after year.

The old manuscripts had been disintegrated 99 into a pile of fragments and dust.

Although Napoleon was Corsican, he is considered by most modern Frenchmen to have been French as their own forebears.

The boy who found it on the street returned the money intact.

We did not molest 100 the big dog because we were afraid of him.

The mourner’s profuse 101 tears at the burial were heartbreaking.

He was slack in fulfilling his promises and responsibilities.

Tart 5 apples taste sharp and are pleasantly acid in their taste.

This plan looks all right in principle, but in practice it wouldn’t be viable 102.

The carpenters made the roof aslant 103 to allow water to run down.

They conceded that victory was no longer attainable 104 and agreed to a negotiated surrender.

She could not allow the stranger to enter her house, for she distrusted him.

The table is very groggy 105. I think the leg is going to fall off.

The intrepid 106 fireman saved persons trapped in a burning building disregarding of his own safety.

We found it hard to like the boy because of his overbearing manners.

Only a rash person would have rushed into the burning house to save some clothes.

Though polio has been practically wiped out, there have been sporadic 107 cases of the disease.

Fumes 108 from automobiles 109 and factory chimneys are toxic 110.

The driver averted 111 an accident by a quick turn of the steering 112 wheel.

Mother deduced from my loss of appetites what had happened to the cookies.

Our ship embarked 113 passengers and wool at an Australian port.

After leaving college, the young man embarked on a new business career.

The boy humiliated 114 his parents by behaving badly in front of the guests.

A gregarious 115 man, be enjoyed the companionship of a large number of jovial 116 friends.

Baseball has been called American’s national pastime through four seasons.

The prince renounced 117 his right to the throne.

My grandmother likes to read a newspaper in a snug 118 corner near the fireplace.

She doesn’t need to borrow a book because she’s got umpteen 119 books waiting to be read at home.

The boy blurred 120 the picture by touching 121 it before the paint was dry.

The slums were demolished 122 before the town was extended.

Education makes people easy to govern but impossible to enslave.

Many a man is impeded 123 in his career by a lack of belief in himself.

The mother lulled 124 the baby to sleep by singing a song.

In the court the plaintiff asserted that the thief had stolen two hundred dollars from his store.

He was strong and healthy but he’s never been robust 125 since his illness.

We had a strenuous 126 day moving into our new house.

Pollution from smoke and dust vitiates the air.

All his attempts to improve were vitiated by his lack of will power.