大学英语精读单词

Acknowledge：recognize; to admit.

Aesthetic: concerning beauty ,especially beauty in art.

Balding: becoming bald.

Behave: to doing things in a particular way.

Behavior: the way someone behaves.

Blast: an unexpected quick strong movement of wind or air .

Budget: 预算。

Capacity: ability to do sth.

Casualty: somebody who is hurt or killed in an accident.

Challenge: to defy.藐视，在……面前毫无畏惧，以挑战的姿态面对……

Chaotic: in a state of completely disorder and confusion.

Clash: a loud sound made by two mental objects being hit together.

Classic：important and special.

Collision: an accident in which two or more people or vehicles hit each other while moving in different direction；

Commitment: a responsibility ;a determination to do what one considers to be his duty. Conclusion: the end ;the closing part.

Congressional: related to a congress, the elected law-making body of certain countries.

Dip: to put into liquid for a moment and then take out..

Distinction: difference.

Doze: sleep lightly.

Emotional: making people have strong feeling.

Employee: a person who is employed,

Essential: being central or most important.

Freeze: to cause water to harden into ice as a result of great cold.

Gasp: to breathe quickly with difficulty ,making a sudden noise.

Grope: to try to find something that you cannot see by feeling with your hands.

Harsh

Immovable: impossible to move ,change ,persuade.

Impact: the force of one object striking or hitting another.

Injured: having an injury; having been physically damaged or hurt.

Likewise: in the same way.

Possibility：something that is possible.

Proof: something that proves that something is true.

Remark: a spoken or written opinion.

Slap: a quick blow with the flat part of the band ,used figuratively here.

Standoff: a situation in which neither side in a fight can gain an advantage.

Stunning: shocking, very impressive.

Survivor: a person who has continued to live, especially in spite of having been nearly destroyed or killed.

Thus: in this way , so, there.

Totally: completely.

Tragedy: a terrible, unfortunate event.

Unique: being the only one of its type.

Lesson 7

Alter：to become different.

Appeal: to make a serious and urgent to somebody for something.

Artificial: made by people ,not made of natural materials.

Aspiration: a strong desire to do something.

Blade: a long flat leaf of grass.

Bride: money or something valuable given to somebody persuade him to do something dishonest. Brood: to think for a long time about something you are upset or angry about.

Deadly: likely to cause death.

Dominate: to have power or influence over somebody or something.

Facility: a special part of a piece of equipment or a system which makes if possible to do something.

Folly: foolishness..

Glory: great fame, praise and honor that people give somebody or something they admire very much.

Grip: to seize one’s attention , to affect somebody very strongly , to hold something tightly . Idle: not working.

Inspiration: a sudden good idea about what you should do .灵感

Intelligence: ability to learn and understand.

Mastery：complete control or power over.

Rival: a person with whom one competes.

Soothingly: in a way to make somebody feel less upset or angry.

Splendor: very impressive magnificence.

Spread: to make something cover a large area.

Spur：to urge somebody to try harder.

Threat: a statement that you will cause somebody pain , unhappiness, or trouble.

Threaten: to make a statement that you will cause somebody pain , unhappiness, or trouble if he does not do what you want.

Tropics: the hottest part of the earth.

Lesson9

Advocate：to support an idea or a plan.

Antique: being old and therefore valuable.

Bicentennial: the day or year exactly 200 years after a particular event.

Briefing: information or instruction you get before you have to do something.

Cabinet: a piece of furniture with doors , shelves or drawers for storing things.

Civil：Of human society.

Compress: to force into less space.

Condense: to put into a smaller or shorten form.

Confederate：belonging to a political union of states.

Convenience：the condition of being suitable to one's needs and easy to reach.

Defer: to delay until a later date.

Die: a limited range and amount of food you eat when you want to get thiner.

Digest: a short piece of writing that gives the most important facts from a book ,report . Featureless: uninteresting, without noticeable features.