vocabulary 2

1. collaborate (verb): to act as a team (We have collaborated closely with the university on this project.)
2. despondent (adj): hopeless, depressed (Patients often feel despondent)
3. instigate (verb): to cause, make (He instigated the ending of a free working lunch in the company.)
4. resilient (adj): quick to recover (Rubber is more resilient than wood.)
5. retrospect (noun): look back (In retrospect, I think that I was wrong.)
6. rudimentary (adj) basic (He received a rudimentary education)
7. scoff (verb): to laugh at (Tony scoffed at reports that a hurricane was coming until he saw the winds knocking down trees and overturning cars.)
8. squelch 镇压 (verb): to hold back (We squelched through the mud.)
9. venerate (verb): to honor, respect (Most Italians venerate the name of Dante.)
10. zealot (noun): an extremist (Annie, a zealot about health, runs a hundred miles a week and lever lets a grain of sugar touch her lips.)