vocabulary 27

1. auspicious 有希望的 (adj): favorable (The project had an auspicious beginning.)
2. expedite 加快进展(verb): to hurry up (The builders promised to expedite the repairs.)
3. extenuating 情有可原的 (adj): providing a good excuse (When my father had a heart, I missed a final exam. Due to the extenuating circumstance, the professor agreed to let me take a makeup exam.)
4. fraudulent (adj): dishonest (He got a job of science teacher by fraudulent means.)
5. innuendo 暗讽 (noun): a suggestion (When Neil said, "Emily's home sick, Again." he was using an innuendo. He really meant that she was just taking another day off.
6. rebuke 责难 (verb): to criticize (She had rebuked him for drinking too much.)
7. redeem 赎回 (verb): to make up for past errors (Tuan's parents were angry with him for neglecting忽视 his chores杂务, but he redeemed himself by washing and waxing their car.)
8. subordinate 下级的 (adj): lower than (The federal District Court are lower than the United Stated Court of Appeals, which in turn is subordinate to the Supreme Court.)
9. transgress 犯法 (verb): to commit承认 an offense犯罪 (She had transgressed an unwritten social law.)
10. vehement 激烈的 (adj): strong (She made a vehement attack on the government's policies.)