Saturday, April 19, 2014

vocabulary 4


  1. berate 严责(verb): to scold angrily (She berated him in good round terms.)
  2. estrange 使疏远(verb): to drive away (Some of my friends estranged themselves from me in my misfortune.)
  3. euphoric (adj): very happy (a euphoric sense of freedom)
  4. impetuous冲动的 (adj): impulsive (a man of impetuous passion)
  5. infallible (adj): perfect (A sign over my sister's desk reads,"I'm infallible. I never make mistakes."
  6. maudlin 感情脆弱的 (adj): overly emotional (displayed an almost maudlin concern for the welfare of animals)
  7. regress 退步 (verb): to go backward (When his baby sister was born, seven-year-old Jeremy regressed for a while and began sucking his thumb again.)
  8. relinquish (verb): to give up (He was forced to relinquish control of the company)
  9. ubiquitous (adj): found everywhere (his ubiquitous influence was felt by all the family)
  10. zenith (noun): the highest point (The sun reaches its zenith at midday)

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