vocabulary 5

1. charlatan 江湖医生(noun): a con artist (That charlatan！ I lost thousands of dollars because I followed advice)
2. corroborate (verb): to support (Witnesses corroborated the policeman's statement.)
3. disseminate (verb): to spread (The agency would collect and disseminate information)
4. diverge (verb): to separate (This is where our opinions diverge from each other)
5. dormant 休眠的 (adj): not active （Many animals are in a dormant state during winter.)
6. hoist (verb): to raise (The war hosted prices.)
7. illicit (adj) : unlawful (He had an illicit association with Jane.)
8. irrevocable 不可改变的 (adj) : not reversible (His life was set on an irrevocable course.)
9. precipitate 促成 (verb): to bring on （He lost his footing and was precipitated to the ground.)
10. proliferation 增殖 (noun): a rapid increase (The proliferation of dandelions in my yard is too much for me to handle. They're growing faster than I can destroy them.)