vocabulary 8

1. attrition 消耗 (noun): a natural loss of individuals (They're trying to stop the attrition of their rights.)
2. circumvent (verb): to avoid (They opened an office abroad in order to circumvent the tax laws.)
3. cohesive 有结合力的 (adj): connected (A family needs to be cohesive - to stay together even when stresses and strains threaten to tear it apart.)
4. grievous 痛苦的 (adj): terrible (Her death was a grievous shock)
5. inundate 淹没 (verb): to flood (We were inundate with applications for the job.)
6. oblivious 未察觉 (adj): not noticing (She was oblivious to our warnings. )
7. reticent 沉默的 (adj) : quiet (She was extremely reticent about her personal affairs.)
8. robust 强健的 (adj): strong and well (The chair is not very robust, don't sit on it.)
9. sanction 认可 (verb) : to grant approval of (The custom will never receive the sanction of tradition.)
10. vociferous (adj): loud (The principal became angry and vociferous, shouting at students who tried to sneak偷偷地做 out of the fire drill训练.)