高中生应该会的单词2

 Abrupt - sudden and unexpected  Abundant - very plentiful; more than enough  Accompany - to go along with; be together  Accustomed - in the habit of; used to  Adequate - good enough (to meet the need); okay  Advise - to suggest to; recommend  Aggravate - to make worse  Agonizing - causing great physical or mental pain  Analyze - to examine carefully; study closely  Anticipate - to think likely to happen; to expect; to foresee  Appeal - to make an important request (to someone for something)  Artificial - made to imitate something natural; made by humans  Assume - to suppose to be true; take for granted; believe  Astonish - to surprise greatly; amaze  Attitude - a point of view; state of mind; way of thinking or feeling  Awkward - not graceful; clumsy  Betray - to be disloyal to; turn against  Brutal - cruel; heartless; mean  Category - a group of people or things having something in common; type  Cease - to stop; discontinue; quit  Challenge - a test of one's abilities; anything that calls for special effort  Classify - to arrange or organize into groups or types; place in a category  Coincide - to happen at the same time  Comparison - the act of checking or judging how two or more things are alike or different  Complex - hard to understand; not simple  Complicate - to make difficult by adding or involving many parts or details; make complex  Conscience - a sense of what is right or wrong in one's behavior; moral sense  Conscious - aware (of something); noticing (that something is or was happening or existing)  Consent - to agree to something  Considerable - rather great; rather large  Contrast - an obvious difference  Counsel - to give advice or guidance to; advise  Critical - disapproving; tending to find fault  Current - modern; existing now; up-to-date  Customary - normal; usual; commonly done  Deliberate - done on purpose; carefully planned  Demonstrate - to explain or teach by showing  Dependent - replying on others for aid or support  Deprive - to take away from; keep from having or enjoying  Desperate - in great need of; having a great need or desire  Detect - to notice; discover that something exists or is present  Determine - to find out exactly; figure out  Discipline - to punish; cause to suffer for doing something wrong  Dispose - to get rid of; to throw or give away  Dispute - an argument; a quarrel  Distinct - clear; obvious; easy to see or notice  Eager - looking forward to with great interest or desire  Eliminate - to get rid of; do away with  Emphasis - special attention; importance given to something  Endure - to put up with; bear patiently; to live with unwillingly  Energetic - lively, spirited, full of energy  Establish - to start; to bring into being; to set up  Evident - easy to see; obvious; clear  Exaggerate - to say that something is larger or greater than it really is; overstate  Excessive - too much; more than is reasonable  Exclaim - to speak or cry out suddenly, as from strong feelings or surprise  External - outer; located outside  Fertile - producing or able to produce much fruit, large crops, or many children  Foresight - care in planning, preparing for the future  Fragile - easily broken or damaged  Frequency - the rate at which something occurs; how often something happens  Frustration - a feeling of anger and helplessness that comes from bad luck, defeat, or failure; disappointment  Furthermore - also; in addition; besides  Hesitate - to be undecided; put off acting because of feeling unsure  Horizontal - running from side to side; lying flat; extending from side to side (as opposed to going up and down)  Humane - kind; sympathetic; merciful; gentle  Improper - wrong; not in good taste; not right for the situation; not suitable  Incredible - unbelievable; amazing; extraordinary; hard to believe  Indicate - to show; serve as a sign or signal  Inhabit - to live in  Intentional - done on purpose; planned  Interference - the act of getting in the way of something; meddling in someone else's business; something that gets in the way  Internal - inner; located inside  Interpret - to explain the meaning of; make sense of  Interval - a period of time between two events  Linger - to delay leaving; remain, especially as if unwilling to leave  Maintain - to keep up; carry on; keep in existence  Maximum - most; highest; largest possible  Minimum - smallest in size or amount that is allowed or possible; least  Miserable - very unhappy or uncomfortable  Misinterpret - to understand wrongly/incorrectly  Neutral - not taking sides in a quarrel  Objection - a dislike of; feeling of being against something; disapproval  Obnoxious - very unpleasant; distasteful; disgusting  Occur - to happen; take place  Originate - to come into being; start  Particular - specific; separate and distinct; single  Peculiar - odd; strange  Penalize - to punish; cause to suffer for doing something wrong  Potential - a natural ability that may or may not develop, possibility  Preference - a choice; first choice; something preferred  Preserve - to protect; keep in good condition  Principal - most important; main; leading  Propose - to suggest (an idea); to put forward for thinking over or accepting  Prosper - to succeed at especially financially  Protest - to complain; express dissatisfaction  Pursue - to work toward; to try to get or succeed in  Recollect - to remember; bring an image or idea back to mind  Reduction - a decrease; cutback  Rejection - a saying "no" (to a request or desire); refusal; not being accepted  Reliable - able to be trusted/depended upon; trustworthy  Reluctant - unwilling; wanting not to do something  Remedy - a cure; something that heals; treatment  Represent - to act or speak for  Resort - to turn or go (to) for help; use for aid  Respond - to reply, either by word or by action  Restore - to fix; to bring back to a normal or former condition; repair  Revise - to change in order to improve or to include new information  Solitary - happening or done alone  Spectacle - a surprising or unusual sight; public display or scene  Strive - to try hard  Substance - a physical material; matter of a particular type  Suitable - right for a certain purpose; proper; fitting  Surplus - extra; more than what is used or needed  Temporary - lasting or serving for a limited time only; not permanent; short-term  Tolerance - respect for the differing views particularly the characteristics of others; lack of prejudice  Trait - a quality or feature, as of personality, for which a person is known  Transform - to change in form or appearance  Transparent - allowing light to pass through so that objects on the other side can be seen  Triumph - an outstanding or very satisfactory success; victory; win  Ultimate - greatest; highest possible  Unstable - unsteady; wobbly; not reliable  Utilize - to make use of; put to use, especially to good use  Vague - not clear; not exact; not definite; general  Vanish - to disappear from sight  Variety - a number of different kinds; assortment; mixture  Verdict - a decision or judgment  Version - retelling; one form of a basic story, song or program  Wholesome - healthy; tending to improve the character, mind or body  Withdraw - to take back (something or a statement); remove