Wuling High School 115th Semester 1 Freshman Entrance Examination Vocabulary List

Comprehensive vocabulary list and key conceptual terms from reading passages [A] through [E] including psychology, environmental, and historical terms.

achieve (v. vt.)

達成；實現

apologise (v. vi.)

道歉

appeal (v. vi.; n. CN/UN)

吸引；呼籲；上訴

awkward (adj.)

尷尬的；笨拙的

anxious (adj.)

焦慮的；渴望的

alphabet (n. CN)

字母系統

beam (n. CN; v. vi.)

光線；橫樑 / 閃耀；微笑

bind (v. vt.)

綑綁；約束 (bind-bound-bound)

bold (adj.)

大膽的；厚顏無恥的

bacteria (n. CN)

細菌 (複數)

casual (adj.)

隨意的；非正式的

colony (n. CN)

殖民地；群落

conscious (adj.)

有意識的；自覺的

dawn (n. CN/UN; v. vi.)

黎明 / 破曉

democracy (n. UN/CN)

民主

deposit (n. CN; v. vt.)

存款；押金 / 儲存

drain (v. vt./vi.; n. CN)

排出；耗盡 / 排水管

efficient (adj.)

有效率的

expectation (n. CN/UN)

期待；預期

faith (n. UN/CN)

信心；信仰

flesh (n. UN)

肉；肉體

fund (n. CN; v. vt.)

資金；基金 / 資助

glance (v. vi.; n. CN)

掃視；瞥見

guidance (n. UN)

指導；引導

handy (adj.)

手邊的；便利的

hesitate (v. vi.)

猶豫

immediate (adj.)

立即的；直接的

inferior (adj.; n. CN)

較差的；下級的 / 下屬

innocent (adj.; n. CN)

無罪的；天真的 / 無辜者

leisure (n. UN)

空閒；閒暇

majority (n. UN/CN)

大多數

misery (n. UN/CN)

痛苦；不幸

moisture (n. UN)

水分；濕氣

optimistic (adj.)

樂觀的

poverty (n. UN)

貧窮

practical (adj.)

實用的；實際的

radical (adj.)

激進的；根本的

reliable (adj.)

可靠的

remote (adj.)

遙遠的；偏僻的

reserve (v. vt.; n. CN)

預訂；保留 / 保護區

scholar (n. CN)

學者

shrink (v. vi./vt.)

收縮；縮水 (shrink-shrank/shrunk-shrunk)

significant (adj.)

重大的；顯著的

stale (adj.)

(食物)腐壞的；(想法)陳舊的

tablet (n. CN)

藥錠；平板電腦

tricky (adj.)

狡猾的；棘手的

unity (n. UN)

團結；統一

vacant (adj.)

空缺的

vivid (adj.)

生動的；鮮豔的

wealthy (adj.)

富有的

weave (v. vt./vi.)

編織；穿梭 (weave-wove-woven)

wisdom (n. UN)

智慧

squishies

Small, squeezable items made from polyurethane foam that one organisation found could be harmful to children's health due to dangerous chemicals.

escalation of commitment

A psychological explanation for sports fandom where people who put a lot of effort into something are likely to continue doing it.

eco-tourism

Sustainable environmental tourism developed to help maintain forests and attract visitors without damaging the nature the economy depends on.

emotional blackmail

The manipulation of people's emotions to influence their behaviour using strategies such as fear, obligation, and guilt (FOG).

FOG

The three strategies used by emotional blackmailers: Fear, Obligation, and Guilt.

Seqalu

A term apparently meaning 'sedan chair riders' in the Paiwan language, used to refer to communities in the Hengchun area.

Rover Incident

A historical event in which shipwrecked American sailors were killed by Seqalu warriors, leading to a focus on the consequences in the show Seqalu: Formosa 1867.