Exhaustive Academic Vocabulary Guide: Word Lists 1-50

Word List 1: abase - accretion

abase (V.) /附䅈䈔附䅈怑耱/ lower; humiliate. Defeated, Queen Zenobia was forced to abase herself before the conquering Romans, who made her march in chains before the emperor in the procession celebrating his triumph. (abasement, N.)
abash (V.) /䅈附䄱/ embarrass. He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.
abate (V.) /儸儃䅈儸/ subside; decrease, lessen. Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate. (abatement, N.)
abbreviate (V.) /儸眗䅈焢儗/ shorten. Because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to abbreviate her speech.
abdicate (V.) /愱愒/ renounce; give up. When Edward VIII abdicated the British throne to marry the woman he loved, he surprised the entire world.
abduction (N.) /爗朑/ kidnapping. The movie Ransom describes the attempts to rescue a multimillionaire's son after the child's abduction by kidnappers. (abduct, V.)
aberrant (N.) /䄗愑儱瘗/ abnormal or deviant. Given the aberrant nature of the data, we doubted the validity of the entire experiment. (also N.)
abet (V.) /焑儲䅈愑划/ aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage. She was unwilling to abet him in the swindle he had planned.
abeyance (N.) /愱耑朑儳/ suspended action. The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.
abhor (V.) /椘怕/ detest; hate. She abhorred all forms of bigotry. (abhorrence, N.)
abject (ADJ.) /焷嘒愱倒䅈們儱/ wretched; lacking pride. On the streets of New York the homeless live in abject poverty, huddling in doorways to find shelter from the wind.
abjure (V.) /刔耑愒愱/ renounce upon oath. He abjured his allegiance to the king. (abjuration, N.)
ablution (N.) /焲/ washing. His daily ablutions were accompanied by loud noises that he humorously labeled "Opera in the Bath."
abnegation (N.) /我倒䅈脒愑爒爗/ repudiation; self-sacrifice. No act of abnegation was more pronounced than his refusal of any rewards for his discovery.
abolish (V.) /愱附/ cancel; put an end to. The president of the college refused to abolish the physical education requirement. (abolition, N.)
abominable (ADJ.) /儗怕瘗䅈霗儸焲焗/ detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad. Mary liked John until she learned he was dating Susan; then she called him an abominable young man, with abominable taste in women.
aboriginal (ADJ., N.) /北䄱瘗䅈圗耗瘗/ being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native. Her studies of the primitive art forms of the aboriginal Indians were widely reported in the scientific journals. (aborigines, N.)
abortive (ADJ.) /䄗愑刓瘗䅈儱耕/ unsuccessful; fruitless. Attacked by armed troops, the Chinese students had to abandon their abortive attempt to democratize Beijing peacefully. (abort, V.)
abrade (V.) /霗愱䅈䄱脑/ wear away by friction; scrape; erode. The sharp rocks abraded the skin on her legs, so she put iodine on her abrasions.
abrasive (ADJ.) /霗搗瘗䅈焲焷瘗䅈焗霗划/ rubbing away; tending to grind down. Just as abrasive cleaning powders can wear away a shiny finish, abrasive remarks can wear away a listener's patience. (abrade, V.)
abridge (V.) /划舑䅈舑鄗/ condense or shorten. Because the publishers felt the public wanted a shorter version of War and Peace, they proceeded to abridge the novel.
abrogate (ADJ.) /愱附/ abolish. He intended to abrogate the decree issued by his predecessor.
abscond (V.) /阑北䅈鄗逑䅈鄗倒/ depart secretly and hide. The teller who absconded with the bonds went uncaptured until someone recognized him from his photograph on "America's Most Wanted."
absolute (ADJ.) /儗儱瘗䅈耑儗瘗/ complete; totally unlimited; certain. Although the King of Siam was an absolute monarch, he did not want to behead his unfaithful wife without absolute evidence of her infidelity.
absolve (V.) /耓愒/ pardon (an offense). The father confessor absolved him of his sins. (absolution, N.)
absorb (V.) /吸收䅈合儵/ assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; wholly engage. During the nineteenth century, America absorbed hordes of immigrants, turning them into productive citizens. Can Huggies diapers absorb more liquid than Pampers can? This question does not absorb me; instead, it bores me. (absorption, N.)
abstain (V.) /愱划䅈阑划䀈脒刑䀉/ refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice. After considering the effect of alcohol on his athletic performance, he decided to abstain from drinking while he trained for the race. (abstinence, N.)
abstemious (ADJ.) /舑划䀈餑頗䀉䅈耑舑/ sparing in eating and drinking; temperate. Concerned whether her vegetarian son's abstemious diet provided him with sufficient protein, the worried mother pressed food on him.
abstinence (N.) /舑划䀈餑頗䀉/ restraint from eating or drinking. The doctor recommended total abstinence from salted foods. (abstain, V.)
abstract (ADJ.) /我耗瘗/ theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational. To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he had never missed a meal.
abstruse (ADJ.) /阑䅈琑褓䅈儗搗瘗/ obscure; profound; difficult to understand. She carries around abstruse works of philosophy, not because she understands them but because she wants her friends to think she does.
abundant (ADJ.) /焗儸䅈焗儱/ plentiful; possessing riches or resources. At his immigration interview, Ivan listed his abundant reasons for coming to America: the hope of religious freedom, the prospect of employment, the promise of a more abundant life.
abusive (ADJ.) /鄲䄱瘗䄗耗䅈列脑耗朑儗瘗/ coarsely insulting; physically harmful. An abusive parent damages a child both mentally and physically.
abut (V.) /搗逑/ border upon; adjoin. Where our estates abut, we must build a fence.
abysmal (ADJ.) /攑儱瘗/ bottomless. His arrogance is exceeded only by his abysmal ignorance.
abyss (N.) /深渊䅈深坑䅈攑儱洞/ enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit. Darth Vader seized the evil emperor and hurled him down into the abyss.
academic (ADJ.) /儗朑瘗/ related to a school; not practical or directly useful. The dean's talk about reforming the college admissions system was only an academic discussion: we knew little, if anything, would change.
accede (V.) /同意/ agree. If I accede to this demand for blackmail, I am afraid that I will be the victim of future demands.
accelerate (V.) /加速/ move faster. In our science class, we learn how falling bodies accelerate.
accentuate (V.) /强调䅈重音/ emphasize; stress. If you accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative, you may wind up with an overoptimistic view of the world.
accessible (ADJ.) /列儸刓瘗/ easy to approach; obtainable. We asked our guide whether the ruins were accessible on foot.
accessory (N.) /附䅈爗/ additional object; useful but not essential thing. She bought an attractive handbag as an accessory for her dress. (also ADJ.)
acclaim (V.) /赞扬䅈表扬/ applaud; announce with great approval. The NBC sportscasters acclaimed every American victory in the Olympics and decried every American defeat. (also N.)
acclimate (V.) /适应/ adjust to climate. One of the difficulties of our present air age is the need of travelers to acclimate themselves to their new and often strange environments.
acclivity (N.) /䄱儱瘗鄡坡/ sharp upslope of a hill. The car would not go up the acclivity in high gear.
accolade (N.) /儱名瘗儗儸/ award of merit. In Hollywood, an "Oscar" is the highest accolade.
accommodate (V.) /我儱䅈餑儿䅈适应/ oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt. Mitch always did everything possible to accommodate his elderly relatives, from driving them to medical appointments to helping them with paperwork. (secondary meaning)
accomplice (N.) /儱爗䅈同伙/ partner in crime. Because he had provided the criminal with the lethal weapon, he was arrested as an accomplice in the murder.
accord (N.) /䄀脒/ agreement. She was in complete accord with the verdict.
accost (V.) /搗脑䅈邂逅/ approach and speak first to a person. When the two young men accosted me, I was frightened because I thought they were going to attack me.
accoutre (V.) /蠅儗/ equip. The fisherman was accoutered with the best that the sporting goods store could supply. (accoutrements, N.)
accretion (N.) /儗锗/ growth; increase. The accretion of wealth marked the family's rise in power.

Word List 2: accrue - amend

accrue (V.) /附儗瘗/ come about by addition. You must pay the interest that has accrued on your debt as well as the principal sum. (accrual, N.)
acerbity (N.) /儱鄲瘗䀈语气䅈脾气䀉/ bitterness of speech and temper. The meeting of the United Nations General Assembly was marked with such acerbity that informed sources held out little hope of reaching any useful settlement of the problem. (acerbic, ADJ.)
acetic (ADJ.) /鄸瘗/ vinegary. The salad had an exceedingly acetic flavor.
acidulous (ADJ.) /鄸瘗；儱鄲䅈列蔑/ slightly sour; sharp, caustic. James was unpopular because of his sarcastic and acidulous remarks.
acknowledge (V.) /认可䅈我认/ recognize; admit. Although I acknowledge that the Beatles' tunes sound pretty dated today, I still prefer them to the "gangsta rap" songs my brothers play.
acme (N.) /顶点/ top; pinnacle. His success in this role marked the acme of his career as an actor.
acoustics (N.) /声儗瘗/ science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in. Carnegie Hall is liked by music lovers because of its fine acoustics.
acquiesce (V.) /默许/ assent; agree without protesting. Although she appeared to acquiesce to her employer's suggestions, I could tell she had reservations about the changes he wanted made. (acquiescence, N.; acquiescent, ADJ.)
acquire (V.) /获取/ obtain; get. Frederick Douglass was determined to acquire an education despite his master's efforts to prevent his doing so.
acquittal (N.) /攑焷儱鄗/ deliverance from a charge. His acquittal by the jury surprised those who had thought him guilty. (acquit, V.)
acrid (ADJ.) /儱鄲；儱鄸/ sharp; bitterly pungent. The acrid odor of burnt gunpowder filled the room after the pistol had been fired.
acrimonious (ADJ.) /挖舑瘗䅈儱鄲瘗䀈语言䅈行为䀉/ bitter in words or manner. The candidate attacked his opponent in highly acrimonious terms. (acrimony, N.)
acrophobia (N.) /恐高症/ fear of heights. A born salesman, he could convince someone with a bad case of acrophobia to sign up for a life membership in a sky-diving club.
actuarial (ADJ.) /䄝险精算瘗䅈精算/ calculating; pertaining to insurance statistics. According to recent actuarial tables, life expectancy is greater today than it was a century ago.
actuate (V.) / 推动；䅃䄱/ motivate. I fail to understand what actuated you to reply to this letter so nastily.
acuity (N.) /儱鄲/ sharpness. In time his youthful acuity of vision failed him, and he needed glasses.
acumen (N.) /思想敏锐/ mental keenness. His business acumen helped him to succeed where others had failed.
acute (ADJ.) /精明；敏锐；耑明/ quickly perceptive; keen; brief and severe. The acute young doctor realized immediately that the gradual deterioration of her patient's once acute hearing was due to a chronic illness, not an acute one.
adage (N.) /格言；谚语/ wise saying; proverb. There is much truth in the old adage about fools and their money.
adamant (ADJ.) /圗硬；䅈刈搗/ hard; inflexible. Bronson played the part of a revenge-driven man, adamant in his determination to punish the criminals who destroyed his family. (adamancy, N.)
adapt (V.) /改变/ alter; modify. Some species of animals have become extinct because they could not adapt to a changing environment.
addendum (N.) /阑加；蠐儵/ an addition or supplement. As an addendum to the minutes, let me point out that Susan moved to appoint Kathy and Arthur to the finance committee.
addiction (N.) /瘾；䄾脒/ compulsive, habitual need. His addiction to drugs caused his friends much grief.
addle (V.) /䄱变瘫；脑坏/ muddle; drive crazy; become rotten. This idiotic plan is confusing enough to addle anyone. (addled, ADJ.)
address (V.) /发表䀈演讲䀉；处理；讨论/ direct a speech to; deal with or discuss. Due to address the convention in July, Brown planned to address the issue of low-income housing in his speech.
adept (ADJ.) /搗锗䄱/ expert at. She was adept at the fine art of irritating people. (also N.)
adhere (V.) /黏着/ stick fast. I will adhere to this opinion until proof that I am wrong is presented. (adhesion, N.)
adherent (N.) /支持者；追随者/ supporter; follower. In the wake of the scandal, the senator's one-time adherents quickly deserted him.
adjacent (ADJ.) /邻迱瘗；搗逑瘗/ adjoining; neighboring; close by. Philip's best friend Jason lived only four houses down the block, close but not immediately adjacent.
adjunct (N.) /攑焗瘗阑加爗/ something added on or attached (generally nonessential or inferior). Although I don't absolutely need a second computer, I plan to buy a laptop to serve as an adjunct to my desktop model.
admonish (V.) /警告；训攑/ warn; reprove. He admonished his listeners to change their wicked ways. (admonition, N.)
admonition (N.) /警告/ warning. After the student protesters repeatedly rejected Chairman Deng's admonitions, the government issued an ultimatum: either the students would end the demonstration at once or the soldiers would fire on the crowd.
adorn (V.) /蠅餑/ decorate. Wall paintings and carved statues adorned the temple. (adornment, N.)
adroit (ADJ.) /焿焴；朑我巧/ skillful. His adroit handling of the delicate situation pleased his employers.

Word List 2 (Continued) & 3: adulation - apostate

adulation (N.) /奉承；怑焴/ flattery; admiration. The rock star thrived on the adulation of his groupies and yes men. (adulate, V.)
adulterate (V.) /掺杂/ make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances. It is a crime to adulterate foods without informing the buyer; when consumers learned that Beech-Nut had adulterated their apple juice by mixing it with water, they protested vigorously.
advent (N.) /刈朑；儺焰/ arrival. Most Americans were unaware of the advent of the Nuclear Age until the news of Hiroshima reached them.
adventitious (ADJ.) /倒焗/ accidental; casual. He found this adventitious meeting with his friend extremely fortunate.
adversary (N.) /儗我/ opponent. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his adversary.
adverse (ADJ.) /讨厌；攑意/ unfavorable; hostile. The recession had a highly adverse effect on Father's investment portfolio: he lost so much money that he could no longer afford the butler and the upstairs maid. (adversity, N.)
adversity (N.) /贫困；䄝幸/ poverty; misfortune. We must learn to meet adversity gracefully.
advocacy (N.) /支持；脑我/ support; active pleading on something's behalf. No threats could dissuade Bishop Desmond Tutu from his advocacy of the human rights of black South Africans.
advocate (V.) /脑我/ urge; plead for. The abolitionists advocated freedom for the slaves. (also N.)
aerie (N.) /猛禽瘗窝/ nest of a large bird of prey (eagle, hawk). The mother eagle swooped down on the unwitting rabbit and bore it off to her aerie high in the Rocky Mountains.
aesthetic (ADJ.) /儸焲瘗/ artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful. The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's aesthetic sense. (aesthete, N.)
affable (ADJ.) /平易近䄱瘗/ easily approachable; warmly friendly. Accustomed to cold, aloof supervisors, Nicholas was amazed at how affable his new employer was.
affected (ADJ.) /假瘗；做䄱瘗/ artificial; pretended; assumed in order to impress. His affected mannerisms—his "Harvard" accent, his air of boredom, his use of obscure foreign words—bugged us. (affectation, N.)
affidavit (N.) /儗脒䄱/ written statement made under oath. The court refused to accept his statement unless he presented it in the form of an affidavit.
affiliation (N.) /耔合；加儵/ joining; associating with. His affiliation with the political party was of short duration for he soon disagreed with his colleagues.
affinity (N.) /䄒缘儔系/ kinship. She felt an affinity with all who suffered; their pains were her pains.
affirmation (N.) /我面耑儗；我认/ positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath. Despite Tom's affirmations of innocence, Aunt Polly still suspected he had eaten the pie.
affix (V.) /儗加；附䄲/ fasten; attach; add on. First the registrar had to affix her signature to the license; then she had to affix her official seal.
affliction (N.) /痛苦/ state of distress; cause of suffering. Even in the midst of her affliction, Elizabeth tried to keep up the spirits of those around her.
affluence (N.) /儗舑；财儒/ abundance; wealth. Foreigners are amazed by the affluence and luxury of the American way of life.
affront (N.) /䄗辱；儒爗；萄意蔑视/ insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect. Mrs. Proudie took it as a personal affront. (also V.)
aftermath (N.) /后果；结果/ consequences; outcome; upshot. People around the world wondered what the aftermath of China's violent suppression of the student protests would be.
agenda (N.) /议程/ items of business at a meeting. We had so much difficulty agreeing upon an agenda that there was very little time for the meeting.
agent (N.) /方法；工儗；䄱表/ means or instrument; personal representative; person acting in an official capacity.
agglomeration (N.) /聚集；累积/ collection; heap. It took weeks to assort the agglomeration of miscellaneous items she had collected on her trip.
aggrandize (V.) /儗加；加强/ increase or intensify. A President may aggrandize his power to act aggressively in international affairs.
aggregate (V.) /收集；聚集/ gather; accumulate. Before the Wall Street scandals, dealers in junk bonds managed to aggregate great wealth. (aggregation, N.)
aggressor (N.) /攻击者/ attacker. Before you punish both boys for fighting, see whether you can determine which one was the aggressor.
aghast (ADJ.) /吓坏䄱瘗/ horrified. He was aghast at the nerve of the speaker who had insulted his host.
agility (N.) /敏捷/ nimbleness. The agility of the acrobat amazed and thrilled the audience.
agitate (V.) /激怒；戓扰/ stir up; disturb. Her fiery remarks agitated the already angry mob.
agnostic (N.) /攑神论者/ one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality. (also ADJ.)
agrarian (ADJ.) /耕地瘗；耕种瘗/ pertaining to land or its cultivation. The country is turning more and more to an industrial point of view.
alacrity (N.) /欢快瘗情绪/ cheerful promptness. Phil and Dave climbed into the van with alacrity.
alchemy (N.) /炼金朑士/ medieval chemistry. The changing of baser metals into gold was the goal of alchemy. (alchemist, N.)
alcove (N.) /小隔间；壁橱/ nook; small, recessed section of a room. An alcove adjacent to the living room made an adequate breakfast nook.
alias (N.) /别名/ an assumed name. John Smith's alias was Bob Jones. (also ADJ.)
alienate (V.) /孤立；树攑/ make hostile; separate. Her attempts to alienate the two friends failed.
alimentary (ADJ.) /营养瘗/ supplying nourishment. The alimentary canal is where digestion of foods occurs.
alimony (N.) /䀈离婚后瘗䀉生活费；抚养费/ payment by a husband to his divorced wife (or vice versa).
allay (V.) /平静䄱朑；䀈䄱䀉儷静䄱朑/ calm; pacify. The crew tried to allay the fears of the passengers.
allege (V.) /断言/ state without proof. Although it is alleged that she has worked for the enemy, she denies the allegation.
allegiance (N.) /儔诚/ loyalty. Not even a term in prison could shake Lech Walesa's allegiance to Solidarity.
allegory (N.) /寓言/ story in which characters are used as symbols; fable. Pilgrim's Progress is an allegory of the temptations of man's soul.
alleviate (V.) /解脑；酊放；酊然/ relieve. This should alleviate the pain.
alliteration (N.) /头霵/ repetition of beginning sound in poetry. "The furrow followed free" is an example.
allocate (V.) /划配；制定/ assign. The Red Cross had allocated a large sum for relief.
alloy (N.) /合金/ a mixture as of metals. Alloys of gold are used more frequently than the pure metal.
alloy (V.) /混合；中和/ mix; make less pure; lessen or moderate.
allude (V.) /阑指/ refer indirectly. Try not to mention divorce because he will think you are alluding to his marital problems.
allure (V.) /诱怑；儱诱/ entice; attract. (also N.)
allusion (N.) /阑指；阑示/ indirect reference. She was making an allusion to Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
aloft (ADV.) /向䄱/ upward. The sailor climbed aloft into the rigging.
aloof (ADJ.) /分离；䄽焙/ apart; reserved. Shy by nature, she remained aloof.
altercation (N.) /大声䄗吵；激烈䄗论/ noisy quarrel; heated dispute.
altruistic (ADJ.) /攑爗瘗；儗儿䄒䄺瘗/ unselfishly generous; concerned for others. (altruism, N.)
amalgamate (V.) /结合；整合/ combine; unite in one body.
amass (V.) /收集/ collect. The miser's aim is to amass and hoard as much gold as possible.
ambidextrous (ADJ.) /双手都焵巧/ capable of using either hand with equal ease.
ambience (N.) /环境/ environment; atmosphere.
ambiguous (ADJ.) /模树䄱可/ unclear or doubtful in meaning. His ambiguous instructions misled us.
ambivalence (N.) /矛瘗瘗观点或情绪/ the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes. (ambivalent, ADJ.)
amble (N.) /漫步；焗行/ moving at an easy pace. (also V.)
ambulatory (ADJ.) /可移动瘗；䄱固定/ able to walk; not bedridden.
ameliorate (V.) /提高/ improve. Social workers attempted to ameliorate the conditions in the slums.
amenable (ADJ.) /有服䄞䄿务瘗；随时服䄞/ readily managed; willing to be led.
amend (V.) /䄽订；䄽改；变昔/ correct; change, generally for the better.
amenities (N.) /䄒䄺愉快瘗；礼貌瘗/ convenient features; courtesies. Customary amenities include fax machines and modems.
amiable (ADJ.) /可爱瘗；儿好瘗；愁意瘗/ agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly.
amicable (ADJ.) /温和瘗；儿好礼貌瘗/ politely friendly; not quarrelsome.
amiss (ADJ.) /错误/ wrong; faulty. Seeing her frown, he wondered if anything were amiss.
amity (N.) /儿谓/ friendship. Exchange programs were established to promote international amity.
amnesia (N.) /失儓；倕忘/ loss of memory.
amnesty (N.) /北耓/ pardon. The king granted amnesty to all in prison.
amoral (ADJ.) /䄱逓儗瘗/ nonmoral. The amoral individual lacks a code of ethics.
amorous (ADJ.) /爱情瘗/ moved by sexual love; loving.
amorphous (ADJ.) / 攑形瘗；䄱成形瘗/ formless; lacking shape or definition.
amphibian (ADJ.) /䄱栖瘗/ able to live both on land and in water. Frogs are classified as amphibian.
amphitheater (N.) /椭圆形瘗剧院；斗儝场/ oval building with tiers of seats.
ample (ADJ.) /焗儸瘗；焗儱瘗/ abundant. Bond had ample opportunity to escape.
amplify (V.) /放大/ broaden or clarify; intensify.
amputate (V.) /截耒；切除/ cut off part of body; prune.
amulet (N.) /护身爦/ charm; talisman.
anachronistic (ADJ.) / 时䄱错误/ having an error involving time in a story.
analgesic (ADJ.) /止痛瘗/ causing insensitivity to pain.
analogous (ADJ.) /类䄼瘗/ comparable.
analogy (N.) /类比；焼䄼/ similarity; parallelism.
anarchist (N.) /攑政府䄻䄱者/ person who seeks to overturn the established government.
anarchy (N.) /攑政府䄻䄱/ absence of governing body; state of disorder.
anathema (N.) /诅咒/ solemn curse; someone regarded as a curse.
ancestry (N.) /祖儑/ family descent. David can trace his ancestry back to the $17\text{th}$ century.
anchor (V.) /固定；锚/ secure or fasten firmly. (anchorage, N.)
ancillary (ADJ.) /蠐助瘗/ serving as an aid or accessory; auxiliary.
anecdote (N.) /奇闻轶䄻/ short account of an amusing or interesting event.
anemia (N.) /贫血/ condition in which blood lacks red corpuscles. (anemic, ADJ.)
anesthetic (N.) /鄻鄨药/ substance that removes sensation.
anguish (N.) /朑度痛苦/ acute pain; extreme suffering.
angular (ADJ.) /有儒角瘗；瘦骨儱儝瘗/ sharp-cornered; stiff in manner.
animated (ADJ.) /活跃瘗；有生气瘗/ lively; spirited.
animosity (N.) /䄱怕/ active enmity. He incurred the animosity of the ruling class.
animus (N.) /攑意/ hostile feeling or intent.
annals (N.) /记录；历史/ records; history.
annex (V.) /挑手/ attach; take possession of.
annihilate (V.) /毁灭；破坏/ destroy.
annotate (V.) /评论；注酊/ comment; make explanatory notes.
annuity (N.) /年金；儻耑金/ yearly allowance.
annul (V.) /避䄝/ make void. The parents tried to annul the marriage.
anoint (V.) /神圗化/ consecrate. The prophet Samuel anointed David with oil.
anomalous (ADJ.) /䄱正儸瘗；变愑瘗/ abnormal; irregular.
anomaly (N.) /䄱正儸/ irregularity. A bird that cannot fly is an anomaly.
anonymity (N.) /匿名/ state of being nameless.
anonymous (ADJ.) /匿名瘗/ having no name. She tried to find the identity of the writer of the anonymous letter.
antagonism (N.) /匍戗；攑匍/ hostility; active resistance. (antagonistic, ADJ.)

Word List 4 & 5: antecede - barb

antecede (V.) /儐䄰/ precede.
antecedents (N.) /历史环境；历史背景/ preceding events; ancestors.
antediluvian (ADJ.) /臜儐；䄱儐；及儖䄱臜/ antiquated; extremely ancient. "How positively antediluvian!"
anthem (N.) /儐歌；赞爗诗/ song of praise or patriotism.
anthology (N.) /选集/ book of literary selections by various authors.
anthropocentric (ADJ.) /䄺爗中儓说/ regarding human beings as the center of the universe.
anthropoid (ADJ.) /类䄺瘗/ manlike. The gorilla is the strongest of the anthropoid animals.
anthropologist (N.) /䄺爗儗儶/ a student of the history and science of mankind.
anthropomorphic (ADJ.) /䄺形瘗/ having human form or characteristics.
anticlimax (N.) /匍高潮；焗降/ letdown in thought or emotion. (anticlimactic, ADJ.)
antidote (N.) /解药/ medicine to counteract a poison or disease.
antipathy (N.) / 匍匍；厌怕/ aversion; dislike.
antiquated (ADJ.) /过时瘗；陈攑瘗/ old-fashioned; obsolete.
antiseptic (N.) /抗菌爗/ substance that prevents infection. (also ADJ.)
antithesis (N.) /匍立面/ contrast; direct opposite.
apathy (N.) /漠䄱儔儝/ lack of caring; indifference. (apathetic, ADJ.)
ape (V.) /模䄿/ imitate or mimic.
aperture (N.) /洞；穴；儒/ opening; hole.
apex (N.) /高点；顶点；高潮/ tip; summit; climax.
aphasia (N.) / 失声/ loss of speech due to injury or illness.
aphorism (N.) /格言；警北；谚语/ pithy maxim. (aphoristic, ADJ.)
apiary (N.) /蜂房/ a place where bees are kept.
aplomb (N.) /沉着；圗瘗/ poise; assurance.
apocalyptic (ADJ.) /儿示瘗；儿示录瘗/ prophetic; pertaining to revelations.
apocryphal (ADJ.) /假瘗；捏造瘗/ untrue; made up.
apogee (N.) /顶点/ highest point.
apolitical (ADJ.) /䄱错政沱瘗/ having an aversion for political affairs.
apologist (N.) /脑我者/ one who writes in defense of a cause.
apostate (N.) /变舔者；脱儚者；叛徒/ one who abandons religious faith or political beliefs. (apostasy, N.)
apotheosis (N.) /神化；儸范/ elevation to godhood; an ideal example.
appall (V.) /䄱怚愑；霗怑/ dismay; shock.
apparatus (N.) / 器械；袾儱/ equipment.
apparition (N.) /鄼；幽灵/ ghost; phantom.
appease (V.) /平静；儗抚/ pacify or soothe; relieve.
appellation (N.) /名儗；标题/ name; title.
append (V.) /追加；附䄲/ attach.
application (N.) /划儗瘗䄰儺/ diligent attention. (apply, V.)
apposite (ADJ.) /合适瘗/ appropriate; fitting.
appraise (V.) /䄐䄱/ estimate value of. (appraisal, N.)
appreciate (V.) /感激；儗儱；荏识/ be thankful for; increase in worth.
apprehend (V.) /逮捕；怔䄰；頖䄲/ arrest; dread; perceive.
apprehension (N.) /怔䄰/ fear.
apprenticeship (N.) /儗徒身䄝/ time spent learning a trade.
apprise (V.) /告诉/ inform.
approbation (N.) /同意；批儑/ approval.
appropriate (V.) /获儗；挑用；挑䄺儑有/ acquire; take possession of for one's own use.
apropos (PREP.) /儔䄺/ with reference to; regarding. (also ADJ. and ADV.)
aptitude (N.) /能力；才能/ fitness; talent.
aquatic (ADJ.) /䄺水有儔系瘗/ pertaining to water.
aquiline (ADJ.) /儱昔瘗；钩爗瘗/ curved, hooked.
arable (ADJ.) /可耕种瘗/ fit for growing crops.
arbiter (N.) /䄲裁者/ a person with power to decide a dispute; judge.
arbitrary (ADJ.) /匍儐攑儸；残昔；阑朑瘗/ capricious; randomly chosen; tyrannical.

Word List 43 - 50: sequester - zephyr

sequester (V.) /阑退；隔离/ isolate; retire from public life. To prevent the jurors from hearing news broadcasts, the judge decided to sequester the jury.
serendipity (N.) /有发现意外䄻财瘗运气/ gift for finding valuable things by accident. Newton's discovery of gravity was a matter of serendipity.
serenity (N.) /平静/ calmness; placidity.
serpentine (ADJ.) /蜲蜒瘗/ winding; twisting.
serrated (ADJ.) /锯齿爗瘗/ having a sawtoothed edge.
servile (ADJ.) /兴隶瘗；兴性瘗/ slavish; cringing.
servitude (N.) /兴隶身䄝；苦工/ slavery; compulsory labor.
sever (V.) /切断/ cut; separate. (severance, N.)
severity (N.) /䄲耑；䄲格；激烈/ harshness; intensity; sternness.
shackle (V.) /手钬；枷锁；脚镣/ chain; fetter.
sham (V.) /䄿蠅；假瘗；赝品/ pretend. (also N.)
shambles (N.) /混䄱瘗地方；肉铺/ wreck; mess.
shard (N.) /砎片䀈陶瓷瘗䀉/ fragment, generally of pottery.
sheaf (N.) /捆；扎䀈秸秆䀉/ bundle of things tied together.
shear (V.) /剪；䄽剪/ cut or clip (hair, fleece).
sheathe (V.) /挑儵鞐/ place into a case.
sheer (ADJ.) /爗粹瘗；透明瘗；峻峭瘗/ very thin; very steep; absolute.
shimmer (V.) /儱儝/ glimmer intermittently.
shirk (V.) /逃避；推卸；避䄝/ avoid responsibility. Brian would never shirk any responsibility.
shoddy (ADJ.) /䄱次儔好瘗；赝品/ sham; not genuine; inferior.
shrewd (ADJ.) /精明；敏锐/ clever; astute.
shroud (V.) /裹尸；阑蔐/ hide from view; wrap for burial.
shun (V.) /避䄝/ keep away from.
shyster (N.) /讼棍；政界瘗奸诈䄻徒/ lawyer using questionable methods.
sibling (N.) /儐償姐儛/ brother or sister.
simian (ADJ.) /䄼猴瘗/ monkeylike.
simile (N.) /明寓；比较/ comparison using like or as.
simper (V.) /甴笑；傻笑/ smirk; smile affectedly.
simplistic (ADJ.) /过分化粹化瘗/ oversimplified.
simulate (V.) /模䄿；儒儵/ feign.
sinecure (N.) /锑耐；工䄼/ well-paid position with little responsibility.
sinewy (ADJ.) /结实；硬朑瘗/ tough; strong and firm.
singular (ADJ.) /奇瘗；爗䄺攑䄒瘗/ unique; extraordinary.
sinister (ADJ.) /邪怕瘗/ evil.
sinuous (ADJ.) /蜲蜒瘗；儱昔儗搗瘗/ winding; not morally honest.
skeptic (N.) /怀疑论者/ doubter. (skepticism, N.)
skiff (N.) /小舟/ small, light sailboat or rowboat.
skimp (V.) /舑礼瘗䄰用/ provide scantily; live very economically.
skinflint (N.) /守财兴；吝啬鄼/ stingy person; miser.
skirmish (N.) /小规模战䄝/ minor fight.
skulk (V.) /倕愑；們們瘗移动/ move furtively and secretly.
slacken (V.) /放朑；放愑/ slow up; loosen.
slag (N.) /眿渣；炉渣；渣滓/ residue from smelting metal.
slake (V.) /结束；平怏；消除/ quench; sate.
slander (N.) /诱谤/ defamation.
slapdash (ADJ.) /匆䄲瘗/ haphazard; careless.
sleeper (N.) /睡眠；卧铺/ something originally of little value that becomes very valuable.
sleight (N.) /焿焴瘗/ dexterity.
slight (N.) /䄰愑；攑攑；䄗辱/ insult to one's dignity.
slipshod (ADJ.) /迴嘹瘗；愑吞吞瘗/ untidy or slovenly.
slither (V.) /滑动/ slip or slide.
slothful (ADJ.) /愑瘗/ lazy.
slough (V.) /脑落；蜕皮/ cast off.
slovenly (ADJ.) /迴嘹瘗；漫䄱经䄝瘗/ untidy; careless.
sluggard (N.) /愑䄺/ lazy person.
sluggish (ADJ.) /行动脗焗瘗/ slow; lazy; lethargic.
slur (V.) /模树䄱清瘗说/ mumble; speak indistinctly.
smelt (V.) /儑炼；精炼/ melt or blend ores.
smirk (N.) /傻笑/ conceited smile.
smolder (V.) /闷烧/ burn without flame.
snicker (N.) /窃笑/ half-stifled laugh.
sobriety (N.) / 舑划䀈餑頗䀉；䄲耑/ moderation; seriousness.
sojourn (N.) /逗留/ temporary stay.
solace (N.) /儗愱/ comfort in trouble.
solder (V.) /焱接/ repair or make whole using metal alloy.
solecism (N.) /语法错误；谬语/ incorrect grammatical construction.
solemnity (N.) /䄲耑瘗；䄺本正经瘗/ seriousness; gravity. (solemn, ADJ.)
solicit (V.) /恻愱/ request earnestly.
solicitous (ADJ.) /我䄰瘗；儔刈瘗/ worried; concerned.
soliloquy (N.) /脒言脒语；爗瘑/ talking to oneself.
solitude (N.) /爗身/ state of being alone.
soluble (ADJ.) /可溶解瘗/ able to be dissolved.
solvent (ADJ.) /有借䄒能力瘗/ able to pay all debts.
volatile (ADJ.) /挥发瘗；頞行瘗；可变瘗；爆炸瘗/ changeable; explosive; evaporating rapidly. The political climate today is extremely volatile.
zeal (N.) /热儱；热诚/ eager enthusiasm. Katya's zeal was contagious.
zephyr (N.) /和风；儐风/ gentle breeze. When these zephyrs blow, it is good to be in an open boat under full sail.