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发信人: nova (晃来晃去的鱼儿), 信区: English
标 题: Step by Step for GRE Words(35)
发信站: 大红花的国度 (Tue Jun 27 19:46:14 2000), 转信
bolt N. door bar;fastening pin or screw;
The carpenter shut the workshop door,sliding the heavy metal
bolt into place.
bolt V. dash or dart off;fasten( a door);gobble down
Jack was set to bolt out the front door,but Jill bolted the door.
bombardment N. attack ( as with missiles)
The enemy bombardment demolished the town.
bombastic AJ. pompous;using inflated language
Puffed up with conceit,the orator spoke in such a bombastic
manner that we longed to deflate him.
boon N. blessing ;benefit
The recent rains that filled our empty reservoirs were a boon
to the whole community.
boorish AJ. rude;insensitive
Though Mr. Potts constantly interrupted his wife,she ignored his
boorish behavior,for she had lost hope of teaching him courtesy.
bouillon N. clear beef soup
The cup of bouillon served by the stewards was welcomed by those
who had been chilled by the cold ocean breezes.
bountiful AJ. abundant;graciously generous
Thanks to the good harvest,we had a bountiful supply of food and
we could be as bountiful as we liked in distibuting food to the needy.
bourgeois AJ. middle class;selfishly materialistic;dully conventional
Technically,anyone who belongs to the middle class is bourgeois,
but,given the word's connotations,most people resent it if you call them it.
bovine AJ. cowlike;placid and dull
Nothing excites Esther;even when she won the state lottery,she
still preserved her air of bovine calm.
bowdlerize V. expurgate
After the film editors had bowdlerized the language in the
script,the motion picture's rating was changed from "R" to "PG".
boycott V. refrain from buying or using
To put pressure on grape growers to stop using pesticides that
harmed the farm worker's health,Cesar called for consumers to boycott grapes.
brackish AJ. somewhat saline
He found the only wells in the area were brackish;drinking the
water made him nauseous.
REVIEW
BOLT; BOLT; BOMBARDMENT; BOMBASTIC; BOON
BOORISH; BOUILLON; BOUNTIFUL; BOURGEOIS; BOVINE
BOWDLERIZE; BOYCOTT; BRACKISH
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