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发信人: bonjovi (bonjovi), 信区: Flyingoverseas
标 题: Barron's word list 7
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2001年03月12日13:15:34 星期一), 站内信件
blunder error; stupid mistake
blurt utter impulsively from nervousness or excitement
bluster blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully; speak in a noisy or bu
llying manner; CF. breeze, gust, gale
bully one who is habitually cruel to weaker people; V.
bode foreshadow; portend
bogus counterfeit; not authentic; intentionally false; Ex. bogus interview
bohemian unconventional (in an artistic way)
boisterous violent; rough; noisy
bolster support; reinforce
bolt door bar; fastening pin or screw; length of fabric; large roll of clot
h; V: dash or dart off; fasten (a door); gobble down
dart move or throw suddenly and quickly
gobble eat very quickly
bombardment attack (as with missiles or bombs); V. bombard
bombastic pompous; using inflated language
bombast grandiloquent, pompous speech
boon blessing; benefit; something very helpful
boorish rude; insensitive
boor rude, insensitive person
bouillon clear beef (or meat) soup
bountiful generous; graciously generous; showing bounty
gracious kind in a generous way (to someone less important)
bourgeois middle class; selfishly materialistic; too interested in material
possessions
bovine cowlike; placid and dull; slow-thinking; calm
bowdlerize expurgate; CF. Thomas Bowdler
brackish somewhat saline
braggadocio boasting
brag boast
braggart boaster; bragger
brandish wave around (a weapon); flourish
bravado swagger; assumed air of defiance; false show of bravery
swagger walk or behave with an over-confident manner
brawn human muscle; muscular strength; sturdiness
brawny muscular; having well-developed muscles
sturdy strong and firm (in the body)
brazen insolent; without shame; bold; Ex. brazen lie; V: face with bold sel
f-assurance or with unshamed confidence
brawl noisy quarrel
breach breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap; opening; V.
breadth width; extent
brevity conciseness; shortness of duration
brindled tawny or grayish with streaks or spots (of animals)
tawny brownish yellow
bristling rising like bristles; showing irritation
bristle short stiff hair; V: (hair or fur) stand up stiffly
brittle hard but easily broken; difficult; unstable; Ex. brittle situation
broach introduce as a subject; moot; open up
brocade rich, figured(patterned) fabric
brochure pamphlet
brooch ornamental clasp; pin
clasp hold firmly within arms
brook tolerate; endure; Ex. brook no interference; N: small stream
browbeat bully; intimidate
browse graze; feed on growing grass; skim or glance at casually
graze (of an animal) feed on growing grass; cause (an animal) to feed on gra
ss; scrape (esp. the skin) or touch lightly in passing; brush; Ex. We can't
graze the cattle till summer; N: surface wound
skim read or glance through quickly; touch lightly in passing; brush; remov
e from the surface of a liquid
brunt main impact or shock (of an attack or blow); Ex. brunt of the argumen
t
brusque blunt; abrupt; curt; not wanting to waste time being nice
buccaneer pirate
bucolic rustic; pastoral
buffet strike forcefully; slap; batter; knock out; N: table with food set o
ut for people to server themselves; meal at which people help themselves to
food that's been set
slap hit quickly with the flat part of the hand; N. CF. smack
buffoonery clowning
buffoon stupid person; clown
clown act stupidly; play the fool; N.
bugaboo bugbear; object of baseless terror
bullion gold and silver in the form of bars
bulwark strong wall built for defense; earthwork or other strong defense; p
erson who defends
bungle mismanage; blunder; botch; blow; spoil by clumsy behavior
botch mismanage; blow
buoyant able to float; cheerful and optimistic; N. buoyancy; Ex. buoyancy of
wood/water/American market
bureaucracy overregulated administrative system marked by red tape; ADJ. bur
eaucratic
burgeon grow rapidly; grow forth; send out buds; Ex. burgeoning computer in
dustry; CF. bludgeon
burlesque give an imitation that ridicules; imitate mockingly
burnish make shiny by rubbing; polish
buttress support; prop up; N. stationary structure to support wall; Ex. fly
ing buttress
prop support placed under or against something; V.
buxom full-bosomed; plump; jolly
plump pleasantly fat; nicely rounded
cabal small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
cache hiding place; V.
cacophonous discordant; inharmonious; N. cacophony: unpleasant mixture of lo
ud sounds
cadaver corpse; dead human body
cadaverous like a corpse; pale
cadence rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat; regular beat of
sound; rhythm
cajole persuade by praise or false promise; coax; wheedle
coax persuade by flattery
calamity disaster; misery
calculated deliberately planned; likely
caldron(cauldron) large kettle
caliber ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder; Ex. w
ork of very high caliber
calligraphy beautiful writing; excellent penmanship
callous hardened; unfeeling; without sympathy for the sufferings of others;
unkind
callus area of thick hard skin
callow youthful; immature; inexperienced
calorific heat-producing; N. calorie
calumny malicious misrepresentation; slander
camaraderie good-fellowship; CF. comrade
cameo shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special appearance in a minor
role in a film
canard unfounded false rumor; exaggerated false report
candor frankness; open honesty; ADJ. candid
canine related to dogs; doglike
canker any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; CF. cancer
ulcer sore place appearing on the skin inside or outside the body; Ex. stom
ach ulcer; ADJ. ulcerous; V. ulcerate
canny shrewd in money matters; thrifty
cant insincere speech or expression of piety; jargon of thieves; special wo
rds used by a particular group of people
cantankerous ill-humored; irritable
cantata story set to music to be sung by a chorus (shorter than an oratorio
)
canter slow gallop; V. CF. trot
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