The children are bickering with each other about who is the tallest among them.
contrive v. 发明；设计 try 尝试 trial 审判
dazzle v. 以强光使目眩 dart 投飞镖 fling 抛 linger 逗留 tow 拖 hurl 猛投 toss 投 puzzle 难题
fumble v. 摸索；搜寻
grope 摸索 grope one's way 摸索着前进 impair v. 损害 repair 修理 victory 胜利 jury 陪审团 convict 定罪 conviction 信仰 victim 受害者
mortify v. 使感到羞辱;使蒙屈辱
The parents were mortified by their children's bad behavior before guests.
孩子们在客人面前的不良行为，使父母亲蒙羞。 humiliate 蒙羞，羞辱
predominant adj. 主要的;有势力的 sanitary adj. 卫生的 wallet n. 皮包;皮夹 warrant n. 正当的理由;权利
Do you consider the wild behavior of the crowd was enough of a warrant for the police to use force?
你认为群众野蛮的行为足以使警察使用武力吗? allocate v. 拨出；留下 local
locomotive 火车 location 位置
locate 位于 be located in locale 案发地点
The Ford Foundation allocated millions of dollars for cancer research.
福特基金会拨出几百万元作为癌症的研究。 brawl v. 争吵;打架 drawl 拖长声音说 sprawl 平躺 trawl 拖网
thraw 迷上，束缚 be thrawed by 弟弟慢说不争吵，专家平躺他拖网。
cynical adj. 怀疑人生的价值的；讽刺的 cyn 狗 dogma 教条
embellish v. 装饰：布置 be embellished with be embellished in
She embellished the simple dress with colorful laces and ribbons.
gallant adj. 英勇的 gall 胆汁
immerse v. 浸入 mer 沉
ostentatious adj. 夸张的;虚饰的 tent 帐篷，伸展（词根） tentative 谨慎的 content 满意，内容
intent 打算 intent on intention intent to do presentiment n. 预感;预觉 dissent 不同意 consent 同意 consensus 一致意见 resent 愤怒
assent 同意 assent sb with sth sentimental 多愁善感的人 Soapy followed the man with a presentiment that luck would again run against him.
索皮跟随着那人，却有预感幸运将再次与他背道而驰。 satiate v. 使饱；使满足 undulate v. 波动；起伏；震动 adulterate 掺假 adulate
pullulate 发芽 modulate 调音
The field of wheat was undulating in the breeze. 成年之后才谄媚，否定以后起波澜； 模式变调才调音，拖拖拉拉才发芽。 breeze 微风 freeze 别动 squeeze 挤来挤去 apparel n. 衣服;装饰 appear 出现 costume 服装，戏服 cost 成本 accost 搭讪
cajole v. 甜言蜜语诱惑 joy
discard v. 抛弃
effete adj. 疲惫的;枯竭的 feat 技艺，功绩 grudge n. 怨恨 drudge 做苦工，做学徒 trudge 长途跋涉
She has had a grudge aganist me ever since I disagreed with her.
弟弟做苦工，哥哥表抱怨，罚他去跋涉。 kidnap v. 绑架；勒赎 pact n. 协定;公约 compact 紧凑的；压实，踩实 pry v. 细查;探问
scour v. 1.搜索； 2.磨亮；擦净 swagger v. 昂首阔步 vagary n. 奇异的幻想；妄想 vague 模模糊糊 vogue 流行 illusion 幻觉 fantasy 幻想
asset n. 有价值或有用的东西 assess 评价
chasm n. 深坑或裂缝；利害冲突 despoil v. 夺取；抢劫 loot 抢劫
plunder 掠夺
facetious adj. 好开玩笑的 hurtle v. 碰撞；动手
The wing of the airplane came off and the machine hurtled to the ground.
larceny n. 盗窃；盗窃罪 cent 钱，一分钱 reticent 沉默不语 intimate 亲密的；详细的 legal 法律的，合法的 illegal 不合法的
legitimate 合法的，正当的 luxury 奢侈
innocent 无辜的；天真的 be innocent of naive 天真的 idiot 白痴 incentive 刺激 decent 合适的
pervade v. 遍布；弥漫
He worked so hard that the weariness pervaded his whole body. 他努力工作，以致全身疲倦。 exhaust 耗尽
barren 贫瘠的，不孕不育 fertile 肥沃的
infertile 不肥沃的，贫瘠 ＝ barren arid 半干旱的，贫瘠的 recant v. 公然撤回或取消 shambles n. 混乱;迷惑 taboo n. 禁忌；禁止 tattoo 纹身 trap n. 陷阱 rap 轻敲 trap 陷阱 strap 皮带 stream 小溪 steam 蒸汽 seam 缝隙
小溪无花是蒸汽，蒸汽无他是缝隙。 敲击他掉陷阱，蛇做皮带捆住他。 trappings n. 马的装饰物;装饰 He wore all the trappings of high office. 他穿上所有高官的装饰物。 abdicate v. 放弃权力 indicate 提示 abnormal 变态 abuse 滥用职权
When the king abdicated his throne,his brother succeeded him. 国王逊位时．其弟继承王位。 弟弟里边提示，离开只能放弃。 accrue v. 自然增殖；自然增加 badger v. 困扰 badger 獾 retriever 寻回犬
The salesman has been badgering my father for two weeks to buy a new car.
那推销员一直缠着我父亲，要求他买新车。 baffle v. 使因感；使迷惑 conjecture v. 推测，猜想 deject 沮丧 dejected 沮丧的 abject 可怜的
derange v. 使错乱；搅乱 fiend n. 恶魔；穷凶极恶的人