雅思分享之最易弄混的那些词汇（下）

　　很多参加雅思培训的同学总是头疼词汇量的问题，在雅思考试甚至各类英语考试中，课窝老师发现词汇量都是大家最大的难题，下面我们课窝雅思和大家继续分享最易弄混的那些雅思词汇。

　　以为自己的词汇量很大吗?看看以下33个中学生就该知道的阅读词汇，当它们被史上最伟大的作家使用时，你认识多少?

　　22.Pallid (adj.) Pale; lacking liveliness. As in: "They pried off the lid with their shovels, got out the body and dumped it rudely on the ground. The moon drifted from behind the clouds and exposed the pallid face." —Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

　　苍白的，无力的

　　课窝雅思分享成年人也会弄错的那些词汇(下)

　　23.Plaudits (n.) Enthusiastic approval; applause. As in: "Not in the clamor of the crowded street, Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat." —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Poets

　　拥护;掌声

　　24.Promontory (n.) A high point of land projecting into the sea. As in: "High on a rocky promontory sat an Electric Monk on a bored horse." ― Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

　　岬，海角

　　25.Prodigious (adj.) Amazing or impressive; enormous. As in: "There is prodigious strength in sorrow and despair." ― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

　　大量的;巨大的

　　26.Irascible (adj.) Easily angered. As in: "The threat sounded awful, but did not alarm Jo, for she knew the irascible old gentleman would never lift a finger against his grandson, whatever he might say to the contrary." —Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

　　易怒的

　　27.Capitulate (v.) To stop resisting; surrender. As in: "I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions." ―Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance

　　投降

　　28.Glut (v.) To fill to excess (think gluttony). As in: "To boundless vengeance the wide realm be given, Till vast destruction glut the queen of heaven!" —Homer, The Odyssey

　　吃得过多;充斥

　　29.Rote (n.) Mechanical or unthinking repetition. As in: "I am afraid of getting married. Spare me from cooking three meals a day—spare me from the relentless cage of routine and rote." —Sylvia Plath, Letters Home

　　机械重复;死记硬背

　　30.Dexterous (adj.) Skillful, especially with the hands. As in: "Just never forget to be dexterous and deft. And never mix up your right foot with your left." ― Dr. Seuss, Oh, The Places You’ll Go!

　　(手)灵巧的

　　31.Tractable (adj.) Easily controlled or managed; malleable. As in: "…though far from clever, she showed a tractable disposition, and seemed likely to give them little trouble." —Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

　　32.Vaunted (adj.) Highly praised. As in: "And where is that band who so vauntingly swore/ That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion/ A home and a country should leave us no more!" —Francis Scott Key, "The Star-Spangled Banner"

　　自吹自擂

　　容易控制的;可改变的

　　33.Rankle (v.) To cause anger or irritation; to fester. As in: "Blasted as thou wert, my agony was still superior to thine, for the bitter sting of remorse will not cease to rankle in my wounds until death shall close them forever." ―Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

　　使......痛苦，使......怨恨

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