[劉毅詞匯10000]Lesson 19

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Part 1

1. ambush The soldiers lay in ambush, waiting for the signal to open fire.

The major ambushed his troops in the woods on both sides of the road.

2.brag He is always bragging about what he can do with a car.

3. cleanse Be sure that you cleanse the wound before bandaging it.

4. discourse The professor will deliver a discourse on the poetic style of John Keats.

5. foxhole In World War II the general made it a point of pride to dig his own foxhole.

6. inflammation The inflammation of his knee made it difficult for him to walk.

7. lever The huge stone is so heavy that we cannot move it without a lever.

8. notation In arithmetic we use the Arabic notation (1,2,3, and so on) or sometimes the Roman notation (I, II, III, and so on)

9. ransom A large ransom was asked for the safe return of the child.

10 sop He sopped a piece of bread in milk; it was too crisp to eat.

11.tingle His cheek tingled from the slap she had given him.

Part 2

1. armamentA large percentage of the budget is for armaments.

2. brunch On Sunday she gets up late in the morning and has a brunch around 10:30.

3. coffin His coffin was laid to rest in a deep grave.

4. envisione The mother envisioned her little girl as a prima ballerina.

5. gangster

The gangster who had taken part in the robbery was arrested by the police.

6. illegible

The ink had faded so that many words were illegible.

7.malcontent

The rebellion was started by some malcontents who had been dissatisfied with the policy.

8. pavilion

We will take a rest in the pavilion until the game starts.

9. shroud

The prisoners escaped out of the jail under the shroud of night.

10. spurt

The room soon filled with the water spurting from the broken pipe.

11. varnish

He put varnish on the tabletop to protect it, but somebody has scratched it.

Part 3

1. ballad

Many old ballads are sung to new words.

2. butt

The butt of pipe stuck out from the wall where the sink had been removed.

The goat butted the boy and knocked him down.

3.consul

You will have to call the consul before your passport is expired.

4. enshrine

Memories of happier days were enshrined in the old man’s heart.

5.gobble

He gobbled the ice cream so fast that he got a headache.

6. harangue

We had to listen to a long harangue about our own shortcomings.

7. mow

He spent the whole afternoon mowing the grass in the back yard.

8. pilgrim

In the Middle Ages, many people used to go as pilgrims to Jerusalem and to other holy places in Europe.

9. shear

The formers sheared the wool from the sheep.

10.strangle

He strangled her to death by a cord put around her neck.

11.walnut

The kernel of the walnut is eaten by itself or used in cakes or cookies.

Part 4

1. beaver

Beavers are noted for their skill in building dams across streams.

2.cavalry

The cavalry is much superior in mobility to the infantry.

3. creak

The floor creaked as he stepped on a loose board.

4. fir

The fir remains green all year and its needles are distributed evenly around the branch.

5. hangar

During the heavy storm, airplanes should be kept in the hangar.

6. kernel

The kernel of the argument is who discovered the islands first.

7. measles

What seems to be a cold often turns out to be the beginning of measles.

8. puff

With a huge puff the balloon was blown up and then suddenly burst.

9. sleet

Sleet forms when rain falls through a layer of cold air.

10. surname

A woman, after marriage, usually drops her surname and takes that of her husband.

11. wig

Woman often wears wigs over their real hair for beauty of fashion.

Part 5

1. bleach

Bleached bones lay on the hot sands of the desert.

2.chariot

Chariots were used in ancient times for fighting, racing, and in processions.

3. crutch

He has been crippled since he broke his leg. Now he can’t walk without a pair of crutches.

4.flirt

She flirted with many men but loved only one.

5. gull

They were very pleased to see some gulls flying in the sky, full of hope that they would soon get ashore.

6. kit

When I bought a new car, a kit of tools came with it.

7.morsel

The hungry children did not leave a morsel of food on their plates.

8. prototype

The strange mechanical device is the prototype of modern cars.

9. snare

They set a snare for rabbits on the hill, but unfortunately a wild cat was caught by it.

10. trigger

When you squeeze the trigger, a round or rounds of ammunition are fired.

When the burglar tripped the wire it triggered an alarm.

11. weir

The weir across the river stops or controls the flow of the river above it.