英语高级词汇学习

IELTS Advanced Vocabulary abandon: to give up completely --- abandoned the sinking ship. synonyms: relinquish, forgo, forsake academic: pertaining to school; theoretical academic interests---an academic discussion with no practical implications. synonym: scholastic accelerate: to quicken, speed tip --- took an accelerated course in order to graduate early. synonym: expedite (adj. expeditious) antonym: retard adversity: misfortune --- calm in the face of adversity. synonyms: affliction, mischance, reverses aggressive (noun: aggression. an unprovoked attack): self---assertive; attacking, offensive --- annoyed people by his aggressive attitude synonyms: bumptious, officious, obtrusive antonyms: meek, humble, retiring, diffident ambiguous: uncertain, vague, capable of being inter--- in more than one way --- puzzled by the ambiguous statement. synonyms: hazy, obscure, equivocal, dubious, nebulous antonyms: explicit, unquestionable anonymous: of unknown authorship---an anonymous publication. apprehensive (verb: apprehend): fearful --- being unprepared, John is apprehensive of the examination. artful: sly; crafty --- attained his mean objective by artful measures. synonyms: cunning, wily, adroit, ingenious, guileful antonyms: guileless, ingenuous, artless atheist: one who denies that god exists --- the atheist declared, "there is no god." synonyms: infidel, agnostic, sceptic attribute (verb): assign ---attributed his success to bard work. synonym: ascribe (noun): an inherent quality ---generosity was his outstanding attribute. authentic: genuine ---proved to be an authentic document. synonyms: veritable antonyms; apocryphal, counterfeit, spurious, bogus banter: good-natured teasing or ridicule---the two wits exchanged banter to the amuse the audience. synonyms: raillery, chaff biased: prejudiced --- misled by a biased point of view. synonyms: bigoted, arbitrary, partial, partisan antonyms: disinterested, equitable bizarre: queer; unusual in appearance--- bizarre clothes synonyms: odd, fantastic, grotesque, eccentric bog: a swamp --- sank into the spongy bog. synonyms: morass, fen, quagmire, mire candid (noun: candor): frank, outspoken; impartial--- a candid reply that could hardly be more forthright. synonyms: artless, ingenuous, unbiased antonyms: guileful, evasive chronic: continuing a long time; habitual---a chronic complaint persisting for years. synonyms: persistent, unremitting, inveterate, incessant, constant antonyms: intermittent, sporadic, infrequent civil: 1. of or having to do with citizens or the state --- we have civil duties as well as civil liberties. 2. polite, courteous --- answered in a civil fashion. synonyms: respectful, gracious coalition (verb: coalesce): alliance; merging of various units into one unit --- three parties forming a coalition to rule the country. synonyms: amalgamation, consolidation, fusion collusion: working together secretly for an evil purpose --- acted in collusion to overthrow the government. synonyms: collaboration, conspiracy, conniving, machination compatible: harmonious; able, to get along together ---They parted because they were not compatible. synonyms: congruous, consistent antonyms: incongruous, discordant, incompatible compensation: payment for services --- just compensation for his labor. synonyms: stipend, remuneration, recompense, emolument complacent: self-satisfied --- looked on his own performance with a complacent smile. synonym: smug condole (noun: condolence): to express sympathy with another in sorrow, pain, or misfortune --- condoled with each other in their grief. synonyms: commiserate, show compassion, solace condone: to forgive or overlook (an offense) ---- condoned the deed in view of the offender's age. synonyms: extenuate, palliate, mitigate, gloss consensus. general agreement ----the consensus of the committee was that no action should be taken. synonym: accord cosmopolitan (noun): one who is at home in all countries --- a cosmopolitan can feel at ease anywhere in the world. (adj.): free from local prejudices --- a world-wide traveller is a cosmopolitan in tastes and attitudes. synonyms: catholic antonyms: parochial, provincial crass: coarse and stupid --- displayed crass ignorance. synonym: gross credible: worthy of belief --- a credible story, true to life. antonym: incredible creditable: deserving or reflecting credit or honour --- applauded for his creditable performance. synonyms: praiseworthy, meritorious, commendable antonyms: discreditable, infamous, opprobrious, ignominious curt: rudely abrupt ---offended by the curt response. synonyms: blunt, brusque, bluff antonyms: affable, civil delinquent (noun): an offender --- found to be a delinquent by the court.