1. dwarf [dwɔ:f]
(1). v. If one person or thing is dwarfed by another, the second is so much bigger than the first that it makes them look very small.
(2). n Dwarf is used to describe a particular kind of star which is quite small and not very bright.
(3). adj. Dwarf is used to describe varieties or species of plants and animals which are much smaller than the usual size for their kind.
(4). n. In children's stories, a dwarf is an imaginary creature that is like a small man. Dwarfs often have magical powers.
(5). n. In former times, people who were much smaller than normal were called dwarfs.
Cotton became the main American export, dwarfing all other products.
2. muggy [ˈmʌgi]]
adj. Muggy weather is unpleasantly warm and damp.
I was expecting another hot, muggy day, but the wind's cooled things off.
3. compliment [ˈkɒmplɪmənt]
(1). n. A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
(2). v. If you compliment someone, you pay them a compliment.
(3). n. If you consider somethiing that a person says or does as a compliment, it convinces you of your own good qualities, or that the person appreciates you.
(4). n. You can refer to your compliments when you want to express thanks, good wishes, or respect to someone in a formal way.
(5). phrase. If you say that someone returns the compliment, you mean that they do the same thinig to someone else as that person has done to them.
(6). phrase. If you say that you are giving someone something with your compliments, you are saying in a polite and fairly formal way that you are giving it to them, especially as a gift or a favour.
The young man complimented her on her good table manners.
4. pest [pest]
(1). n. Pests are insects or small animals which damage crops or food supplies.
(2). n. You can describe someone, espcially a child, as a pest if they keep bothering you.
The boy is being a real pest.
5. fauna [ˈfɔ:nə]
n. Animals, especially the animals in a particular area, can be referred to as fauna.
The region's rich fauna attracts frequent visits of large vertebrates such as whale sharks and dolphins.
6. scrub [skrʌb]
(1). v. If you scrub something, you rub it hard in order to clean it, using a stiff brush and water.
(2). v. If you scrub dirt or stains off something, you remove them by rubbing hard.
(3). n. Scrub consists of low trees and bushes, especially in an area that has very little rain.
Mom is scrubbing the floor in the kitchen.
7. tout [taʊt]
(1). v. If someone touts something, they try to sell it or convince people that it is good.
(2). v. If someone touts for business or custom, they try to obtain it.
(3). v. If someone touts tickets, they sell them outside a sports ground or theatre, usually for more than their original value.
(4). n. A tout is someone who sells things such as tickets unofficially, usually at prices which are higher than the official ones.
Passengers should avoid the mini-cabs that tout for business.
8. intrigue [ɪnˈtri:g]
(1). n. Intrigue is the making of secret plans to harm or deceive people.
(2). v. If something, especially something strange, intrigues you, it interests you and you want to know more about it.
This intrigue has been going on for centuries.
9. connote [kəˈnəʊt]
v. If a word or name connotes something, it makes you think of a particular idea or quality.
The term "Third World" very soon comes to connote poverty.
10. secede [sɪˈsi:d]
v. If a region or group secedes from the country or larger group to which it belongs, it formally becomes a separate country or stops being a member of the large group.
The country won't allow the state to secede from it and become an independent nation.
11. disquiet [dɪsˈkwaɪət]
(1). n. Disquiet is a feeling of worry or anxiety.
(2). v. If something disquiets you, it makes you feel anxious.
I must say that bad news disquieted him a lot.
12. bode [bəʊd]
v. If something bodes ill, it makes you think that something bad will happen in the future. If something bodes well, it makes you think that something good will happen.
The figures nonetheless bode well for the future.
13. folkway ['fəʊkˌweɪ]
The next day, we visited the folkway museum of my hometown.
14. console [kən'səʊl]
(1). v. If you console someone who is unhappy about something, you try to make them feel more cheerful.
(2). n. A console is a panel with a number of switches or knobs that is used to operate a machine.
We tried to console her when her father died, but she didn't listen to us.
15. turmoil [ˈtɜ:mɔɪl]
n. Turmoil is a state of confusion, disorder, uncertainty, or great anxiety.
He came back after three years of political turmoil.
16. nude [nju:d]
(1). adj. A nude person is not wearing any clothes.
(2). n. A nude is a picture or statue of a person who is not wearing any clothes. A nude is also a person in a picture who is not wearing any clothes.
Some nude scenes have been deleted from movie.
17. revive [rɪˈvaɪv]
(1). phrase. When something such as the economy, a business, a trend, or a feeling is revived or when it revives, it becomes active, popular, or successful again.
(2). v. When someone revives a play, opera, or ballet, they present a new production of it.
(3). phrase. If you manage to revive someone who has fainted or if they revive, they become conscious again.
The economy is beginning to revive.
The doctors couldn't revive the little boy.
18. insulin [ˈɪnsjəlɪn]
n. Insulin is a substance that most people produce naturally in their body and which controls the level of sugar in their blood.
Insulin injection is used to control blood sugar in people who have type I diabetes.
19. cart [kɑ:t]
(1). n. A cart is an old-fashioned wooden vehicle that is used for transporting goods or people. Some carts are pulled by animals.
(2). v. If you cart things or people somewhere, you carry them or transport them there, often with difficulty.
(3). n. A cart is a small vehicle with a motor.
(4). n. A cart or a shopping cart is a large metal basket on wheels which is provided by shops such as supermarkets for customers to use while they are in the shop.
(5). phrase. If you say that someone is putting the cart before the horse, you mean that they are doing things in the wrong order.
The rubbish is then carted away for recycling.
20. pertinent [ˈpɜ:tɪnənt]
adj. Something that is pertinent is relevant to a particular subject.
The pertinent considerations that will be affected by each decision are listed.
21. barrel [ˈbærəl]
(1). n. A barrel is a large, round container for liquids or food.
(2). n. In the oil industry, a barrel is a unit of measurement equal to 159 litres.
(3). n. The barrel of a gun is the tube through which the bullet moves when the gun is fired.
(4). v. If a vehicle or person is barreling in a particular direction, they are moving very quickly in that direction.
(5). phrase. If you say, for example, that someone moves or buys something lock, stock, and barrel, you emphasizing that they move or buy every part or item of it.
(6). phrase. If someone has you over a barrel, they have put you in a difficult situation where you have little choice but to do what they want you to do.
(7). phrase. If you say that someone is scraping the barrel, or scraping the bottom of the barrel, you disapprove of the fact that they are using or doing something of extremely poor quality.
(8). phrase. If an experience is a barrel of laughs, it is very enjoyable. If someone is a barrel of laughs, they are fun to be with.
We got through two barrels of beer.
22. lyric [ˈlɪrɪk]
(1). n. The lyrics of a song are its words.
(2). adj. Lyric poetry is written is a simple and direct style, and usually expresses personal emotions such as love.
Margaret wrote the lyric for 21 children's records.
23. adorn [əˈdɔ:n]
v. If something adorns a place or an object, it makes it look more beautiful.
Children adorned themselves with beads.
24. quotation [kwəʊˈteɪʃn]
(1). n. A quotation is a sentence or phrase taken from a book, poem, or play, which is repeated by someone else.
(2). n. When someone gives you a quotation, they tell you how much they will charge to do a particular piece of work.
(3). n. A company's quotation on the stock exchange is its registration on the stock exchange, which enables its shares to be officially listed and traded.
His quotation for repairing my car was too high.
25. utensil [ju:ˈtensl]
n. Utensils are tools or objects that you use in order to help you to cook or to do other tasks in your home.
During the middle ages, mined metal was scarce and expensive, therefore was rarely used in the manufacture of household utensils.
26. kennel [ˈkenl]
(1). n. A kennel is a small building made especially for a dog to sleep in.
(2). n. Kennels or a kennels or a kennel is a place where dogs are bred and trained, or looked after when their owners are away.
When the dog escaped, the bird went into the kennel and ate its food.
27. internship [ˈɪntɜ:nʃɪp]
n. An internship is the position held by an intern, or the period of time when someone is an intern.
Why might the summer internship be a good opportunity for Jenise?
28. starch [stɑ:tʃ]
(1). n. Starch is a substance that is found in foods such as bread, potatoes, pasta, and rice and gives you energy.
(2). n. Starch is a substance that is used for making cloth stiffer, especially cotton and linen.
(3). v. If you starch cloth, you make it stiffer using starch.
There is too much starch in his diet.
29. assimilation [əˌsɪməˈleɪʃn]
I felt confusion and fun during my assimilation into American culture.
30. detest [dɪˈtest]
v. If you detest someone or something, you dislike them very much.
My sister detests rock music.
31. diagonal [daɪˈægənl]
(1). adj. A diagonal line or movement goes in a sloping direction, for example, from one comer of a square across to the opposite corner.
(2). n. A diagonal is a line that goes in a sloping direction.
(3). n. In geometry, a diagonal is a straight liine that joins two opposite corners in a flat four-sided shape such as a square.
He told me how to measure the length of the diagonal line of a square.
32. absenteeism [ˌæbsənˈti:ɪzəm]
n. Absenteeism is the fact or habit of frequently being away from work or school, usually without a good reason.
Johnson was fired because of his habitual absenteeism.
33. silversmith [ˈsɪlvəsmɪθ]
n. A silversmith is a person who makes things out of silver.
Only a few silversmiths were available in New York or Boston in the late seventeenth century, but in the eighteenth century they could be found in all major colonial cities.
34. digression [daɪ'ɡreʃn]
Although this might seem to be a digression, the professor is using an example to explain why plants that are grown in water must have gas bubbled through the water.
35. eternal [ɪˈtɜ:nl]
(1). adj. Something that is eternal lasts forever.
(2). adj. If you describe something as eternal, you mean that it seems to last for ever, often because you think it's boring or annoying.
(3). adj. Eternal truths, values, and questions never change and are believed to be always true and to be relevant in all situations.
They represent humans in an eternal struggle with the forces of nature.
36. extinct [ɪkˈstɪŋkt]
(1). adj. A species of animal or plant that is extinct no longer has any living members, either in the world or in a particular place.
(2). adj. If a particular kind of worker, way of life, or type of activity is extinct, it no longer exists, because of changes in society.
(3). adj. An extinct volcano is one that does not erupt or is not expected to erupt any more.
It is estimated that over 99 percent of all species that ever existed have become extinct.
整理自《柯林斯词典》、《新东方托福词汇》，侵删歉。