词汇进阶 | 01

1

• slay-slew-slain=kill V “死了”
• slaughter V
• massacre N
• strangle V string+le动作反复 用绳，勒死
• smother=suffocate V
• electrocute V
• lynch V凌迟，处以私刑
• assassinate V

2

• stab V~sb to death/~a piece of meat
• staple V
• pierce V穿透
• impale V pale-pole棍子 用杆子捅进去 ~ sb/sth on sth 刺穿
• spike V 刺进，刺穿；猛增，激增 spear矛 spire塔尖 spur刺激 N细高跟

3

• gangster N歹徒 gang一群，团伙，帮派
• bandit N band一群+it=to go 一群人走在一起，土匪，强盗
• brigand N
• desperado N亡命之徒
• outlaw N 《水浒传》outlaws in the marsh

4

• larceny N【法】=steal
• burglary burgle burglarise V入室行窃 break+larceny
• plagiarism N剽窃，抄袭 gia jia假的东西
• pickpocket N扒手

5 ard/ars-to burn ash

• arson N纵火罪
• arsonist N纵火犯
• ardor N=zeal
• ardent adj =zealous
• arduous adj=painstaking
• cremate vt火葬
• incinerate V in加强+词根+ate cinder煤渣 灰烬 ——烧成灰

6

• plaintiff N complain
• defendant /the accused N
• moni/monit-warn monitor 班长警告
• admonish V
• premonition N 之前发出预警-预感
• premonish V forewarn

7

• obscene a
• lewd a “露的”
• salacious a saliva口水
• prurient a urine尿
• wanton a轻浮的，淫荡的；恶意的,肆意的
• erotic a色情的，性欲的 erotic dream eros希腊神话爱神
• orgy N 淫乱，无节制an orgy of shopping
• promiscuous a

8

• rummage V翻找
• ransack V彻底搜索，洗劫
• frisk sb down 搜

身

9

• sordid a 污秽的，不洁的；肮脏的，卑鄙的 sore酸 衣服酸了，脏
• filthy a肮脏的 foul 犯规
• squalid a

10

• scour V擦洗，彻底搜索 cur/cour-run
• scout V寻找、侦探；童子军
• scrub V刷洗 scr 手上发出的动作

11

• detention N detain
• detention center 少管所，感化院
• juvenile delinquency 青少年犯罪 de+link 连接到不好的东西
• rejuvenation n 返老还童 恢复活力

12

• censure V责难，指责
• censor N censorship
• census N
• consensus N共识 con+sense
• scold V谴责
• condemn
• reproach
• reprove

13

• audacity N大胆无耻
• audicious =bold A
• daring a dare to do
• barefaced a脸都光了 厚颜无耻的
• temerity N鲁莽，冒失 tem（p）erity
• precipitation N鲁莽，冒失；降水量； precipice悬崖；骤降
• precipitate a