unit1semiliterate a.半文盲的trumpcard王牌getby通過settledown靜下來dropout n.輟學do-gooder n.幫倒忙的人impediment n.妨礙charmer n.可愛的人、魔術師steely a.鋼的flunt v.失敗、不及格atstake危急關頭composuren.沉著、冷paraden.游行、檢閱sail v.航行、起航testimony n.證據、證言、證followthrough堅持到底conspiracy n.陰謀、共謀doom v.注定、判決、使失敗unit2propose v.提議、求knockoff n.贗品windex v.清潔劑taketheplungemaidofhonor伴娘matrimonial a.婚姻bridesmaid n.伴娘pastel a.彩色粉筆taffeta n.塔夫綢

consignment n.托entourage n.隨從groomsman n.伴郎courship n.求愛（期、求publicist n.公關、宣傳人員monomaniacal a.偏執狂pharmacist n.藥商、藥劑師whine v.哀訴、抱怨thwart v.阻擾、妨礙cathedral n.大教堂quarantine v.對...檢疫、隔petite a.嬌小的、柔弱的brim v.充滿、溢出navigate v.駕駛、領航eerily adv.可怕的reminiscent a.懷舊的drab a.單調的relentlessly adv.殘酷dank a.陰濕的tattered a.破爛的prognosis n.預知、病狀的診斷trickle v.滴、掉眼淚decadent a.頹廢的incision n.切開、切bolster v.支持、支撐chemo n.化療poach v.水煮、偷獵consummately adv.完美myriad n.許多、無數1protrude v.（使）（使）伸出raspy a.刺耳的unit3disingenuousness n.不誠withering a.使人難忘的endorse v.贊同sequential a.連續的、相繼testimony n.證詞、證據nicotine n.尼古丁sophistication n.復雜、詭辯、老于世故allure n.誘惑力、魅力extol v.頌揚、贊頌clad a.穿衣的、覆蓋thebetterpartof 大多數pathology n.病理學perverse a.反常的、任性的、墮落的exonerate v.使免罪epidemiological a.流行病學landmark n.里程碑bronchogenic a.支氣管原的surrogate n.代理人、替代品、替身deride v.取笑exhaustively adv.用盡一切memorandum n.備忘錄disinformation n.假信息obfuscate v.使模糊spike v.阻止、用釘子釘racketeering n.詐騙gaggle n.一群skeptic n.懷疑（論）者、無神論者

defraud v.欺騙某人pandemic n.流行病advocacy n.鼓吹、提unit4blessing n.祈curse n.咒罵chitchat n.閑聊detritus n.碎石、巖屑suck v.吸允con a.哄騙的harry v.折磨、掠奪、騷擾snoop v.窺探shrivel v.枯萎barrage n.彈幕、阻nanosecond n.毫微秒cookup迅速做好飯菜、編造、策catalyst n.催化劑、刺激因素mind-boggling a.警告hassle v.打擾irreconcilable a.無法調節的salvage v.營救far-flung a.廣泛傳播的visceral a.不理智的、本能peck v.攻擊lust n.欲望hierarchy n.等級制度buffer n.緩沖地帶purveyor n.供貨商prurient a.好色的、淫亂spew v.嘔吐、噴出2vile a.惡劣的、卑鄙的 incentive n.刺激、激勵runamok胡作非為 provocative a.挑釁的、煽動的cobbletogethet perpetual a.永久的borderon接界、相鄰于、近似于 ingenuity n.創新lapse n.流逝、失效gentility n.有教養lowercase a.用小寫字母snippy a.尖刻的、語言唐突的archive n.檔案（館）curator n.館長、監護bemoan v.抱怨muser v.召集、對……點名multitude n.大量spur n.刺激、鼓勵unit5innovation n.改革、革define v.下定義、限制putafingeronsth.lendoneselfto屈服于quantifiable a.可以計量rocket v.飛馳、迅速增加con