英语六级高频词汇及例句.doc

adhere China will adhere to an independent and peaceful foreign policy in dealing with international affairs.
cherish I will cherish my visit here in memory, as long as I live!
ascribe The agency ascribed the temperature climb mainly to increased greenhouse gases emissions, cyclical temperature fluctuations and less cold air generated from the Arctic.
coincide Her taste in music coincides with her husband’s.
overwhelm Our team overwhelmed the visitors by 40 points.
overwhelming Beijing took an overwhelming majority of votes and won the Olympic bid.
pursuit We’ve simply reaffirmed an old truth: the pursuit of affluence does not always end with happiness.
comply China will strictly comply with the universally acknowledged market rules.
conspicuous The house standing on the island is very conspicuous.
endeavo(u)r Despite our best endeavors, we couldn’t get the machine started.
homogeneous Milk and cream are homogeneous foods, and they are both dairy products.
immerse She was so deeply immersed in reading that she forgot the supper.
indulge Will you indulge my curiosity and tell me how much it cost?
persistent She eventually married the most persistent of her admirers.
retrieve The shopkeeper went to the window and retrieved Reuben’s treasure.
revive Peter tried to revive the frozen robin; but it was stone-dead.
suppress All these movement were suppressed by the government.
testify This excellent book testifies to the author’s ability.
accustom The hunter is trying to accustom his hunting dog to the noise of a gun.
ambiguous That’s a rather ambiguous answer--what exactly do you mean?
ascend Step by step the ladder is ascended.
billionaire The billionaire is campaigning for political reform.
brisk Taking a brisk walk can often induce a feeling of well-being.
certify You are basically asking people to certify, with big penalties, that nobody has lied on their expense accounts.
conceive The coach conceived the strategy that won the game for us.
contemplate She stood contemplating the painting.
disable An accident disabled him from playing football.
eccentric A few weeks later I began saving again. Was I becoming an eccentric hoarder? Not at all.
essence Senior citizen discounts are the essence of the very thing older Americans are fighting against—discrimination by age.
extravagant When asked to use three words to describe society's rich, the top responses were “extravagant”, “greedy” and “corrupt”.
flush The child's cheeks were flushed with fever.
funding Even Hilton Hotels has shown interest in the space tourism industry and the possibility of building or co-funding a space hotel.
granted Granted, some amount of delusion (错觉) is probably part of the human condition.
haunt He was haunted by memories of his unhappy childhood well into his adult life.
initiate The concept of a “non-smoking” Olympics, initiated in 1988, has been put into practice since the 1992 Barcelona Games.
intrinsic The intrinsic value of a coin is the value of the metal it is made of.
intuition Nobody told me where to find you. It was sheer intuition.
irritate The boy's foolish question irritated his mother.
manifest She manifested little interest in her studies.
mingle Security men mingled with the crowd.
obscure I received a letter of complaint from them; but the letters of the sign were made obscure by rain.
paradox “More haste, less speed” is a paradox.
privacy With seven people squashed in one house, you don't get much privacy.
radiate The sun radiates both light and heat.
refrain You must be able to refrain yourself in some matters in order to accomplish others.
supervisor The supervisor didn't have time so far to go into it at length, but he gave us an idea about his plan.
surgical The doctors and nurses had surgical masks on.
suspicious I am always suspicious of anyone who wants to sell me something on the cheap.
terminate They terminated their agreement and renewed another one according to the situation.
terrorist Terrorists hijacked an airplane with 260 people on board.
tumble I tumbled several times when learning to skate for the first time.
absurd She said to herself that the idea was absurd.
allege You alleged that the accused man was seen at the scene of the crime, didn't you?
analogy My theory applies to you and by analogy to others like you.
array The royal couple appeared in splendid array.
articulate It is believed that girls are usually more articulate than boys.
ascertain The researcher ascertained that he had discovered a new element which led to the SARS.
assertive Katsue Reynolds has argued that girls nowadays are using more assertive language strategies in order to be able to compete with boys in schools and out.
availability Human population growth and technological development result in dramatic reductions and alterations in quality and availability of wildlife habitat.
baffle She was completely baffled by his strange behavior.
barren There are about 98% thick continental ice sheet and 2% barren rock in Antarctica.
bewilder The child was bewildered by the noise and the crowds.
coincidence Is there any coincidence between your statistics and your friends'?
conform Nowadays, it is commonly observed that young women are not conforming to the feminine linguistic ideal.
conscientious This essay is a most conscientious piece of work.
consolidate As we all know, too many countries lapse back into violence when efforts to consolidate peace or create stability are weak.
consultancy Software, consultancy and mobile telephones use far less oil than steel or car production.
contrive After much difficulty I contrived to pull the boat onto the beach.
converge Capitalism and socialism will not eventually converge.
decisive Your English proficiency is the decisive factor in getting the job.
deduce You will notice water rising in the tube; now what do you deduce from that?
deem He deemed that it was his duty to help.
deprive It is absolutely unfair that these children are deprived of the rights to receive education.
deteriorate Leather quickly deteriorates in hot, damp climate.
diminish The amount of water in the pond will diminish as the dry season comes.
disciplined The inventiveness of the early Americans shed light on disciplined school management.
disperse A thunderstorm came up and dispersed the picnickers.
divert Once young offenders embark on a life of crime, prison does little to divert them.
eject The fire ejected yellow flames into the night sky.
elapse Three years have elapsed since we last met.
elevate A special device elevated the stage for the finale.
elicit At last we've elicited the truth from him.
eligible Only native-born citizens who are over 18 are eligible to the office of president.
emission The emission of radio signals was interrupted by a power failure.
endanger Drunk drivers endanger the lives of others.
endow She endowed the new hospital with a large sum of money.
erase The vision of that big black car hitting the sidewalk a few feet from us will never be erased from my memory.
exhaustion The exhaustion of the army's ammunition caused its defeat.
exquisite He has an exquisite ear for music.
extract The newspaper extracted several passages from the speech and printed them on the front page.
flaw There is a flaw in the marble near the base of the statue.
fraud Bend the law for personal gain and engage in fraud.
hamper Our progress was hampered by the bad weather.
impart A good teacher should impart wisdom to his pupils.
incentive His words gave me incentive, and I worked twice as hard.
incidentally Incidentally, your letter came only this morning.
indignant He was most indignant with me when I asked for a day's leave.
infectious An infectious disease is one that can be passed from one person to another.
ingenious So you fitted that wire through that little hole there: that's very ingenious!
instantaneous She accidentally swallowed the poison and death was instantaneous.
integral The form, the sound and the grammar rules are integral parts of a language.
intelligible He used so many archaisms in his speech that half of it was barely intelligible.
jeopardize The security of the whole operation has been jeopardized by one careless person.
lawsuit A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.
linger She lingered after the concert, hoping to meet the star.
magnify The microscope magnified the object one hundred times.
maturity This highly polite style is no doubt something that young women have been expected to“grow into”-- after all, it is a sign not simply of femininity, but of maturity and refinement.
migrate Wealthy people often migrate in winter to warmer, sunnier countries.
misfortune Think about the misfortune of others that you may be satisfied with your own lot.
negligible The damage to my car is negligible.
notorious Maradona, a most famous football star, is a notorious drug addict.
outdate More companies are learning the importance of destructive technologies -- innovations that hold the potential to make a product line, or even an entire business segment, virtually outdated.
outflow We watched the heavy outflow of the tide.
permeate On a spring moonlit night, birds are singing, the air is permeated with the fragrance of flowers.
porch A porch is a covered entrance to a building.
predominant Her predominant characteristic is her friendliness.
prescription She feels fine now that the doctor has made fine adjustments to her prescription.
prevalent Traveling by motor car is becoming more and more prevalent in the country.
profound The doctor's discovery will have a profound influence on mankind.
prolong I do not want to prolong our talk; it is time to go home.
reassure What reassures executives does not always reward shareholders.
rectify Once we get to know our mistakes, we should rectify them as soon as possible.
refute You can easily refute his argument.
repel The soldiers repelled the attacking enemy.
reproach She reproached him for forgetting their anniversary.
roughly I could not keep my anger down when I was roughly treated.
sensational After a sensational trial, the football player was cleared off the killing.
simulate The computer simulates conditions on the sea bed.
sociologist “Music expressed its times,” says sociologist Irving Horowitz.
spacious I want to live in a spacious house.
subscribe I subscribe to Newsweek.
subsidiary The question of finance is subsidiary to the question of whether the project will be approved.
surpass Though we thought that we might lose in the first round, the result surpassed our hopes.
tempt Money and beauty tempted him to commit crime.
terrorism Bush said both countries love freedom and together they will fight against terrorism.
tow If you park your car here the police may tow it away.
transition The transition from planned economy to share system is certainly a painstaking course.
underlying It's the economist's mission to try to find out the underlying causes of the depression.
unprecedented People's living standards have been rising steadily and China's comprehensive strength has been clearly enhanced. This is an unprecedented miracle in China's history.
unveil The queen unveiled a statue of Prince Albert
void The desert stretching away before the traveler seemed frighteningly void.
vow The couple exchanged vows in a romantic Labor Day sunset ceremony on Maui.
vulgar The houses and cars of the newly rich are huge but vulgar.
wasteful His wife was wasteful and he had to keep his nose to the grindstone.
abort The rescue mission had to be aborted.
accessory The accessories for a car include the heater and the radio.
adherence Her adherence to her principles cost her her job
administer She had a huge department to administer
aerospace The Challenger shuttle crew, of seven astronauts-including the specialties of pilot, aerospace engineers, and scientists died tragically in the explosion.
affiliate The college is affiliated to the university.
alien We should not ignore others' opinions just because they are alien to our own ideas.
alleviate The medicine is administered to alleviate the pain.
alternate Mary and her sister will alternate in setting the table.

ambiguity There is a degree of ambiguity in her answer.
amend The government has amended the law twice to accord with the changing situation
appraise Sotheby's apprised Donald of the fact that his “Rembrandt” was appraised as worthless.
appropriation The mayor approved the appropriation of the new school.
apt Everyone at present was very excited at his apt remark.
arrogance I would on no account authorize in my child the smallest degree of arrogance.
assurance The only complete defense is the elimination of nuclear weapons and assurance that they will never be produced again.
athletic He is taking part in an athletic meeting.
attendant Sally is too flighty to be a flight attendant.
authorize/ise I have authorized him to act for me while I am away.
avail They made great efforts, but it was all to no avail.
bald Too much knowledge makes the head bald.
bankruptcy The company is reported to be on the brink of bankruptcy.
behavioral The behavioral sciences have been slow to change partly because the explanatory items often seem to be directly observed and partly because other kinds of explanations have been hard to find.
blunder The police blundered badly by arresting the wrong man.
brighten The new carpet brightened the room.
capsule The capsule failed to separate from the earth satellite.
carefree How wonderful it would be to be young and carefree again!
chronic Is your disease chronic or acute?
circulation Police say a number of forged banknotes are in circulation.
clearing This is the unorthodox view of a German soil scientist who has shown that burnt clearings in the Amazon, dating back more than 1 000 years, helped create patches of rich, fertile soil that farmers still benefit from today.
collaboration Garment making typically calls for a collaboration among yarn spinners, fabric weavers and sewing factories.
collide The government collided with parliament over its industrial plans.
commemorate The Nobel Prize is awarded to commemorate Nobel, the great chemist.
commentary It affords a striking commentary on the limitations of our present knowledge.
commonplace When leaving the house, she was heard to make some commonplace remark to her husband.
complement A flaming dessert complemented the dinner.
compliment Your presence is a great compliment.
compulsory English is a co