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托福高级词汇班讲义
（I、II合订版）

Session 1

1. abashed abate abdicate abhor abortive aboriginal abridge absolve

找出有词根关联或可联想的词( 以下简称R)
bridge solve debate blush dictate horrible
找出同义词（以下简称S）
emancipate abbreviate subside uneasy loathe abandon detest dwindle

It is reported that flu has been ____ due to warm weather.
The dying man asked the priest to ____ him of his sins.
They ____ all forms of discrimination on the basis of race or sex.
It would be a(n) ____ effort to try to close this wide price gap.
1. abstain abstinence abstruse accentuate accomplice accost acquit

R: quite detain accent company abstract
S: exonerate refrain (from) obscure address highlight accessory

The court ____ the defendant of all charges.
_____ from fatty foods and smoking can probably lengthen your life.
This style of dress ____ her extreme slenderness.
After he attained a little some, he was often ____ by strangers.
To keep a low profile, he ____ from speaking at the meeting.
3. acrid acrimony acumen adage adept adjacent anesthetic affable

R: adjoin monotony adequate acute
S: approachable pungent artistic adroit proverb neighboring

His apartment is ____ to the metro station.
We can make the bold statement without any ____.
The housewife added an _____ touch to the living room with silk flowers.
His employer appeared to be in such an ____ mood that Tom decided to ask for a ____.
With adequate business ____, he will be upgraded to manager soon.
Thanks to a head start, Mary was ____ at play piano at nine.
Isn’t there an old ____ that a stitch in time saves nine?
4. affinity afflict affluent aghast agile agonize allegiance allude
agrarian

R: agony define inflict agriculture
S: nimble torture parallel horrify fidelity wealthy imply

The ____ monkey swung from branch to branch.
She didn’t mention his name, but it was clear she was ____ to him.
Sub mortgage crisis ____ American economy.
nations shoulder an obligation to help those impoverished countries.
The composer’s ____ for classical music accounts for her large collection of recordings.
All the membership countries swore an _____ to the alliance.
5. altruism alumni (alumnae) amalgamate amenable amiable amicable
Analogous animated

R: analogy animal amend amass
S: affable peaceable incorporate vivacious corresponding

The two parties had harmonious negotiations and soon reached an ____ agreement.
Egoism rather than ____ seems to be the landmark of such a money-oriented society as we are living in.
Silver must be ____ with a harder material to make durable jewelry.
They pledge that they are ____ to all the rules and regulations of the company.
6. annex annihilate annul anomalous antagonism anthem antiseptic

R: agony normal null antibiotic connect
S: abnormal add enmity eradicate abolish

Their marriage was ____ after a 3-year separation.
To ____ poverty is an undertaking which demands persistence efforts.
Have you got any ____ for the cut?
It is an ____ situation in this company that we hire more hands but less work is done.
A new wing has been ____ the hospital.
With rumor spreading, the winner felt _____ from other contestants.
7. aperture apex apparel apprehension archaic ardent arduous arid

R: comprehension puncture appearance archaeology
S: summit opening zealous infertile laborious

The pointed ____ of the mountain was obscured by clouds.
Many ____ bronze statues are spread in the historic relics.
He overlooked the misty distance with ____.
In ancient times, long-distance travel was time-consuming and ____.
It is a technically perfect but ____ musical performance.
8. armament aroma ascetic aspersion assail assiduous assuage astute

R: sit armor sweet disperse descend assault
S: industrious munitions slander scent mitigate rigorous

I strong resent all this unwarranted _____.
The scholar lived in an ____ existence when doing the arduous research.
The bunch of delicate roses gave the room a pleasant ____.
He was ____ by intense worry over his future.
Nothing can ____ their chronic insecurity than a solemn promise.
Those students are ____ in the study of the Relativity.
His ____ observations about how to improve the company’s image was well appreciated.
9. audit aura auspicious austerity avarice avert avow

R: invert suspicious audible severity vow
S: evade censor promising lust pledge atmosphere

The manager always has an ____ of authority about her.
_____ is the chosen lifestyle of a monk.
Hard as he tried, the driver couldn’t ___ having an accident.
Spring is an ____ time to begin new activities.
The company will have an ____ at the end of each fiscal year.
____ propels people to self-destruction.
10. balk balmy banish barbarous barometer barter bashful bask baste

R: beat abashed vanish stalk
S: trade hinder immerse exile savaged coy lash refreshing

The timid girl is too ____ to seize initiative in a debate.
The tourist attraction boasts of ____ temperature and irresistible beaches.
She balked at the proposal of compromise.
In face of the severe challenge, we can do nothing but ____ our fear and fragility.
Before currency came into use, people used the _____ system, exchanging goods directly for goods.
The super star basked in other people’s envious look.
11. befuddle beget begrudge beguile belittle belligerent benevolent

R: beneficial little grudge huddle
S: charitable antagonistic deceive despise trigger bewilder

Some ____ soul donated clothes to the orphanage.
Love is not a desire for the beautiful, but for ____, bearing and bringing forth children in the beautiful.
Everyone ____ the beauty and wealth God endows her with.
A _____ attitude will do little to assuage the chaotic situation.
The candidate felt ____ by the biased media report.
The ____ deer could not move out of the path of the car.
12. bequest berate bereave beset besiege bestow bicker bigoted

R: endow quest siege
S: enclose deprive stubborn reproach heritage quarrel confer
The ____ manager refused to hire minority workers.
The ____ was subject to heavy tax.
The spokesperson of the government was _____ with question after the earthquake erupted.
He dismissed an honor ____ on him by the film academy.
The couple always ____ over trifles and finally split up.
The devastating tsunami ____ many families of their parents and children.
13. bland blemish blink bliss bombastic boon botany brace

R: embrace bomb contaminate blank wink
S: prop mild boastful ecstasy defect blessing

A warm coat is a real ____ in cold weather.
When telegram arrived, we ____ ourselves for the worst.
The reporter used ____ words to heap praises on his new book.
One illness will ____ your perfect attendance record.
People with stomach ulcers could only eat ____ foods.
14. brawl brew brim brink brittle budge burnish butt

R: stew bottom urge rim caw polish
S: smoothen plot bicker fragile margin

A fence was built along the ____ of the cliff to prevent accidents.
The disagreement will soon escalate into a ____.
The craftsman ____ the brass plates until they glowed.
His ____ temper will be a handicap to such an intricate case.
The lid of the jar was stuck tight and would not ____.
15. caliber canny capacious captivate carnage castigate cataclysm

R: catastrophe cunning fiver spacious interrogate capture
S: fascinate capacity roomy calculating denounce massacre

The entertaining video game ____ all the kids.
The firm needs more people of your caliber.
The child prodigy has a ____ memory.
It is not advisable to ____ children too harshly, for it might lead to irreparable hurt to their pride.
The movie incurred some unfavorable review because it is full of scenes of
16. categorical catholic caustic celestial censor censure chafe charisma

R: charm category
S: glamour unconditional universal scrape audit dissent acrimonious

Bill received a ____ from his boss for the failure of the project.
There will be designated agency to _____ news of the disaster.
The Japanese made a ____ surrendering to China in 1945 after 8-year invasion.
Coarse fabric will _____ your skin and lead to the eruption of a rash.
The performer’s _____ captivated the audience.
You should abstain from ____ remarks on the privacy of other people.
17. chaste chide chronological chuckle cipher circuitous circumference

R: chronic fence circle
S: roundabout virtuous brawl cold giggle

The ____ of the round table is five feet.
There is not short cut to success. You will take a ____ route to reach there by trial and error.
This article describes events in a _____ order.
The agent intercepted the ____ but couldn’t decode it.
The personnel director _____ the employees fro complaining too much.
To abide by Muslim dogma, girls will remain ____ until marriage.
Review: 找出两栏中相关的反义词

Abate
Abdicate
Absolve
Affinities
Abstruse
Acquit
Admonish
Adroit
Affinity
Affluent
Impoverished
Swell
Prompt
Discrepancy
Charge
Convict
Undertake
Intelligible
Convict
blunt

Altruism
Amicable
Annihilate
Astute
Arid
Ascetic
Assiduous
Befuddle
Bigoted
Bland
Acrid
Egoism
Open-minded
Effortless
Enlighten
Nurture
Fertile
Belligerent
Slow-witted
Slack

Blemish
Benevolent
Bombastic
Brace
Brew
Castigate
Categorical
Caustic
Catholic
Aboriginal
Dampen
Purify
Complimentary
Understated
Indefinite
Acclaim
Vicious
Crush

Session 2

1. circumscribe circumspect clamor clamp clandestine cleft clinch clog

R: log spectator rumor prescribe
S: prudent fasten confidential uproar constrain crack

The government didn’t show any inclination to ____ down on the protest.
The moves you can make in a chess game are _ by the rules of the game.
Some religious groups had a ____ plan to overthrow the government.
He offended a lot friends, never ____ in expressing his views.
The rival party is ____ for the step down of the Prime Minister.
He finally ___ a bargain with the owner of the virtual store.
The earthquake ____ main highways and rendered it difficult for disaster-relief goods to be dispatched to the area.
2. clot clutch clutter coddle coax cogent cohesive coil collateral

R: curl cuddle snatch litter adhere
S: wind up gelatinize convincing disarray indulge

They used valuable jewelries as a ____ for their loan.
She ____ her husband out of his brittle temper.
Your kids will be all the more pushy if you ____ them too much.
His head is ____ with useless facts.
The snake ____ itself round the branch.
The defense attorney’s ____ argument contributed to the acquittal of the man.
There are strong ____ forces inside the company.
A hemophiliac’s blood wont ____ properly.
3. colossal commodious composure conciliatory condiment condone

R: pardon reconcile modify
S: capacious immense reconciling calmness

Not punishing them amounts to ____ their crimes.
The irate customer lost his ____ and yelled at the clerk.
Many people commit ____ mistakes by buying luxurious houses they actually are not in need of.
One of the diplomats made a few ____ suggestions that helped bring about a truce.
3. confiscate congenial congested congregate congruity conjure connivance

R: agree digest fiscal gene amalgamate
S: accordance seize assemble compatible

I lost my lap-top, but she ____ another one for me somewhere.
The ____ highway made many commuters late for work.
I find this aspect of the job particularly ____.
Every week enthusiasts _____ around the English conversational knot.
People suspected that the crime was carried out in ____ with the police.
4. connoisseur consecrate consecutive console consort constellation constrict

R: star sequence sacred know
S: conciliate successive dedicate compress

The snake ____ its body around its prey and killed it.
The art ____ thought the exhibit was distasteful.
The priest pledged that he will ____ his life to the relief of suffering.
In the speech the president highlighted the fact that agricultural exports went up for twelve ____ years.
His dubious practices ____ ill with his public statements on morality.
He ____ himself with the thought that it might have been worse.
5. construe contemn contingent contour contravene contrite convoy copious cordial

R: intervene tour envoy accord encounter contempt
S: sincere interpret contradict unforeseen disdain abundant escort remorseful

The army ____ the supply trucks to the centre of the earthquake.
The evidence ____ the ruling theory.
The offended clerk has ____ my words to mean something I didn’t mean at all.
The snugly fit dress accentuated the model’s ____.
The trouble-maker was very ____ over the blunder.
The ____ hostess offered to throw him birthday party.
She reinforced her argument with ____ evidence.
His offer to buy the apartment was ____ upon his getting a mortgage.
6. corps corpulent corroborate counterfeit covetous cower credential creed

R: coward robust corpse incredible
S: fake avaricious certificate recoil substantiate overweighed

The newspaper printed its ____ on the front page every day.
The timid boy ____ each time in a speech contest.
These data ____ the hypothesis of the experiment.
Medical ____ will be dispatched to this tortured area very soon.
He has the perfect ____ for the management position.
7. crisp crooked crumble crumple crust cryptic culmination culpable

R: crush climax tumble
S: summit twisted brittle mysterious rumple collapse obscure

The ____ smile of her face make me even more suspicious of her motive.
The ____ accountant was caught embezzling funds.
They went camping to bathe in the ____ air of an autumn day.
The hope of rescue team _____ to nothing with more aftershocks erupting.
At the ____ of his career, the musician conducted a farewell concert.
The front of the car ____ in impact in the violent collision.
The ____ of the pie tastes delicious.
8. cult cursory curtail cushion dab dagger dampen dangle dank

R: entail curse tangle
S: damp worship hasty suspend depress soften shorten

Wage increase have to some extent ____ us from the effects of higher prices.
The general manager had to ____ his vacation due to the emergency.
The reviewer only gave a ____ report about the boring book.
A succession of failures ____ his enthusiasm.
____ the cream gently from the inner corner of your ey