Barron's list 02

1.The mother eagle swooped down on the unwitting rabbit and bore it off to her aerie high in the Rocky Mountains.
2.One of the difficulties of our present air age is the need of travelers to acclimate themselves to their new and often strange environments.
3.The beauty of Tiffany's stained glass appealed to Esther's aesthetic sense.
4.Accustomed to cold, aloof supervisors, Nicholas was amazed at how affable his new employer was.
5.His affected mannerisms-his "Harvard" accent, his air of boredom, his use of obscure foreign words bugged us: he acted as if he thought he was too good for his old high school friends.
6.The court refused to accept his statement unless he presented it in the form of an affidavit.
7.She abhorred all forms of bigotry
8.It took weeks to assort the agglomeration of miscellaneous items she had collected on her trip.
9.He was aghast at the nerve of the speaker who had insulted his host.
10.The agility of the acrobat amazed and thrilled the audience.
11.Her fiery remarks agitated the already angry mob.
12.Agnostics say we can neither prove nor disprove the existence of god; we simply just can't know.
13.Despite Tom's affirmations of innocence, Aunt Polly still suspected he had eaten the pie.
14.The changing of baser metals into gold was the goal of the students of alchemy. 
15.Though their apartment lacked a full-scale dining room, an alcove adjacent to the living room made an adequate breakfast nook for the young couple.
16.Phil and Dave were raring to get off to the mountains; they packed up their ski gear and climbed into the van with alacrity.
17.Her attempts to alienate the two friends failed because they had complete faith in each other.
18.The alimentary canal in our bodies is so named because digestion of foods occurs there. When asked for the name of the digestive tract, Sherlock Holmes replied, "Alimentary, my dear Watson.
19.Mrs. Jones was awarded $200 monthly alimony by the court when she was divorced from her husband.
20.The crew tried to allay the fears of the passengers by announcing that the fire had been controlled.
21.Pilgrim's Progress is an allegory of the temptations and victories of man's soul. 
22.This should alleviate the pain; if it does not, we shall have to use stronger drugs.
23."The furrow followed free" is an example of alliteration.
24.Alloys of gold are used more frequently than the pure metal.
25.Try not to mention divorce in Jack's presence because he will think you are alluding to his marital problems with Jill.
26.Try not to mention divorce in Jack's presence because he will think you are alluding to his marital problems with Jill.
27.Allured by the song of the sirens, the helmsman steered the ship toward the reef.
28.Her fiery remarks agitated the already angry mob.
29.The alimentary canal in our bodies is so named because digestion of foods occurs there. When asked for the name of the digestive tract, Sherlock Holmes replied, "Alimentary, my dear Watson.
30.When Amanda said to the ticket scalper, "One hundred bucks? What do you want, a pound of flesh?," she was making an allusion to Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
31.The sailor climbed aloft into the rigging. To get into a loft bed, you have to climb aloft.
32.In that hottempered household, no meal ever came to a peaceful conclusion; the inevitable altercation might even end in blows.
33.In providing tutorial assistance and college scholarships for hundreds of economically disadvantaged youths, Eugene Lang performed a truly altruistic deed. altruism, N.
34.The unions will attempt to amalgamate their groups into one national body.
35.Her attempts to alienate the two friends failed because they had complete faith in each other.
36.The miser's aim is to amass and hoard as much gold as possible.
37.She went to the restaurant not for the food but for the ambience.
38.Agnostics say we can neither prove nor disprove the existence of god; we simply just can't know.
39.His ambiguous instructions misled us; we did not know which road to take. ambiguity, N.
40.Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next, she was confused by the ambivalence of her feelings.
41.When she first mounted the horse, she was afraid to urge the animal to go faster than a gentle amble.
42.Juan was a highly ambulatory patient; not only did he refuse to be confined to bed, but he insisted on riding his skateboard up and down the halls.
43.Torn between loving her parents one minute and hating them the next, she was confused by the ambivalence of her feelings. ambivalent,ADJ.
44.Many social workers have attempted to ameliorate the conditions of people living in the slums.
45.He was amenable to any suggestions that came from those he looked up to; he resented advice from his inferiors.

eagle:鹰
swoop:vi. 猛扑；俯冲；;突然袭击；vt. 攫取；抓去n. 猛扑；俯冲；突然袭击
unwitting:adj. 不知情的；不知不觉的，无意的
1.The bird seized the mouse and bore it off to its nest.
那只鸟抓住了老鼠并把它带进巢。
stained glass：彩色玻璃
appeal to：对....又吸引
He appealed  to me,他深深吸引了我
mannerisms:举止
Harvard：哈佛大学
boredom：厌倦，令人厌烦的事
air: 举止，样子
5.His affected mannerisms-his "Harvard" accent, his air of boredom, his use of obscure foreign words bugged us: he acted as if he thought he was too good for his old high school friends.
他的做作的举止-他的哈佛的口音，他那个厌烦的样子，他的模糊的外国话把我们弄糊涂了，他表现的好像他是中学同学里面太好了似的
aloof:冷淡的
6. bigotry:偏执
7.affect
affect有两个全然不同的意义。第一个意义是produce an effect on…（影响）：
The amount of rain affects the growth of crops.
雨量影响农作物的生长。
这个意义可引申为“引起感情波动”：
His speech deeply affected the audience.
他的讲话深深地感动了听从。
affect的第二个意义是assume, make a pretence of （佯作，假装）：
He affected ignorance of the law.
他假装不懂法律。
Frightened though she was, she affected boldness.
虽然她害怕极了，但还装作若无其事。

thrill [θril]






adj. 非常兴奋的；极为激动的
v. 激动（thrill的过去式）；震颤
vt.
使激动；使极度兴奋；使毛骨悚然：
The film Titanic thrilled the audience.
电影《泰坦尼克》让观众激动。
His speech thrilled the crowd.
他的演说令听众感到振奋。