1. catastrophic

  2. the greenhouse effect

  3. iron ore

  4. bite on the granite

  5. fume

  6. deteriorate

  7. Mediterranean

  8. meteology

  9. arid dessert

  10. moist 湿润 褒义 damp 潮湿阴冷 贬义 humid 空气湿度 wet 有水的湿

  11. inevitable

  12. rural 乡下 suburb 近郊居民区 outskirts 城乡结合部 exurb 远郊（富人别墅区）

  13. margin 边缘 页面空白 余地 利润 定金 押金

  14. precipitate

  15. downpour pour

  16. drainage drain

  17. drip 连续滴 drop 一滴

  18. dense density

  19. intensive ICU (Intensive Care Unit)

  20. photosynthesis

  21. perennial

  22. recliam claim declare

  23. yield v 出产 屈服 n 投资收益

  24. rear v 培养 n 后部

  25. branch 树枝 分公司 分部 extend the olive branch

  26. trunk 树干 后备箱 象鼻子

  27. bough

  28. grass 草 草地 meadow 小片草地 lawn 人工草坪 grassland 草原 pesture 牧场

  29. vine

  30. catalyst

  31. uptake 摄入（吸收的量） 领会 intake 摄入（吃进去喝进去的量）uptake of new technology

  32. mechanism

  33. undermine

  34. considerate massive（万能常用） vast enormous（夸张宏大 书面） gigantic

  35. throng 书面高级 人山人海 crowd mob 暴民

  36. originate from 由···发源 be derived from 由···获取 stem from 由···造成

  37. descendant 后裔 祖先的后人 offspring 生出来的孩子，后代

  38. breed interbreed

  39. proliferate

  40. sterility

  41. brood

  42. spawn

  43. curl

  44. dove 小美和平鸽 pigeon 大丑城市鸽

  45. metabolism

  46. nocturnal

  47. terrestrial extraterrestrial 地外的

  48. celestial

  49. meteorite

  50. chunk

  51. probe

  52. vent

  53. expedition

  54. ecliptic

  55. fossil fuel

  56. ion

  57. synthesis n. synthesise v. systhetic adj.

  58. antenna

  59. discernble discren

  60. cataclysmic

  61. acquire

  62. recruit

  63. literate literatual

  64. illiteracy

  65. controversial

  66. obscure

  67. emphasise

  68. impetus

  69. genius

  70. aptitude 潜质，（尚未开发或者发展）talent 已经显露

  71. notorious

  72. esteem self-esteem

  73. diligent in

  74. painstaking

  75. scheme

  76. faculty

  77. ambassdor

  78. alumni

  79. coed = co-educational

  80. roster rooster

  81. matriculation

  82. quantity quality quantitative qualitative

  83. bibliography

  84. encyclopedia

  85. biography

  86. a series of

  87. sketch

  88. catalog

  89. category

  90. inventory

  91. reel

  92. minor n.辅修的 adj.不严重的 minority n.少数派，少数民族

  93. sociology

  94. audit

  95. psychology

  96. arithmetic geometry algebra calculus

  97. identical

  98. subtract

  99. approximately

  100. matrix

  101. diagonal

  102. cone ice cream cone

  103. to some extent

  104. density

  105. radiate

  106. ferment yeast

  107. dilute dilution

  108. noxious

  109. inherent be inherent in 为···所固有 Polarity is inherent in a magnet.

  110. mix a with b mixture a blend of cultures Smoke mingled with fog. People mingled at the party. compound

  111. empirical

  112. doctrine

  113. curriculum

  114. seminar forum

  115. syllabus

  116. rudimentary 原始，简陋，粗浅 rudiment n.基本原理，基本 basic 中性

  117. a compulsory course compulsory education

  118. requisite prerequisite

  119. assignment

  120. skim

  121. scrutinise v. scutiny n.

  122. recite recitation dictate dictation

  123. plagiarise someone's work

  124. thesis 硕士论文 essay 短片小论文，作业 paper 通用学术论文 dissertation 博士论文

  125. outset

  126. gist

  127. cite

  128. elicite

  129. extract

  130. assume 主观假设 presume 根据事实假设 presume innocent 无罪推定

  131. be supposed to do ... be supposed to be

  132. hypothesis postulate speculate predict

  133. reckon （随意） deem（书面正式）

  134. deliberate

  135. deduce v.演绎，推论 dedcution n.扣除 减去

  136. conclude conclusion

  137. analogy analogous by ananlogy

  138. overlap

  139. nuance

  140. inductive adj. induce v.

  141. thorough

  142. a credit card