单词：9.13-9.19

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impedance n. 阻抗

impediment n.

e.g. He has a impediment in speech

The main inpediment to development is the country's huge debt.

 

salient ant. unconspicuous

 

stock broker, insurance broker

 

delve ant. skim

delve into the past/documents/questions

 

be indebted to (owing gratitude or money)

e.g. I am greatly indebted to you for your kindness.

aforementioned

tact

tactic

 

pervade sym. penetrate(to pass into or through), permeate(to spread or diffuse through)

pervasion, pervasive

 

series

 

settlement

 

sewage, sewerage

 

shatter (to break into pieces, ruin, disintegrate)

shattered, shattering

 

shear, shear sheep

 

shed

 

shove v. to push along; to push or put in a rough, careless or hasty manner

shovel

 

shrimp, prawn, lobster

 

shroud n. 裹尸布 v. 覆盖

sym. conseal

 

shrub, bush

 

space shuttle

 

silica

silicon, silicon chip

 

simmer v. to stew gently or just at the point of boiling; to be in a state of incipient state

 

sinuous, winding

 

situated, located

 

skeletal, skeleton

 

skeptical

 

skull

 

sled = sledge

sledding

 

smother

 

sloth, slothful

 

slog, plod, tramp

 

slender =thin, slim; =meager

 

sodium

 

solicit, solicitous, solicitude

 

soluble

 

soprano, tenor

 

sour, acid

 

chore(regular/daily light work of household/farm) --> sore, sore throad

 

silt

 

souvenir

 

newlywed

 

spectator, spectale, spectacular, spectrum, speculate

 

spiny, spine, spinal

 

spiral

 

splash

 

spun a. 纺成的、拉成丝的

spin

 

squash, pumpkin

 

squid

 

sprout, bean sprout

e.g. Leaves begin to sprout from the trees.

 

squirrel

 

stain, stained, stain remover

e.g. The incident stained his career.

 

staggering, overwhelming

 

squirt, spout, spurt

 

keep sb./sth. at arm's length

 

intrigue

intriguing

 

ponder v. to weigh in the mind; think about; reflect on

 

amenable, amenable to efficient parallilization

 

trench

entrench

 

unquestionable

 

logically sound

 

sulfur <- suffer

 

sunlit

 

superintendent

 

supplant

 

supplement

 

suppress, depress, oppress

 

surgeon, surgery

 

surpass

surplus

 

susceptible

suspectable

 

suspension, suspension bridge

 

sustained, sustenance

 

symphony orchestra

 

synonym, antonym

 

syrup, cough syrup

 

tactic, tact

 

tally n. 计数 v. 计算，记录，使一致

e.g. The two lists didn't tally.

His account of the accident tallies with yours.

 

tarnish

 

tedium, tedious