Learn English with ASVAB Word Preparation PART 2

• Livelihood 生计、生活         
• Legacy 遗产= Bequest
• The Wayne legacy is more than bricks砖瓦 and mortar水泥.
• Your father left us nothing but a legacy of bad debts hidden by a good name.
• It’s the legacy of my people.
• Lethargic 无精打采的
• Such lethargic creatures.
• It makes people lazy and lethargic.
• Paris on Sunday is almost as lethargic as London.
• Lily pad 睡莲：  I was floating on a lily pad.
• Vowel 元音：   You speak only in vowel.
• Vigilant 警觉地 = Observant： Of course, Sylvia brought this on herself by her lack of vigilance.
• Vigilance警惕n.   :    We must remember that vigilance is the price of safety,
• Vehement 激烈的、热情的
• But many scientist vehemently disagree.
• Vehement is solid.
• Perhaps you chastised her too vehemently.
• Virtuous 善良的、有道德的
• Vital 生气勃勃的         Vitalize 激发、给予生命:    Vital signs are normal.
• Vibrant震动的、充满生命的、响亮的 =  Vivid 生动的、清晰地
• Vexe 烦恼、迷惑
• It vexes me.
• Vex is a favorite of dark elders.
• What vexes all men?
• I don’t entertain hypothetical. 假设, the world as its vexing enough.
• Latrine 公用厕所： I used the office’s latrine.
• Linger 逗留、徘徊
• Why do you linger in the shadows.
• What kind of army would linger in such a place?
• Limp 跛行、无生气的、无力地 = Hobble
• He goes as limp as a bonded fish.
• Gotham has limped on ever since.
• He had a limp.
• Liberate 解放:    This is the instrument of your liberation.
• Latent 潜在的、指纹
• Paul, you did call him a latent homosexual. 同性恋者
• You probably thought families that was some form f latent hostility.
• The latent desires of the prefect.
• Abatement废除        Accountable 负有责任的、可解释的 = Responsible
• Amateur 业余爱好者= Novice: not professional
• An accomplished amateur magician
• I’d hate to think I had amateur in my house.
• Abridge 减少 = Shorten
• The abridged version
• Abridge the freedom of speech
• Avocation 爱好= Hobby
• Ornithology鸟类 happens by my avocation.
• This has become my avocation.
• His avocation was gaming.
• Ambush 伏击 = Assault攻击
• They are waiting to ambush the team coming up the elevator.
• Why the hell were we ambushed?
• Ambush the next company?
• Abrogate 废除= Abolish = Suppress = Terminate = Abatement
• The constitution宪法 is abrogated.
• Abolish slavery
• Archaic 古代的、陈旧的 = Antiquated = Old, old-fashioned, outdated
• Antique: a collectible object what has a high value because of its considerable age.
• Antiquity : the ancient past 古代、古迹、古代
• Antibody 抗体     Apparel 一股、外观
• Apprehension 不安、拘捕
• Our intention was to approach you after your apprehension in New York.
• The state is set, the night moist with apprehension.
• But instead of apprehension and interrogation审问, they were slaughtered屠杀.
• Astrophysics 天体物理学    Amiss出错的、不恰当的 = Wrong         
• Disrupt 混乱、破坏
• Batman has a talent for disruption.
• If it leaves with him on it, it will disrupt production.
• I don’t like to see the patients disrupting their rooms.
• Cause if you disrupt my plans, I will have no further use for you.
• Sorry about the disruption.
• Apex剪短、顶峰 = Top
• Clip 修剪the apex.
• Aim for the apex.
• The moon rises to its apex.
• Adrift 漂泊的、随波逐流的
• The human race is going to be adrift.
• But one of the ships did pick up a man adrift at sea.
• My ship was found adrift.
• Attentive 细心的、殷勤的
• This was thanks in part to attentive middle managers.
• Aggression 侵略
• You lay on your back and let her take out that aggression on you.
• An undeclared act of aggression.
• Atheist无神论者   Atheism无神论
• Vocation职业= Occupation
• Antagonize敌对： cause someone to become hostile敌对
• Antagonist: a person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone.
• Do you just do it to antagonize people?
• Everybody stop antagonizing my guests.
• Keep antagonize me, watch what happens.
• Antonym: opposite meaning          Arcane神秘的= Mysterious
• Amicable = Friendliness
• Their divorce was amicable.
•  Ameliorate = Mend = make something better
• Ameliorate disease/policy /violence
• Frown 皱眉头
• Look at this frown on your face.
• He thinks I smile too much. He’d rather you frowned?
• Foreman 工头、领班
• Fragility 脆弱性 = Delicacy= Brittle
• My hair is brittle and my skin is dry.
• Don’t hurt me, I am brittle.
• It’s small and brittle.         
• The fragility of crystal is not a weakness but a fineness. 精致的
• But this incident with John made me realize the fragility of all this.
• Foreclose 排除、关闭、取消:   The bank closed a couple days ago.
• Firmness 坚固的、坚定地 = Sturdiness 坚固
• Let me show you the firmness of my beliefs.
• I want a firm commitment.
• I want a firm date, and I want it early.
• Befriend =  act as a friend to sb by offering help or support. = Tend = Facilitate= Help照顾、帮助
• By facilitating the process of transition,
• Was this one of the facilitators?
• Colonel, I am sorry, but we cannot facilitate.
• Feint 佯攻、声东击西
• I shall make a feint to the northeast…
• I pretended to be deceived by the feint.
• Falseness 虚伪、不忠实
• False is the men’s eyes.
• There’s falseness in his voice!
• We had that false alarm.
• Fondle 爱抚、抚弄 = Handle
• Fondle first, talk later.
• It was wrong of me to fondle Mrs. Miller’s breast.
• I let you fondle my chest, and it was a glorious moment for me.
• Furious 狂怒的、激烈的
• With great vengeance报复 and furious anger.
• Look how mad they are! Furious！
• It makes furious to this day!
• Fiscal 财务的
• Now that I am fiscally secure.
• This is a direct result of significant fiscal mismanagement.
• In the last fiscal year…
• Impose 强加、利用： sentence imposed by a judge in good standing in this state.
• Influx 流入、汇入： 
• A sudden influx of money.
• The recent influx of immigrants.
• Inexorable 无情的、铁面无私的
• Inexorable death
• And the elegant means inexorable to her end.
• An inexorable logic
• Invincible 无敌的、不可战胜的
• Together, you are invincible
• Spiderman is all but invincible
• The glory of invincibility
• Impart 传授、告知、给予: Allow me to impart a word to the wise
• Intermittent 间歇性的      Intermit 中断
• It was only intermittently effective
• Intermittent heavy rain has been forecast. 预测
• Sir, we have a small intermittent contact.
• Baritone 男中音、上低音乐器
• The Baritone was a guy named Kip Diskin.
• Sixteen baritone bass singers.
• And you’re the only baritone in the elf choir. 合唱团
• Benison = A blessing; Anatomy: Curse
• Beneficent = Mercy = Amicable = Kind: generous or doing good 行善的、慈爱的
• Boast = Brag
• I am just bragging about you.
• Can’t I brag about my little sister?
• I am not one to brag.
• My, my, my, what boasting.
• If the ship’s as fast as he’s boasting, we ought to do well.
• Nothing to boast off.
• No other creature can make such a boast.
• He was ashamed of his boasting.
• Bore = Burrow 挖洞 = Nestle = A hole or tunnel
• I think its burrow is two blocks down.
• The burrow to a depth of 100 meters.
• Bogus = Fake 假冒的、伪造的
• This thing is bogus.
• His background information was bogus.
• Write a bogus death certificate.
• Bewilder迷惑 cause sb confused
• You are not bewildered, you are afraid.
• It’s tricky and bewildering.
• She looks around, bewildered, seeming to want something.
• Booklet 小册子: a blue booklet
• Bolt down 狼吞虎咽     Bolt 螺旋钉、闪电、弓弩、筛选、拴住
• Anything that’s not bolted down goes overboard.
• He brings the bolt down.
• Anything not bolted sown toss it out.
• Bilateral 两侧的
• Budding 发芽、开始发育 = Developing
• Biography 传记、档案、个人简介: Is that the Teddy Roosevelt Biography?
• Brass 黄铜： The legend of the brass teapot.
• Buffoon = Clown 傻瓜、小丑 You buffoon! Don’t waste food like that.
• Bullock = Ox 牛
• Bibliography 文献、节目
• Burnish = Polish 擦亮、光泽
• Burnished sunset.
• You will be burnished
• To see his reputation burnished.
• Brusque 唐突的= Concise 简约的
• I apologize for being brusque.
• Oh, it was rather brusque.