ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 22nd)
TODAY’S WORDS:
1.Encomium ENCOMIUM 赞美，颂词 （反：diatribe 恶骂； harsh criticism 严厉批评）
2.Stealing 偷窃
3.Embezzling EMBELLZZLING 盗用，侵吞
4.Adamant ADAMANT 强硬的，固执的 （反：vacillatory 犹豫不决的; moved 被打动的）
5.Demoralized DEMOROLIZE 使士气低落
6.Ignominy
7.Proscribe 禁止
8.Natatorium NATATORIUM 游泳池
9.Procrastinate PROCRASTINATE 延搁，耽误
10.Imbue IMBUE使浸透；充满，深深影响
11.Vapid VAPID乏味的
ANALOGIES:
1.Brake: speed
2.Impervious: penetrate
ISSUE TOPIC:
1.The money spent on research is a good investment… even though the results of research are controversial
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.There is evidence that consumers of US have started growing vegetables in their own houses. The recent survey shows that the US consumers are very dissatisfied with the freshness of the vegetables that they buy in supermarkets. Another survey shows that during the last three months all the copies of a magazine named GARDEN something (XXX) is sold. So a company selling seeds decides to increase their profit by increasing the production of seeds of vegetables.
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 21st)
TODAY’S WORDS:
1.Alacrity ALACRITY 爽快，乐意 （反：hesitance犹豫； reluctance不情愿； recalcitrance不顺从； dilatoriness 拖延）
2.Insipid INSIPID乏味的，枯燥的
3. Excavate EXCAVATE 挖掘，挖出 （反：fill in 填充）
4. Deplore DEPLORE 悲哀，哀悼 （反：laud赞美； accolade 赞美）
5. Boorish BOORISH 粗野的
6. Banquet BANQUET 宴会，盛会
7.Absorb ABSORB 吸收，吸进；减轻。。的作用 （反：emit； radiate； reflect； exude 渗出）
8. Accolade ACCOLADE 赞美 （反：derogation 诋毁； denouncement谴责）
9. Polemical POLEMICAL 挑起论战的 （反： conciliatory 调和的）
10.Emulate EMULATE 努力赶上或超越；竞争；模仿
11. Reinforce REINFORCE 加强力量，增援 （反：undermine削弱； subvert 颠覆）
ISSUE TOPIC:
1.Are the researches made in various groups like teaching, science etc are useful to all"
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.A restaurant was supplying margarine instead of butter…. only a 2% of people complained about their whole fleet of restaurants and the rest 98% kept quite and more over the waiters say that customers could not differentiate between the butter and margarine" |
