ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 23rd)
TODAY’S WORDS:
1.Insipid
2. Alacrity
3.Buttress
4.Deplore
5.Qurush ？？
6.Repudiate REPUDIATE拒绝，抛弃；否定，驳斥
7.Complaisance COMPLAISANCE 迁就，奉承 COMPLAISANT 顺从的，讨好的（反：churlish粗野的；obdurate 固执的）
RECENT ANALOGIES:
1.Collude: cooperate
2.Wary: cautious
3.Pacify: infuriate
4.Heart: organ
5.Irrelevant: pertain
6.Choreograph: movement
7.Melodious: hear
8.Deplore: vile DEPLORE: VILE ???? VILE: utterly bad
9.Proofread: document
10.Isthmus: island
11.Impervious: penetrate
12. GLACIAL: SLOW glacial ：very slow
13.Duck: drake
14.Exponent: advocate
15.Recess: halt
16.Harangue: mollify
17.Mulish: pervasive
18.He: she
19.Rock: hill
20. Cow: herd
21.Collaborate: cooperate
22. Soil: mud
23. Inane: significance
24. Lubricant: friction
25. Din: ear
26. Porous: liquid
27. Transparency: light
28. Figure: statue
29. Impeachable: blame
30. Arboreal: trees
31. Friction: oil
32.Gratuitous: justification
33.Comprehensive: dire
RECENT ISSUE TOPICS:
1. Study of history is not important unless it’s relevant to daily lives
2. Only through mistakes, progress or discovery is achieved
3. High-speed electronic communications media, such as electronic mail and television, tend to prevent meaningful and thoughtful communication
4. A school or college should pay its teachers at the same rate in all disciplines, regardless of differences in salaries for related fields in the world outside of school. For example, entry-level teachers in mathematics and in the arts should receive the same pay, even if outside of school, math specialists earn a much higher salary on average than do specialists in the arts
5. To be an effective leader, a public official must maintain the highest ethical and moral standards
6. High-speed electronic communications media, such as electronic mail and television, tend to prevent meaningful and thoughtful communication
7. Laws should not be rigid or fixed. Instead, they should be flexible enough to take account of various circumstances, times, and places
8. When research priorities are being set for science, education, or any other area, the most important question to consider is: How many people's lives will be improved if the results are successful?
9. Money spent on research is almost always a good investment, even when the results of that research are controversial. |
