英语必修三第二单元单词笔记.pdf

英语必修三第二单元单词笔记

VocabularyNotesforEnglishModule3,Unit2。

Nouns:

ambivalenceastateofhavingmixedemotionsor

feelingsaboutsomething.

audacityextremeboldnessordaring.

capriciousnessthetendencytoactorchangesuddenly

andunpredictably.

diatribeabitterorabusiveattack,especiallyin

speechorwriting.

ephemeralitythequalityoflastingforashorttime.

fortuityaneventthathappensbychance.

imperviousnessthequalityofbeingunabletobe

affectedbysomething.

magnanimitygreatgenerosityorkindness.

mendacitythehabitoflyingorbeinguntruthful.

meticulousnessgreatcareorattentiontodetail.

nuanceasubtledifferenceinmeaningorexpression.

obliquityindirectnessorevasivenessinspeechor

behavior.

pertinencerelevanceorappropriateness.

predilectionaparticularlikingorpreference.

probityhonestyorintegrity.

Adjectives:

ambivalenthavingmixedemotionsorfeelingsabout

something.

audaciousextremelyboldordaring.

capriciousactingorchangingsuddenlyand

unpredictably.

diatribicbitterorabusive,especiallyinspeechor

writing.

ephemerallastingforashorttime.

fortuitoushappeningbychance.

imperviousunabletobeaffectedbysomething.

magnanimousverygenerousorkind.

mendaciousinthehabitoflyingorbeinguntruthful.

meticuloustakinggreatcareorattentiontodetail.

nuancedhavingsubtledifferencesinmeaningor

expression.

obliqueindirectorevasiveinspeechorbehavior.

pertinentrelevantorappropriate.

predisposedhavingaparticularlikingorpreference.

probitioushonestorupright.

Verbs:

ambivalatetohavemixedemotionsorfeelingsabout

something.

capitulatetosurrenderorgivein.

disabusetofreesomeonefromamistakenbelief.

elucidatetomakesomethi