ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 14th)
WORDS:
1.Knack KNACK窍门，技巧，（行为、言语等的）习惯、癖
2.Mulley MULLEY无角的； 母牛
3.Archaic ARCHAIC 古代的，已不用的 （反：current）
4.Touchy TOUCHY 暴躁的，难处理的
5.Impalpable IMPALPABLE难以理解的；触摸不到的
6.Trespass TRESPASS侵犯；打扰；冒犯
7.Obtrude OBTRUDE 突出；闯入，打扰
8.Duly DULY及时的，适当的
ISSUE TOPIC:
1."Students should question about what they are studying instead of accepting, they should show some skepticism"
2."The character of the leaders of the society can be determined by the character of men and women of the society who chose them"
ARGUMENT TOPIC:
1.The following appeared in a medical newsletter.
“Doctors have long suspected that secondary infections may keep some patients from healing quickly after severe muscle strain. This hypothesis has now been proved by preliminary results of a study of two groups of patients. The first group of patients, all being treated for muscle injuries by Dr. Newland, a doctor who specializes in sports medicine, took antibiotics regularly throughout their treatment. Their recuperation time was, on average, 40 percent quicker than typically expected. Patients in the second group, all being treated by Dr. Alton, a general physician, were given sugar pills, although the patients believed they were taking antibiotics. Their average recuperation time was not significantly reduced. Therefore, all patients who are diagnosed with muscle strain would be well advised to take antibiotics as part of their treatment.”
ORKUT VERBAL DATABASE (Till jan 11th)
WORDS:
1.Touchy
2.Annual ANNUAL
3.Iconoclast ICONOCLAST打破旧习的人；偶像破坏者
4.Irrelevant IRRELEVANT不相关的，离题的，不重要的
5.Obdurate OBDURATE 冷酷无情的；顽固的；坚硬牢固的
6.Laconia？？ laconic LACONIC 简洁的
7.Quisling QUISLING卖国贼
8.Trespass TRESPASS侵犯；打扰；冒犯
9.Buttress BUTTRESS（建筑物的）扶墙； v. 支持
10. Alienate ALIENATE 疏远，离间某人 （反：reunite 再结合）
11.Archaic ARCHAIC 古代的，已不用的 （反：current）
12.Desperate DESPERATE 不顾死活的；绝望的，拼死的
13.Belie BELIE 掩饰；证明为假 （反：aver 断言； affirm 肯定）
14.Boorish BOORISH粗野的
15.Exacerbate EXACERBATE加重，恶化 （反义：mitigate 减轻； alleviate 减轻）
16.Zealot ZEALOT 狂热者
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