CORE Reading Vocab List 4

Christine G. (United States of America)
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  1. notorious
    known widely and usually unfavorably
    The FBI says it has shut down the notorious Silk Road website - an online marketplace for drugs and illegal services.
  2. anomaly
    deviation from the normal or common order, form, or rule
    Harper had struck out in his first at-bat, which was an anomaly, since he was usually such a great hitter.
  3. innate
    present at birth but not necessarily hereditary
    Just as some people have an innate love for sweets, others have an innate aversion to bitter tastes.
  4. vital
    urgently needed; absolutely necessary
    Government and technology experts are becoming increasingly worried that vital computing skills are no longer being taught in schools.
  5. primitive
    belonging to an early stage of technical development
    Some have said war is an innate part of human behaviour - but this research suggests otherwise primitive society was not driven by war, scientists believe.
  6. novelty
    originality by virtue of being new and surprising
    For Halloween this year, I plan to wear a Hawaiian shirt, short shorts, jelly shoes and novelty sunglasses if the sun shines.
  7. systematically
    in a consistent manner
    A growing number of politicians suspect the police have been systematically covering up wrong doing by those in their own ranks.
  8. adversity
    a state of misfortune or affliction
    Unlike the tough guys he portrayed in his movies, he is not coping well with adversity.
  9. flagrant
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
    An employer found to have committed flagrant violations that led to a worker’s death faces, at worst, a misdemeanor punishable by six months in jail.
  10. parse
    analyze the sentence structure of
    For hundreds of years, parents and grandparents parsed out family trees, calculated dowries and read astrology charts to arrange marriages.
  11. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
    Staff members are required to surrender mobile phones ahead of meetings to prevent surreptitious recordings.
Created on 十月 28, 2013 (updated 十月 28, 2013)

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