BBT VOCAB 4

get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable.(verb)

Answer explanation

ex:discarded all the old clothes

1.(of language) open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning.(adj)

2.unclear or inexact because a choice between alternatives has not been made.(adj)

Answer explanation

1.ex:ambiguous phrase

2.ex:the election result was ambiguous

synonyms:
open to debate, misleading, puzzling

an asset or object bought or obtained, typically by a library or museum.(noun)

2.

the learning or developing of a skill, habit, or quality.(noun)

Answer explanation

1.EX:"the legacy will be used for new acquisitions"

synonyms:purchase, investment.

2.EX:"the acquisition of management skills"

try hard to do or achieve something.(verb)

an attempt to achieve a goal.(noun)

Answer explanation

1.EX:"he is endeavoring to help the Third World"

2. synonyms:struggle

3. 2.EX:"an endeavor to reduce serious injury"

4. synonyms: attempt, effort.

1. a wheeled stretcher used for transporting hospital patients.

noun

1. an agreement.

2. 2.verb

   1. agree by lease, deed, or other legal contract.

Answer explanation

1.EX:"there was a covenant between them that her name was never to be mentioned"

SYnONYMS: treaty, deal

2.EX:"the landlord covenants to repair the property"

synonyms:promise

agree

contract

verb

1. 1.treat in a way that is apparently kind or helpful but that betrays a feeling of superiority.

   frequent (a store, theater, restaurant, or other establishment) as a customer.

Answer explanation

1.EX:"she was determined not to be put down or patronized"

synonyms: humiliate,contemptuous

2.EX:restaurants remaining open in the evening were well patronized"

synonyms:do business with,be a customer of

(of a body of water or the atmosphere of a confined space) having no current or flow and often having an unpleasant smell as a consequence.（adj)

showing no activity; dull and sluggish.(adj)

Answer explanation

1.EX:"a stagnant ditch"

Synonyms:still

motionless

2.EX:"a stagnant economy"

synonyms:inactive

sluggish

verb

1. shape or put together in a particular form

2. arrange or order (a computer system or an element of it) so as to fit it for a designated task.

3. 1. 配置

Answer explanation

1.EX:"two of the aircraft will be configured as VIP transports"

2.EX:"expanded memory can be configured as a virtual drive"

cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument.(put into effect/use)verb

1. 1. 呼吁

2. 2. 吁求

Answer explanation

1.EX:"the antiquated defense of insanity is rarely invoked today"

synonyms:call into use, call into use

2.EX:"she invoked his help against this attack"

synonyms:summon

call (up)

3.EX:"how could she explain how the accident happened without invoking his wrath?

synonyms: cause,bring out