2010英语专四词汇重点冲刺一

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barren /bArEn/：unable to produce young; uNPRoductive

TYPICAL USE: The barren land could produce little food.

Synonym：sterile

bump/bQmp/: come with a blow or knock

TYPICAL USE: The room was dark and I bumped my head against the door.

Synonym: collide

devise/di vaIz/: think out: plan or contrive

TYPICAL USE: He devised new method for teaching the blind.

Synonym: invent

exert/ig zEt/: put into use: exercise

TYPICAL USE: My wife’s exert lots of pressure on me to change my job.

Synonym: use

oath/EJW/: a solemn promise often calling upon God

TYPICAL USE: He places the right hand on the Bible as he spoke the oath of the office

Synonym: pledge

shatter/FAtE/: destroy completely; break suddenly into pieces

TYPICAL USE: Their hope of finding him alive was shattered when his dead body was found.

Synonym：smash