addendum N. /附加，补充/an addition or supplement. As an addendum to the minutes, let me point out that Susan
moved to appoint Kathy and Arthur to the finance committee.
addiction N. /瘾，依赖/compulsive, habitual need. His addiction to drugs caused his friends much grief.
addle V. /使变疯，腐坏/muddle; drive crazy; become rotten. This idiotic plan is confusing enough to addle
anyone. addled, ADJ.
address V. /发表(演讲)，处理，讨论/direct a speech to; deal with or discuss. Due to address the convention in July,
Brown planned to address the issue of low-income housing in his speech.
adept ADJ. /擅长于/expert at. She was adept at the fine art of irritating people. also N.
adhere V. /黏着/stick fast. I will adhere to this opinion until proof that I am wrong is presented. adhesion, N.
adherent N. /支持者，追随者/supporter; follower. In the wake of the scandal, the senator's one-time adherents quickly
deserted him.
adjacent ADJ. /邻近的，毗邻的/adjoining; neighboring; close by. Philip's best friend Jason lived only four houses down
the block, close but not immediately adjacent.
adjunct N. /无用的附加物/something added on or attached (generally nonessential or inferior). Although I don't
absolutely need a second computer, I plan to buy a laptop to serve as an adjunct to my desktop model.
admonish V. /警告，训斥/warn; reprove. He admonished his listeners to change their wicked ways. admonition, N.
admonition N. /警告/warning. After the student protesters repeatedly rejected Chairman Deng's admonitions, the
government issued an ultimatum: either the students would end the demonstration at once or the soldiers would fire on the crowd.
adorn V. /装饰/decorate. Wall paintings and carved statues adorned the temple. adornment, N.
adroit ADJ. /熟练，有技巧/skillful. His adroit handling of the delicate situation pleased his employers.
Word List 2 adulation-amend
adulation N. /奉承，恭维/flattery; admiration. The rock star thrived on the adulation of his groupies and yes men.
adulate,V.
adulterate V. /掺杂/make impure by adding inferior or tainted substances. It is a crime to adulterate foods without
informing the buyer; when consumers learned that Beech-Nut had adulterated their apple juice by mixing it with water, they protested vigorously.
advent N. /到来，出现/arrival. Most Americans were unaware of the advent of the Nuclear Age until the news of
Hiroshima reached them.
adventitious ADJ. /偶然/accidental; casual. He found this adventitious meeting with his friend extremely fortunate.
adversary N. /对手/opponent. The young wrestler struggled to defeat his adversary.
adverse ADJ. /讨厌，敌意/unfavorable; hostile. The recession had a highly adverse effect on Father's investment
portfolio: he lost so much money that he could no longer afford the butler and the upstairs maid. adversity, N.
adversity N. /贫困，不幸/poverty; misfortune. We must learn to meet adversity gracefully.
advocacy N. /支持，辩护/support; active pleading on something's behalf. No threats could dissuade Bishop Desmond
Tutu from his advocacy of the human rights of black South Africans.
advocate V. /辩护/urge; plead for. The abolitionists advocated freedom for the slaves. also N.
aerie N. /猛禽的窝/nest of a large bird of prey (eagle, hawk). The mother eagle swooped down on the unwitting rabbit
and bore it off to her aerie high in the Rocky Mountains.
aesthetic ADJ. /审美的/artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciation of the beautiful. The beauty of Tiffany's stained
glass appealed to Esther's aesthetic sense. aesthete, N.
affable ADJ. /平易近人的/easily approachable; warmly friendly. Accustomed to cold, aloof supervisors, Nicholas was
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