英语泛读教程Unit One.docVIP

Unit One Essay on American heretic : a person whose views are at variance with those of the majority hypocrisy : concealment of true character or belief resolve : resolution domain : ownership seat : site, situation discern : to distinguish by the eye or understanding saturate : to imbue subdue : to subject indignity : disgrace accountable : liable to account, responsible censure : blame traitor : a betrayer concurrence : agreement integrity : entireness, wholeness perverse : deliberately wicked vortex : a pursuit, way of life situation, etc, that engulfs one irresistibly or remorselessly, taking up all one’s attention or energies tyranny : oppression, cruelty, harshness enigma : a mysterious person or situation homogenous : of the same kind or nature persecute : to harass, afflict, hunt down, or put to death, esp for religious or political opinions prohibit : to forbid; to prevent populace : the common people; those not distinguished by rank, education, office, etc impetus : momentum; impulse; incentive psyche : the soul, spirit or mind far cry : advanced utterance, slogan monarch : a sole hereditary head of a state, whether titular or ruling backlash : reaction or consequence, esp if violent realm : domain, field condone : to forgive; to pass over without blame, overlook intentionally; to excuse trample on : to tread roughly or in contempt; to tread forcibly and rapidly etch : to design on metal, glass, etc by eating out the lines with an acid; to eat away or corrode momentum : force of motion gained in movements, impetus thwart : to prevent, to frustrate invincible : that cannot be defeated or overcome; insuperable fortress : a fortified place; a defense ostracize : to exclude from society or from one’s social group acquiesce : to rest satisfied or without making opposition; to assent care to do set in motion : 使…运转 professed : plainly self- declared indomitable : too strong and brave to be discouraged trigger : to start or cause (esp a number of events, often of