Gaokao Vocabulary

An oval object laid by birds or reptiles; to urge or incite someone

A firmly held conviction or faith in something

Any person; a person of importance

The crime of deliberately killing someone; to kill unlawfully and intentionally

Something given freely; a natural talent

A system of belief in a god or gods, with associated practices

an evaluation; a critical article; to examine again

A person who reviews and prepares written material for publication

A popular hot drink made from roasted beans; the beans or plant itself

a written record; to record information

The rate of motion or action; to move fast

To make or form a cross; A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other; Transverse; lying across the main direction

power to affect or change; to affect someone

To carry out an act; to pledge oneself to something

A female person, animal, or plant.; Of or denoting the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs.

The period of life between childhood and adulthood; a young person

A moving ridge on water; a surge of something; to move one's hand as a greeting

Feeling fear; feeling regret or reluctance

one fourth of something; a three-month period

A person's experience and origins; the part of a scene behind the main subject

Belonging to one by birth or origin; a person born in a particular place

Wide in extent or scope; covering a large range

Extremely good or impressive; causing wonder

Two times; in double the amount

A matching set of clothes; to be appropriate for someone

To move air; a hard hit or sudden shock

The process of building; a structure; a grammatical arrangement

The ability to learn and understand; secret information about an enemy

To damage something so severely it can no longer be used

To prepare food by heating (v.); a person who prepares food (n.)

A link or relationship between people or things

To be on fire or cause damage by fire; an injury caused by heat

A protective foot covering with a hard sole; to put shoes on someone

A level of quality or rank; a score for academic work; to assign marks

A group appointed to carry out a specific task or make decisions

An exclamation used to attract attention or express surprise

An error due to poor judgment or carelessness; to misunderstand or wrongly identify

To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing; A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use

Making little or no noise; calm and still; the absence of sound or disturbance

A person from India or an indigenous American; relating to India or indigenous Americans

To put clothes on oneself or someone else; to wear a particular type of clothing.; A garment worn by a woman or girl that covers the body and extends below the waist.

a commitment to do something; to make a pledge

Having knowledge or consciousness of something; alert to what is happening

the purpose of something; to work as intended

A hard structure forming the skeleton; to remove bones from meat

Energetic and engaged in activity; currently operating

The leader of a group; most important

To bring things together; a harvesting machine