Gaokao Vocabulary

A hard shiny chemical element or alloy; relating to heavy metal music

Having excess body flesh; overweight; a greasy substance in animal tissue used for energy

A document granting entry or travel; a traffic fine; to issue a ticket

Programs and instructions used to operate a computer

To vanish from sight; to cease to exist

Odd or unusual; unfamiliar

The activity of interpreting written text; a meter reading; a public recitation

Either of the two fleshy parts around the mouth; the rim of a container

Of or relating to a city or town

Relating to the mind or intellect; relating to psychiatric conditions

A midday meal; to eat lunch

In or to an unspecified or unknown place

A person who works on a farm, growing crops or raising livestock

A sweet white crystalline substance; to sweeten or make more palatable

A large celestial body orbiting a star, such as Earth or Mars

To travel to discover; to examine or investigate thoroughly

To get or acquire something through effort

A person or force that is hostile or opposed to another

Made up of many parts; difficult to understand; a group of related buildings

To encircle or enclose on all sides

A person skilled in sports or physical activities

To ask someone to attend or participate; to encourage something to happen

To do or say something again; something that happens again

The spiritual essence of a person; inner character; African American cultural style

Relating to or based on science

Not able to happen or be done; something that cannot be achieved

The sense or significance of a word or action

Having a husband or wife; a married person

A musical instrument, tool, or measuring device

To say in advance that something will happen; to forecast

Atmospheric conditions at a given time and place; to survive a difficult situation

A promise or pledge; dedication to a cause or obligation

Highest in power or rank; greatest or most extreme

To accept or tolerate something unpleasant; A large, heavy wild animal with thick fur; To carry or support the weight of; To give birth to; to produce

A small bag in clothing; one's finances; to take and keep dishonestly

Having little thickness; slim; to make thinner or less dense

A measure of heat or cold; an elevated body temperature indicating illness

something unexpected; the feeling of being surprised; to astonish

A result or effect of an action; importance

The act of breathing; a single inhalation or exhalation

The ability to see; something seen; to catch a glimpse of

To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights; A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium

To legally take a child into one's family; to accept or follow a plan or idea

A group smaller in number than the main group; a racial or ethnic subgroup

Not bent or curved; honest; directly without pausing

To join or link things together

The internal mechanism of a device; a factory; creative output

To be owned by or be part of something