Gaokao Vocabulary

To regain something lost; to return to good health

A building where goods are manufactured

The covering forming the top of a building; to cover with a roof

Lacking the ability or means to do something

The cost or money spent on something

The food one regularly eats; a controlled eating plan; to follow such a plan

To seize someone by legal authority; to stop a process

To clean with water; the act of cleaning with water

A timetable of planned activities; to plan something for a specific time

Feeling or showing unhappiness or sorrow

Short in duration or concise in expression; a summary of key information; to inform someone concisely

a job or pole; to send mail or publish online

to buy; something bought

A hard metal made from iron; to mentally prepare for something difficult

To call out loudly; a loud cry or call

Relating to sight or vision; an image or graphic element

In a just way; to a moderate degree; quite

Involving great physical force or harm; very intense

Free from sound or noise; not speaking

to assume or believe; to think as likely

A person's own individual nature or identity

A drink made from tea leaves; a light afternoon meal

A resolution of a dispute; a newly established colony or community

A spoken or written account of someone or something

To move smoothly across a surface; a playground slide; a landslide

A ceremony celebrating the beginning of a marriage

To tell someone about a fact or situation; to give character to something

Happening at once without delay; very close or direct

To desert or give up completely (v.); uninhibited freedom from restraint (n.)

To change completely in form or nature; a mathematical conversion operation

Mental or emotional strain; physical tightness or pulling force; conflict between opposing forces

Most important or successful; ranking first; providing guidance

To be made up of particular parts or elements

Ethanol or similar organic compounds; alcoholic beverages

To curve or cause to curve; a curved section of a road or river

To abandon; a large dry barren land; uninhabited

used to express future events or obligations

A mistake or inaccuracy; to malfunction due to a fault

A person from the Arab world; relating to Arabs

To multiply by two; twice the amount; consisting of two matching parts

The language of Spain and Latin America; relating to Spain

Fine grains of rock found on beaches and deserts; to smooth with sandpaper

To produce text or images by machine; printed text or a photograph

To protect from harm or decay; to treat food for storage; a fruit spread

A section of text or music; a narrow path; the act of passing through

The state of being real or alive

A book for photos or stamps; a music collection released together

To organize or put in order; to plan or prepare in advance