Gaokao Vocabulary

Easily affected by stimuli or emotions; responsive to others' feelings

An idea put forward for consideration; a hint

Letters and packages sent by post; to send by post or email

Instructions for preparing food; a method for achieving a result

Fair and sensible; not excessive

Made of wood; stiff and expressionless in manner

The act of getting ready; the state of readiness

Prone to attacking or arguing; forceful and determined

A public musical performance; to plan together

Not true or correct; artificial or not genuine

A plan or purpose behind an action

A passage for water; a TV or radio frequency; a means of communication; to direct along a course

Of the highest degree or intensity; the utmost point or degree

A hollow cylindrical pipe or container; the London Underground

A picture made with a pencil or pen; the art of making such pictures

To stop or leave; to give up

The state of being away or not present; a lack of something

Truthful and not likely to lie or deceive; fair and sincere

The speed of movement or progress; to walk back and forth

A person who speaks or gives speeches; a loudspeaker

A short written composition on a subject; to attempt something

A feeling or image retained in the mind; a mark made by pressure

A sweet baked food; a solid block of material; to form a hard crust

To discuss in order to reach an agreement; to successfully deal with an obstacle

An expert in a specific field or branch of medicine

The beginning or source of something; a person's background or ancestry

To offer advice or recommendations; to formally inform someone

Following accepted customs or traditional methods; ordinary

The distance downward from a surface; intensity or complexity

A physical or mental condition limiting a person's abilities

A large amount of money or valuable possessions; an abundance

A round bulb widely used as a vegetable in cooking

Having a level surface; dull or lifeless; an apartment on one floor

A trademark or product identity; a mark burned onto something; to label or stigmatize

Mentally ill or crazy; very angry; wildly excited

A prize given for achievement; to officially give a prize or honor

By way of; passing through; by means of

To come into existence or become apparent; to get up

A main public road connecting towns or cities

A regular sequence of habitual actions; ordinary and done as standard procedure

Money paid to a worker; to carry on a war or campaign

A short expression or grammatical word group; to express something in particular words

A large company legally recognized as a single entity

To change or exchange; a device for controlling electricity; a change

Worth a lot of money or highly useful; a precious personal possession

Something accepted as true without proof; taking on a role or responsibility

A structure blocking movement; anything preventing progress

A work of lasting excellence; of the highest and most typical quality