Gaokao Vocabulary

Done freely by choice, without being forced; working without payment

Logically sound; legally acceptable; well-founded

In a happy manner; fortunately

A thin cord used in sewing; to pass through a narrow space

Feeling sad or dissatisfied

Travelling for pleasure; the industry serving travellers

A set of connected hotel rooms; a group of attendants; a musical composition of several movements

Dried cereal stalks; a drinking tube

Easily broken or damaged; delicate and not strong

A sphere; the Earth; a spherical model of the Earth

The science of substances and their reactions; natural attraction between people

Filled with too many people or things; packed tightly together

A pain in the head; an annoying problem

Extremely good or wonderful; strange and imaginary

Moderate heat; friendliness and kindness

A male police officer

Right or appropriate for a particular purpose

The ceremony or process of completing a course of study

A tool for boring holes; to bore a hole; to train repeatedly

Deliberately causing pain or suffering; merciless and harsh

A small round fruit growing in clusters on a vine

A small house, especially in the country or used as a vacation home

Fine-grained sticky earth used in ceramics; a tennis court surface

A newly created device or idea; the act of creating it

An inflatable bag used as a toy or for flight; to expand rapidly

The price of a journey; to get on or progress in a certain way

School assignments done at home; preparatory study or research

A long upholstered seat for two or more people

A knitted garment worn on the upper body for warmth

A tough elastic material; an eraser; (of a cheque) not backed by funds

An exclamation of laughter or surprise

A round open container with a handle for carrying liquids

A hard rock used in building and sculpture; a small ball used in games

Clearly and directly expressed; leaving nothing implied

Causing worry or unease; upsetting

A projectile shot from a bow; a directional symbol

The gathering of ripened crops; the yield or result of effort; to reap or collect

A person who secretly gathers information; to act as a spy

Showing courage in the face of danger; to face something with courage

Bright with sunlight; cheerful

To grow larger or more intense; a rolling ocean wave; excellent

Short trousers or underpants; to cause a short circuit

A woman who is getting married or has just married

A written account of a person's life

Rarely, not often

Not clearly expressed or understood; lacking precision

The number 0; nothing; to set to zero

A person from another country