1 stain vt.被玷污，留下污点 n.污点，污渍
派生 stained adj.沾了污渍的 stainless a.没有污渍的 bloodstain n.血迹

2 rationality n.理性
派生 rational a.有理性的

3 tout v.标榜，吹嘘 兜售 n.票贩子
例句：But the device was touted as being able to measure the heart rate of wearers.

4 mortality n.致死率
派生 mortal a.致死的
例句: The animal starts more fights and experience higher rates of mortality.

5.intrigue v.引起…的兴趣 vi.密谋 n.阴谋
例句:There is one thing about your family that’s always intrigued me

6. connote vt.隐含，暗含
例句：The term ‘liberal arts’ connotes a certain elevation above utilitarian concerns

7 predecessor n.前任
例句: How would my administration be different from my predecessor?

8 persistent a.执着的，锲而不舍的(persist形容词)
例句:How would you deal with persistent salesman who won’t take no for an answer

9 scrub vt.擦洗，刷洗 vi.取消(原有安排)
例句:We should scrub the rest of the mission
Scrub your hands with soap

10 secede vi.脱离，退出 (s-apart cede-to go)
例句 Following Buchanan’s inaction, six other slave-holding Southern states also seceded.

11 disquiet vt.感到不安 n.忧虑，不满
例句: Public disquiet over deaths in police custody.

12 bode vi.预示
派生 forebode v.预示，预感 foreboding n.不详的预感，凶兆
boding a.预兆的，不详的

13 folkways n.民风，民俗

14 overrun vt.（坏事）泛滥 vi.超时
例句：The house was completely overrun with mice
His speech overran the time limit

15 turmoil n.混乱，动荡
I’m supposed to be in turmoil and danger

16 amenable a. 顺从的，可用某种方式处理的(men = to lead)
例句：He seemed most amenable to my idea.

17 interrelate vi.相互关联
例句 Each parts of the course interrelates with all the others

18 nude a.裸体的 n.裸体画
例句: A lot of major actors do nude scenes

19 redundant a.多余的，累赘的
例句: Now I want the detailed listing of every redundant position in the Swinton Merger

20 coerce vt.强迫
例句: Potter has argued that the government coerced him into pleading guilty