Words

  • aesthetic

    [adj] concerned with beauty or art

  • interaction

    [adj] (of two things) to have an effect on each other

    • interaction between/with sth/sb
    • Audience can have interaction with TV hosts through the Internet.

  • refined

    [adj] (used about a substance) that has been made pure by having other substance taken out of it

    [adj] (used about a person) polite; having very good manners

  • cassette

    [C] a small flat case with tape inside that you can use for recording and playing music and other sounds.

    Tip : Another word for cassette is tape. When you want to go back to the beginning of a cassette you rewind（倒回） it. When you want to go forward you fast forward（快进） it.

  • ancestry

    [C,U] all of a person’s ancestors

    • He is of Irish ancestry.

  • prohibitive

    [adj] (used about a price or cost) so high that it prevents people from buying sth or doing sth.

  • semi-

    [prefix] (used in adjectives and nouns) half; partly

    • semi-arid: (used about land or climate) dry; with little rain

  • inaugurate

    [vt] to introduce a new official, leader, etc at a special formal ceremony

    [vt] to start, introduce or open sth new (often at a special formal ceremony)

  • rebel

    [n] a person who fights against his/her country’s government because he/she wants things change

    [n] a person who refuses to obey people in authority or to accept rules.

    [vi] to fight against authority, society, a law ,etc

    • rebel against sth/sb

  • personality

    [C,U] the different qualities of a person’s character that make him/her different with other people

  • deprive

    [vt] to prevent sb/sth from having sth; to take away sth from sb

    • deprive sth/sb of sb