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Etymology:

se-apart from

select,segregation(opposite:intergration),successor,predecessor

*successive:following one after the other in a series；following each other without interruption

e.g.:It rained for five successive days.

Vocabulary

1.pension (n.) 

a. an amount of money paid regularly by the government or a private company to a person who does not work any more because they are too old or they have become ill

e.g.: They find it hard to live on their state pension.

2.startled (v.) 

a.  to do something unexpected that surprises and sometimes worries a person or animal

e.g.: She was concentrating on her book and his voice startled her.

3.build (v.) 

a. to make something by putting bricks or other materials together

e.g.: They're building new houses by the river.

b. to create and develop something over a long period of time

e.g.: We want to build a better future for our children.

4.fair (adj.) 

a.  treating someone in a way that is right or reasonable, or treating a group of people equally and not allowing personal opinions to influence your judgment

e.g.: Why should I have to do all the cleaning? It's not fair!

b. If you hit someone fair and square on a particular part of their body, you hit that person hard, exactly on that part

e.g.: He hit me fair and square on the nose.

5.shaven (adj.) 

a. with the hair removed

e.g.: They all had shaven heads.

6.childish (adj.) 

a.  typical of a child

b.  If an adult is childish, they behave badly in a way that would be expected of a child

e.g.: He wasn't enjoying the occasion so he thought he'd spoil it for everyone else - it was very childish of him.

7.senility (adj.) 

a.   showing poor mental ability because of old age, especially being unable to think clearly and make decisions

e.g.: He spent many years caring for his senile mother.

8.daze (n.) 

a.  unable to think clearly

e.g.: She was wandering around in a daze this morning.

9.repressing (v.) 

a.  to not allow something, especially feelings, to be expressed

e.g.: He repressed a sudden desire to cry.

b.  to control what people do, especially by using force

10.thump (v.) 

a.  to hit someone with your fist (= closed hand) or to hit something and cause a noise

e.g.: He thumped him in the face.

11.thump (n.) 

a.  an act of thumping someone or something

e.g.: If he does that again I'm going to give him a thump (= hit him with my closed hand).

b.  the sound of something heavy hitting something

e.g.: She fell to the floor with a thump.

12.perplex (v.) 

a.  to confuse and worry someone slightly by being difficult to understand or solve

e.g.: The disease has continued to perplex doctors.

13.contest (n.) 

a.   a competition to do better than other people, usually in which prizes are given

e.g.: She's won a lot of beauty contests.

14.fairly (adv.) 

a. more than average, but less than very

e.g.: She's fairly tall.

b.  UK. used to emphasize figurative expressions that describe what people or objects are doing

e.g.: The answer fairly jumps off the page at you!

15.figurative (n.)

a.  ( written abbreviation fig.) (of words and phrases) used not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning, in order to create a special effect

e.g.: Of course, she was using the term "massacre" in the figurative sense.

b. (of a painting, drawing, etc.) representing something as it really looks, rather than in an abstract way

16.syllable (n.) 

a.  a single unit of speech, either a whole word or one of the parts into which a word can be separated, usually containing a vowel

17.parliament (n.) 

a. in some countries, the group of (usually) elected politicians or other people who make the laws for their country

e.g.: On Tuesday the country's parliament voted to establish its own army. She was elected to Parliament in 1997.

b.  a particular period of time during which a parliament is operating, between either holidays or elections

18.junction (n.) 

a.  a place where things, especially roads or railways, come together

e.g.: You should slow down as you approach the junction.

19.peculiarly (adv.) 

a. very or especially

e.g.: It's peculiarly painful where I burned my hand.

b. in a strange, and sometimes unpleasant, way

e.g.: He looked at me most peculiarly.

20.twitch (v.)

a. (to cause) to make a sudden small movement with a part of the body, usually without intending to

e.g.: He tried to suppress a smile but felt the corner of his mouth twitch.

b.  to give something a sudden light pull

21.chaperon (n.) 

a. (especially in the past) an older person, especially a woman, who goes with and takes care of a younger woman who is not married when she is in public

e.g.: She asked me to go to the cinema with her and Andrew, I think as a sort of chaperone.

b.  a female nurse who is in the same room when a female patient is examined by a male doctor, or a police officer who protects a person injured by a criminal when they are in public

c. an older person who is present at a social event for young people to encourage correct behavior

e.g.: Several parents acted as chaperones for the school disco.

22.obligation (n.) 

a. the fact that you are obliged to do something

e.g.: You have a legal obligation to ensure your child receives a proper education.

b. something that you must do

e.g.: I don't have time to do his work for him - I've got too many obligations as it is.

23.merit (n.) 

a.  the quality of being good and deserving praise

e.g.: Her ideas have merit.

24.tiresome (adj.) 

a. annoying and making you lose patience

e.g.: I find it very tiresome doing the same job day after day.

25.differ (v.) 

a.  to be not like something or someone else, either physically or in another way

e.g.: The twins look alike, but they differ in temperament.

b. to disagree

e.g.: I beg to differ with you on that point.