Day4
Jog
v. 慢跑，慢步长跑(尤指锻炼); (偶然地) 轻击，轻撞，轻碰;
n. 慢跑(尤指锻炼); 轻推; 轻碰; 轻击;
Early one Sunday morning,when I came in from my jog,I ran into a family touring the White House.
Undergo
v. 经历，经受(变化、不快的事等);
Undergo drug treatment
Recidivism
惯犯;但累犯;再犯;累犯;累犯,惯犯
The program was very successful,with a much lower recidivism rate than the prison system.
Droll
adj. 离奇可笑的; 滑稽古怪的;
He called me and said in his droll way.
Constituent
n. (选区的) 选民，选举人; 成分; 构成要素;
adj. 组成的; 构成的;
Reno also was immensely popular with his constituents.
Narcotic
n. 致幻毒品; 麻醉品; 麻醉性镇痛药; 镇静剂; 麻醉药;
adj. 致幻的; 麻醉的; 催眠的;
Immigration and narcotics cases
Omnibus
n. (广播、电视) 综合节目; (若干种作品的) 汇编，选集; 公共汽车;
adj. 综合性的; 选编的;
By far the largest was whether to include health-care reform along with the economic plan in the omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act.
Filibuster
n. (议会中为拖延表决的) 冗长演说;
v. 阻碍议案通过; 阻饶议事; 掠夺，侵夺;
Since the Senate had forty-four Republicans,the probability that they would at least try to filibuster health care was high.
Construe
v. 理解; 领会;
He was adamant that health-care reform could not be construed as part of the basic budget process.
Unjustifiable
adj. 不可原谅的; 无法接受的; 无正当理由的;
Most of the team wanted to cut farm supports and other rural programs,which they thought were unjustifiable.
Day5
Snap
v. (使喀嚓) 断裂，绷断; (使啪地) 打开，关上，移到某位置; 厉声说; 怒气冲冲地说; 不耐烦地说;
n. (尤指关上或断裂的声音) 啪嗒声，咔嚓声; (尤指抢拍的) 照片; “对儿”牌游戏(游戏者轮流下牌，出现相同的牌时要抢先喊“对儿”);
adj. 匆忙的; 仓促的;
A New Yorker with a brusque,candid manner,Howard snapped.
Shaft
n. (电梯的) 升降机井; 通风井; 竖井; 井筒; (箭、高尔夫球杆等的) 杆; (锤等的) 柄; (机器的) 轴;
v. 亏待; 苛待; 欺骗;
The middle class had been shafted in the eighties.
Quadrupling
v.(使) 变为四倍;
burdened by the quadrupling of the debt
vitality
n. 生命力; 活力; 热情;
Restore the vitality of the American dream
Surcharge
n. 额外费用; 附加费; 增收费;
v. 向(某人)收取额外费用;
10 percent surcharge on incomes
这些都是在看克林顿的自传《我的生活》中碰到的单词。
Magnitude
n.巨大; 重大; 重要性; 星等; 星的亮度; 震级;
At the end of the speech, I did my best to bring home the magnitude of the deficit problem.
Handily
adv. 方便地; 便利地; 容易地; 轻松地;
The House passed the bill handily.
No-nonsense
adj. 简单直接的; 言简意赅的; 不说废话的;
I loved Hugh Rodham,with his no-nonsense gruffness and fiercefamily loyalty.
Scruffy
adj. 不整洁的; 邋遢的;
When I was scruffy,penniless.
Ethos
n. (某团体或社会的) 道德思想，道德观;
We need a new ethos of individual responsibility and caring.
Day6
Bigotry
n.顽固盲从; 偏执;
He deplored religious bigotry.
Defuse
v.缓和; 平息; 拆除(炸弹的)引信;
defuse problems
Cauldron
n.大锅;
a cauldron of diverse ethnic provinces
Precision
n. 精确; 准确; 细致;
The choir sang with precision.
Hedge
n. 树篱; 防止损失(尤指金钱)的手段;
v. 避免正面回答; 不直接许诺; 拐弯抹角; 在(田地等周围)植树篱; 用树篱围住; 包围; 限制;
I had no interest in hedging my bets.
Bombastic
adj.夸夸其谈的; 大话连篇的; 词藻华丽空洞的;
He was vain and bombastic.
Contentious
adj.可能引起争论的; 爱争论的; 充满争吵的;
a host of difficult,contentious problems
Visceral
adj. (未经过认真思考而) 出自内心的，发自肺腑的; 内脏的; 脏腑的;
I never overcame a visceral antipathy for the monarchy.
Snide
adj. 讽刺的; 挖苦的;
Make a snide remark
Snob
n. 势利小人; 谄上欺下的人; 自以为优越的人; 自命高雅的人;
Going to a private school had made her a snob.
英语中很多多义词，也是比较头疼的。
Day7
Antiseptic
n. 防腐剂; 抗菌剂;
adj. 防腐的; 抗菌的; 无菌的; 消过毒的;
This cruel policy came to be known by a curiously antiseptic name:ethnic cleansing.
Budge
v. (使) 轻微移动，挪动; (使) 改变主意，改变观点;
Both sides say they will not budge.
Overture
n.(歌剧或芭蕾舞的) 序曲，前奏曲; 友好姿态; 建议;
rebuff the overture
Consensus
n. 一致的意见; 共识;
The consensus of the reviews was that my initial performance was mixed.
Blot out
[词典] 遮住; 挡住; 遮蔽; 抹去（记忆）; 排除，挤掉（其他想法或记忆）;
I had let my sense of urgency blot out the memory of another of my laws of politics.
Gravitate
v. 被吸引到; 受吸引而参加;
Whenever we had relatives or friends staying with us,we always gravitated to the solarium.
Acquit
v. 宣判…无罪; 表现好(或坏等);
He was acquitted.
Jar
n. (玻璃) 罐子; 广口瓶; 一罐，一瓶(的量); 缸; 坛子;
v. (使) 撞击，受震动而疼痛; (对…) 产生不快的影响; 使烦躁; (与…) 不协调，不和谐，相冲突;
Jar the changes
Bona fide
adj.真诚的; 真实的; 合法的;
a bona fide member
Unclutter
网络 整理;
Unclutter your life