avalanche N. /雪崩/great mass of falling snow and ice. The park ranger warned the skiers to stay on the main trails, where they would be in no danger of being buried beneath a sudden avalanche.

  *avarice N. /貪婪，貪財/greediness for wealth. King Midas is a perfect example of avarice, for he was so greedy that he wished everything he touched would turn to gold.

  avenge V. /復仇/take vengeance for something (or on behalf of someone). Hamlet vowed he would avenge his father's murder and punish Claudius for his horrible crime.

  averse ADJ. /反對的/reluctant; disinclined. The reporter was averse to revealing the sources of his information.

  aversion N. /厭惡，抵制/firm dislike. Bert had an aversion to yuppies; Alex had an aversion to punks. Their mutual aversion was so great that they refused to speak to one another.

  avert V. /轉移;防止/prevent; turn away. She averted her eyes from the dead cat on the highway.

  *aviary N. /鳥舍/enclosure for birds. The aviary at the zoo held nearly 300 birds.

  avid ADJ. /貪婪/greedy; eager for. He was avid for learning and read everything he could get. avidity, N.

  avocation N. /副業，業余愛好/secondary or minor occupation. His hobby proved to be so fascinating and profitable that gradually he abandoned his regular occupation and concentrated on his avocation.

  avow V. /宣布/declare openly. Lana avowed that she never meant to steal Debbie's boyfriend, but no one believed her avowal of innocence.

  avuncular ADJ. /像伯父(叔叔)一樣的/like an uncle. Avuncular pride did not prevent him from noticing his nephew's shortcomings.

  awe N. /敬畏/solemn wonder. The tourists gazed with awe at the tremendous expanse of the Grand Canyon.

  awry ADV. /扭曲的;歪曲的/distorted; crooked. He held his head awry, giving the impression that he had caught cold in his neck during the night. alsoADJ.

  axiom N. /公理，自明的道理/self-evident truth requiring no proof. Before a student can begin to think along the lines of Euclidean geometry, he must accept certain principles or axioms.

  azure ADJ. /天藍/sky blue. Azure skies are indicative of good weather.

  babble V. /嘟囔/chatter idly. The little girl babbled about her doll. also N.

  bacchanalian ADJ. /喝醉的，耍酒瘋/drunken. Emperor Nero attended the bacchanalian orgy.

  badger V. /激怒，糾纏/pester; annoy. She was forced to change her telephone number because she was badgered by obscene phone calls.

  badinage N. /開玩笑，揶揄;取消/teasing conversation. Her friends at work greeted the news of her engagement with cheerful badinage.

  baffle V. /挫敗/frustrate; perplex. The new code baffled the enemy agents.

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