1. equate [ɪ'kweɪt]
vt. 使相等；视为平等vi. 等同
【真题例句】It applies equally to traditional historians who view history as only the external and internal criticism of sources, and to social science historians who equate their activity with specific techniques.这种谬误同样存在于历史传统派和历史社科派；前者认为历史就是史学界内部和外部人士对各种史料来源的评论，后者则认为历史的研究是具体方法的研究。
2. democracy [di'mɔkrəsi]
n. 民主，民主主义；民主政治
【2004·真题例句】Without the ability to think critically, to defend their ideas and understand the ideas of others, they cannot fully participate in our democracy.如果缺乏批判地思考、捍卫自己的思想和理解他人观点的能力，他们就不能够完全参与到我们的民主当中去。
3. anthropological [,ænθrəpə'lɔdʒikəl]
adj. 人类学的；人类学上的
【2003·真题例句】Thus, the anthropological concept of “culture,” like the concept of “set” in mathematics, is an abstract concept which makes possible immense amounts of concrete research and understanding. 因此，人类学中的“文化”概念就像数学中“集”的概念一样，是一个抽象概念。它使大量的具体研究和认识成为可能。
4. candidate ['kændideit]
n. 候选人，候补者；应试者
【2005·真题例句】Such characteristics make them perfect candidates for Dr. Brosnan’s and Dr. de Waal’s study.这些特性使它们成为布罗斯南博士和迪·瓦尔博士理想的研究对象。
5. wisdom ['wizdəm]
n. 智慧，才智；明智；学识
【2015·真题例句】Further contradicting conventional wisdom, we found that women as well as men have lower levels of stress at work than at home.我们还发现另一个与传统认识不符的结果：无论是男性还是女性，在工作中的压力水平都比在家里低。
6. reservoir ['rezəvwɑ: (r)]
n. 水库；蓄水池
【真题例句】The Aswan Dam, for example, stopped the Nile flooding but deprived Egypt of the fertile silt that floods left—all in return for a giant reservoir of disease which is now so full of silt that it barely generates electricity.以阿斯旺大坝为例，它阻止了尼罗河洪水泛滥，但也使埃及失去了洪水冲击过后留下的肥沃土壤，换回来的却是一个疾病滋生的水库。现在这个水库积满了淤泥，几乎不能发电了。
7. classified ['klæsifaid]
adj. 分类的；类别的v. 把…分类（classify的过去分词）
【2015·真题例句】If the answer is “yes”, they are classified as working part-time. 假如回答为“是”，他们会被归类为从事兼职工作。
8. definite ['defɪnɪt]
adj. 一定的；确切的
【真题例句】When you have carefully prepared a blueprint of your abilities and desires, you have something definite to offer. 当你就自己的能力和愿望精心准备了一个计划蓝图后，你就有的东西明确可提供。
9. assert [ə'sɜːt]
vt. 维护，坚持；断言
【真题例句】It doesn’t help that building a big, powerful dam has become a symbol of achievement for nations and people striving to assert themselves. 这个教训也无法阻止修建高大雄伟的大坝已成为那些力争得到自我肯定的国家和人民的伟大成就的象征。
10. physics ['fɪzɪks]
n. 物理学；物理现象
【真题例句】Odd though it sounds, cosmic inflation is a scientifically plausible consequence of some respected ideas in elementary particle physics, and many astrophysicists have been convinced for the better part of a decade that it is true.宇宙膨胀说虽然听似奇特，但是它是基本粒子物理学中一些公认的理论产生的在科学上看来似乎可信的结论。许多天体物理学家近十年来一直确信这一论说是正确的。
