Re: The words that Esmee met in her reading life for the first time
10) punch press operator
11) scrounge |skraʊndʒ| v. scrounge sth off/from sb.
to get sth. from sb. by asking them for it rather than by paying them for it
12) schizophrenia |ˌskɪtsəˈfri:niə|
13) discrete |dɪˈskri:t| (separate) adj.
independent of other things of same type
14) transpire |trænˈspaɪə(r)| v.+that 无进行时
When it transpired that sth. is the case, then people discover that it is the case
15) prerequisite for sth.
sth. that must exist before sth else can happen
16) tenet |ˈtenɪt| n.
one of principles that a theory based on
17) shrub(s)
18) viable-->viability
that will be successful / that can survive independently
(a viable opinion)
19) pathological |ˌpæθəˈlɒdʒɪkl| pathology
(pathological fear)
20) stifle |ˈstaɪfl| v. (suppress) (suffocate)
21) detrimental |ˌdetrɪˈmentl| to sb. (damaging) (harmful)
22) to the exclusion of 排斥
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