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smother［ˈsmʌðə］vt. 使窒息，闷死；覆盖，笼罩；忍住，抑制
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【例】①A woman who tried to smother a baby boy three times is jailed for life.
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②The streets of the resort were clotted with cars and smothered in the smell of fried food and suntan lotion.
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tedium［ˈtiːdiəm］n. 厌倦，乏味
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【例】It was the busy work and the tedium of your life that made you mournful.
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digress［daiˈgres］vi. 离题
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【记】词根记忆：di（离开） + gress（走）→走开了→离题
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【例】During the lecture, the professor often digressed to give the history behind each theory.
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chime［tʃaim］n. 钟声 v. 发出钟声，奏出和谐的音调；符合，协调，一致
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【例】①The clock of the temple chimed at midnight and we greet the new year.
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②chime in with sth. 与…一致 We are glad to know that our plan chime in with yours.
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【用】词组chime in with sth. 是“符合某事，适合某事；与某事一致”的意思。
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heterogeneous［ˌhetərəuˈdʒiːnjəs］adj. 由不同种类组成的，成分混杂的
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【记】词根记忆：hetero（异） + gene（产生） + ous→产生相异的→成分混杂的
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【例】①In those days the pre-industrial city in America functioned as a complex and varied organizing element in American life, not as a simple, heterogeneous and sturdy union. （2002听力）
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②Social change is more likely to occur in heterogeneous societies than in homogeneous ones, simply because there are more diverse points of view available in the former. （1998）
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inmost［ˈinməust］adj. 最内的，最深的，最秘密的
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【记】组合词：in（内部的） + most（最）→最为内部的→最秘密的
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【例】The leader should listen to the inmost thoughts of the mass.
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horrific［hɔˈrifik］adj. 令人恐惧的，可怕的；过分的
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【记】词根记忆：horr（害怕） + ific→可怕的
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【例】①The horrific case came to limelight after one laborer was beaten to death by the guards and the newspaper exposed it.
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②John’s behavior became even more horrific than it was a short while ago.
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rampant［ˈræmpənt］adj. （疾病、罪恶等）猖獗的，遏制不住的；（指植物）过于繁茂的
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【记】联想记忆：ramp（蔓延） + ant→过于繁茂的；猖獗的
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