1.luxury n．奢侈；奢侈品；豪华
【例】A car is somewhat a luxury for me.
汽车对我来说还是奢侈品。

2.affix vt．使固定;贴上；签署，盖印章
【记】联想记忆：af(表加强)+fix(使固定)--使固定
【例】Alas，I have forgotten affixing a stamp on the envelope.
哎呀！我忘了在信封上贴邮票了。
【用】affix的后面一般跟介词to．表示“贴在…上”。

3.upset v．使人心烦意乱：使（肠胃）不适；弄翻，打翻；打乱，搅乱 n.翻倒，颠覆；混乱，搅乱；心烦意乱
【例】The coming final exam upset the students a lot.
即将来临的期末考试使学生们心烦意乱。
The President suffered an upset in his campaign for reappointment.
总统在连任竞选中遭遇意外失败。

4.endow vt.赋予，授予；资助，捐赠
【例】be endowed with: They were endowed with enormous concealed advantages of a kind not possessed by any of their competitors.
他们天生就有许多其对手所没有的潜在优势。(1999)

5.summarize v．摘要，概述
【记】联想记忆：summary(摘要)+ize（使…化）--概述
【例】We may now summarize our analysis of desire and feeling.
我们现在可以概述一下对欲望与情感的分析。
【派】summary(n．摘要，概略 adj.简明的，扼要的)

6.recollect v．回忆，回想
【记】和recall(v．回想)一起记
【例】Bess was almost as much interested in such things as other girls, and tried very often to recollect something worth their putting in.
贝丝几乎和其他女孩一样对这种事情非常感兴趣，常回忆那些值得她们投入的事情。
【派】recollection(订．[常pl.]记忆力，回想)

7.omit vt．省略，删除；遗漏，忽略
【例】We omitted an important item in the agreement.
我们忽略了合约中一项重要的条款。
【派】omission(n．省略，删节；遗漏，忽略)

8.unplug vt．拔出（电器）的电源插头；除去（某物）的障碍物
【记】联想记忆：un(弄出)+plug（塞子，插头）--拔去（塞子，插头）
【例】The Kaiser Chiefs have helped to launch a new campaign called“Unplug-it" which aims to get us to unplug our mobile phones and save energy.
皇帝领袖乐队帮助发起了一项名为“不插电”的新运动，旨在号召我们拔掉手机电源，节省能源。