GRE常见词汇卡 (1)

fervent •It is my fervent hope that you will visit soon.
fetid After three days in the heat, the garbage was fetid.
fidelity •This tape has great fidelity to the original recording.
equivocal •The evidence was equivocal and led to nowhere.
eschew •Please eschew the passive voice in your writing.
euphonious
•The chirping of the birds made a euphonious sound.
dolorous •That dolorous music brought tears to my eyes.
dotage •In his dotage he became more and more forgetful.
draconian •Trespassing laws in this country are draconian.
cajole •You cannot cajole me to try that new restaurant.
canard •The suggestion that the senator is ill is just a canard.
celerity •With great celerity, the rumor raced around tagogue wins power by stirring up the people.
deprecate •Don’t deprecate my small attempts at humor.
derision •Dr. Ding’s peculiar theory was met with derision.
cupidity •Isn’t cupidity one of the seven deadly sins?
deft •His deft fingers on the keyboard left us in awe.
deleterious •Chemical additives may be deleterious to our death.
censure •The committee urged censure for his misconduct.
choleric •Her choleric nature kept the whole office on edge.
clemency •The judgment was harsh, but clemency was possible.
elegiac •His reading at the funeral was lovely and elegiac.
epicure •I’m no epicure, but I do like visiting dine reataurants.
epitome •Their ranch is the epitome of country living.
dulcet •We could hear the dulcet tones of her flute.
ebullience •The children’s ebullience was delightful to see.
edict •The King issues an edict demanding new taxes.
egregious •Your rudeness toward the principal was egregious.
egress •The nearest egress led through a door to the patio.
elan •Her joyful elan is her most charming feature.
aegis •He negotiated under the aegis of the prime minister.
altruistic Giving away her favorite coat was an altruistic act.
ambience I like the ambience at that tiny corner cafe.
diaphanous •The dancers wore diaphanous skirts over leotards.
diffidence •People often mistook her diffidence for rudeness.
dissipate •The crowd will dissipate after the concert ends.
bacchanal Chaperones kept the prom from being a bacchanal.
bastion The D.A.‘s office is our bastion against crime.
beatific • Accepting her award, she gave a beatific smile.
expunge •Can we expunge the record and start over again?
facile •His answer was so facile for so complex a problem.
fallible •To be human is to be fallible; we all err at times.
fulminate •His anger may fulminate if you continue to tease him.
fulsome •Her fulsome praise only made us mistrust her more.
gaffe •Joe’s worst gaffe came when he called Lisa “Lucy”.
blandishment •She persuaded us both with blandishment and bribe.
boisterous •The merry, boisterous crowd cheered on the team.
brigand •That brigand was captured with the other pirates.
behemoth The elephant is the behemoth of the Indian forest.
bellicose •Separating the twins kept them from being bellicose.
bellwether •Housing foreclosures were a bellwether of recession.
anodyne •The singsong music had an anodyne effect.
apostate •Having left the church, he was called an apostate.
asperity • She speaks with asperity, but her eyes were twinkling.
benighted • The benighted peasants thought the earth stood still.
bevy •A bevy of young girls flowed through the mall.
bifurcate •The bifurcate stream flowed east and southeast.
galvanize •His brave speeches always galvanize his listeners.
gargantuan •Three gargantuan derricks stood in the oil field.
genteel •At one time, a genteel woman always wore gloves.
assiduous The carpenter was assiduous in lining up the corners.
auspices The club function under the auspices of the college.
avarice Midas lost his only daughter for his avarice for gold.
fealty •Knights pledged an oath of fealty to their rules.
fecund •Rabbits are quite fecund and produce many litters.
feign •She may feign illness to avoid taking the test.
coterie •My coterie loves to celebrate birthdays as a group.
crux • The crux of the matter seems to be affordability.
culpable •Insurance companies were held culpable in his death.
contumely •Their contumely at his mistake was unbearable.
convivial •A convivial person makes friends wherever she goes.