新GRE_填空词汇总结1

Particular words we need to know

什么样的词我们应该注意

是这样的？

chimaera 鹰身狮头蝎尾怪物

gargoyle 怪兽状滴水嘴

fern 羊齿植物

什么样的词应该注意

还是这样的？

maudlin 感情脆弱，酒后伤感的

vacuous 愚笨的,没有思想的

impenetrability 费解，不受影响

漠视词性，只看字根

penetrate

penetrable

impenetrable

impenetrability

impenetrably

penetrating

……

很多情况是动词

不是以下这些

giggle咯咯笑, chuckle轻声笑, smirk假笑, sneer嗤笑…

gallop马飞奔, soar鹰翱翔, lunge豹猛扑sprint突然加速, scurry急匆匆地走, scud飞掠… 而是表达感情方向的动词

acquire 努力获得 acquisitive 渴望得到的，贪婪的

ameliorate 改善改良，减轻 improve, rectify, boost, mitigate

antedate 时间早于…precede, predate, anticipate

arbitrate 裁断，公决 arbitrary 随心所欲的，专横的，反复无常的. capricious, whimsical, unpredictable, erratic, unreasonable; despotic, tyrannical, peremptory, autocratic, dictatorial, draconian, autarchic

ascertain 查明，找出

belie 证明…不对；掩饰 contradict; disprove, conceal

belittle 轻视，小看– Thomas Jefferson

bolster 支持，提高 buttress, invigorate, strengthen

homonym同型同音异义字

brandish 炫耀 flaunt, flourish

compliance 依从，顺从 tractable, malleability, meekness, submissiveness, concession

concur 同意，赞同

debunk 揭穿，暴露 explode, invalidate

deceive 欺骗 deceptive

defer 推迟拖延，尊崇 postpone, procrastinate; yield, submit, capitulate, obey

deter 威慑，吓住 daunt, intimidate

demur 反对，有顾虑 dissent

detach 分开，超然 detachment, attachment

deteriorate 恶化 degrade, stagnate, wane, ebb

dispute 争论，争吵 debate, quarrel

disquiet 使不安 unease, restive, perturb, vex

disseminate 传播 spread, disperse, diffuse, promulgate, dissipate

emerge 浮现 manifest oneself

endorse 认同认可 endorsement

entitle 给权利资格 qualify, sanction, enfranchise, capacitate

exacerbate 恶化 aggravate, make matters worse <> exasperate激怒

flout 藐视，轻视 defy, scorn, disdain

penetrate 穿刺，理解 puncture, infiltrate, permeate

improvise 即兴 extemporize, ad-lib, impromptu

congruent 相同，一致，同意 consonance, rapport, consilience, unanimity

oblige 有职责，强迫

perceive 感知，知觉

reconcile 调和，使一致 harmonize, mollify, propitiate, placate, reunite

relent 变温和，怜悯 relentless

render 使成为，使变得… make, offer, send in

revere 尊敬 worship, admire, cherish, venerate, idolize, lionize, esteem

ruminate 沉思 contemplate, meditate on, deliberate about

scathe 痛斥 devastating, scorching, severe, withering, blistering

scrutinize 细查 examine carefully

underscore 强调 underline, highlight

verify 证明，核实 substantiate, attest to, corroborate

validate 证实，批准 prove, uphold, vindicate

Those who fear the influence of television deliberately ___ its persuasive power, hoping that they might keep knowledge of its potential to effect social change from being widely disseminated.

∙promote

∙underplay

∙excuse

∙laud

∙suspect