美国大学网站上提供的GRE单词列表

美国大学网站上提供的

GRE

单词列表

出处：

Examlink

作者：刀断水

日期：

2007

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月

日

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GRE VOCABULARY

aberration anomaly, deviation from standard, irregularity, atypical

abrogate do away with

abstemious sparing, moderate (in eating, drinking)

abstruse (recondite) concealed, deep, difficult to comprehend

accolade award, honor, high praise

accretion accumulation, enlargement, growth

adroitly skillfully

adulate admire excessively/slavishly, flatter

alacrity eagerness, readiness

alias assumed

allocate distribute, designate

allusion indirect reference to something else, hint (in literature)

ameliorate improve

amenable agreeable

arbiter one who arbitrates/decides, judge

ardor fervor, enthusiasm

assuage lessen the intensity of something

audacious bold, fearless

audacity (impertinence) boldness, reckless daring

auspicious (propitious) prosperous, favorable

aver prove truth of, state it is true

badger harass/annoy continuously, bait

baleful hurtful, malignant, sorrowful

beget bringsintosbeing, cause to exist

bereave deprive, leave desolate (through death)

brazenly boldly

brook tolerate

burnish polish

cacophony harsh sounding mixture of sounds

cajole deceptively persuade someone to do something he/she declines to

candid (candor) free from prejudice/bias/malice, honest, fair

capricious unpredictable, momentarily changeable

chary cautious

circumlocution indirect expression, use of wordy/evasive language

coda distinct passage concluding a composition

cogent powerful

cognizant perceptive, observant

compliant yielding, submissive

composure ease

conciliatory peace making

conjoin join together

conjure summon, bringsintosbeing as if by magic

connoisseur expert (in art, taste)

consensus unanimity, near unanimity, complete accord in opinion

contentious argumentative

conundrum puzzle, riddle

corroborate confirm, back up with evidence

cower shrink

debacle violent, sudden breakdown/overthrow

debauchery intemperance, wild living

decorous in good taste, proper

deleterious (baleful) harmful, menacing

despondent desperate, hopeless

dire disastrous, horrible, ill-omened, extreme

dirge chant/song of sorrow/mourning, rites for the dead

disavow deny

disparage detract

disparaging depreciatory, derogatory, detraction

dispassionate passionless, impartial, neutral

divergent differing, deviating

doggerel loose, unskillful verse

dogma (doctrine) authoritative tenet, established opinion

dubious doubtful, questionable

eclectic drawn from many sources

edict decree, mandate, law, writ, command

effluvium escaping gas, noxious vapors

emaciation waste away, become thin/weak

emollient balm, salve, softening, soothing

enigma problem, puzzle, mystery

enmity (animosity) antagonism, hatred, antipathy

epicure one interested in fine foods

epithet descriptive

equivocal ambiguous, intentionally confusing

erratic (eccentric, fitful) inconsistent, unpredictable,aimless, spasmodic,

unusual, capricious

erudite scholarly, deeply learned

escrow legal agreement handled by 3rd party until conditions fulfilled

euphemism use of nice words in place of distasteful ones

evanescent vanishing, fading, scarcely perceptible

exigent urgent

exonerate completely free from blame

exorbitant extravagant, immoderate

exploit milk, drain, exhaust

exposition (explication) setting forth meaning, explanation

extol celebrate, glorify [antonym - lambaste]

extricate loosen, release [antonym - intricate]

exuberant extremely joyful, vigorous, profuse in growth

美国大学网站上提供的

单词列表

出处：

Examlink

作者：刀断水

日期：

2007

年

08

月

日

14

时

21

分

faddish (fad) passing (fashion, craze)

feckless careless

fester blister, inflame, cancer

fickle deceitful, inconstant

fission splittingsintosparts

fissure narrow slit, crack, cleft

flippant shallow, disrespectful

flout disregard because of disrespect

flux substance aiding fusion

forbear refrain from, abstain

frivolous flimsy, trivial, lacking seriousness

fulminate strike, send forth invectives, akin to lightning

fulsome disgusting, morally offensive

fumble handle clumsily, fail to catch

garish (gaudy) flashy, excessively colorful

garrulous (loquacious) extremely talkative, wordy

gavel (mallet) wooden hammer

genial helpful, cheerful, pleasant

genre distinctive category/class (especially in literature)

goad urge forcefully, to prod

gouge chisel with curved blade

gouging force out

hapless unlucky

hold placeswherescargo is kept

hone sharpen

imperturbable calm

implement carry out

improvident (lavish) wasteful, careless

impudent bold, impertinent, discourteous