GRE3000精選詞匯：1501 - 1600

dupe

復(fù)製品，復(fù)製：exactly like something else;易受騙的人：easily deceived;欺騙：deceive

abash

使尷尬，使羞愧：self-confidence，embarrass

thick-skinned

冷漠無(wú)情的，不顧他人感受的：unaffected

edifice

大廈;大建筑物：massive structure;基礎(chǔ)，基本結(jié)構(gòu)：basic form

grandiose

自命不凡的，浮夸的：grandeur;宏大的：greatness

aspirant

有抱負(fù)者，有野心者：aspires;想成為...的：seeking

needy

貧窮的：impoverished

ream ?

怒斥，訓(xùn)斥：criticize

descend

下降：downward;世代相傳：pass by inheritance

fatigue

疲憊：weariness or exhaustion;(讓人厭倦的)苦差事：causes weariness

apathy

冷漠，缺乏情感：lack, feeling, emotion;缺乏興趣，不關(guān)心：lack, interest, concern

taper

(使)逐漸變細(xì)：become narrower, thinner;逐漸減少，減弱：diminish gradually

impetuous

衝動(dòng)的，性急的，輕率的：impulsive vehemence;劇烈的，勐烈的：violence of movement

extenuate

減輕罪過(guò)：lessen the seriousness

supposition

猜想，推測(cè)：little or no evidence

cryptic

秘密的：secret;含義模煳的：ambiguous meaning;超出理解能力的：beyond one's powers to know

waddle

搖搖擺擺地走:tilt the body from side to side

precarious

危險(xiǎn)的，不穩(wěn)定的：lacking security, stability;可疑的，不明確的：uncertain

prolong

延長(zhǎng)，拖延：lengthen

enact

制定或頒佈(法律)：establish

denouement

(小說(shuō)的)結(jié)局：final resolution

attenuate

降低(數(shù)量、力量、價(jià)值)：lessen

sand

磨光：make smooth

don

穿上：put on

conservative

守舊的，不愿改變的：oppose change;不招搖的，低調(diào)的：not showy;謹(jǐn)慎小心的：close attentiveness

serene

安靜的：free from uproar;穩(wěn)重的，鎮(zhèn)靜的：unaffected, calm

flaccid

不結(jié)實(shí)的，鬆弛的：lacking firmness

ambivalent

(尤指感情、態(tài)度)矛盾的：opposing feelings

vouchsafe

允諾，給予：grant in a gracious or condescending manner

overbearing

專橫傲慢的：arrogant;壓倒一切的，(在力量或重要性上)勢(shì)不可擋的;支配的，顯著的：overwhelming in power

instate

任命：establish rank

inch

少量，很短的距離：small degree;(使)慢慢移動(dòng)：move slowly

veteran

老兵;有豐富經(jīng)驗(yàn)的人：knowledge through long experience;經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的，資深的：knowledge, experience

remonstrance

抗議，抱怨：expression of protect, complaint

salubrious

有益健康的：promoting health

parity

相稱，同等，平等：being equal

epic

宏大的，超凡脫俗的：surpassing the usual

perfervid

非常熱情的：exaggerated emotion

rejoice

欣喜，喜悅：feel joy

abridge

縮短，縮?。簊horten;在不改變本意的條件下刪減詞語(yǔ)，縮寫：shorten

aggrandize

增加、提高(力量、財(cái)富、地位、聲譽(yù))等：enhance

prescience

預(yù)知，先見：knowledge before

conciliate

平息，撫慰：lessen the anger;調(diào)解：compatible, reconcile

awash

被淹沒(méi)的：by water;(如洪水般)氾濫的：filled, covered, overrun

puerile

幼稚的，不成熟的：immature

slant

(看待問(wèn)題、思考的)角度，看法：way of looking;傾斜的：slanting direction;歪曲(事實(shí)等)：create a wrong impression

raffle

垃圾，廢物：discarded, useless

vivacious

活潑的，快活的：lively

belligerent

好斗的，好戰(zhàn)的：assertiveness, hostility, combativeness

agog

極度感興趣的：urgent desire or interest

tempestuous

突然的，劇烈的：sudden or violent

extraction

血統(tǒng)：origin, ancestry

mesmeric

催命的，催眠術(shù)的：mesmerism;令人著迷的，難以抗拒的：attracting

restrain

限制，控制：limit, restrict

inimical

帶有敵意的：hostility;危及某人利益的，不利的：opposed to interests

coquette

調(diào)情的女子：flirt;調(diào)情，不認(rèn)真對(duì)待：playfully

windy

冗長(zhǎng)的：verbosity

credit

信任，信賴：mental conviction of the truth;表?yè)P(yáng)，讚揚(yáng)：acknowledgment or admiration

decadent

墮落的，腐敗的：lowered moral character;放縱的人：devoted to luxury and sensual pleasures;道德上墮落的人：moral decay

contravene

違反，反對(duì)：violate, oppose

truant

逃避責(zé)任(的);逃避責(zé)任者：shirking responsibility, shirks duty

paunchy

大腹便便的，大肚子的：potbelly

hearken

傾聽，關(guān)注：attention

deliberate

深思熟慮的：careful

descendant

后代：deriving directly from

melodramatic

感情夸張的，傷感的：exaggeratedly emotional

xenophobe

仇視(或畏懼)外國(guó)人(或外國(guó)事物)者：fearful of what is foreign

respite

間歇，休息：rest

peremptory

不容反抗的：not allowing contradiction;愛發(fā)號(hào)施令的：ordering people;傲慢的：feeling of superiority

careen

蹣跚而行。不穩(wěn)定行走：to lurch or swerve;狂奔，快速運(yùn)動(dòng)：rush

nadir

最低點(diǎn)：lowest point

fleet

艦隊(duì)，車隊(duì)：group of a vehicles;迅速的：with great speed;快速涌過(guò)：pass swiftly

gourmand

嗜食者，大胃王：excessively fond of eating

practitioner

職業(yè)人士：profession

accomplish

實(shí)現(xiàn)，完成：completion

impeccable

無(wú)罪的：free from sin;無(wú)暇的，無(wú)可挑剔的：free from fault

portentous

預(yù)兆性的，兇兆的：sign of evil;勾起興趣的，令人遐想的：eliciting amazement

abut

鄰接，毗鄰：adjacent

baffling

令人疑惑的，難以理解的：hard to comprehend

fluctuate

波動(dòng)，無(wú)規(guī)則地變動(dòng)：shift back and forth

crow

感到高興：joy or triumph;自鳴得意：pride in one's own possessions

lethargic

沒(méi)精打采的，行動(dòng)遲緩的：sluggish

sophism

假推理，詭辯：deceptive argumentation

sepulchral

陰沉的，喪葬的：lacking in cheer

license

許可，認(rèn)可：approval;自由：move freely;放蕩：disregard for standards;準(zhǔn)許，授權(quán)使用：permit or authorize

shipshape

井然有序的：order

narcissism

自戀：admiration of oneself

puckish

淘氣的，頑皮的：mischievous, impish

proclivity

癖性，愛好：inclination

ken

視野範(fàn)圍：vision;知道，瞭解(人或物)：know

denigrate

詆毀，污蔑：scornfully

eavesdrop

偷聽：listen secretly

calumniate

誹謗，造謠，中傷：false statements

stipple

(雕刻時(shí))點(diǎn)刻，用點(diǎn)標(biāo)記：mark with small spots

furor

喧鬧，狂怒，激動(dòng)，狂熱：intense excitement

effluvium

難聞的氣味：offensive smell;沒(méi)有的副產(chǎn)品，廢品：by-product waste

exotic

外來(lái)的，不同尋常的：unusual

hyperbole

夸張：exaggeration used for emphasis

approbation

同意：approval

complacency

自滿，無(wú)憂患意識(shí)：self-satisfaction, unawareness of trouble