GRE3000精選詞匯：1401 - 1500

penchant

嗜好，迷戀：strong inclination

fanciful

幻想中的：不真實(shí)的：in the imagination;不切實(shí)際的，荒謬的：without regard for reason

rigmarole

混亂而無意義的話：confused or meaningless talk

surreptitious

偷偷摸摸的，保密的：escape being observed

analgesic

鎮(zhèn)痛劑：medication, reduce, eliminates pain

mollycoddle

寵愛，溺愛：excessive indulgence

veritable

真正的，確實(shí)的：not false

override

不顧：set aside

interminable

無盡頭的：no end

outgoing

友好的，外向的：extroverted

harbor

提供住處，隱匿：provide habitat;心懷，牢記：keep in one's mind

placid

寧靜的，風(fēng)平浪靜的：free from storms;冷靜的，淡定的：free from agitation

specific

特有的，獨(dú)特的：exact sort;明確的：clearly expressed

commingle

充分混合：blend

momentum

動力;衝力;勢頭：impetus

ingenuity

獨(dú)創(chuàng)性，創(chuàng)新性：inventive

nibble

小口咬：small bites

recoil

煺卻，畏縮：shrink back

abstain

自我克制，主動戒絕：refrain, by one's own choice

wily

狡詐的，狡猾的：deceptive means

syllabus

提綱，摘要;課文、演講或研究課題的概要或提綱：summary

discrepancy

(在事實(shí)和宣稱之間的)差異或矛盾：divergence, disagreement

despotic

專制的，暴虐的：tyrannical

denounce

公開指責(zé)：public or formal disapproval;宣稱…道德上錯(cuò)誤、可恥：morally wrong

overlap

(與…)部分重疊：same area

wanderlust

旅游癖：impulse to travel

court

追求，獻(xiàn)殷勤：seek affections

apoplectic

極度憤怒的：extremely angry, furious

harbinger

預(yù)言者：presages

severe

嚴(yán)厲的，要求嚴(yán)格的：exacting standards;難以承受的，艱難的：difficult to endure

forsake

徹底放棄，拋棄：renounce

undergird

加強(qiáng)，鞏固...的底部：strengthen

awry

彎曲的，扭曲的：turned, twisted;走樣的(地)，出差錯(cuò)的(地)：off, course

austere

樸素的，樸實(shí)無華的：simple;嚴(yán)肅的，令人生畏的：stern and cold

trifle

不重要的事：little importance or value;不正經(jīng)地對待，玩弄：without serious intent

illusory

幻覺的，虛幻的：illusion

abet

v.幫助，慫恿：assist or support;v.鼓勵(lì)：encourage

sound

牢固的，不可動搖的：withstand stress without structural damage;健康的，強(qiáng)壯的：free from injury;(邏輯)上嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)?shù)模簐alid reasoning

axiomatic

公理的：axiom;不言自明的：self-evident

mordant

尖酸刻薄的：biting caustic

discompose

使不安：disturb composure, perturb;使混亂：undo order, arrangement

noisome

有害的，有毒的：harmful;惡臭的：offensive smell;非常令人厭惡的：objectionable

prodigious

巨大的：great in size;驚人的，了不起的：astonishment

refute

否認(rèn)：declare not to be true;證明為假，證偽：prove wrong

indifferent

公平的：impartiality;(品質(zhì)、檔次等)中規(guī)中矩的，一般的：average;不感興趣的，冷漠的：lack of interest

discrete

離散的，不連續(xù)的：separate

unavailing

徒勞的，無果的：producing no results

airtight

無瑕疵的：no, flaw;密封的，不透氣的：impermeable to air

indigent

貧窮的：lacking money

understate

保守陳述：restraint

vanquish

打敗，征服：defeat

dissemble

用假像隱藏真相，掩飾：false

succor

救援，援助：aid

embrace

樂于接受：willingly, eagerly;保圍：surround

squall

(通常伴隨雨或雪的)風(fēng)暴，暴風(fēng)雪，暴風(fēng)雨：violent windstorm;尖叫：scream

deride

嘲弄，嘲笑：contemptuous mirth

foreground

強(qiáng)調(diào)，重視：indicate the importance

implacable

固執(zhí)的：sticking to an opinion;無法平息的：not capable of being appeased

manifest

顯然的，明顯易懂：understanding;顯現(xiàn)，顯露：make evident

considerable

(數(shù)量上)可觀(而值得注意)的：large;值得考慮的，重要的：significant

eclectic

混合的，多元化的：from various sources

homily

冗長乏味的道德演講或訓(xùn)誡：admonition

slack

鬆弛的：not tightly fastened;疏忽的，大意的：failing to give proper care

circumscribe

限制：limit;包圍，圍繞：surround

teeter

蹣跚，不穩(wěn)定地行走：unsteadily;猶豫不決：uncertainty

warp

使偏向：turn;扭曲，變形：twist;曲解：alter the meaning

ravenous

食量大的，貪食的;貪婪的：huge appetite

patrician

貴族，名門望族：high birth;貴族的，地位高的：high birth

dullard

笨蛋：stupid

diatribe

長篇抨擊性演講：long scolding;挖苦，諷刺的指責(zé)：ironic, satirical

ductile

可塑的，有延展性的：malleable;易受影響的：easily led

divulge

洩露(秘密)：known confidence, secret

quaver

發(fā)顫音：quivering voice

allude

間接提到：indirectly

appropriate

私自挪用：take possession, without permission;適當(dāng)?shù)模簊uitable, fitting

shrink

(在數(shù)量或價(jià)值方面)降低，減小：reduced;(使)本能性地煺卻(如因遇到使人驚恐的事物)，(使)煺縮：draw back;表示出不情愿，猶豫：hesitate

sterile

貧瘠的：not productive;無菌的：free from bacteria

ponderous

沉重的：great weight;沉悶無聊的：unpleasantly dull

scads

許多，大量：large number

simile

明喻：comparing two unlike things

sinew

活力，力量：vigorous strength

alleviate

緩和，減輕：relieve, lessen

smirk

(自鳴得意地)笑：offensively self-satisfied

commotion

騷亂：disturbance

retract

收回，否認(rèn)：take back

legend

傳奇，傳說：popular myth;圖例：explanatory list map

scrawl

亂涂，潦草地寫：write carelessly

jocund

歡快的，高興的：sprightly lighthearted

lank

細(xì)長瘦弱的：long lean;不僵硬的，柔軟鬆弛的：limp, not stiff

mockery

鄙視，嘲弄：ridicule;以嘲笑為目的的模仿：derisive imitation

verse

使精通，使熟悉：familiarize;詩歌：rhythm lyrical effect

humdrum

千篇一律，單調(diào)：lack of variety;無聊的，乏味的：lacking excitement

stench

臭氣，惡臭：foul odor

claim

要求(權(quán)利)：ask for, right;斷言：state as a fact;剝奪生命：deprive, life;權(quán)利：right

provisional

臨時(shí)的：temporary

rehabilitate

使復(fù)塬，使康復(fù)：restore to healthy condition;(使)洗心革面：better in character

fathom

測量(深度)：measure the depth;徹底理解，弄懂：come to understand

byzantine

錯(cuò)綜復(fù)雜的：complicated, secretive, interrelated

meticulous

極為謹(jǐn)慎的：extreme or excessive care

peer

同等地位的人，同輩：equal;好奇地凝視：look