GRE3000精選詞匯：1601 - 1700

convalesce

漸漸康復(fù)，漸愈：recover gradually

desiccate

使(食物)脫水以保存，使乾燥：drying;使缺乏活力：deprive vitality

kidnap

綁架勒索：detain unlawful force

corroborate

用證據(jù)或權(quán)威證實(shí)：support with evidence;為…提供證據(jù)，支援：provide evidence

argument

爭(zhēng)吵，爭(zhēng)論：expression of differing opinions;(邏輯上的)論證：from a premise to a conclusion;觀點(diǎn)，論點(diǎn)：idea, opinion

beige

缺乏特徵的：lacking distinction

tarnish

玷污：morally bad

facile

表面的，淺嘗輒止的：lack of depth;容易的，唾手可得的：easily accomplished

precipitous

非常陡峭的：steep;匆忙的：careless speed

prevaricate

支吾其詞，撒謊：evade truth

pulchritude

美麗：beauty

quaff

大口地喝：drink heartily

antic

滑稽可笑的：clownish

exhaust

耗盡：consume entirely, complete use of;筋疲力盡：wear out

distill

對(duì)…用蒸餾法提高純度：increase, purify;(使)滲出;(使)滴下：fall drops

principal

主要的，重要的：highest importance, rank

stoic

隱忍的，冷靜的：unaffected by pleasure or pain

hovel

茅屋：small wretched dirty

cavort

歡快地蹦跳或行走，雀躍：sprightly

amity

友好關(guān)係，親善和睦：friendship, friendly

squabble

口角，小爭(zhēng)吵：quarrel

enamored

迷戀的，熱愛(ài)的：intense or excessive love

scion

子孫：descendant

glut

使過(guò)量，使充滿：beyond capacity

surmise

(根據(jù)不足的)推測(cè)，揣測(cè)：based on scantly evidence

ostracize

驅(qū)逐：exclude

contaminate

污染，感染：stain

detour

偏離正常標(biāo)準(zhǔn)：away from standard;改變方向或者路線，繞道：change direction

influx

涌入：coming in

devoted

投入的，忠誠(chéng)的：loyalty, devotion;示愛(ài)的，恩愛(ài)的：love

persiflage

打趣：teasing

roisterer

喝酒喧鬧的人：engages in merrymaking

hoax

欺騙：cause to believe untrue

buoy

使充滿勇氣和力量，使振作：courage or strength

vociferous

喧嘩的，大叫大嚷的：vehement outcry

egoistic

利己的，以自我為中心的：centered in oneself

pedestrian

行人：traveling on foot;平庸無(wú)奇的，令人厭倦的：causing weariness

pliable

易彎曲的，柔軟的：supple;易受影響的，溫順的：easily influenced

assertive

自信的：bold, assertion, self-assured

antedate

比...早，早于：earlier date

heckle

起哄，使難堪：harass

ratiocination

推理：thought processes

awe

敬畏：dread, veneration, wonder

revenge

報(bào)復(fù)，復(fù)仇：retaliating;為...復(fù)仇：retaliating in kind

infatuate

使迷戀：inspire unreasoning love

jeopardy

危險(xiǎn)： risk, danger

censor

審查并刪除不良的東西：examine, delete

cloudburst

突然的一場(chǎng)暴雨：sudden copious rainfall

pitiless

沒(méi)有同情心的：devoid of pity

bifurcate

(使)分成兩支：two branches

unassailable

無(wú)可爭(zhēng)辯的，無(wú)法否認(rèn)的，不可褻瀆的：not to be violated

conserve

保存，避免浪費(fèi)：keep avoid wasteful

stasis

平衡，停滯：balance

repartee

機(jī)智的回答：witty response;打趣，善意的玩笑：good-natured teasing

wag

詼諧幽默的人：humorous;擺動(dòng)：move to and fro or up and down

enthusiasm

熱情，興趣：desire or interest

dispatch

迅速：promptness;發(fā)送，派遣：one place to another;使死亡：deprive life;獲勝，勝過(guò)…：victory

stickler

堅(jiān)持細(xì)節(jié)的人，一絲不茍的人：insist on exactness

padding

夸張，廢話：go beyond the facts

acumen

不同尋常的洞察力和鑒別力：exceptional discernment and judgment

ensconce

安置：settle securely;隱藏：hiding

eulogize

稱讚，頌揚(yáng)：speak in high praise of

notch

刻痕：cut;通過(guò)努力獲得：obtain

haunt

常去拜訪：frequent;不斷地想起，縈繞心頭：obsess

arrest

使不活躍：inactive;停止：stopping, standstill;逮捕：keep;吸引(某人)注意力：hold, attention

lofty

崇高的：elevated;高的：rising;自大的：superiority

taxing

繁重的，費(fèi)力的：requiring much time, effort

perish

死亡，消亡：cease to exist

inception

開(kāi)端，開(kāi)始：beginning

outmoded

過(guò)時(shí)的，廢棄的：no longer usable

barefaced

公然的，厚顏無(wú)恥的：brazen

indemnity

(損害、傷害等的)保險(xiǎn)賠償：compensation

derivative

非塬創(chuàng)的：originality

revere

(尤指對(duì)神的)尊崇，尊敬：respect

windbag

健談的人：talkative

debunk

揭穿…的真面目：true nature;證明…為假：false

reiterate

重申：state again

dissuade

勸阻，反對(duì)：deter persuasion, exhortation

restive

急躁的，憂慮的：impatience, uneasiness;難以管束的：resisting control

grin

咧嘴笑，咧嘴笑著表示：express an emotion

stunt

阻礙(成長(zhǎng))：hinder growth

sweltering

酷熱的：hot

seminal

有發(fā)展性的：contributing later development;創(chuàng)新的：creative

fussy

謹(jǐn)慎的：involving great care;過(guò)分雕琢的：excessively decorated;挑剔的：hard to please

gloomy

黯淡無(wú)光的：without light;憂郁的：low spirits

contrived

不自然的，刻意的：lacking spontaneous quality

stock

庫(kù)存，儲(chǔ)備：inventory;普通的，常備的：commonly used

fervent

充滿感情的，熱情洋溢的：great intensity of feeling

sacrilege

褻瀆圣物：profanation sacred

solder

連接，聯(lián)合：unite

redoubtable

杰出的，值得尊敬的：worthy of respect;可怕的：arousing fear

dyspeptic

脾氣壞的：bad-tempered;消化不良的：dyspepsia

propagate

繁殖：increase;傳播，宣傳：spread out

sedentary

固定不動(dòng)的：not migratory

antithetical

完全對(duì)立的，相反的：direct and unequivocal opposition

emulate

效仿并努力超越：excel through imitation

supine

懶散的，倦怠的，消極的，漠不關(guān)心的：lethargy, indifference

vicarious

代理的，取代的：substitute for another

worship

崇拜，敬仰：respect;崇拜，膜拜：offer honor or respect

transparent

透明的：capable of transmitting light;沒(méi)有歧義的，清晰易懂的：not subject to misinterpretation