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1、2020GRE重点词汇解析 今天带大家看看GRE重点词汇解析,我们一起来学习吧,下面就和大家分享,来欣赏一下吧。GRE重点词汇解析:asperityasperity: severity of tone, manner, or temper; roughness; harshnessasperity - roughness, severity; bitterness or tartnessasperity - sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winterasper
2、ity -severity; harshness; irritabilityasperity - biting in whit-negativeasperity - sharpness (of temper)These remarks, spoken with asperity, stung the boys to whom they had been directed.asperity - harshness; roughnessasperity-sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of
3、a Russian winter12 apserity mildnessasperity n.严酷, 粗暴, 刻薄839. asperitydepthmildnessimprecisionleisureindifference粗鲁(艰苦)深度温和不精确闲暇无动于衷,冷漠Answer:asperitymildness of temper 严酷脾气温和asperity roughness harshness ill temper irritabilitySynonyms: harshness, sharpnessThe asperity with which she spoke revealed
4、her anger about the situation.The man used asperity to frighten the girl out of going.The asperity of the winter had most everybody yearning for spring.GRE重点词汇解析:diffidentdiffident: 缺乏自信的; hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence1) shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved
5、diffident nervy .diffident nerveddiffident bold羞怯的大胆的diffident brassy羞怯的厚脸皮的diffident brazen害羞的厚脸皮的diffidence assertiveness缺乏自信过分自信diffidence braveness缺乏自信勇敢diffident expansive 羞怯的和胆小的 豪爽的,开朗的diffident : confidencediffident : confidentexpansivediffidentmalicious豪爽的羞怯的恶毒的GRE重点词汇解析:immaterialimmateria
6、l: adj. 非实体的: not composed of matter【考法1】adj. 非实体的: not composed of matter【例】 It is only possible to study immaterial forces like gravity by observing their effects on the physical world.要研究那些非实体的作用力例如万有引力,只能观察它们对于现实世界的影响【近】 ethereal, formless, incorporeal, insubstantial, nonmaterial, spiritual【反】 b
7、odily, corporeal, material, physical, substantial 实体的【考法2】adj. 无关的,不重要的: of no importance or relevance【例】 While undoubtedly upsetting, that story is immaterial to the question of why you are late. 尽 管那个故事的确很让人遗憾,但是和你为什么迟到没有半点关系【近】 extraneous, impertinent, inapplicable, inapposite, irrelevant【反】 appl
8、icable, apposite, apropos, germane, pertinent, relevant 相关的;crucial, important, significant 重要的GRE重点词汇解析:stymiestymie: 阻挠; to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of1) to get in the way of2) to hinder obstruct or block3) to block; thwartstymie abetSTYMIE:(A) entreat(B) apprise(C) foster(D) lend
9、 credibility(E) change direction1. Large amounts of snowfall will stymie the rescue effort.2. Our ambitions were stymied by our lack of funds.Syn: block, hinder, impede, obstruct, thwartGRE重点词汇解析:supplantsupplant: 代替,取代;to take the place of1) to take the place of, especially by force, through treach
10、ery, or through superiority2) to take the place of; supersede1. The rebels overthrew the government, only to supplant one tyranny with another.2. Can you supplant my position if I cannot play?3. The ancestry of the piano can be traced to the early keyboard instruments of the fifteenth and sixteenth
11、centuries the spinet, the dulcimer, and the virginal. In the seventeenth century the organ, the clavichord, and the harpsichord became the chief instruments of the keyboard group, a supremacy they maintained until the piano supplanted them at the end of the eighteenth century.4. People who expect underground mass transit systems to gradually supplant out reliance on the automobile are not being realistic.相近词汇:overthrow, succeed, supersede, undermine, uproot, displace, usurpGRE重点词汇解析汇总5篇