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1、GRE词汇解析精选 今天整理了GRE词汇解析，希望可以帮助到大家， 我们一起来学习吧，下面就和大家分享，来欣赏一下吧。GRE词汇解析：tangentialtangential: 离题的; touching or connected only slightly, as a tangent line1) digressing; divertingtangential elementaltangential : essentialtangential, incidental elementalgist, essence trivial point, tangential pointtangentia
2、l closely relevant我选的这个directly related，更多人选前者Her paper was marred by the inclusion of too much information that was only tangential to her main point.相近词汇：digressive, divergent, incidentalGRE词汇解析：dirgedirge: 挽歌;a slow, mournful piece of music1) (music) a. a funeral hymn or lament b. a slow, mournfu
3、l musical composition2) a mournful or elegiac poem or other literary work3) a slow, mournful piece of music, especially one intended for a funeral or similar occasion4) a hymn for a funeral; a song or poem expressing lament5) a funeral hymn or mournful speechdirge : griefdirge : mourningdirge : sole
4、mn1. The mourners sang a traditional Irish dirge2. The orchestra played the piece so slowly that it sounded like a dirge.Synonyms: lament, requiemdirge : music : elegy : poetry 悲歌:音乐:挽诗:诗dirge : grief : paean : praise : madrigal : love悲歌:悲伤:赞美歌:赞美:情歌:情dirge : solemn : polemic : contentious 悲歌:庄严的:辩论
5、:有异议的GRE词汇解析：prevaricateprevaricate: 支吾其词; to deviate from the truth: equivocate1) to lie or deviate from the truth2) to speak equivocally or evasively, i.e., to lieSyn: deceive, equivocate, misrepresent, lie, perjureprevaricate : deceiveprevaricate : truthprevaricate : deceitprevaricate : dishonest
6、y1. Rather than admit that he had overslept again, the employee prevaricated and claimed that heavy traffic had prevented him from arriving at work ontime.2. Do not prevaricate about who did what or why; simply tell me how the vase got broken.The mayors desperate attempt to prevaricate about the sca
7、ndal was transparent to the voters.His mother knew no one else could have done it, but the child foolishly prevaricated about the stain on the rug.prevaricate : deceive = exhortation : encourageprevaricate : deceive = filibuster : delay : blandishment : coaxequivocate : clarity = prevaricate : truth
8、prevaricate : deceit = filibuster : delayequivocate/palter/falter/prevaricate 含糊其辞,说模棱两的话GRE词汇解析：diatribediatribe: 诽谤; a bitter and abusive speech or writing1) a bitter, abusive denunciation2) a bitter and abusive speech or writing3) ironic or satirical criticism4) an abusive, bitter, ranting critic
9、ism or denouncing5) a critical or abusive speech or piece of writing6) violent verbal attack, tirade, malediction, obloquy, jeremiad, fulmination7) a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism8) a bitter or abusive speech9) a harsh denunciation10) bitter verbal attack11) an abusive,
10、condemnatory speechSynonyms: harangue, invective, tiradediatribe verbal tribute, vocal tribute, encomium, laudatory piece of writing, laudatory speech1) The writer peppers 它的作品with _, 以至人们把她看得比实际的更_. (diatribe.censorious)2) 某人的_是如此的memorable, 以致于别人觉得他很_。(diatribe.censorious)3) The feminist poets ext
11、remely explicit and witty diatribes against social convention were so thoroughly emulated by other writers that her idiosyncratic brand of rebellion eventually became the convention of her time.4) Fidel Castro is renowned for his long diatribes against the U.S. government.5. After taking in her boss
12、s long diatribe about her work, she simply quit.6) Diatribes tend to cause the listener to close his or her ears and mind after a short length of time.During the divorce hearings she delivered a diatribe full of the emotion pushing her away from her husband.The diatribe was directed towards a disres
13、pectful supervisor.The speaker launched into a distribe against what he called the evils of technology.【类】lullaby:song=diatribe:discourse摇篮曲是一种歌曲=抨击性演讲是一种演讲declamation:grandiloquence=burlesque:mockery=diatribe:abuse慷慨激昂的演讲用夸大之词=滑稽表演用嘲讽之词=恶骂用辱骂之词【反】encomium(n 赞辞;称赞);eulogy(n 赞词;颂词);laudatory piece of
14、 writing(赞扬性的*)GRE核心词汇词组：other thanother than 不同于，除了释义You use other than after a statement (usually negative) to say that the person, item, or thing that follows is the only exception to the statement.例句There are so many other factors that cause droughts other than the monsoon.GREParties were partial by definition, self-interested, and therefore serving something other than the transcendent public good.GRE词汇解析精选
