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1、GRE重点词汇精选解析 该如何备考GRE词汇呢?整理了GRE重点词汇解析,我们一起来看看吧,下面就和大家分享,来欣赏一下吧。GRE重点词汇解析:impotent【考法1】adj. 无生育能力的: unable to produce fruit or offspring【例】Most mules are impotent. 绝大多数的骡子都无法生育【近】 barren, fruitless, infertile, unfruitful【反】 fecund, fertile, fruitful, productive高产的,硕果累累的【考法2】adj. 无力的,无能的: lacking in po
2、wer, strength, or vigor【例】an impotent ruler who was just a figurehead 一个无能的傀儡统治者【近】 hamstrung, handcuffed, helpless, impuissant, paralyzed, weak【反】 mighty, potent, powerful, puissant, strong 强大的,有能力的GRE重点词汇解析:fledgling1) n. 新手: a person who is just starting out in a field of activity2) young and ine
3、xperiencedSynonyms: novice, rookie, nascent, uninitiated; apprentice, beginner, freshman, neophyte, novice, tyro, recruit, rookie; fledgefledgling mature, veteranI am learning Chinese, but Im just a fledgling speaker, having studied the language for only six months.The fledgling mountain climber nee
4、ded assistance from the more experienced mountaineers.The course was not recommended for fledgling skiers.At hockey hes still a fledgling and needs to work on his basic skating skills.GRE重点词汇解析:pariah1) an undesirable; one despised and rejected by others; an outcast;2) a member of the lowest social
5、caste in India3) one that is despised or rejected : OUTCAST4) an outcastpariah : ostracizepariah an outcast a rejected and despised personpariah : contemptPARIAH - an outcast, a rejected and despised personpariah social outcast; Ex. Mariah the pariah1. The pariahs in India comprise a caste known as
6、“the untouchables.”2. The soldiers returning home from the Vietnam War were treated as pariahs by much of the American public.3. The pariah of the group sat by himself under the tree.GRE重点词汇解析:impromptuimpromptu rehearsalHer impromptu speech was well-received, giving her new confidence in her abilit
7、y to speak off the cuff.【考法1】n. 即席的表演: something, such as a speech, that is made or done extemporaneously【近】 improvisation, extemporization【考法2】adj. 即席的,即兴的:composedwithout previous preparation.【例】 Our dinner guest thanked us with an impromptu song. 客人们即兴高歌一首以表达谢意【近】 ad-lib, extemporary, improvised,
8、 offhand, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unrehearsed【反】 considered, planned, premeditated, prepared, rehearsed 事先有所准备的GRE重点词汇解析:ameliorate1) pleasing to taste or smell2) extremely pleasing to the senses, divine (as related to the gods) or delicious (n: ambrosia)3) (食物或者气味)特别美味的:something extremely pleasing to taste or smellambrosial unsavoryambrosial : tasteambrosial : food【例】The ambrosial aroma of the roast stimulated our appetites.【近】savory, aromal, aromatic, perfumed, redolent, odorous【反】fetid, noisome, stenchy, malodorous, rancidGRE重点词汇精选解析