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1、GRE重点词汇解析精选5篇 怎样备考GRE词汇,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：tacittacit: 无言的; expressed or carried on without words or speech1) done without using words2) expressed or done without words, implied; unspoken;3) not voiced or expressed4) not expressed openly, but understoodSyn: implicit, sil
2、ent, suggested, unspoken, implied, undeclared, unsaid, unutteredtaciturn : silent, not talkativetacit directly expressed, expressly stated, explicit1. Although not a word had been said, everyone in the room knew that a tacit agreement had been made about which course of a action to take.2. No words
3、on the matter were actually spoken between our neighbors and us; we simply came to a tacit agreement that any apples that fell onto our yard from their tree were ours.3. The National Security Agency aide argued, in effect, that he had received the presidents tacit approval for the arms-for-hostages
4、deal.Tacit reasons are not tangible reasons, and vice versa.4. A second baseman and a shortstop have a tacit understanding of who is to cover second base in case of a ground ball.5. It is illegal for a politician to accept money in exchange for a political favor, but its hard to prove guilt when the
5、 agreement is tacit.6. Katie and carmella had a tacit agreement that they would not mention the dented fender to their parentsGRE重点词汇解析：torportorpor: 麻木, 迟钝; a state of mental or physical inactivity or insensibility1) extreme mental and physical sluggishness2) a state of mental and physical inactivi
6、ty accompanied by a loss of feeling; a lack of energy3) a condition of dormancy; sluggishness; temporary (either partial or total) loss of sensation or motion; stupor;4) dullness or apathy相近词汇：apathy, dullness, lethargy, sluggish, lacking movement, languor, stuportorpor alertness, EXULTANT, vigilanc
7、e, ardor, ebullient, vivacity, animation, ebullience, zeal, animation, alert, extreme excitabilitytorpor ardor1. After surgery, the patient experienced torpor until the anesthesia wore off.2. During my illness, the fever did not trouble me so much as the torporI hate to be slowed down!3. After 24 ho
8、urs of sleeplessness, torpor is likely to set in.4. Torpor is characteristic among those who spent hours before their TVs in the old days watching the political conventions from gavel to gavel.VEHEMENCE 热情的tepidity/ torpor 慢热的aloof : reserve : sluggish : torportorrid adj.热带的GRE重点词汇解析：vacillatevacill
9、ate: 犹豫; to waver in mind, will, or feeling1) to sway physically; to be indecisive2) to sway or fluctuate; to waver in feeling or hesitate in making a decision3) to waver; to sway back and forth; to fluctuate or oscillate;4) to waver in attitude; show indecision5) to waver; to sway indecisively相近词汇:
10、 oscillate, stagger, swing; alternate, hedge, pause, dither, falter, fluctuate, oscillate, wavervacillation resolutionvacillate equipoise, stand firm, resolve firmly, resolutevacillate : indecision = bristle : anger1. The customer held up the line as he vacillated between ordering chocolate chip or
11、rocky road ice cream.2. Roberta vacillated for so long that by the time she decided to go to the show, the tickets were all sold out.3. It is not unusual for ones position on an issue to vacillate as more and better information becomes available.4. Homer and Marge often vacillate on where to go for
12、their summer vacation.vacillating, vacillation-equipoise:to equal or offset in weight; balance. Vacillate: to sway unsteadily; waver; totter; stagger.vacillation constancyvacillation impetuosityvacillation motionless balancevacillation pertinacityvacillation decisiveness, pertinacitypompous : pontif
13、icate irresolute : vacillate 同义unswerved : vacillate capricious/whimsical/headlong : deliberate 反义irresolute: vacillate pompous: pontificatevacillate decisiveness, equipoiseresolute(/ decide / settle / adamant /vacillation decisiveness, pertinacityconstancy / persistence / impetuosityGRE重点词汇解析：parag
14、onparagon: model of excellence or perfection of a kind1) an example of excellenceparagon : excellenceparagon : imitateparagon : excellentparagon travestyapotheosis, ideal, quintessence, standard1. She is a paragon of what a judge should be: honest, intelligent, hardworking, and just.2. As a student,
15、 Gina was thought to be a paragon, but her English teacher noticed that she excelled only because she refused to take any risks.Synonyms: epitome, exemplar, nonpareil, standardGRE重点词汇解析：invectiveinvective: 恶言漫骂; abusive language1) abusive language curses, vituperation2) An intensely vehement, highly
16、 emotional verbal attackInvective - an insult or abuse in speechinvective -verbal abuse.invective (n) - abuse; verbal attack; vituperation; violent censure. Antonym: praise; laudatory words; complimentary speechSynonyms: berating, diatribe, tiradeinvective accoladeInvective : complimentary languageT
17、he invective she heaped on her colleague was completely out of proportion with the small error she had made. ?I will no longer put up with your invective, Where did you learn such language?The debate judge cautioned participants not to engage in invective but rather in reasoned and decorous discourse.GRE重点词汇解析精选5篇
