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GRE词汇精选:高频形近词51. wary / chary / awry
chary: If you are chary of doing something, you are fairly cautious about
doing it.
awry: If something goes awry, it does not happen in the way it was
planned.
wary - 谨慎的
52. ignoble(卑鄙的) / ignorable(可忽略的)
53. glib / glide / gild / goad
glib: If you describe what someone says as glib, you disapprove of it because
it implies that something is simple or easy, or that there are no problems
involved, when this is not the case.
glide: If you glide somewhere, you move silently and in a smooth and
effortless way.
gild: If you gild a surface, you cover it in a thin layer of gold or gold
paint.
goad: If you goad someone, you deliberately make them feel angry or
irritated, often causing them to react by doing something.
54. voracious / veracious
voracious: If you describe a person, or their appetite for something, as
voracious, you mean that they want a lot of something. (LITERARY)
veracious: truthful, honest.
55. ingenuous / ingenious / indigent / indigenous
ingenuous: If you describe someone as ingenuous, you mean that they are
innocent, trusting, and honest. (FORMAL)
ingenious: Something that is ingenious is very clever and involves new ideas,
methods, or equipment.
indigent: Someone who is indigent is very poor. (FORMAL)
indigenous: Indigenous people or things belong to the country in which they
are found, rather than coming there or being brought there from another country.
(FORMAL)(=native)
56. sympathy / apathy / antipathy / pathetic
apathy: You can use apathy to talk about someone&
39;s state of mind if you are
criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic
about anything.(=indifferent)
antipathy: Antipathy is a strong feeling of dislike or hostility towards
someone or something. (FORMAL)
pathetic: If you describe a person or animal as pathetic, you mean that they
are sad and weak or helpless, and they make you feel very sorry for them.
57. don / doff / dour
don: If you don clothing, you put it on. (WRITTEN)
doff: If you doff your hat or coat, you take it off. (OLD-FASHIONED)
dour: If you describe someone as dour, you mean that they are very serious
and unfriendly.
58. impervious / imperious / impetuous / imperil
impervious: If you are impervious to someone&
39;s actions, you are not affected
or influenced by them.
imperious: If you describe someone as imperious, you mean that they have a
proud manner and expect to be obeyed.(WRITTEN)
impetuous: If you describe someone as impetuous, you mean that they are
likely to act quickly and suddenly without thinking or being careful.
imperil: Something that imperils you puts you in danger. (FORMAL)
(=endanger)
59. reap / heap / leap
reap - 收获,英?中我们经常说 to reap what you sow
60. blandish / brandish
blandish: to coax with flattery
brandish: If you brandish something, especially a weapon, you hold it in a
threatening way.
GRE词汇精选:高频形近词61. vanish / varnish
varnish: The varnish on an object is the hard, clear, shiny surface that it
has when it has been painted with varnish.(表饰)
vanish - 消失
62. veto / vote
veto-否决
vote-投票
63. viscid / viscous / vicious / vicarious / vivid
viscid: having an adhesive quality
viscous: A viscous liquid is thick and sticky.
vicious: A vicious person or a vicious blow is violent and cruel.
vicarious: A vicarious pleasure or feeling is experienced by watching,
listening to, or reading about other people doing something, rather than by
doing it yourself.(间接体验的;代理的)
64. prodigal / prodigious
prodigal: You can describe someone as a prodigal son or daughter if they
leave their family or friends, often after a period of behaving badly, and then
return at a later time as a better person. (LITERARY)
prodigious: Something that is prodigious is very large or
impressive.(LITERARY)
65. seethe / soothe
seethe: When you are seething, you are very angry about something but do not
express your feelings about it.
soothe: If you soothe someone who is angry or upset, you make them feel
calmer.
Something that soothes a part of your body where there is pain or discomfort
makes the pain or discomfort less severe.
66. trenchant / penchant
trenchant: You can use trenchant to describe something such as a criticism or
comment that is very clear, effective, and forceful. (FORMAL)
penchant: If someone has a penchant for something, they have a special liking
for it or a tendency to do it. (FORMAL)
67. command / commend / comment
commend: If you commend someone or something, you praise them formally.
(FORMAL)
68. accent / ascent / ascend / scent
ascent: An ascent is an upward, vertical movement.
ascend: If someone ascends to an important position, they achieve it or are
appointed to it. When someone ascends a throne, they become king, queen, or
pope. (FORMAL)
69. daft / deft / dart
daft: If you describe a person or their behaviour as daft, you think that
they are stupid, impractical, or rather strange. (BRIT INFORMAL)
deft: A deft action is skilful and often quick. (WRITTEN)
dart: If a person or animal darts somewhere, they move there suddenly and
quickly. (WRITTEN)
If you dart a look at someone or something, or if your eyes dart to them, you
look at them very quickly. (LITERARY)
70. woo / woe
woo: If you woo people, you try to encourage them to help you, support you,
or vote for you, for example by promising them things which they would like.
woe: woe is very great sadness. (LITERARY)
GRE词汇精选:高频形近词71. curb / curt
curt: If you describe someone as curt, you mean that they speak or reply in a
brief and rather rude way.(敷衍的)
72. avid / avoid
avid: You use avid to describe someone who is very enthusiastic about
something that they do.
73. quip / pique
quip: A quip is a remark that is intended to be amusing or
clever;(WRITTEN)
To quip means to say something that is intended to be amusing or clever.
(WRITTEN)
pique: Pique is the feeling of annoyance you have when you think someone has
not treated you properly.
If something piques your interest or curiosity, it makes you interested or
curious.
74. savvy / savor
savvy: If you describe someone as having savvy, you think that they have a
good understanding and practical knowledge of something. (INFORMAL)
e.g. He is known for his political savvy and strong management skills.
savor:Enjoy or appreciate (something pleasant) to the full, especially by
lingering over it:
75. brink / brisk
brink: If you are on the brink of something, usually something important,
terrible, or exciting, you are just about to do it or experience it.(=verge)
brisk: active and energetic
76. glean / glisten / gleam
glean: If you glean something such as information or knowledge, you learn or
collect it slowly and patiently, and perhaps indirectly.(=gather)
glisten: If something glistens, it shines, usually because it is wet or
oily.
gleam: If an object or a surface gleams, it reflects light because it is
shiny and clean.
If your eyes gleam, they look bright and show that you are excited or happy.
(WRITTEN)(=glisten, shine)
A gleam of something is a faint sign of it.
77. toxic / tonic
tonic: A tonic is anything that makes you feel stronger, more cheerful, or
more enthusiastic.
toxic :有害的。注意intoxicate表?的是吸引
78. girth / mirth
girth: The girth of an object, for example a person&
39;s or an animal&
39;s body, is
its width or thickness, considered as the measurement around its circumference.
(FORMAL)
mirth: Mirth is amusement which you express by laughing. (LITERARY)
79. hazard / haphazard
hazard: A hazard is something which could be dangerous to you, your health or
safety, or your plans or reputation.
haphazard: If you describe something as haphazard, you are critical of it
because it is not at all organized or is not arranged according to a plan.
80. bookish / boorish
bookish: Someone who is bookish spends a lot of time reading serious
books.(=studious)
boorish: Boorish behavior is rough, uneducated, and rude.
GRE词汇精选:高频形近词81. sage / saga
sage: Sage means wise and knowledgeable, especially as the result of a lot of
experience. (LITERARY) Or a person who is regarded as being very wise.
saga - 传奇
82. whim / rim / brim
whim: A whim is a wish to do or have something which seems to have no serious
reason or purpose behind it, and often occurs suddenly.
brim: If someone or something is brimming with a particular quality, they are
full of that quality.
When your eyes are brimming with tears, they are full of fluid because you
are upset, although you are not actually crying.
rim -表?边缘
83. flit / flip / fleet
flit: If you flit around or flit between one place and another, you go to
lots of places without staying for very long in any of them.
If an expression flits across your face or an idea flits through your mind,
it is there for a short time and then goes again.
flip: If you flip a device on or off, or if you flip a switch, you turn it on
or off by pressing the switch quickly.(=flick)
If you flip through the pages of a book, for example, you quickly turn over
the pages in order to find a particular one or to get an idea of the
contents.
If you say that someone is being flip, you disapprove of them because you
think that what they are saying shows they are not being serious enough about
something.
fleet - 短暂的
84. lull / gull / dull
lull: A lull is a period of quiet or calm in a longer period of activity or
excitement.
gull:考察的经常是gullible 表?容易被骗的
85. rash / rehash
rash: If someone is rash or does rash things, they act without thinking
carefully first, and therefore make mistakes or behave foolishly.
rehash: If you describe something as a rehash, you are criticizing it because
it repeats old ideas, facts, or themes, though some things have been changed to
make it appear new.
86. grin / chagrin
grin: A grin is a broad smile.
If you grin and bear it, you accept a difficult or unpleasant situation
without complaining because you know there is nothing you can do to make things
better.
chagrin: Chagrin is a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps
because of your own failure. (FORMAL, WRITTEN)
87. voluble / voluminous
voluble: If you say that someone is voluble, you mean that they talk a lot
with great energy and enthusiasm. (FORMAL)
voluminous: Something that is voluminous is very large or contains a lot of
things. (FORMAL)
88. virtue / virtual / virus
89. paean / panache / panacea
paean: A paean is a piece of music, writing, or film that expresses praise,
admiration, or happiness. (LITERARY)(=eulogy)(赞歌,凯歌)
panache: If you do something with panache, you do it in a confident, stylish,
and elegant way.
panacea - 万能灵药
90. premise / surmise / demise
surmise: If you surmise that something is true, you guess it from the
available evidence, although you do not know for certain. (FORMAL)
GRE词汇精选:高频形近词91. employ / deploy / ploy
deploy: To deploy troops or military resources means to organize or position
them so that they are ready to be used.
ploy: A ploy is a way of behaving that someone plans carefully and secretly
in order to gain an advantage for themselves.(策略)
92. apposite / opposite
apposite: Something that is apposite is suitable for or appropriate to what
is happening or being discussed. (FORMAL)
93. object / objection / objective / objectivity
objective: Objective information is based on facts.
94. lurid / lucid
lurid: If you say that something is lurid, you are critical of it because it
involves a lot of violence, sex, or shocking detail.
95. covet / covert / overt
covet: If you covet something, you strongly want to have it for
yourself.(FORMAL)
covert: Covert activities or situations are secret or hidden. (FORMAL)
overt: An overt action or attitude is done or shown in an open and obvious
way.
96. stationary / stationery
stationary: Something that is stationary is not moving.(=static)
97. supple / supplement / supplicate
supple: A supple object or material bends or changes shape easily without
cracking or breaking.
supplicate: A supplicant is a person who prays to God or respectfully asks an
important person to help them or to give them something that they want very
much. (FORMAL)
98. binge / hinge / fringe
binge: If you go on a binge, you do too much of something, such as drinking
alcohol, eating, or spending money. (INFORMAL)
hinge: A hinge is a piece of metal, wood, or plastic that is used to join a
door to its frame or to join two things together so that one of them can swing
freely.
fringe: To be on the fringe or the fringes of a place means to be on the
outside edge of it, or to be in one of the parts that are farthest from its
centre.
99. thorough / through / though
100. staple / stable
staple: A staple food, product, or activity is one that is basic and
important in people&
39;s everyday lives.
GRE词汇精选之高频形近词
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