GRE Vocabulary Power (2-14)

单词卡: 25

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  • 1.
    • long, passionate, and vehement speech
  • 2.
    • practical
    • suitable (for a particular purpose although not necessarily morally correct)
    • politic(prudent)
    • N: something expedient
  • 3.
    • teacher of philosophy
    • quibbler
    • employer of fallacious reasoning
  • 4.
    • unfavorable
    • going against
    • opposing
    • hostile
  • 5.
    • person who uncritically conforms to the customs of a group
    • OP. nonconformist: one who does not conform to accepted beliefs of norms
  • 6.
    • given to(having a tendency of) joking
  • 7.
    • implied
    • understood but not stated
    • unquestioning and complete
  • 8.
    • make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship)
  • 9.
    • shine with a flickering light
    • glimmer intermittently
  • 10.
    • drunken revel
  • 11.
    • lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life
    • hardship
    • want
  • 12.
    • room or space under the roof
    • attic
  • 13.
    • substantial
    • concise and meaningful
    • meaty
  • 14.
    • law enacted by the legislature
  • 15.
    • make discontented
  • 16.
    • issue forth
    • come out
  • 17.
    • doctor specializing in ailments of the heart
  • 18.
    • brutal deed
    • ADJ. atrocious
  • 19.
    • loose sleeveless outer garment
    • cloak
    • something that covers or envelops
    • the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
  • 20.
    • public
    • open to view
    • not secret
  • 21.
    • deflect
    • ward off a blow
  • 22.
    • order
    • charge
    • authoritative command
    • power to govern another country
    • power to given to a government
    • region under administration
    • V: give a mandate to
    • place under a mandate
  • 23.
    • complain
    • grouch
    • grumble
    • fuss
    • N: plump chickenlike game bird
  • 24.
    • steep
    • overhasty
    • precipitate
  • 25.
    • mythical figure, half man and half horse