GRE Vocabulary Power (7-60)

单词卡: 36

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  • 1.
    • discuss lightly or glibly
    • discuss in a frivolous manner
    • exchange (words) heatedly
    • quarrel
  • 2.
    • mental disorder marked by confusion
    • uncontrolled excitement
    • ADJ. delirious
  • 3.
    • wandering away from the subject
  • 4.
    • utter a deep guttural sound (as a pig does)
  • 5.
    • unable for the moment to speak (because of strong feeling)
  • 6.
    • change in direction
    • swerve
  • 7.
    • (esp. of older people) vigorously active
    • nimble
  • 8.
    • contradict
    • oppose with arguments
    • attempt to refute
    • ADJ. controversial
  • 9.
    • expand
    • dilate on/upon: speak or write at length on (a subject)
  • 10.
    • husk
    • dry outer covering of a seed
    • frame or body of a ship
  • 11.
    • stoical
    • impassive
    • unmoved by joy or grief
  • 12.
    • idiosyncrasy
    • caprice
    • sudden sharp turn or twist
    • startling twist
    • peculiarity of behavior
  • 13.
    • melt (ore) for separating and removing the metal
    • melt or blend ores changing their chemical composition
  • 14.
    • stronghold
    • something seen as a source of protection
  • 15.
    • irregularity
  • 16.
    • predicament
    • bog
    • marsh
    • soft, wet, boggy land
    • complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself
  • 17.
    • burn unsteadily or fitfully
    • move waveringly
    • N: flickering movement or light
    • brief sensation
  • 18.
    • mischance
    • ill luck
  • 19.
    • reaction
    • rebound
    • reverberation
  • 20.
    • difficult
    • hard but easily broken
    • unstable
  • 21.
    • daily
    • occurring during the daytime
  • 22.
    • mar the appearance of
    • spoil
  • 23.
    • odd
    • bizarre
    • whimsical
    • not concentric
    • irregular
    • unconventional
  • 24.
    • green crust on old bronze works or copper
    • tone slowly taken by varnished painting
  • 25.
    • navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude (by measuring the altitudes of stars)
  • 26.
    • seine net
    • net for catching fish
  • 27.
    • very thin candle
    • gradual decrease in the width of a long object
  • 28.
    • black volcanic rock
  • 29.
    • school of the fine arts (especially music or drama)
    • glass-enclosed area
  • 30.
    • going beyond what is right
    • excessively forward
    • taking liberties
    • arrogant
  • 31.
    • gorge
    • narrow valley with steep sides
  • 32.
    • memento
    • keepsake
    • surviving remnant (from an extinct culture)
    • relics: corpse
  • 33.
    • unwarranted
    • given freely
    • uncalled for
    • done without good reason
  • 34.
    • sullen
    • gloomy
    • stubborn
  • 35.
    • lowest point
    • point on the celestial sphere diametrically opposite the zenith
  • 36.
    • cheap and gaudy