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GRE网络课堂词汇笔记-张旭主讲[4]c

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Part 5
8. PEDIATRICS: CHILDREN::
(A) dermatology: skin
(B) pathology: medicine
(C) meteorology: forecasts
(D) neurology: psychologists

(E) ecology: environmentalists

9. CREASE¹: FOLDING::
(A) serration: braiding
(B) hole: perforating
(C) dent²: weakening
(D) break: setting
(E) gouge³: cracking

10. DAGGER⁴: SCABBARD::
(A) bow: quiver
(B) pistol: holster
(C) lasso: saddle
(D) rifle: sight
(E) spear: shaft⁵

11. SUBPOENA⁶: WINTNESS::
(A) suborn: judge
(B) tax: worker
(C) elect: officer
(D) conscript: soldier
(E) hire: laborer⁷

12. LUBRICATE: ABRASION::
(A) burnish⁸: decomposition
(B) vent⁹: distillation
(C) tamp¹⁰: adhesion
(D) seal: leakage
(E) irrigate¹¹: drainage

13. ASTROLOGY: ASTRONOMY::
(A) alchemy: chemistry
(B) homeopathy: zoology
(C) mythology¹²: classics
(D) pedagogy: philosophy
(E) phenomenology: linguistics¹³

14. MALAPROPISM¹⁴: VERBAL::
(A) heresy¹⁵: moral (B) hoax¹⁶: cognitive
(C) gaffe¹⁷: social (D) feint: martial
(E) perjury¹⁸: legislative¹⁹

15. PLUCK: QUIT::
(A) verve: flinch²⁰ (B) gall²¹: skimp
(C) pride: grovel²² (D) charm: smile
(E) poise²³: waver

16. PARENTHESIS²⁴: EXPLANATION::
(A) synopsis²⁵: affectation
(B) apostrophe: annotation
(C) synthesis: interpolation
(D) ellipsis²⁶: omission
(E) asterisk²⁷: exaggeration

Part 6
28. TURBULENCE:
(A) moderation (B) tranquillity
(C) immunity²⁸ (D) correlation
(E) meditation²⁹

29. DEHYDRATE:
(A) make soluble³⁰
(B) separate electronically
(C) combine with oxygen
(D) saturate³¹ with water
(E) expose to hydrogen

30. LOLL:
(A) comply readily (B) move vigorously
(C) describe exactly (D) notice incidentally
(E) insist strongly

31. INTREPID:
(A) morbid³² (B) forbearing (C) temperate
(D) apprehensive³³ (E) abundant

32. PRECURSORY:
(A) derivative³⁴ (B) ephemeral (C) original
(D) essential (E) solid

33. PERENNIAL:
(A) predictable (B) latent (C) engrossing
(D) infertile³⁵ (E) fleeting³⁶

34. DISPARATE:
(A) homogeneous (B) cumulative
(C) invariable (D) cooperative
(E) cogent³⁷

35. FULMINATION:
(A) repetition (B) addition (C) ratification³⁸
(D) praise (E) escape

36. EBULLIENCE:
(A) confusion (B) pretension³⁹
(C) introspection (D) absentmindedness
(E) impassiveness

37. PREDILECTION:
(A) unwillingness⁴⁰ to choose
(B) desire to please (C) ambiguity⁴¹
(D) stereotype⁴² (E) propensity⁴³ to dislike

38. BANAL:
(A) faithful (B) arresting (C) inclined
(D) forced (E) elaborate

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1 crease
n.折缝，褶痕，皱褶；v.(使)起皱
参考例句：
Does artificial silk crease more easily than natural silk?人造丝比天然丝更易起皱吗？ Please don't crease the blouse when you pack it.包装时请不要将衬衫弄皱了。

2 dent
n.凹痕，凹坑；初步进展
参考例句：
I don't know how it came about but I've got a dent in the rear of my car.我不知道是怎么回事，但我的汽车后部有了一个凹痕。 That dent is not big enough to be worth hammering out.那个凹陷不大，用不着把它锤平。

3 gouge
v.凿；挖出；n.半圆凿；凿孔；欺诈
参考例句：
To make a Halloween lantern,you first have to gouge out the inside of the pumpkin.要做一个万圣节灯笼，你先得挖空这个南瓜。 In the Middle Ages,a favourite punishment was to gouge out a prisoner's eyes.在中世纪，惩罚犯人最常用的办法是剜眼睛。

4 dagger
n.匕首，短剑，剑号
参考例句：
The bad news is a dagger to his heart.这条坏消息刺痛了他的心。 The murderer thrust a dagger into her heart.凶手将匕首刺进她的心脏。

5 shaft
n.(工具的)柄，杆状物
参考例句：
He was wounded by a shaft.他被箭击中受伤。 This is the shaft of a steam engine.这是一个蒸汽机主轴。

6 subpoena
n.（法律）传票；v.传讯
参考例句：
He was brought up to court with a subpoena.他接到传讯，来到法庭上。 Select committees have the power to subpoena witnesses.特别委员会有权传唤证人。

7 laborer
n.劳动者，劳工
参考例句：
Her husband had been a farm laborer.她丈夫以前是个农场雇工。 He worked as a casual laborer and did not earn much.他当临时工，没有赚多少钱。

8 burnish
v.磨光；使光滑
参考例句：
Many people,fearful for their jobs,are trying to burnish their contacts at other firms.许多人因为担心自己的工作，正在努力抹去和其他公司接触的痕迹。 I burnish joyful sparks from my sorrows.我从伤痛里擦亮喜悦的火花。

9 vent
n.通风口，排放口；开衩；vt.表达，发泄
参考例句：
He gave vent to his anger by swearing loudly.他高声咒骂以发泄他的愤怒。 When the vent became plugged,the engine would stop.当通风口被堵塞时，发动机就会停转。

10 tamp
v.捣实，砸实
参考例句：
Then I tamp down the soil with the back of a rake.然后我用耙子的背将土壤拍实。 Philpott tamped a wad of tobacco into his pipe.菲尔波特往烟斗里塞了一卷碎烟叶。

11 irrigate
vt.灌溉，修水利，冲洗伤口，使潮湿
参考例句：
The farmer dug several trenches to irrigate the rice fields.这个农民挖了好几条沟以灌溉稻田。 They have built canals to irrigate the desert.他们建造成水渠以灌溉沙漠。

12 mythology
n.神话，神话学，神话集
参考例句：
In Greek mythology,Zeus was the ruler of Gods and men.在希腊神话中，宙斯是众神和人类的统治者。 He is the hero of Greek mythology.他是希腊民间传说中的英雄。

13 linguistics
n.语言学
参考例句：
She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。 Linguistics is a scientific study of the property of language.语言学是指对语言的性质所作的系统研究。

14 malapropism
n.字的误用
参考例句：
There is a malapropism in his paper.他的文章里有一处被误用的词。 Despite a profusion of grammatical errors and the occasional malapropism, "the impossible state" is accessible and readable.尽管有大量语法错误，偶尔词语误用，《不可能的政府》仍具通俗性和可读性。

15 heresy
n.异端邪说；异教
参考例句：
We should denounce a heresy.我们应该公开指责异端邪说。 It might be considered heresy to suggest such a notion.提出这样一个观点可能会被视为异端邪说。

16 hoax
v.欺骗，哄骗，愚弄；n.愚弄人，恶作剧
参考例句：
They were the victims of a cruel hoax.他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者。 They hoax him out of his money.他们骗去他的钱。

17 gaffe
n.（社交上令人不快的）失言，失态
参考例句：
I had no idea of the gaffe which I was committing.我不清楚我犯了什么错误。 He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.他在上周末的会议上出了洋相，狼狈不堪。

18 perjury
n.伪证；伪证罪
参考例句：
You'll be punished if you procure the witness to commit perjury.如果你诱使证人作伪证，你要受罚的。 She appeared in court on a perjury charge.她因被指控做了伪证而出庭受审。

19 legislative
n.立法机构，立法权；adj.立法的，有立法权的
参考例句：
Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。 Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。

20 flinch
v.畏缩，退缩
参考例句：
She won't flinch from speaking her mind.她不会讳言自己的想法。 We will never flinch from difficulties.我们面对困难决不退缩。

21 gall
v.使烦恼，使焦躁，难堪；n.磨难
参考例句：
It galled him to have to ask for a loan.必须向人借钱使他感到难堪。 No gall,no glory.没有磨难，何来荣耀。

22 grovel
vi.卑躬屈膝，奴颜婢膝
参考例句：
He said he would never grovel before a conqueror.他说他永远不会在征服者脚下摇尾乞怜。 You will just have to grovel to the bank manager for a loan.你只得低声下气地向银行经理借贷。

23 poise
vt./vi. 平衡，保持平衡；n.泰然自若，自信
参考例句：
She hesitated briefly but quickly regained her poise.她犹豫片刻，但很快恢复了镇静。 Ballet classes are important for poise and grace.芭蕾课对培养优雅的姿仪非常重要。

24 parenthesis
n.圆括号，插入语，插曲，间歇，停歇
参考例句：
There is no space between the function name and the parenthesis.函数名与括号之间没有空格。 In this expression,we do not need a multiplication sign or parenthesis.这个表达式中，我们不需要乘号或括号。

25 synopsis
n.提要，梗概
参考例句：
The synopsis of the book is very good.这本书的梗概非常好。 I heard there wasn't a script.They only had a synopsis.我听说是没有剧本的。他们只有一个大纲。

26 ellipsis
n.省略符号，省略(语法结构上的)
参考例句：
In this textbook we will tolerate a certain amount of ellipsis.在这本书中我们允许一些简化。 There is an ellipsis of "that" in that sentence.那个句子省略了"that"。

27 asterisk
n.星号，星标
参考例句：
The asterisk refers the reader to a footnote.星号是让读者参看脚注。 He added an asterisk to the first page.他在第一页上加了个星号。

28 immunity
n.优惠；免除；豁免，豁免权
参考例句：
The law gives public schools immunity from taxation.法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。 He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested.他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。

29 meditation
n.熟虑，（尤指宗教的）默想，沉思，（pl.）冥想录
参考例句：
This peaceful garden lends itself to meditation.这个恬静的花园适于冥想。 I'm sorry to interrupt your meditation.很抱歉，我打断了你的沉思。

30 soluble
adj.可溶的；可以解决的
参考例句：
These tablets are soluble in water.这些药片可在水中溶解。 Camphor is soluble in alcohol.樟脑在酒精中可以溶化。

31 saturate
vt.使湿透，浸透；使充满，使饱和
参考例句：
We'll saturate California with the rise in its crime rate.我们将使加利福尼亚州的犯罪案件增长率达到饱和点。 Saturate the meat in the mixture of oil and herbs.把肉浸泡在油和作料的卤汁里。

32 morbid
adj.病的；致病的；病态的；可怕的
参考例句：
Some people have a morbid fascination with crime.一些人对犯罪有一种病态的痴迷。 It's morbid to dwell on cemeteries and such like.不厌其烦地谈论墓地以及诸如此类的事是一种病态。

33 apprehensive
adj.担心的，恐惧的，善于领会的
参考例句：
She was deeply apprehensive about her future.她对未来感到非常担心。 He was rather apprehensive of failure.他相当害怕失败。

34 derivative
n.派(衍)生物；adj.非独创性的，模仿他人的
参考例句：
His paintings are really quite derivative.他的画实在没有创意。 Derivative works are far more complicated.派生作品更加复杂。

35 infertile
adj.不孕的；不肥沃的，贫瘠的
参考例句：
Plants can't grow well in the infertile land.在贫瘠的土地上庄稼长不好。 Nobody is willing to till this infertile land.这块薄田没有人愿意耕种。

36 fleeting
adj.短暂的，飞逝的
参考例句：
The girls caught only a fleeting glimpse of the driver.女孩们只匆匆瞥了一眼司机。 Knowing the life fleeting,she set herself to enjoy if as best as she could.她知道这种日子转瞬即逝，于是让自已尽情地享受。

37 cogent
adj.强有力的，有说服力的
参考例句：
The result is a cogent explanation of inflation.结果令人信服地解释了通货膨胀问题。 He produced cogent reasons for the change of policy.他对改变政策提出了充分的理由。

38 ratification
n.批准，认可
参考例句：
The treaty is awaiting ratification.条约正等待批准。 The treaty is subject to ratification.此条约经批准后才能生效。

39 pretension
n.要求；自命，自称；自负
参考例句：
I make no pretension to skill as an artist,but I enjoy painting.我并不自命有画家的技巧，但我喜欢绘画。 His action is a satire on his boastful pretension.他的行动是对他自我卖弄的一个讽刺。

40 unwillingness
n. 不愿意，不情愿
参考例句：
Her unwillingness to answer questions undermined the strength of her position. 她不愿回答问题，这不利于她所处的形势。 His apparent unwillingness would disappear if we paid him enough. 如果我们付足了钱，他露出的那副不乐意的神情就会消失。

41 ambiguity
n.模棱两可；意义不明确
参考例句：
The telegram was misunderstood because of its ambiguity.由于电文意义不明确而造成了误解。 Her answer was above all ambiguity.她的回答毫不含糊。

42 stereotype
n.固定的形象，陈规，老套，旧框框
参考例句：
He's my stereotype of a schoolteacher.他是我心目中的典型教师。 There's always been a stereotype about successful businessmen.人们对于成功商人一直都有一种固定印象。

43 propensity
n.倾向；习性
参考例句：
He has a propensity for drinking too much alcohol.他有酗酒的倾向。 She hasn't reckoned on his propensity for violence.她不曾料到他有暴力倾向。

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