要想在GRE考试中取得好成绩,你必须掌握扎实的词汇基础,知道如何恰当地运用词汇。今天就给大家介绍一下这份最简洁的GRE高频单词列表(9)!
Prodigal (adj.) – 挥霍的,十分慷慨的
Scott had been prodigal of all his energy, money and resources and innovative stratagems and loving kindness.
Auspicious (adj.) – 有助于成功的,有利的
The Australian skipper considered the sunny forecast to be an auspicious sign that his team would win tomorrow’s cricket match.
Soporific (adj.) – 催眠的,使人昏昏欲睡的
The reality shows aired on TV tend towards the soporific; by contrast, the coverage of soccer game in newspapers is more fun because the pictures counted for everything.
Engender (verb) – 使产生,造成
The new technology has engendered great hope for the potential development of preventive methods for lethal genetic and severe chronic diseases such as glaucoma and cancer.
Loquacious (adj.) – 饶舌的,多话的
Julie and Katie were not being loquacious with the other guests because they were too busy making long conversations with their other friends.
Equivocate (verb) – 说模棱两可的话,支吾的
When I asked Rachel if the suit looks good on me, she equivocated a response, avoiding the question by saying she needed it to be somewhere else.
Inimical (adj.) – 敌意的,有害的
Though Sarah’s husband is an inimical person who often beats her for trivial reasons, she has always tried to be nice to him.
Superfluous (adj.) – 多余的,不必要的
Massive marketing budgets may seem superfluous when revenues are hard to come by, but it’s indispensable to have them in place in order to get substantial funding and to stay capital efficient.
Fastidious (adj.) – 挑剔的,苛求的
After the party, Jenny and her brother were fastidious in their efforts to clean up the mess because they knew their parents were on their way home.
Recalcitrant (adj) – 反抗的,反对的
Recalcitrant politicians, in interviews on TV and newspaper, raised their concerns over the party’s national policies publicly and were consequently punished for their disobedience.
Ephemeral (adj.) – 短暂的,朝生暮死的
Sophie always knew the relationship with Haden would be ephemeral; she just didn’t expect they would breakup so soon.
Pusillanimous (adj.) – 胆怯的,懦弱的
Despite the opportunity for heroism, the captain led his soldiers into a pusillanimous retreat and since then the man has been rated as a coward.
Vacillate (verb) – 犹豫,踌躇
Since his term exams were round the corner, Adam vacillated between going on the family vacation and staying back at home to study.
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