《拯救我的GRE词汇》:
【搭】abut on紧靠;邻接
【同】adjoin; border on; march with agrarian a. 土地的
【派】agrarianism(n. 田地均分法;平均地权论)
arid a.干旱的;枯燥的
【同】dehydrated; dry; desiccated; barren; waterless; parched; dull; stuffy; unimaginative
【反】absorbing; engaging; engrossing; gripping; intriguing bluff [bl8f] n. 虚张声势;悬崖峭壁
【搭】bluff sb. into doing sth.靠吹牛哄人; bluff it out继续蒙混过关
【例】It is essential to build up the military option and show that this is not a bluff.
bonanza n. 富矿脉,贵金属矿
【同】eldorado; golconda
boreal ['b3:ri4l] a. 北方的,北风的
【同】north; arctic; circumboreal
boulder n. 巨砾
【派】bouldery(a. 巨砾的)
brackish ['br1ki5] a.(指水)略咸的;不好吃的
【同】distasteful; unappetizing; unpalatable; unsavory
【派】brackishness(n. 半咸性)
brink [bri6k] n.(峭壁的)边沿,边缘
【同】threshold; verge
【例】The Prime Minister’s fragile government was on the brink of collapse.
briny ['braini] a. 盐水的,咸的
【派】brine(n. 咸水;海水)
brook [bruk] n. 小河
【同】streamlet; brooklet; creek; rivulet; runnel
buoyant ['b3i4nt] a. 有浮力的;快乐的
【同】blithe; blithesome; bright; cheerful; cheery; chipper; upbeat; winsome
【反】dour; gloomy; morose; saturnine; sulky; sullen
【派】buoyantly(ad.心情愉快地;有浮力地)
burrow.地洞 n挖掘,钻进,翻寻
【同】search; hunt; seek; grub; excavate; gouge; ditch
canyon ['k1nj4n] n. 峡谷
【搭】the Grand Canyon(美国的)大峡谷
compass ['k8mp4s] n. 指南针,罗盘;界限,范围
【同】domain; range; scope; extent; realm; region; section; territory
contiguous [k4n'tigju4s] a. 接壤的,接近的
【搭】be contiguous with/to相邻的
continental [Wk3nti'nent4l] a. 大陆的,大陆性的
corrode[k4'r4ud]v 腐蚀,侵蚀 .
【搭】corrode easily易腐蚀的; corrode with rust锈损
【例】Certain chemicals will corrode if left on bare mental.
.corrugate['k3rugeit]v (使)起波浪形,起皱纹
【搭】corrugate pipe波纹管; corrugate sheath cable波纹护套电缆
【同】wrinkle
coterminous a. 毗连的,有共同边界的
【同】conterminous crack [kr1k] n. 爆裂声;裂缝;v. 裂开;破解,破译
【搭】the cracks between 之间的缝隙; crack out破裂,炸开
【同】slit; crevice; fissure
crater ['kreit4] n. 火山口;弹坑
【搭】crater cone火山口锥; meteorite crater陨石坑
【例】The depth of the crater is expected to be about 30 feet.
desolate a.荒凉的,被遗弃的
【同】bleak; forlorn; isolated; abandoned
destitution n. 匮乏,穷困
【同】privation; indigence; penury destructible [di'str8kt4bl] a. 可破坏的
desuetude [di'sju:itju:d] n. 废止,不用
【搭】fall into desuetude废除
disaster ] n. 灾难,大不幸
【用】GRE考试中,注意辨析 disaster、calamity和 catastrophe,这三个词均可指不幸的灾难。 disaster指认为的或自然的灾祸; calamity指造成的灾祸比 disaster要大; catastrophe指造成的损失无法补偿。
Disinter v 挖出,挖掘
【同】exhume; dig up
Distant a 膨胀的,扩张的,遥远的(常用词 .义)
【搭】distant past远古,往昔; distant from 离 较远
【同】dispersed
earthiness n. 土质,土性
equator n. 赤道
【搭】terrestrial equator地球赤道; meteorological equator气象赤道
Exhume v 掘出,发掘 .
【同】disinter; dig up; disclose fissure n. 裂缝,裂隙
【搭】fine fissure细裂纹; fault fissure断层裂缝
fluviala. 河流的,生长在河中的
【搭】fluvial erosion河流侵蚀; fluvial bog滩地沼泽; fluvial sand冲积沙; fluvial process河床变迁
.fossilizev (使)过时(使)成为化石;
【同】petrify; calcify
【派】fossilization(n. 石化)
friable ['frai4bl] a. 易碎的
【搭】friable rock易碎岩石; friable particle易碎颗粒
【同】frangible
geomagnetic a. 地磁的
【搭】geomagnetic field地磁场; north geomagnetic pole北极
glacial a. 冰期的,冰河期的;寒冷的
【搭】glacial epoch冰川时期; glacial abrasion冰川磨蚀
gorge n. 峡谷
【搭】ice gorge冰谷; narrow gorge嶂谷
gravel ['gr1v4l] n. 碎石,沙砾
【搭】fine gravel细砾; gravel soil沙砾土
【用】辨析 rock、stone、gravel和 pebble,这些名词均含“石、石头”之意。 rock指构成地表最坚硬部分或突出于周围地面的巨大岩石,也指石头或石块; stone泛指石头,可大可小;gravel为集合名词,常指铺路的小石子或沙砾; pebble多指海边、河边的圆形小卵石。
gravity n. 严肃,庄重,重力
【搭】with gravity严肃; by gravity由于重力
【同】solemnity; severity
【例】At first, I found her gravity rather intimidating; but, as I saw more of her, I found that laughter was very near the surface.
grit [grit] n.沙粒;决心,勇气; v.下定决心,咬紧牙关
【搭】grit chamber沉砂池; grit one’s teeth咬紧牙关
gulch [g8lt5] n. 深谷,峡谷
【同】gorge; ravine; canyon; gully hiatus [hai'eit4s] n. 空隙,裂缝
【搭】break hiatus断裂孔; aortic hiatus主动脉裂孔
icicle ['aisikl] n. 冰柱,冰垂
【例】The spectacle of the icicle in the cave is amazing.
Infertile a. 贫瘠的,不结果的
【搭】infertile egg无精卵
【同】sterile; bare; barren
instantaneous a. 立即的;瞬间发生的
【搭】instantaneous action瞬间动作
landslide ['l1ndslaid] n. 山崩;压倒性的胜利
【搭】landslide terrace山崩阶地; landslide victory压倒性大胜
Ligneous a. 木质的,木头的
limnetic [lim'netik] a. 淡水的,湖泊的
【同】fresh; lacustrine
mirage ] n. 幻影,海市蜃楼
【搭】mirage effect蜃景效应
【同】delusion; illusion; phantasm; hallucination
moat n. 壕沟,护城河【搭】fosse moat壕沟
【同】dyke; ditch; fortification
monstrous a. 巨大的;可怕的
【同】grotesque; dreadful
【例】This is often seen in monstrous plants.
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