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标题: GRE考试词汇 [打印本页]

作者: 喜旺兔 时间: 2011-4-28 10:22
标题: GRE考试词汇

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GRE Test vocabulary

abase 6 d# y- `' u; u. n& v6 h
[E5beis]

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[abased; abased; abasing] lower; degrade; humiliate

Anna expected to have to curtsy to the King of Siam; when told to cast herself down on the ground before him, however she refused to abase herself.

abash
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v.
9 x: @5 R. z" ^7 @[abashed; abashed; abashing] embarrass

He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.

abate
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v.
. ^. v9 R/ \( A[abated; abated; abating] subside or moderate

Rather than leaving immediately, they waited for the storm to abate.

abbreviate 1 a/ H9 W2 G, s0 E( x. {- Z7 e0 T
[E5bri:vieit]

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[abbreviated; abbreviated; abbreviating] shorten

Because we were running out of time, the lecturer had to abbreviate her speech.

abdicate 7 G" O" @; ~& o8 x, u5 R
[Abdi5keit]

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[abdicated; abdicated; abdicating] renounce; give up

When Edward VII abdicated the British throne, he surprised the entire world.

aberrant
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adj.
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Given the aberrant nature of the data, we came to doubt the validity of the entire experiment.

abet
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v.
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She was unwilling to abet him in the swindle he had planned.

abeyance
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n./ H5 }$ n8 Y' [
suspended action

The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.

abject # Q: w m' M9 x" Y1 H
[5AbdVekt]

adj.: [9 }. H* i' V) S
wretched; lacking pride

On the streets of New York the homeless live in abject poverty, huddling in doorways to find shelter from the wind.

abjure
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[abjured; abjured; abjuring] renounce upon oath

He abjured his allegiance to the king.

ablution
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washing

His daily ablutions were accompanied by loud noises that he humorously labeled "Opera in the Bath."

abnegation ( m+ j* g' E5 T8 O
[Abni5geiFEn]

n.
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Though Rudolph and Duchess Flavia loved one another, their love was doomed, for she had to wed the king; their act of abnegation was necessary to preserve the kingdom.

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