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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
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v.( ~% ~2 @% H1 @- L% o* [# W
[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.5 D! F+ f- z+ ?# q0 A
[abashed; abashed; abashing] embarrass

He was not at all abashed by her open admiration.

abate
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v./ l- h. L! n" Y/ H+ j/ F9 ^0 ?
[abated; abated; abating] subside or moderate

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

abbreviate
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v.
1 p5 _! _, v9 n% ]; x[abbreviated; abbreviated; abbreviating] shorten

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

abdicate
1 G2 @- L! j; H9 Y7 X[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 & z# j* M5 U* T7 T2 m* \! x$ a
[E5bet]

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[abetted; abetted; abetting] assist, usually in doing something wrong

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

abeyance
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n.6 K: y2 G7 V: D ]
suspended action

The deal was held in abeyance until her arrival.

abject
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adj.; f* f* Z, b) G2 O$ \
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
6 u( P- q8 }: u+ _( r+ E1 T) V[Eb5dVuE]

v.
4 O8 b# m2 F+ b' W/ D; _" h[abjured; abjured; abjuring] renounce upon oath

He abjured his allegiance to the king.

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[E5blu:FEn]

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

abnegation
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renunciation; self-sacrifice

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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