GRE Vocabulary Power (2-14)
單詞卡: 25
- 1.
- long, passionate, and vehement speech
- 2.
- practical
- suitable (for a particular purpose although not necessarily morally correct)
- politic(prudent)
- N: something expedient
- 3.
- teacher of philosophy
- quibbler
- employer of fallacious reasoning
- 4.
- unfavorable
- going against
- opposing
- hostile
- 5.
- person who uncritically conforms to the customs of a group
- OP. nonconformist: one who does not conform to accepted beliefs of norms
- 6.
- given to(having a tendency of) joking
- 7.
- implied
- understood but not stated
- unquestioning and complete
- 8.
- make watertight (by blocking up cracks as in a ship)
- 9.
- shine with a flickering light
- glimmer intermittently
- 10.
- drunken revel
- 11.
- lack of the basic necessities or comforts of life
- hardship
- want
- 12.
- room or space under the roof
- attic
- 13.
- substantial
- concise and meaningful
- meaty
- 14.
- law enacted by the legislature
- 15.
- make discontented
- 16.
- issue forth
- come out
- 17.
- doctor specializing in ailments of the heart
- 18.
- brutal deed
- ADJ. atrocious
- 19.
- loose sleeveless outer garment
- cloak
- something that covers or envelops
- the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
- 20.
- public
- open to view
- not secret
- 21.
- deflect
- ward off a blow
- 22.
- order
- charge
- authoritative command
- power to govern another country
- power to given to a government
- region under administration
- V: give a mandate to
- place under a mandate
- 23.
- complain
- grouch
- grumble
- fuss
- N: plump chickenlike game bird
- 24.
- steep
- overhasty
- precipitate
- 25.
- mythical figure, half man and half horse