GRE Vocabulary Power (7-60)
單詞卡: 36
- 1.
- discuss lightly or glibly
- discuss in a frivolous manner
- exchange (words) heatedly
- quarrel
- 2.
- mental disorder marked by confusion
- uncontrolled excitement
- ADJ. delirious
- 3.
- wandering away from the subject
- 4.
- utter a deep guttural sound (as a pig does)
- 5.
- unable for the moment to speak (because of strong feeling)
- 6.
- change in direction
- swerve
- 7.
- (esp. of older people) vigorously active
- nimble
- 8.
- contradict
- oppose with arguments
- attempt to refute
- ADJ. controversial
- 9.
- expand
- dilate on/upon: speak or write at length on (a subject)
- 10.
- husk
- dry outer covering of a seed
- frame or body of a ship
- 11.
- stoical
- impassive
- unmoved by joy or grief
- 12.
- idiosyncrasy
- caprice
- sudden sharp turn or twist
- startling twist
- peculiarity of behavior
- 13.
- melt (ore) for separating and removing the metal
- melt or blend ores changing their chemical composition
- 14.
- stronghold
- something seen as a source of protection
- 15.
- irregularity
- 16.
- predicament
- bog
- marsh
- soft, wet, boggy land
- complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself
- 17.
- burn unsteadily or fitfully
- move waveringly
- N: flickering movement or light
- brief sensation
- 18.
- mischance
- ill luck
- 19.
- reaction
- rebound
- reverberation
- 20.
- difficult
- hard but easily broken
- unstable
- 21.
- daily
- occurring during the daytime
- 22.
- mar the appearance of
- spoil
- 23.
- odd
- bizarre
- whimsical
- not concentric
- irregular
- unconventional
- 24.
- green crust on old bronze works or copper
- tone slowly taken by varnished painting
- 25.
- navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude (by measuring the altitudes of stars)
- 26.
- seine net
- net for catching fish
- 27.
- very thin candle
- gradual decrease in the width of a long object
- 28.
- black volcanic rock
- 29.
- school of the fine arts (especially music or drama)
- glass-enclosed area
- 30.
- going beyond what is right
- excessively forward
- taking liberties
- arrogant
- 31.
- gorge
- narrow valley with steep sides
- 32.
- memento
- keepsake
- surviving remnant (from an extinct culture)
- relics: corpse
- 33.
- unwarranted
- given freely
- uncalled for
- done without good reason
- 34.
- sullen
- gloomy
- stubborn
- 35.
- lowest point
- point on the celestial sphere diametrically opposite the zenith
- 36.
- cheap and gaudy