GRE3000精选词汇：1401 - 1500

penchant

嗜好，迷恋：strong inclination

fanciful

幻想中的：不真实的：in the imagination;不切实际的，荒谬的：without regard for reason

rigmarole

混乱而无意义的话：confused or meaningless talk

surreptitious

偷偷摸摸的，保密的：escape being observed

analgesic

镇痛剂：medication, reduce, eliminates pain

mollycoddle

宠爱，溺爱：excessive indulgence

veritable

真正的，确实的：not false

override

不顾：set aside

interminable

无尽头的：no end

outgoing

友好的，外向的：extroverted

harbor

提供住处，隐匿：provide habitat;心怀，牢记：keep in one's mind

placid

宁静的，风平浪静的：free from storms;冷静的，淡定的：free from agitation

specific

特有的，独特的：exact sort;明确的：clearly expressed

commingle

充分混合：blend

momentum

动力;衝力;势头：impetus

ingenuity

独创性，创新性：inventive

nibble

小口咬：small bites

recoil

煺却，畏缩：shrink back

abstain

自我克制，主动戒绝：refrain, by one's own choice

wily

狡诈的，狡猾的：deceptive means

syllabus

提纲，摘要;课文、演讲或研究课题的概要或提纲：summary

discrepancy

(在事实和宣称之间的)差异或矛盾：divergence, disagreement

despotic

专制的，暴虐的：tyrannical

denounce

公开指责：public or formal disapproval;宣称…道德上错误、可耻：morally wrong

overlap

(与…)部分重叠：same area

wanderlust

旅游癖：impulse to travel

court

追求，献殷勤：seek affections

apoplectic

极度愤怒的：extremely angry, furious

harbinger

预言者：presages

severe

严厉的，要求严格的：exacting standards;难以承受的，艰难的：difficult to endure

forsake

彻底放弃，抛弃：renounce

undergird

加强，巩固...的底部：strengthen

awry

弯曲的，扭曲的：turned, twisted;走样的(地)，出差错的(地)：off, course

austere

朴素的，朴实无华的：simple;严肃的，令人生畏的：stern and cold

trifle

不重要的事：little importance or value;不正经地对待，玩弄：without serious intent

illusory

幻觉的，虚幻的：illusion

abet

v.帮助，怂恿：assist or support;v.鼓励：encourage

sound

牢固的，不可动摇的：withstand stress without structural damage;健康的，强壮的：free from injury;(逻辑)上严谨的：valid reasoning

axiomatic

公理的：axiom;不言自明的：self-evident

mordant

尖酸刻薄的：biting caustic

discompose

使不安：disturb composure, perturb;使混乱：undo order, arrangement

noisome

有害的，有毒的：harmful;恶臭的：offensive smell;非常令人厌恶的：objectionable

prodigious

巨大的：great in size;惊人的，了不起的：astonishment

refute

否认：declare not to be true;证明为假，证伪：prove wrong

indifferent

公平的：impartiality;(品质、档次等)中规中矩的，一般的：average;不感兴趣的，冷漠的：lack of interest

discrete

离散的，不连续的：separate

unavailing

徒劳的，无果的：producing no results

airtight

无瑕疵的：no, flaw;密封的，不透气的：impermeable to air

indigent

贫穷的：lacking money

understate

保守陈述：restraint

vanquish

打败，征服：defeat

dissemble

用假像隐藏真相，掩饰：false

succor

救援，援助：aid

embrace

乐于接受：willingly, eagerly;保围：surround

squall

(通常伴随雨或雪的)风暴，暴风雪，暴风雨：violent windstorm;尖叫：scream

deride

嘲弄，嘲笑：contemptuous mirth

foreground

强调，重视：indicate the importance

implacable

固执的：sticking to an opinion;无法平息的：not capable of being appeased

manifest

显然的，明显易懂：understanding;显现，显露：make evident

considerable

(数量上)可观(而值得注意)的：large;值得考虑的，重要的：significant

eclectic

混合的，多元化的：from various sources

homily

冗长乏味的道德演讲或训诫：admonition

slack

鬆弛的：not tightly fastened;疏忽的，大意的：failing to give proper care

circumscribe

限制：limit;包围，围绕：surround

teeter

蹒跚，不稳定地行走：unsteadily;犹豫不决：uncertainty

warp

使偏向：turn;扭曲，变形：twist;曲解：alter the meaning

ravenous

食量大的，贪食的;贪婪的：huge appetite

patrician

贵族，名门望族：high birth;贵族的，地位高的：high birth

dullard

笨蛋：stupid

diatribe

长篇抨击性演讲：long scolding;挖苦，讽刺的指责：ironic, satirical

ductile

可塑的，有延展性的：malleable;易受影响的：easily led

divulge

洩露(秘密)：known confidence, secret

quaver

发颤音：quivering voice

allude

间接提到：indirectly

appropriate

私自挪用：take possession, without permission;适当的：suitable, fitting

shrink

(在数量或价值方面)降低，减小：reduced;(使)本能性地煺却(如因遇到使人惊恐的事物)，(使)煺缩：draw back;表示出不情愿，犹豫：hesitate

sterile

贫瘠的：not productive;无菌的：free from bacteria

ponderous

沉重的：great weight;沉闷无聊的：unpleasantly dull

scads

许多，大量：large number

simile

明喻：comparing two unlike things

sinew

活力，力量：vigorous strength

alleviate

缓和，减轻：relieve, lessen

smirk

(自鸣得意地)笑：offensively self-satisfied

commotion

骚乱：disturbance

retract

收回，否认：take back

legend

传奇，传说：popular myth;图例：explanatory list map

scrawl

乱涂，潦草地写：write carelessly

jocund

欢快的，高兴的：sprightly lighthearted

lank

细长瘦弱的：long lean;不僵硬的，柔软鬆弛的：limp, not stiff

mockery

鄙视，嘲弄：ridicule;以嘲笑为目的的模仿：derisive imitation

verse

使精通，使熟悉：familiarize;诗歌：rhythm lyrical effect

humdrum

千篇一律，单调：lack of variety;无聊的，乏味的：lacking excitement

stench

臭气，恶臭：foul odor

claim

要求(权利)：ask for, right;断言：state as a fact;剥夺生命：deprive, life;权利：right

provisional

临时的：temporary

rehabilitate

使復塬，使康復：restore to healthy condition;(使)洗心革面：better in character

fathom

测量(深度)：measure the depth;彻底理解，弄懂：come to understand

byzantine

错综复杂的：complicated, secretive, interrelated

meticulous

极为谨慎的：extreme or excessive care

peer

同等地位的人，同辈：equal;好奇地凝视：look