GRE词汇精选：高频形近词(13)

GRE词汇精选：高频形近词(13)

121. substantiate / substantial / substance

substantiate: To substantiate a statement or a story means to supply evidence which proves that it is true. (FORMAL)

substantial: Substantial means large in amount or degree. (FORMAL)

122. rebuke / rebuff

rebuke: If you rebuke someone, you speak severely to them because they have said or done something that you do not approve of. (FORMAL)(责骂)

rebuff: If you rebuff someone or rebuff a suggestion that they make, you refuse to do what they suggest.

123. scatter / spatter

spatter: If a liquid spatters a surface or you spatter a liquid over a surface, drops of the liquid fall on an area of the surface.

124. tether / feather

tether: If you say that you are at the end of your tether, you mean that you are so worried, tired, and unhappy because of your problems that you feel you cannot cope.

To ruffle someone's feathers means to cause them to become very angry, nervous, or upset.

125. meander / demeanor

demeanor: Your demeanor is the way you behave, which gives people an impression of your character and feelings. (FORMAL)

126. myopia / myriad

myopia: Myopia is the inability to see things properly when they are far away, because there is something wrong with your eyes. (FORMAL)( =short-sightedness)

myriad: Myriad means having a large number or great variety.

127. disposition / predisposition

disposition: Someone's disposition is the way that they tend to behave or feel.(=nature)

A disposition to do something is a willingness to do it. (FORMAL)(=inclination)

predisposition: If you have a predisposition to behave in a particular way, you tend to behave like that because of the kind of person that you are or the attitudes that you have. (FORMAL)

128. accede / cede / recede / access

accede: If you accede to someone's request, you do what they ask.(FORMAL)

recede: If something recedes from you, it moves away.

129. congenial / congenital / genial /genesis

congenial: A congenial person, place, or environment is pleasant.(FORMAL)

congenital: A congenital characteristic or feature in a person is so strong that you cannot imagine it ever changing, although there may seem to be no reason for it.(= incorrigible)

genial: Someone who is genial is kind and friendly.

genesis: The genesis of something is its beginning, birth, or creation.(FORMAL)

130. figment / pigment

figment: If you say that something is a figment of someone's imagination, you mean that it does not really exist and that they are just imagining it.

pigment: A pigment is a substance that gives something a particular color.(FORMAL)