GRE3000精选词汇：1601 - 1700

convalesce

渐渐康復，渐愈：recover gradually

desiccate

使(食物)脱水以保存，使乾燥：drying;使缺乏活力：deprive vitality

kidnap

绑架勒索：detain unlawful force

corroborate

用证据或权威证实：support with evidence;为…提供证据，支援：provide evidence

argument

争吵，争论：expression of differing opinions;(逻辑上的)论证：from a premise to a conclusion;观点，论点：idea, opinion

beige

缺乏特徵的：lacking distinction

tarnish

玷污：morally bad

facile

表面的，浅尝辄止的：lack of depth;容易的，唾手可得的：easily accomplished

precipitous

非常陡峭的：steep;匆忙的：careless speed

prevaricate

支吾其词，撒谎：evade truth

pulchritude

美丽：beauty

quaff

大口地喝：drink heartily

antic

滑稽可笑的：clownish

exhaust

耗尽：consume entirely, complete use of;筋疲力尽：wear out

distill

对…用蒸馏法提高纯度：increase, purify;(使)渗出;(使)滴下：fall drops

principal

主要的，重要的：highest importance, rank

stoic

隐忍的，冷静的：unaffected by pleasure or pain

hovel

茅屋：small wretched dirty

cavort

欢快地蹦跳或行走，雀跃：sprightly

amity

友好关係，亲善和睦：friendship, friendly

squabble

口角，小争吵：quarrel

enamored

迷恋的，热爱的：intense or excessive love

scion

子孙：descendant

glut

使过量，使充满：beyond capacity

surmise

(根据不足的)推测，揣测：based on scantly evidence

ostracize

驱逐：exclude

contaminate

污染，感染：stain

detour

偏离正常标準：away from standard;改变方向或者路线，绕道：change direction

influx

涌入：coming in

devoted

投入的，忠诚的：loyalty, devotion;示爱的，恩爱的：love

persiflage

打趣：teasing

roisterer

喝酒喧闹的人：engages in merrymaking

hoax

欺骗：cause to believe untrue

buoy

使充满勇气和力量，使振作：courage or strength

vociferous

喧哗的，大叫大嚷的：vehement outcry

egoistic

利己的，以自我为中心的：centered in oneself

pedestrian

行人：traveling on foot;平庸无奇的，令人厌倦的：causing weariness

pliable

易弯曲的，柔软的：supple;易受影响的，温顺的：easily influenced

assertive

自信的：bold, assertion, self-assured

antedate

比...早，早于：earlier date

heckle

起哄，使难堪：harass

ratiocination

推理：thought processes

awe

敬畏：dread, veneration, wonder

revenge

报復，復仇：retaliating;为...復仇：retaliating in kind

infatuate

使迷恋：inspire unreasoning love

jeopardy

危险： risk, danger

censor

审查并删除不良的东西：examine, delete

cloudburst

突然的一场暴雨：sudden copious rainfall

pitiless

没有同情心的：devoid of pity

bifurcate

(使)分成两支：two branches

unassailable

无可争辩的，无法否认的，不可亵渎的：not to be violated

conserve

保存，避免浪费：keep avoid wasteful

stasis

平衡，停滞：balance

repartee

机智的回答：witty response;打趣，善意的玩笑：good-natured teasing

wag

诙谐幽默的人：humorous;摆动：move to and fro or up and down

enthusiasm

热情，兴趣：desire or interest

dispatch

迅速：promptness;发送，派遣：one place to another;使死亡：deprive life;获胜，胜过…：victory

stickler

坚持细节的人，一丝不苟的人：insist on exactness

padding

夸张，废话：go beyond the facts

acumen

不同寻常的洞察力和鉴别力：exceptional discernment and judgment

ensconce

安置：settle securely;隐藏：hiding

eulogize

称讚，颂扬：speak in high praise of

notch

刻痕：cut;通过努力获得：obtain

haunt

常去拜访：frequent;不断地想起，萦绕心头：obsess

arrest

使不活跃：inactive;停止：stopping, standstill;逮捕：keep;吸引(某人)注意力：hold, attention

lofty

崇高的：elevated;高的：rising;自大的：superiority

taxing

繁重的，费力的：requiring much time, effort

perish

死亡，消亡：cease to exist

inception

开端，开始：beginning

outmoded

过时的，废弃的：no longer usable

barefaced

公然的，厚颜无耻的：brazen

indemnity

(损害、伤害等的)保险赔偿：compensation

derivative

非塬创的：originality

revere

(尤指对神的)尊崇，尊敬：respect

windbag

健谈的人：talkative

debunk

揭穿…的真面目：true nature;证明…为假：false

reiterate

重申：state again

dissuade

劝阻，反对：deter persuasion, exhortation

restive

急躁的，忧虑的：impatience, uneasiness;难以管束的：resisting control

grin

咧嘴笑，咧嘴笑着表示：express an emotion

stunt

阻碍(成长)：hinder growth

sweltering

酷热的：hot

seminal

有发展性的：contributing later development;创新的：creative

fussy

谨慎的：involving great care;过分雕琢的：excessively decorated;挑剔的：hard to please

gloomy

黯淡无光的：without light;忧郁的：low spirits

contrived

不自然的，刻意的：lacking spontaneous quality

stock

库存，储备：inventory;普通的，常备的：commonly used

fervent

充满感情的，热情洋溢的：great intensity of feeling

sacrilege

亵渎圣物：profanation sacred

solder

连接，联合：unite

redoubtable

杰出的，值得尊敬的：worthy of respect;可怕的：arousing fear

dyspeptic

脾气坏的：bad-tempered;消化不良的：dyspepsia

propagate

繁殖：increase;传播，宣传：spread out

sedentary

固定不动的：not migratory

antithetical

完全对立的，相反的：direct and unequivocal opposition

emulate

效仿并努力超越：excel through imitation

supine

懒散的，倦怠的，消极的，漠不关心的：lethargy, indifference

vicarious

代理的，取代的：substitute for another

worship

崇拜，敬仰：respect;崇拜，膜拜：offer honor or respect

transparent

透明的：capable of transmitting light;没有歧义的，清晰易懂的：not subject to misinterpretation