GRE词汇的难度大是公认的事实,那熟词僻义可以算是GRE词汇难度的“天花板”了。这个“难”倒不是说单词本身有多难,而难在考熟词的僻义,这对考生掌握和运用词汇有更高的要求。
举个例子,当你做题时好不容易看到一个会的单词bear还以为很幸运,但题目考的却是它“带有...特征”的意思,是不是有点傻眼?内心OS:也不是不知道bear是熊的意思,只是不知道它还有这么个僻义。因此,了解GRE中的熟词僻义也挺重要的!
先来看一道例题吧!
The author affects ______ in the tone of his novels that is quite at odds with his predilection for invective in his nonfiction publications.
A. a tenacity B. a neutrality C. a pugnacity D. an effusiveness E. an irascibility
【解析】affect这个词再熟悉不过了吧,但这里可不表示“影响”,本题中的affect是“假装”的意思,单词看似简单,但却决定了这道题的走向,起到了决定性的作用。
为了方便大家学习,美研菌还为大家挣了以下这些熟词的僻义,一起来学习吧!
01 Charge
【熟义】v. 收费,充电
【僻义】v. 赋予…职责
【例句】He charged himself with the task of overcoming a technical difficulty.
02 List
【熟义】n. 表,名单 v.登记
【僻义】n.(船等的)倾斜,侧倾 v.倾斜
【例句】There was a faint forward list to his body as he walked.
03 Mirror
【熟义】n. 镜子
【僻义】n. 反映,体现
【例句】The stage is supposed to be the mirror of life.
04 Cover
【熟义】n. 掩盖,掩饰 v.覆盖,包括
【僻义】v.(新闻媒体)报导、播出
【例句】NBC is covering the Olympics.
05 Open
【熟义】v. 打开 adj. 开放的
【僻义】adj. (open to) 容易被…的,可以被…的
【例句】The message is open to different interpretations.
06 Temper
【熟义】n. 脾气,情绪
【僻义】v. (常作 be tempered with) 减弱,限制,缓和
【例句】Their idealism is tempered with realism.
07 Cause
【熟义】n. 原因,理由
【僻义】n. 事业,信仰,目标
【例句】I'm raising money for a good cause.
08 Serve
【熟义】v. 服务,提供
【僻义】v. 满足,实现(功能等)
【例句】This book will serve a useful purpose.
09 Assume
【熟义】v. 假设,假定
【僻义】v. 承担,接受(权力或责任等)
【例句】He is ready to assume control of the organization.
10 Employ
【熟义】v. 聘请,雇佣
【僻义】v. 使用,利用
【例句】The police employed force to break up the crowd.
11 Modest
【熟义】adj. 谦虚的,谦逊的
【僻义】adj.(数量、程度等)有限的,不多的
【例句】Employment growth was relatively modest.
12 Design
【熟义】v. 设计,构思
【僻义】v. 试图,想要
【例句】She designed to excel in her studies.
13 Emerge
【熟义】v. 出现,显现
【僻义】v. [作系动词](尤指经历困境或考验后)处于…的状态
【例句】Both sides in the election remain confident that they will emerge victorious.
14 Square
【熟义】n. 平方,正方形,四方形
【僻义】v. 使符合,使一致
【例句】How can they square what they've done with what they've said?
15 Fashion
【熟义】n. 时尚,时兴
【僻义】n. 方式
【例句】She speaks in a very strange fashion.