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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)
GRE词汇精选之高频形近词
111. causal / caustic
caustic: A caustic remark is extremely critical, cruel, or bitter. (FORMAL)
112. slight / blight / plight / delight
113. fret / flat / flag
fret: If you fret about something, you worry about it.
114. daunt / haunt / vaunt / flaunt / saunter / gaunt
daunt: If something daunts you, it makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with it.
vaunt: If you describe something as vaunted or much vaunted, you mean
that people praise it more than it deserves. (FORMAL)
flaunt: If you say that someone flaunts their possessions, abilities, or qualities, you mean that they display them in a very obvious way, especially in order to try to obtain other people's admiration.
saunter: If you saunter somewhere, you walk there in a slow, casual way.
gaunt: If someone looks gaunt, they look very thin, usually because they have been very ill or worried.
115. morbid / moribund / mordant
morbid: If you describe a person or their interest in something as morbid, you mean that they are very interested in unpleasant things, especially death, and you think this is strange.

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