GRE高频词汇 GRE高频形近词汇汇总( 四 )


brim: If someone or something is brimming with a particular quality, they are full of that quality.
When your eyes are brimming with tears, they are full of fluid because you are upset, although you are not actually crying.
rim -表?边缘
83. flit / flip / fleet
flit: If you flit around or flit between one place and another, you go to lots of places without staying for very long in any of them.
If an expression flits across your face or an idea flits through your mind, it is there for a short time and then goes again.
flip: If you flip a device on or off, or if you flip a switch, you turn it on or off by pressing the switch quickly.(=flick)
If you flip through the pages of a book, for example, you quickly turn over the pages in order to find a particular one or to get an idea of the contents.
If you say that someone is being flip, you disapprove of them because you think that what they are saying shows they are not being serious enough about something.
fleet - 短暂的
84. lull / gull / dull
lull: A lull is a period of quiet or calm in a longer period of activity or excitement.
gull:考察的经常是gullible 表?容易被骗的
85. rash / rehash
rash: If someone is rash or does rash things, they act without thinking carefully first, and therefore make mistakes or behave foolishly.
rehash: If you describe something as a rehash, you are criticizing it because it repeats old ideas, facts, or themes, though some things have been changed to make it appear new.
86. grin / chagrin
grin: A grin is a broad smile.
If you grin and bear it, you accept a difficult or unpleasant situation without complaining because you know there is nothing you can do to make things better.
chagrin: Chagrin is a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps because of your own failure. (FORMAL, WRITTEN)
87. voluble / voluminous
voluble: If you say that someone is voluble, you mean that they talk a lot with great energy and enthusiasm. (FORMAL)
voluminous: Something that is voluminous is very large or contains a lot of things. (FORMAL)
88. virtue / virtual / virus
89. paean / panache / panacea
paean: A paean is a piece of music, writing, or film that expresses praise, admiration, or happiness. (LITERARY)(=eulogy)(赞歌 , 凯歌)
panache: If you do something with panache, you do it in a confident, stylish, and elegant way.
panacea - 万能灵药
90. premise / surmise / demise
surmise: If you surmise that something is true, you guess it from the available evidence, although you do not know for certain. (FORMAL)
GRE高频形近词汇
91. employ / deploy / ploy
deploy: To deploy troops or military resources means to organize or position them so that they are ready to be used.
ploy: A ploy is a way of behaving that someone plans carefully and secretly in order to gain an advantage for themselves.(策略)

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