GRE常考名词（八）
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preponderate :: be superior in power; outweigh presage :: foretell prevaricate :: lie probe :: explore with tools procrastinate :: postpone; delay profane :: violate; desecrate prognosticate :: predict promulgate :: make known by official proclamation or publication propagate :: multiply; spread propitiate :: appease propound :: put forth for analysis prorogue :: dismiss parliament; end officially proscribe :: ostracize; banish; outlaw proselytize :: convert to a religion or belief prostrate :: stretch out full on ground protract :: prolong protrude :: stick out pulsate :: throb purge :: clean by removing impurities; to clear of charges purloin :: steal quaff :: drink with relish quail :: cower; lose heart quell :: put down; quiet quibble :: equivocate; play on words ramify :: divide into branches or subdivisions rant :: rave; speak bombastically rationalize :: reason; justify an improper act ravage :: plunder; despoil raze :: destroy completely recant :: repudiate; withdraw previous statement recapitulate :: summarize reciprocate :: repay in kind reconcile :: make friendly after quarrel; correct inconsistencies rectify :: correct recuperate :: recover reek :: emit odor refurbish :: renovate; make bright by polishing regale :: entertain rehabilitate :: restore to proper condition reimburse :: repay reiterate :: repeat rejuvenate :: make young again relegate :: banish; consign to inferior position relinquish :: abandon relish :: savor; enjoy remonstrate :: protest rend :: split; tear apart render :: deliver; provide; represent renounce :: abandon; discontinue; disown; repudiate renovate :: restore to good condition; renew replenish :: fill up again reprimand :: reprove severely reprove :: censure; rebuke repudiate :: disown; disavow requite :: repay; revenge rescind :: cancel resuscitate :: revive retaliate :: repay in kind usually for bad treatment retrieve :: recover; find and bring in reverberate :: echo; resound revile :: slander; vilify ruminate :: chew the cud; ponder rummage :: ransack; thoroughly search rusticate :: banish to the country; dwell in the country salvage :: rescue from loss sate :: satisfy to the full; cloy satiate :: surfeit; satisfy fully saturate :: soak saunter :: stroll slowly savor :: have a distinctive flavor, smell, or quality scarify :: make slight incisions in; scratch scintillate :: sparkle; flash scuttle :: sink seethe :: be disturbed; boil sequester :: retire from public life; segregate; seclude shackle :: chain; fetter sheathe :: place into a case shimmer :: glimmer intermittently simulate :: feign skimp :: provide scantily; live very economically skulk :: move furtively and secretly slake :: quench; sate slither :: slip or slide slough :: cast off spawn :: lay eggs squander :: waste |
