GRE常考名词（七）
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mitigate :: appease mollify :: soothe molt :: shed or cast off hair or feathers mortify :: humiliate; punish the flesh muddle :: confuse; mix up mulct :: defraud a person of something muse :: ponder mutilate :: maim nauseate :: cause to become sick; fill with disgust nettle :: annoy; vex nonplus :: bring to a halt by confusion nurture :: bring up; feed; educate obfuscate :: confuse; muddle objurgate :: scold; rebuke severely obliterate :: destroy completely obtrude :: push into prominence obviate :: make unnecessary; get rid of ogle :: glance coquettishly at; make eyes at oscillate :: vibrate pendulumlike; waver ossify :: change or harden into bone ostracize :: exclude from public favor; ban palliate :: ease pain; make less guilty of offensive palpitate :: throb; flutter pander :: cater to the low desires of others paraphrase :: restate a passage in one"s own words while retaining thought of author parry :: ward off a blow peculate :: steal; embezzle permeate :: pass through; spread perpetrate :: commit an offense perturb :: disturb greatly petrify :: turn to stone philander :: make love lightly; flirt pillage :: plunder pillory :: punish by placing in a wooden frame and subjecting to ridicule pinion :: restrain placate :: pacify; conciliate pommel :: beat portend :: foretell; presage prate :: speak foolishly; boast idly prattle :: babble precipitate :: throw headlong; hasten preclude :: make impossible; eliminate preempt :: appropriate beforehand |
