GRE常考名词(六)
imply :: suggest a meaning not expressed; signify importune :: beg earnestly imprecate :: curse; pray that evil will befall improvise :: compose on the spur of the moment impugn :: doubt; challenge; gainsay impute :: attribute; ascribe incapacitate :: disable incarcerate :: imprison incarnadine :: stain crimson or blood-color incite :: arouse to action incriminate :: accuse incubate :: hatch; scheme inculcate :: teach indemnify :: make secure against loss; compensate for loss indenture :: bind as servant or apprentice to master indict :: charge indite :: write; compose infer :: deduce; conclude infringe :: violate; encroach ingratiate :: become popular with inhibit :: prohibit; restrain insinuate :: hint; imply instigate :: urge; start; provoke integrate :: make whole; combine; make into one unit inter :: bury interdict :: prohibit; forbid intimate :: hint intrude :: trespass; enter as an uninvited person inundate :: overflow; flood invalidate :: weaken; destroy inveigh :: denounce; utter censure or invective inveigle :: lead astray; wheedle iterate :: utter a second time; repeat jettison :: throw overboard lacerate :: mangle; tear lampoon :: ridicule languish :: lose animation; lose strength lave :: wash limn :: portray; describe vividly liquidate :: settle accounts; clear up loathe :: detest lope :: gallop slowly macerate :: waste away maim :: mutilate; injure malign :: speak evil of; defame manipulate :: operate with the hands manumit :: emancipate; free from bondage masticate :: chew maunder :: talk incoherently; utter drivel meander :: to wind or turn in its course mediate :: settle a dispute through the services of an outsider memorialize :: commemorate mesmerize :: hypnotize mete :: measure; distribute militate :: work against |