GRE常考名词（二）
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apprehend :: arrest a criminal; dread; perceive apprise :: inform arraign :: charge in court; indict arrogate :: claim without reasonable grounds ascertain :: find out for certain ascribe :: refer; attribute; assign assail :: assault assay :: analyze; evaluate asseverate :: make a positive statement or solemn declaration assimilate :: absorb; cause to become homogeneous assuage :: ease; lessen pain attenuate :: make thin; weaken attest :: testify; bear witness augment :: increase authenticate :: prove genuine aver :: state confidently avouch :: affirm; proclaim avow :: declare openly babble :: chatter idly badger :: pester; annoy baffle :: frustrate; perplex balk :: foil bate :: let down; restrain batten :: grow fat; thrive upon others bedizen :: dress with vulgar finery bedraggle :: wet thoroughly beguile :: delude; cheat; amuse behoove :: suited to; incumbent upon belabor :: beat soundly; assail verbally beleaguer :: besiege belittle :: disparage; depreciate berate :: scold strongly besmirch :: soil; defile bestow :: confer betroth :: become engaged to marry blanch :: bleach; whiten blazon :: decorate with an heraldic coat of arms bode :: foreshadow; portend bolster :: support; prop up bowdlerize :: expurgate broach :: open up bungle :: spoil by clumsy behavior burgeon :: grow forth; send out buds burlesque :: give an imitation that ridicules burnish :: make shiny by rubbing; polish cajole :: coax; wheedle calumniate :: slander canvass :: determine votes, etc. caparison :: put showy ornamentation on a horse |
