GRE常考动词（十八）
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opportunist :: individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage opprobrium :: infamy; vilification optician :: maker and seller of eyeglasses optometrist :: one who fits glasses to remedy visual defects opulence :: wealth opus :: work oratorio :: dramatic poem set to music ordinance :: decree orientation :: act of finding oneself in society orifice :: mouthlike opening; small opening orison :: prayer ornithologist :: scientific student of birds ornithology :: study of birds orthography :: correct spelling pachyderm :: thick-skinned animal pacifist :: one opposed to force; antimilitarist paddock :: saddling enclosure at race track; lot for exercising horses paean :: song of praise or joy palaver :: discussion; misleading speech; chatter palette :: board on which painter mixes pigments palimpsest :: parchment used for second time after original writing has been erased pallet :: small, poor bed palliation :: act of making less severe or violent panacea :: cure-all; remedy for all diseases pandemonium :: wild tumult panegyric :: formal praise panoply :: full set of armor panorama :: comprehensive view; unobstructed view in all directions pantomime :: acting without dialogue papyrus :: ancient paper made from stem of papyrus plant parable :: short, simple story teaching a moral paradox :: statement that looks false but is actually correct paragon :: model of perfection parallelism :: state of being parallel; similarity paramour :: illicit lover paranoia :: chronic form of insanity marked by delusions grandeur paranoiac :: mentally unsound person suffering from delusions parapet :: low wall at edge of roof or balcony paraphernalia :: equipment; odds and ends parasite :: animal or plant living on another; toady; sycophant paregoric :: medicine that eases pain pariah :: social outcast parity :: equality; close resemblance parlance :: language; idiom parley :: conference parody :: humorous imitation; travesty paroxysm :: fit or attack of pain, laughter, rage parricide :: person who murders his own father; murder of a father partiality :: inclination; bias parturition :: delivery; childbirth parvenu :: upstart; newly rich person pastiche :: imitation of another"s style in musical composition or in writing pathos :: tender sorrow; pity patina :: green crust on old bronze works; tone slowly taken by varnished painti |
