GRE出国考试词汇辅导:GRE易混词汇(1)

所有英文解释均来自M-W词典 abode: to continue in a place; tolerate. Adobe: a brick or building material

abjure: reject solemnly; to abstain from adjure: urge or advice earnestly.

abeyance: suspension. Observance: 遵守。

advent: arrival advert: refer (to )

affected: artificially assumed to impress others affecting: arousing pity, sympathy or sorrow

aloft: in the air aloof: removed or distant either physically or emotionally

allay: calm, pacify. Alley: a narrow passageway esp. between building. Ally: associate. Alloy: 合金

allude: to refer indirectly allure: charm, entice

amenity: convenience , enjoyment amiability amnesty: 大赦 animation: vivacity, liveliness animosity: ill will, resentment

amoral: being neither moral or immoral immoral: not moral.

anemia: 贫血 insomnia:失眠症 amnesia：健忘症

Annals:纪年表 annul: declare or make legally invalid

anxious: worried; earnestly wishing anxiety: painful uneasiness; abnormal apprehension

Apathetic：冷漠的 antipathetic：引起反感的

Apocalyptic：预示灾祸的，启示的 apocrypha：伪经，伪书

Appreciable：可以察觉的，可估计的 apprehensible：可理解的 apprehensive：不安的，焦虑的，能领悟的 appreciative：感激的，有鉴赏力的

Approbation：称赞。 opprobrium：恶名声，侮辱

apparel: clothe adorn apparition: a supernatural appearance ghost

appraise: set a value on apprise: give notice to approve: express a favorable opinion

Arbiter: one having power to decide. Arbitrator: one chosen to settle differences between two parties in a controversy.

Aspiration：渴望，热望 respiration：呼吸 perspiration：出汗

assist: help, aid resist: to fight against, oppose; combat, repel.