GRE出国考试词汇辅导:GRE易混词汇(3)

Decompose：使腐烂 Discompose：使失态，慌张

Depredation：劫掠 Depreciation：贬值

Deposition：免职，沉积 Disposition：处理，天性气质

Demur: take exception, object. Demure: decorous; shy, bashful

Dilatory: delaying; tardy, show Dilate: swell, distend , expand

Disaffected: alienate the affection or loyalty of Unaffected: natural, genuine

Decorum: orderliness, propriety Decoration: ornament

Dinghy: a small boat Dingy: dirty, shabby, discolored

Drudge: to do hard, menial, or monotonous work Dredge: a machine or barge for removing earth or silt

Discomfit: upset, frustrate mollify Discomfort: make uncomfortable or uneasy

Duplicity: the disguising of true; intentions by deceptive words or action Duplicate: to make double or two-fold or action

Equanimity: 沉着，镇静 Equality： 均匀，同等

Expire：期满，熄灭 Expiate：赎罪

Edifice：大厦 Edification：陶冶 Orifice：小孔

Eclipse：（日、月）蚀，失势 Ellipse：椭圆形 Ellipsis（ses）：省略法

Exquisite：精致的 Perquisite：固定津贴

Emancipation：释放，解脱 Emaciation：消瘦 Emasculate：weaken

Equation：等式、方程式 Equitation：骑马术

Elicit：引出，探出 Explicit：清楚明确的

Exigency: requirements; urgent need Exiguous: scanty in amount

Ecumenical: worldwide Empiricism: 经验主义

Epigram: a short witty poem or saying Epilogue: a speech addressed to the spectators by an actor at the end of a play Episode: a unit of action in a dramatic or literary work; occurrence Epistle: one of the letters of the New Testament Epitaph: an inscription in memory of a dead person Epithet: a characterizing and often abusive word or phrase Epitome: abstract, summary; embodiment.

Eddy: whirlpool, a circular current Ebb: the reflux of the tide toward the sea; a point or condition of decline