2019备考GRE填空高频词汇积累part5
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1. lurid a. 可怕的 , 骇人听闻的 , 耀眼的 5 ['ljuərid]
近义词:terrible / gray / horrible / awesome / fearful
例句:Half a century later, these artifacts still radiate the lurid aura of their original purpose. (FORBES: Collecting Evil)
2. dispassionate a. 冷静的 , 不带感情的 5 [dis'pæʃənit]
近义词:fair / just
例句:Look at the possible obstacles to your vision in a dispassionate and objective way.(FORBES: Leadership)
3. enigmatic a. 谜一样的 , 难以捉摸的 5 [ˌenig'mætik]
近义词:mysterious / arcane
例句:Jonsi is the nickname of Jon Thor Birgisson, the enigmatic Sigur Ros singer.(NPR: First Listen: Jonsi, 'Go')
4. intractable a. 难驾驭的 , 倔强的 , 难治愈的 5 [in'træktəbl]
近义词:testing / awkward
例句:But it's still a far cry from the vicious and seemingly intractable war in Syria.(CNN: War-torn Syria issues travel warning against Turkey)
5. fortuitous a. 偶然的 , 幸运的 5 [fɔ:'tju:itəs]
近义词:sudden / unexpected / occasional
例句:For that, they may give thanks to a fortuitous turn in the political cycle.(ECONOMIST: Better safe than sorry)
6. derivative a. 派生的 , 无创意的 n. 派生物 5 [di'rivətiv]
近义词:ramification / offshoot;extracted / descendent
例句:Tibaldi uses a patented filling mechanism based on a derivative of phi — 1.618.(FORBES: Tibaldi Pens for Bentley)
7. banal a. 平凡的 , 陈腐的 , 老一套的 5 [bə'nɑ:l]
近义词:trite / bromidic
例句:But that's better than a banal life -- the thing, she says, she fears above all. (CNN: SHARE THIS)
8. unremarkable a. 普通的 , 平凡的 5 ['ʌnri'mɑ:kəbl]
近义词:ordinary / stock
例句:Bodega Bay is an otherwise unremarkable stop on a remarkable stretch of Hwy 1. (BBC: For the birds: Hitchcock’s California)
9. apathetic a. 缺乏兴趣的 , 冷漠的 5 [ˌæpə'θetik]
近义词:distant / impassive
例句:Of course, a contested senate race could bring out Democratic voters who were apathetic about the governor's race.(CNN: Lautenberg: The last 'swamp dog')
10. zealous a. 热心的 , 热衷的 5 ['zeləs]
近义词:intense / active / positive / eager / warm
例句:Artists, as a group, do not benefit from this zealous defense of digital bits. (FORBES: Name that Note)
11. plausible a. 似乎合理的 , 花言巧语的 5 ['plɔ:zəbl]
近义词:smooth-tongued / rhetoric
例句:What struck me most was how each entrepreneur I met had a distinct, plausible vision.(FORBES: The Arab World Needs (Entrepreneurial) Heroes)
12. idiosyncratic a. 特质的 , 与众不同的 5 [ˌidiəsiŋ'krætik]
近义词:foreign / specific
例句:But she isn't in Colm Toibin's thrilling, idiosyncratic imagining of Mary's life after her son's death. (WSJ: Review: There's something (weird) about Mary)
13. insignificant a. 无关紧要的 , 无意义的 5 [ˌinsig'nifkənt]
近义词:indifferent / small-beer
例句:How dare they say as they do, this was a very small insignificant amount of Mercury.(FORBES: Why Salon's Autism Retraction Matters)
14. innocuous a. 无害的 , 无毒的 5 [i'nɔkjuəs]
近义词:harmless / unharmful
例句:The shrine itself is an innocuous and quite elegant place, as shinto shrines generally are. (ECONOMIST: A week in the Asian travels of our former editor)
15. meticulous a. 一丝不苟的 , 过度重视细节的 5 [mi'tikjuləs]
近义词:punctilious / wary of
例句:Meanwhile, the usually meticulous director films the grand political stage with a generic studio realism. (NEWYORKER: The Sun)
16. tendentious a. 有偏见的 5 [ten'denʃəs]
近义词:biased / jaundiced
例句:If the host or anchor is tendentious, all the more reason to look out. (FORBES: Why I rarely do TV)
17. influential a. 有影响的 , 有权势的 5 [ˌinflu'enʃəl]
近义词:mighty / predominant
例句:The Wall Street Journal is one of the most successful and influential papers in the world. (BBC: Q&A: Dow Jones takeover)
18. literal a. 照字面的 , 原义的 , 逐字的 5 ['litərəl]
近义词:written / word-for-word
例句:Does it matter if we take all of this on board in a literal fashion?(CNN: Seeking the truth about Jesus)
19. polemical a. 争论的 , 辩论的 5 [pə'lemikəl]
近义词:argumentative / disputative
例句:However, Hoggart refrained from using the more polemical terminology that was in circulation at the time.(UNESCO: The Uses of Richard Hoggart)
20. estimate n./v. 估计 , 估价 5 ['estimeit]
近义词:evaluate / guess at;computation / appraisal / calculation / assessment / judgment / evaluation / viewpoint;measure / value / score
例句:It sells for 11 times my estimate of 2011 earnings and two times book value. (FORBES: Gridlock Is Good for Stocks)
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