2020GRE重点词汇解析
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GRE重点词汇解析:asperity
asperity: severity of tone, manner, or temper; roughness; harshness
asperity ------ roughness, severity; bitterness or tartness
asperity ------ sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter
asperity ------severity; harshness; irritability
asperity ------ biting in whit-negative
asperity ------ sharpness (of temper)
These remarks, spoken with asperity, stung the boys to whom they had been directed.
asperity ------ harshness; roughness
asperity-----sharpness; roughness; severity (of temper or weather); Ex. asperities of a Russian winter
12 apserity <> mildness
asperity n.严酷, 粗暴, 刻薄
839. asperity
depth
mildness
imprecision
leisure
indifference
粗鲁(艰苦)
深度
温和
不精确
闲暇
无动于衷,冷漠
Answer:
asperity<>mildness of temper 严酷<>脾气温和
asperity roughness harshness ill temper irritability
Synonyms: harshness, sharpness
The asperity with which she spoke revealed her anger about the situation.
The man used asperity to frighten the girl out of going.
The asperity of the winter had most everybody yearning for spring.
GRE重点词汇解析:diffident
diffident: 缺乏自信的; hesitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence
1) shy, lacking self-confidence; modest, reserved
diffident <> nervy .
diffident <> nerved
diffident <> bold羞怯的<>大胆的
diffident <> brassy羞怯的<>厚脸皮的
diffident <> brazen害羞的<>厚脸皮的
diffidence <> assertiveness缺乏自信<>过分自信
diffidence <> braveness缺乏自信<>勇敢
diffident <> expansive 羞怯的和胆小的<> 豪爽的,开朗的
diffident : confidence
diffident : confident
expansive<>diffident@malicious豪爽的<>羞怯的@恶毒的
GRE重点词汇解析:immaterial
immaterial: adj. 非实体的: not composed of matter
【考法1】adj. 非实体的: not composed of matter
【例】 It is only possible to study immaterial forces like gravity by observing their effects on the physical world.
要研究那些非实体的作用力——例如万有引力,只能观察它们对于现实世界的影响
【近】 ethereal, formless, incorporeal, insubstantial, nonmaterial, spiritual
【反】 bodily, corporeal, material, physical, substantial 实体的
【考法2】adj. 无关的,不重要的: of no importance or relevance
【例】 While undoubtedly upsetting, that story is immaterial to the question of why you are late. 尽 管那个故事的确很让人遗憾,但是和你为什么迟到没有半点关系
【近】 extraneous, impertinent, inapplicable, inapposite, irrelevant
【反】 applicable, apposite, apropos, germane, pertinent, relevant 相关的;crucial, important, significant 重要的
GRE重点词汇解析:stymie
stymie: 阻挠; to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of
1) to get in the way of
2) to hinder obstruct or block
3) to block; thwart
stymie <> abet
STYMIE:
(A) entreat
(B) apprise
(C) foster
(D) lend credibility
(E) change direction
1. Large amounts of snowfall will stymie the rescue effort.
2. Our ambitions were stymied by our lack of funds.
Syn: block, hinder, impede, obstruct, thwart
GRE重点词汇解析:supplant
supplant: 代替,取代;to take the place of
1) to take the place of, especially by force, through treachery, or through superiority
2) to take the place of; supersede
1. The rebels overthrew the government, only to supplant one tyranny with another.
2. Can you supplant my position if I cannot play?
3. The ancestry of the piano can be traced to the early keyboard instruments of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries – the spinet, the dulcimer, and the virginal. In the seventeenth century the organ, the clavichord, and the harpsichord became the chief instruments of the keyboard group, a supremacy they maintained until the piano supplanted them at the end of the eighteenth century.
4. People who expect underground mass transit systems to gradually supplant out reliance on the automobile are not being realistic.
相近词汇:overthrow, succeed, supersede, undermine, uproot, displace, usurp
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