GRE词汇-再要你命3000.docx

List1“考好GRE的唯一捷径就是重复，重复，再重复。” ——曹楚楠，2008 年 10 月 Verbal 750，Quantitative 800, AW55,录取学校Princeton, MIT; M FinUnit1abandon【考法 1】n.放纵: carefree, freedom from constraint【例】added spices to the stew with complete abandon 肆无忌惮地向炖菜里面加调料【近】unconstraint, uninhibitedness, unrestraint【考法 2】v.放纵: to give (oneself) over unrestrainedly【例】abandon oneself to emotion 感情用事，abandon herself to a life of complete idleness 放纵自己过着闲散的生活【近】indulge, surrender, give up【考法 3】v.放弃: to withdraw from often in the face of danger or encroachment 【例】abandon the ship/homes 弃船，离家【反】salvage 救援【考法 4】v.停止做某事: to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) 【例】the bad weather forced NASA to abandon the launch 坏天气迫使 NASA 停止了发射【近】abort, drop, repeal, rescind（）, revoke, call off 【反】keep, continue, maintain, carry on 继续abase 【考法 1】v.降低(地位、职位、威望或尊严): to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem【例】was unwilling to abase himself by pleading guilty to a crime that he did not commit 不愿意屈就自己去承认一个莫须有的罪名【近】debauch, degrade, profane, vitiate, discredit, foul, smirch, take down【反】elevate, ennoble, uplift, aggrandize, canonize, deify, exalt 使高贵，使有声望abash 【考法 1】vt.使尴尬，使羞愧: to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of ,disconcert, embarrass【例】Nothing could abash him 没有什么可以使他感到难堪。【近】discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, faze, fluster, nonplus, mortify【反】embolden使大胆abate 【考法1】v.减轻(程度或者强度): to reduce in degree or intensity【例】abate his rage/pain 平息他的愤怒/减轻痛苦【近】moderate, recede, subside, remit, wane, die (away or down or out), let up, phase down, ratchet (down), taper off 【反】intensify【考法 2】v.减少(数量或者降低价值): to reduce in amount or value【例】abate a tax 降低税收【近】de-escalate, deplete, downscale, dwindle,【反】augment, promote 增加【考法 3】v.停止，撤销: to put an end to【例】abate a nuisance 停止伤害【近】abrogate, annul, invalidate, nullify, rescind, vacateabbreviate 【考法1】v.缩写，缩短: to make briefer【例】abbreviate the word “building”as “bldg.”将 “building”缩写作 “bldg” 【近】abridge, curtail, cut back, syncopate, truncate 【反】extend, protract, elongat