gre考试掌握的10000个单词（Day163:每天5个GRE词汇）

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sulk

英 /sʌlk/ 美 /sʌlk/

【考法1】vi.生气，愠怒: to be sullenly aloof or withdrawn, as in silent resentment or protest

【例】He would sulk for hours whenever he didn't get what he want. 当他的愿望没被满足时，他会生几个小时的闷气

【近】frown, grump, mope, pout

【反】crow, delight, exuberate, jubilate, rejoice, triumph 感到高兴，雀跃

【派】sulky adj.生气的，不悦的

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prohibitive

英 /prəˈhɪbətɪv/ 美 /prəˈhɪbətɪv/

【考法1】adj.禁止的；阻止的: tending to prohibit or restrain

【考法2】adj.(价格高得)抑制购买的: so high or burdensome as to discourage purchase or use

【例】prohibitive prices抑制购买的高价

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saccharine

英 /ˈsækərɪn; ˈsækəriːn/ 美 /ˈsækərɪn/

【考法1】adj.像糖一样的，有甜味的: of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar

【例】a powdery substance with a saccharine taste 有甜味的粉状物质

【近】cloying, sugary

【反】bitter苦涩的

【考法2】adj.做作的，矫情的: appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way

【例】The movie was funny, but it had a saccharine ending in which everyone lives happily ever after.电影还是很有意思的，但是结局太做作了——所有人从此都幸福地生活在了一起。

【近】fruity, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sentimental, sugarcoated

【反】unsentimental不动感情的

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sacrilege

英 /ˈsækrəlɪdʒ/ 美 /ˈsækrəlɪdʒ/

【考法1】n.亵渎圣物: desecration, profanation, misuse, or theft of something sacred

【例】To play Mozart's music on a kazoo is sacrilege. 用小木笛演奏莫扎特的音乐是对它的一种亵渎。

【近】blasphemy, defilement, desecration, irreverence, impiety, profanation, violation

【反】adoration, glorification, respect, reverence 爱慕，尊敬

【派】sacrilegious adj.不敬的，亵渎神明的

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harmonious

英 /hɑːˈməʊniəs/ 美 /hɑːrˈmoʊniəs/

【考法1】adj.和谐一致的: having the parts agreeably related

【例】a harmonious arrangement of archways and doorways in the palace courtyard 宫殿的庭院，拱门和门廊排列有序协调

【近】balanced, congruous, consonant, eurythmic, harmonic, accordant, coherent, compatible, concordant, conformable, congruent, consonant, correspondent, nonconflicting

【反】disharmonic, disharmonious, incongruous, unbalanced 不协调的;conflicting, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent 冲突的

06

assiduous

英 /əˈsɪdʒuəs/ 美 /əˈsɪdʒuəs/

【考法1】adj.勤勉的，专心仔细的: marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application; busy

【例】tended his garden with assiduous attention专心仔细地照看他的花园

【例】The project required some assiduous planning项目需要细心的规划。

【近】diligent, industrious, sedulous

【反】idle, inactive, unbusy, unemployed, unoccupied 空闲的

【派】assiduity n勤勉: persistent application or diligence; unflagging effort

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