考研英语必备高频词汇（高频词汇及应用）

想要取得考研英语高分，必须打好基础。对于各位备考的同学来说，词汇是基本的复习内容。为了帮助大家更好地把握词汇在考研英语中的考查形式，小编在这里为各位同学梳理一下。

poetry n.诗歌

[形近词] poet n.诗人；poem n.诗

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So poor in one sense was it that he never could remember for more than a few days a single date or a line of poetry. (2008-Translation)

在某种意义上，他的记忆力如此之差以至于他对一个日期或一行诗句的记忆不会超过几天。

possess v.拥有，具备，控制

[形近词] possession n.拥有，财产

[真题连线]

However, many leading American universities want their undergraduates to have a grounding in the basic canon of ideas that every educated person should posses. (2011-Translation)

然而，许多美国一流大学都要求其本科生在所有受教育者都应具备的基本思想准则方面接受基础训练。

potential a.潜在的，可能的 n.潜能，潜力

[形近词] potentiality n.可能性

[真题连线]

In re Bilski, as the case is known , is “a very big deal”, says Dennis D. Crouch of the University of Missouri School of law. It “has the potential to eliminate an entire class of patents.” (2010-Text 2)

密苏里大学法学院的Dennis D. Crouch说，这个称为“比尔斯基案”的案例“事关重大”，它“可能导致一整类专利被撤销”。

poverty n.贫困，短缺

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Thus poor countries might not be able to escape their poverty traps without political changes that may be possible only with broader formal education. (2009-Text 3)

因此没有政治变革，贫困国家可能无法摆脱贫穷困境，而政治改革只能通过更为广泛的正规教育才有可能实现。

power n.权力，能力，电力

[词组] in the ~ of在...的控制下

[形近词] powerful a.强大的，有权势的；powerless a.无能力的，无权势的

[真题连线]

Many writers prudently store their data on disks and print their pages each time they finish a draft to avoid losing any material because of power failures or other problems. (2008-PartB)

许多作家每写完一份初稿后，都谨慎地将文件保存在磁盘中，然后打印一份，以防停电或其他问题导致材料遗失。

以上就是为各位同学梳理的考研英语高频词汇及其在历年真题中的应用，希望对各位同学的复习有所帮助。其实所谓考研词汇的核心含义，就是真题中考查过的含义。因此建议各位同学结合语境，也就是结合词汇在真题中的实际应用来理解和记忆，实现词汇和真题复习同时进行，提高复习效率。