GRE重点单词【荐】.xlsVIP

Sheet3 Sheet2 Sheet1 waffle????verb????to equivocate; to change ones position: His detractors say that the President waffles too much; he can never make up his mind. wag????noun????wit, joker: Groucho Marx was a well-known wag. abjure????verb????to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid adumbrate????verb????to foreshadow vaguely or intimate; to suggest or outline sketchily; to obscure or overshadow anathema????noun????a solemn or ecclesiastical (religious) curse; accursed or thoroughly loathed person or thing anodyne????adjective / noun????soothing, something that assuages or allays pain or comforts apogee????noun????farthest or highest point; culmination; zenith apostate????noun????one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions apotheosis????noun????deification, glorification to godliness, an exalted example, a model of excellence or perfection asperity????noun????severity, rigor; roughness, harshness; acrimony, irritability asseverate????verb????to aver, allege, assert assiduous????adjective????diligent, hard-working, sedulous augury????noun????omen, portent bellicose????adjective????belligerent, pugnacious, warlike calumniate????verb????to slander, make a false accusation; calumny means slander, aspersion captious????adjective????disposed to point out trivial faults, calculated to confuse or entrap in argument cavil????verb????to find fault without good reason celerity????noun????speed, alacrity; think accelerate chimera????noun????an illusion; originally, an imaginary fire-breathing she-monster contumacious????adjective????insubordinate, rebellious; contumely means insult, scorn, aspersion debacle????noun????rout, fiasco, complete failure: My first attempt at a souffle was a total debacle. denouncement????noun????an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot descry????verb????to discriminate or discern desuetude????noun????disuse: After years of desuetude, my French skills were finally put to use. desultory????adjective????random; aim