2万个gre单词（每天5个GRE单词）

2万个gre单词（每天5个GRE单词）■同: affectless callous heartless inhumane merciless obdurate pitiless ruthless unsparing cold-blooded■e.g. an indurate heart that admits no love or mercy一颗不认可爱或仁慈的冷酷心灵■反: withhold information 隐瞒信息indurate 英 ['ɪndjʊreɪt] 美 ['ɪndjʊ ret] v. 使变硬，硬化；使坚固，巩固；使冷酷 adj. 僵硬的，麻木的考点1: adj.铁石心肠的，冷酷无情的: having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings

apprise 英 [əˈpraɪz] 美 [əˈpraɪz] vt. 通知；报告

考点1: v.通知，告知: to give notice to; inform

■e.g. apprise him of the danger that may be involved告知他可能涉及的危险

■同: inform acquaint make known to

■反: withhold information 隐瞒信息

indurate 英 ['ɪndjʊreɪt] 美 ['ɪndjʊ ret] v. 使变硬，硬化；使坚固，巩固；使冷酷 adj. 僵硬的，麻木的

考点1: adj.铁石心肠的，冷酷无情的: having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings

■e.g. an indurate heart that admits no love or mercy一颗不认可爱或仁慈的冷酷心灵

■同: affectless callous heartless inhumane merciless obdurate pitiless ruthless unsparing cold-blooded

■反: charitable compassionate humane kindhearted merciful tender 仁慈的

考点2: vt.使变硬: to become physically firm or solid

■e.g. Great heat indurates clay. 高温使黏土变硬

■同: concrete congeal firm freeze set solidify

■反: liquefy 液化；soften柔化

考点3: vt.使习惯于: 使习惯于（艰苦或尴尬之境况）: to make able to withstand physical hardship strain or exposure

■e.g. Such a brutal upbringing could only callous his soul and indurate his heart to the suffering of others.这样一种残暴的培养方式只会让他的灵魂变得麻木，让他的心灵对于他人所受的折磨无动于衷

■同: fortify inure season steel strengthen toughen

■反: enfeeble weaken undermine 弱化，使虚弱

blueprint 英 [ˈbluːprɪnt] 美 [ˈbluːprɪnt] n. 蓝图；行动方案；（生物细胞的）模型 v. 起草（计划），制成蓝图

考点1: n.蓝图，详细计划: a photographic print used especially for architects' plans

■e.g. a blueprint for the new library 新图书馆的建造蓝图

■同: arrangement design plan scheme

考点2: v.事先计划: to work out the details of (something) in advance

■e.g. blueprinted the schedule of events for the festival right down to the last detail 把节日的活动的每一个细节都事先安排好了

■同: arrange budget calculate organize frame lay out

fable 英 [ˈfeɪbl] 美 [ˈfeɪbl] n. 寓言；无稽之谈 vi. 编寓言；虚构 vt. 煞有介事地讲述；虚构

考点1: n.寓言故事: a story intended to teach a basic truth or moral about life

■e.g. This classic Christmas film is essentially a fableshowing how every person's life has meaning这部经典的基督教电影本质上来说是一个寓言，它告诉我们每个人的生命都是有意义的

■同: apologue parable

考点2: n.神话，传说: a legendary story of supernatural happenings

■e.g. According to an ancient fable the waters of the mountain spring are the tears of a woman weeping for her lost children根据一个古老的传说，这条山中的泉水是一名失去孩子的母亲所流下的眼泪

■同: legend mythos tale

考点3: n.谎言: a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive

■e.g. The stories of lost cities of gold may have been fables deliberately concocted by Native Americans to dupe the Spanish所谓的“失落的黄金之都”的故事也许只是美洲土著们杜撰出来忽悠西班牙人的

■同: fabrication falsehood lie mendacity prevarication story

■反: fact事实；truth真相

■派: fabulous adj寓言般的，难以置信的

gaudy 英 [ˈɡɔːdi] 美 [ˈɡɔːdi] adj. 华而不实的；俗丽的 n. 盛大宴会

考点1: adj.俗丽的: ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented excessively showy

■e.g. gaudy movie posters 俗丽的电影海报

■同: blatant brazen flashy garish glaring meretricious tawdry

■反: austere homely plain 朴素的；conservative understated unflamboyant unflashy 不张扬的