gre词汇全解读（GRE词汇Day28:）

gre词汇全解读（GRE词汇Day28:）■e.g. compunction of conscience 良心不安 a brutal murderer who killed without compunction 一个野蛮没有良心的杀人犯考点1: n.焦虑: anxiety arising from awareness of guilt■反: revere 尊敬compunction 英 [kəmˈpʌŋkʃn] 美 [kəmˈpʌŋkʃn] n. 悔恨，后悔；内疚拆: com(with/together) punct(to prick刺) ion -> 用来形容良心的一种刺痛 -> 后用来形容 内疚; 悔恨

jape 英 [dʒeɪp] 美 [dʒeɪp] n. 嘲弄；玩笑 vi. 开玩笑 vt. 嘲弄

考点1: v.嘲弄: to say or do something jokingly or mockingly

■e.g. The characters in Oscar Wilde's plays jape with a sophistication that is rarely encountered in real life.奥斯卡•王尔德戏剧作品中的角色用一种十分世故的态度进行嘲讽，而这种态度在真实生活当中是很少见的

■同: jest quip wisecrack banter chaff gag jive jolly josh

■反: revere 尊敬

compunction 英 [kəmˈpʌŋkʃn] 美 [kəmˈpʌŋkʃn] n. 悔恨，后悔；内疚

拆: com(with/together) punct(to prick刺) ion -> 用来形容良心的一种刺痛 -> 后用来形容 内疚; 悔恨

考点1: n.焦虑: anxiety arising from awareness of guilt

■e.g. compunction of conscience 良心不安 a brutal murderer who killed without compunction 一个野蛮没有良心的杀人犯

■同: anxiety misgiving scruple

■反: absence of misgiving 不担忧

clarity 英 [ˈklærəti] 美 [ˈklærəti] n. 清楚，明晰；透明

拆: clar(clear bright) ity(n后缀) -> 清晰; 透明

考点1: n.清晰、清楚: the quality or state of being clear: lucidity

■e.g. Clarity of diction is vital for a XDF teacher 发音清楚对新东方老师来说是至关重要的。

■同: clarity explicitness lucidity lucidness perspicuity perspicuousness

■反: obscureness obscurity unclarity 模糊，不清晰

■派: clarify v澄清，使清晰: to free of confusion

■e.g. clarify his mind理清思路；clarify a subject澄清某一问题

■同: purify clear elucidate explain illuminate illustrate

■反: obfuscate obscure

考点2: n.清澈透明: the state or quality of being easily seen through

■e.g. mountain streams with water of incredible clarity 难以置信般清澈透明的山涧

■同: clearness limpidity limpidness translucence translucency transparency

■反: cloudiness opacity opaqueness turbidity turbidness 浑浊，不透明

erratic 英 [ɪˈrætɪk] 美 [ɪˈrætɪk] adj. 不稳定的；古怪的 n. 漂泊无定的人；古怪的人

拆: err(wonder漫游 后引申为错误) atic -> 漫游的; 偏离正确的路线 -> 后引申为 不稳定; 古怪的

考点1: adj.善变的: not staying constant

■e.g. business at the fast-food restaurant has been so erratic lately that the manager never knows how much staff to have on hand快餐店的生意最近非常起伏以至于经理也不清楚需要多少人手

■同: changing fluctuating irregular unequal unstable unsteady varying

■反: changeless constant stable steady unchanging unvarying 不变的

考点2: adj.异常的，不同寻常的: different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion

■e.g. the key to the code was the erratic punctuation the killer used 解开密码的关键是杀手使用的不同寻常的标点符号

■同: bizarre eccentric offbeat outlandish out-of-the-way peculiar quaint queer remarkable screwy spaced-out way-out weird

revoke 英 [rɪˈvəʊk] 美 [rɪˈvoʊk] vt. 撤回，取消；废除 vi. 有牌不跟 n. 有牌不跟

拆: re(back) vok(voc: speak) e -> 收回说出的话 -> 撤回; 取消

考点1: vt.撤回，宣告无效: to annul by recalling or taking back

■e.g. to revoke a will 废除遗嘱

■同: abolish abrogate annul cancel invalidate negate null nullify recall repeal revoke void

■反: establish enact 建立；continue keep 维持，保持

■派: revocation n.撤销，废除