新gre词汇：mendicant

　　改革后的新gre考试词汇量的考察下降20%，希望考生不要被下降20%所迷惑，虽然对新gre考试词汇春意义的考察减少了，但是更加注重实际语言能力的考察了，所以同学们绝对不能放松对词汇的学习，以下是小编为大家搜素的有关mendicant的考法及近义词和反义词的整理。
　　mendicant: a beggar
　　mendicant ------ (n.) beggar; (adj.) depending on begging for a living I believe he is a mendicant who I see every morning
　　mendicant adj.行乞的 n.乞丐
　　mendicant : beg
　　mendicant: confusion
　　mendicant ------ People who live off begging can be called mendicants. However, you probably wouldn’t call your kids mendicants, even though they beg you for stuff, because the word mendicant also implies extreme poverty. The noun mendicant can also refer to a man belonging to a religious order, such as the Franciscan Friars who do not own personal property but live together in a monastery and survive off alms donated by others. As an adjective, mendicant describes someone who lives such an existence.
　　adjective - Depending on alms for a living; practicing begging.
　　noun - A beggar.
　　noun - A member of an order of friars forbidden to own property in common, who work or beg for their living.
　　hyponym - Carmelite, Augustinian, sannyasi, grey friar, panhandler, White Friar, beggarman, moocher, mooch, cadger
　　新gre考试已经陆陆续续被很多考生体验过，根据ets的考察方向及考生的反应，新gre对单词的考察并没有降低反而还有所提高，因此备考新gre考试词汇仍是迫在眉睫的问题，俗话说：“万丈高楼平地起”只有精确熟练的掌握了词汇，才可能在征服新gre考试的道路上立于不败之地。