新GRE高频词汇机经集锦

kelp
[kelp]

n. 巨藻，海草灰
a mottled sea bass (Paralabrax clathratus) that occurs along the Pacific coast of the U.S. and is animportant sport fish

kiln
[kɪln]

n. 窑，炉
an oven, furnace, or heated enclosure used for processing a substance by burning, firing, or drying

knuckle
['nʌkl]

v. 用指关节敲打
to shoot (a marble) with the thumb over the bent forefinger

lethargy
['leθərdʒi]

n. 昏睡，倦怠，无精打采
a state of sluggishness, inactivity, and apathy

logarithmic
[,lɔ:ɡə'rɪðmɪk]

adj. 对数的
the exponent that indicates the power to which a base number is raised to produce a given number

long-winded
['lɔŋ'wɪdɪd]

adj. 啰嗦的，冗长的
tediously long in speaking or writing

loquacious
[lə'kweɪʃəs]

adj. 多话的，唠叨的
very talkative: garrulous

malinger
[mə'lɪŋɡər]

v. 装病（以逃避工作）
to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work)

malleable
['mæliəbl]

adj. 可塑的，易改变的，有延展性的
capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure

mendacity
[men'dæsəti]

n. 虚假，撒谎
the quality or state of being mendacious

merger
['mɜ:rdʒər]

n. 合并
the act or an instance of merging; union

milkweed
['mɪlkwi:d]

n. 乳草
any of various plants that secrete latex especially: any of a genus (Asclepias of the family Asclepiadaceae, the milkweed family) of erect chiefly perennial herbs with milky juice and umbellate flowers

misconstrue
[,mɪskən'stru:]

v. 误解，曲解
to interpret in the wrong way

monologue
['mɑ:nəlɔ:ɡ]

n. 独白，独角戏
a dramatic soliloquy, a literary composition in the form of a soliloquy

monopolize
[mə'nɑ:pəlaɪz]

v. 独占，垄断
to get a monopoly of: assume complete possession or control of

mussel
['mʌsl]

n. 贻贝
a marine bivalve mollusk (esp. genus Mytilus) usually having a dark elongated shell

nirvana
[nɪr'vɑ:nə]

n. 涅盘
the final beatitude that transcends suffering, karma, and samsara and is sought especially in Buddhism through the extinction of desire and individual consciousness

nomad
['noʊmæd]

n. 游牧部落一员，流浪者
a member of a group of people who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land

oasis
[oʊ'eɪsɪs]

n. 绿洲
a fertile or green area in an arid region (as a desert)

obtrude
[əb'tru:d]

v. 强迫，打扰
to force or impose (as oneself or one's ideas) without warrant or request

opprobrium
[ə'proʊbriəm]

n. 耻辱
disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct: ignominy

orangutan
[ə'ræŋ ətæn]

n. 猩猩
an arboreal anthropoid ape (Pongo pygmaeus) of Borneo and Sumatra, having a shaggy reddish-brown coat, very long arms, and no tail

ostensible
[ɑ:'stensəbl]

adj. 表面的，假装的
represented or appearing as such: ostensive

paleoanthropologist
[,pæli:oʊ,ænθrə'pɑ:lədʒɪst]

n. 古人类学家
a person learned in a branch of anthropology dealing with fossil hominids

pastoral
['pæstərəl]

adj. 乡村的，乡村生活的；恬静的，田园式的
of or relating to the country or country life, rural; charmingly simple and serene, idyllic

patrol
[pə'troʊl]

v. 巡逻，巡查
to carry out a patrol

pecuniary
[pɪ'kju:nieri]

adj. 金钱上的，金钱的
consisting of or measured in money

pensiveness
['pensɪvnəs]

n. 沉思
the state of in musingly or dreamily thoughtful

peregrination
[,perəɡrɪ'neɪʃn]

n. 游历，旅行
the act to walk or travel over

peripatetic
[,perəɡrɪ'neɪʃn]

n. 走来走去的人，行商
one who walks from place to place, an itinerant

pessimistic
[,pesɪ'mɪstɪk]

adj. 悲观的，悲观主义的
of, relating to, or characterized by pessimism: gloomy

pharmaceutics
[,fɑ:rmə'sju:tɪks]

n. 配药学，制药学
the science of preparing and dispensing drugs

placebo
[plə'si:boʊ]

n. 安慰剂
improvement in the condition of a patient that occurs in response to treatment but cannot be considereddue to the specific treatment used

pompous
['pɑ:mpəs]

adj. 傲慢的，自大的
having or exhibiting self-importance: arrogant

precarious
[prɪ'kerəriəs]

adj. 不稳定的，不安全的
dangerously lacking in security or stability

precocious
[prɪ'koʊʃəs]

adj. 早熟的
manifesting or characterized by unusually early development or maturity, especially in mental aptitude

proboscis
[prə'bɑ:sɪs]

n. 喙
the slender, tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates, such as insects, worms, and mollusks

prolix
['proʊlɪks]

adj. 啰嗦的，冗长的
marked by or using an excess of words

propitiate
[prə'pɪʃieɪt]

v. 慰抚，劝解，使…平息
to conciliate (an offended power), appease

puncture
['pʌŋktʃər]

v. 刺穿；削弱
to pierce with or as if with a pointed instrument or object; to make useless or ineffective as if by a puncture

purposefully
['pɜ:rpəsfəli]

adv. 有目的地，蓄意地，果断地
in a purposeful manner

querulous
['kwerələs]

adj. 喜欢抱怨的，爱发牢骚的；不满的，抱怨的
habitually complaining; fretful, whining