gre词汇串讲：单词背诵的“8字”原则

6. 意群法：

1) 动静：

commotion/disturbance/perturbation/turbulence/action/agitation/din

/ferment/fracas/havoc/pandemonium turmoil/upheaval——equanimity/

hush/quiet/quiescence/serenity/silence/tranquil/ tranquility/pacific

2) 合分：

diverge/detach/disperse/dissipate/isolate/separate/break/scatter/breach/rend

/sunder——accumulate/aggregate/agglomerate/amalgamate/collect/coalesece

/concatenate/ compound/gather /group/nucleate/unify/unite/solder/nexus

3) 多少：

profuse/abundant/affluent/copious/plenty/prodigal/rife/plethora/

slewscant/scanty/limited/penurious/sparse/dearth/iota/paucity/pinch

4) 批评、指责、谴责、辱骂、斥责对称赞、歌颂：(轻)

admonish/chide/criticize/reproach/reproof/reprove/flak;(重) berate/castigate/censure/chastise/condemn /denounce/diatribe/excoriate/

fulminate/impeach/impugn/invective/inveigh/lambaste /rail/rebuke/reprehend

/reprimand/reprobate/revile/scold/upbraid/vituperate/pan——acclaim

/applaud/commend/eulogize/exalt/extol/glorify/laud/rave/tout/accolade/en

comium/approbation/orchid/plaudit/tribute; (诽谤)

slander/calumniate/libel/defame

5) 顺从、顽固：

amenble/amiable/complaisant/compliant/docile/obedient/responsive/

submissive/tolerant/ tractable/alacrity-incorrigible/bigoted/contumacious

/headstrong/hidebound/indocile/intractable/intransigent/obdurate/obstinate

/rebellious/recalcitrant

/refractory/stubborn/tenacious

6) 肯定、否定：

affirm/assert/attest/aver/avow/posit/proclaim——deny/disclaim

/gainsay /negate/repudiate(包含证据)

corroborate/prove/substantiate/verify——disprove/ refute/controvert

7) 忧郁对快乐：

morose/saturnine/downcast/crestfallen/dispririted/gloomy/melancholy/

doleful/ /lugubrious——heerful/ecstatic/exhilarating/facetious/jocund

/jaunty/sanguine

8) 促进、抑制：

abet/aid/assist/catalyze/encourage/facilitate/foment/foster/goad/ignite

/impel /incite/incubate/instigate/permit/precipitate/prod/provoke/promote/

rouse/spur/ stimulate/trigger/ vitalize——arrest/ban/check/curb/extinguish

/forbid/forestall /frustrate/hamper/hinder/impede/inhibit/obstruct/quell/rein

/repress/restrain/ scotch/squelch/stymie/subdue/stifle/thwart

9) 清晰、模糊：

clear/limpid/lucid/pellucid/translucent/transparent/clarity——murky/

opaque/obscure/turbid/vague/obfuscate

10) 扩大、缩小：

aggrandize/amplify/broaden/dilate/distend/expand/inflate/swell——

constrict/contract/ condense/compress/deflate/shrink

11) 健康、不健康：

healthful/hygienic/innocuous/salubrious/salutary/wholesome——

debilitating/deleterious/detrimental/injurious/nocuous/noxious/

mischievous/ lethal/pernicious/virulent

12) 持续、短暂：

chronic/constant/enduring/gradual/lasting/incessant/perennial/permanent/

perpetual/persistent——evanescent/ephemeral/fleeting/fugacious/

fugitive/interim /intermittent/meteoric/sporadic/transient/transitory

13) 得体、无礼：

amiable/civil/congenial/decent/decorous/deferent/irreproachable/

seemly—— /insolentbawdy/blatant/brazen/effrontery/impertinent/impudent

/indecorous/opprobrious/rude/scurrilous/scurvy/unseemly/asperity/impropriety

14) 序言、结尾：

beginning/commencement/foreword/greeting/introduction/outset/overture

/preface /prelude/preamble/prologue——conclude/coda/cessation/epilogue

/finale/termination/valediction

15) 大小：bull/colossal/elephantine/enormous/gargantuan/gigantic/huge/immense/mammoth/

prodigious/tremendous/titanic——diminutive/microscopic/minuscule/minute

/piddling/paltry/slight/trivial/tiny

16) 相关、无关：

apposite/appropriate/apropos/apt/cognate/felicitous/germane/intrinsic/

pertinent/related/relevant——alien/extraneous/extrinsic/foreign

/impertinent/irrelevant

17) 脱水、补水：

desiccate/dehydrate/deplete/drain/dry/evaporate/parch/sear——drench/

douse/hydrate/ inundate/reconstitute/saturate/souse/steep

18) 真假：apocryphal/bogus/deceptive/dissembling/fraudulent/feigned/fictitious/mendacious

/prevaricated/pseudo/spurious——authenticated/candid/genuine/truthful

/unfeigned /valid

19) 平息抚慰、刺激激怒：

allay/alleviate/appease/assuage/conciliate/lull/mitigate/moderate/mollify/

pacify/placate/propitiate/reconcile/relieve/soothe——agitate/annoy

/antagonize/bother/disturb/grate/harass/harrow/irk/nag/pester/perturb/pique/

rankle

20) 尊敬、嘲笑/亵渎：deference/veneration/revere/respect/awe—— irreverence/contempt/ derision/deride/profane

7. “四大”总结：

1) 四大挥霍 prodigal profligate wastrel spendthrift

2) 四大无力 torpid lethargic dull listless

3) 四大好斗 belligerent bellicose aggressive scrappy

4) 四大污蔑 vilify slander malign stigmatize

5) 四大颂歌 panegyric ode encomium eulogy

6) 四大安慰 mollify assuage placate pacify

7) 四大预言 portend prophesy presage prefigure

8) 四大世俗 worldly earthly temporal secular

9) 四大先驱 precursor harbinger herald forerunner

10) 四大粗人 lout yokel boor churl

11) 四大隐士 anchorite recluse hermit solitary

12) 四大新人 novice rookie neophyte tyro

13) 四大陈词 banality bromide clichéplatitude

14) 四大傻瓜 fatuous asinine oafish lunatic

15) 四大陈腐 banal commonplace trite hackneyed

8. 日常生活：

1) 奔腾pent→微软Microsoft→联想legend→方正founder;

2) Carnation康乃馨/violet紫罗兰/yogurt/yoghurt/yoghourt酸奶3) 电影：Titanic/Tornado/Poseidon/The Da Vinci Code/Basic Instinct/Crash

总结：

从以上8种方法可以看出，实际上随处都是GRE单词，我个人认为所谓“GRE单词只可能是你一辈子在GRE考试中才会碰到”的理论随着世界的快速发展以及各国对外语水平要求的提高，几乎已经不太适用，当然，GRE中的确有很多单词还是不需要完全会运用的，但还有一条真理“人无我有，人有我优”我相信会更加适合当今日益激烈的社会竞争。

美国是全世界教育水平最发达的国家之一，也是研究者最理想的研究环境之一，所以如果大家真的想在学术上有所建树，那么美利坚合众国将是我们最佳的选择之一，而GRE正是我们通向成功的钥匙，其中GRE词汇可谓重中之重。