gre词汇精选：2012年GRE考试重点词汇精讲二十七

brazen

【考法1】adj.蠻橫大膽的，厚顏無恥的：markedbycontemptuousboldness
【例】abrazendisregardfortherules蠻橫大膽的對規則漠視
【近】bold-faced,impertinent,impudent,insolent
【反】modest,self-effacing,diffident,retiring,timid謙虛的，膽小的
【考法2】v.大膽自信地去面對或從事：tofaceorundergowithboldself-assurance
【例】brazenedoutthecrisis沉著面對危機||Somepeopleprefertobrazenathingoutratherthanadmit
defeat.有的人不願承認失敗，而是寧肯厚著臉皮幹下去。
【近】confront,outface,defy
【反】dodge,duck,shirk,sidestep躲開，避談
breach

【考法1】n.對倫理、法律準則的破壞：abreakingofamoralorlegalcode
【例】cheatingontheexamwasaseriousbreachofthemilitaryacademy’shonorcode考試作弊是對軍校的
榮譽準則的嚴重破壞
【近】malefaction,transgression,trespass,violation,wrongdoing
【考法2】v.違背：tofailtokeep
【例】abuilderbeingsuedbyahomeownerforbreachingacontract建築商因違約被房主起訴
【近】contravene,fracture,infringe,transgress
【反】obey,observe,complywith,conformto遵守
brevity

【考法1】n.簡短，簡潔：shortnessofduration
【例】thebestqualityagraduationspeechcanhaveisbrevity好的畢業演講必須簡潔
【近】briefness,conciseness,shortness
【反】lengthiness冗長
【考法2】n.精煉：thequalityorstateofbeingmarkedbyorusingonlyfewwordstoconveymuchmeaning
【例】ifbrevityisthesoulofwit,thenthatspeechwasn’tatallwitty如果說精煉是智慧的靈魂，那麼演講毫無
智慧可言
【近】conciseness,pithiness,sententiousness,terseness
【反】diffuseness,long-windedness,prolixity,verbosity,wordiness冗長囉嗦