GRE备考：GRE阅读词汇笔记(2)

　　adulation

　　flattery; admiration that is more than is necessary or deserved

　　adulterate

　　make impure or of poorer quality by adding inferior or tainted substances

　　Advent

　　arrival

　　adventitious

　　accidental; casual; happening by chance

　　adversary

　　opponent; enemy

　　adverse

　　going against; opposing; unfavorable; hostile

　　adversity

　　great hardship or affliction; misfortune; calamitous event

　　advert

　　refer

　　advocacy

　　support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something

　　advocate

　　speak in favor of; support ; urge; plead for

　　aegis

　　shield; protection; defense

　　aerie

　　nest of a large bird of prey

　　aesthetic

　　artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful ; CF. aesthete; CF. aesthetics

　　affable

　　easily approachable; easy to talk to; warmly friendly

　　affected

　　artificial; pretended

　　affidavit

　　written statement made under oath

　　affiliation

　　joining; associating with

　　affinity

　　feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity for her; Ex. many affinities between two languages

　　affirmation

　　positive assertion; confirmation; solemn pledge by one who refuses to take an oath; V. affirm; ADJ. affirmative; CF. affirmative action: positive discrimination

　　affliction

　　state of distress; trial; cause of distress or suffering; V. afflict: inflict grievous suffering on

　　affluence

　　abundance; wealth

　　affront

　　insult; offense; intentional act of disrespect; V: insult or hurt the feelings of intentionally

　　afterlife

　　life after death; later part of ones life

　　agape

　　openmouthed

　　agenda

　　items of business at a meeting

　　agglomeration

　　collection; heap; V. agglomerate: gather into a rounded mass; N. aggolmeate: jumbled mass; heap

　　aggrandize

　　make greater; increase in power, wealth, rank, or honor; N. aggrandizement

　　aggregate

　　sum; total; ADJ. V: gather into a mass or whole; accumulate; add up to; Ex. aggregate 100 dollars

　　aghast

　　filled with great surprise or fear; horrified

　　agility

　　nimbleness; ability to move quickly

　　agitate

　　stir up; disturb

　　agnostic

　　one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality

　　agog

　　highly excited; intensely curious

　　agrarian

　　pertaining to land or its cultivation; Ex. agrarian reform

　　airy

　　of air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial; unreal

　　alacrity

　　cheerful promptness without reluctance

　　alchemy

　　medieval chemistry

　　alcove

　　nook; recess

　　alias

　　an assumed name esp. by a criminal ; ADV. alias

　　alienate

　　make unfriendly or hostile; estrange; separate; change the ownership of

　　alimentary

　　supplying nourishment

　　alimony

　　payments made regularly to an ex-spouse after divorce

　　allay

　　calm; pacify

　　allege

　　state without proof

　　allegiance

　　loyalty

　　allegory

　　story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fable

　　alleviate

　　relieve

　　alliteration

　　repetition of beginning sound in poetry

　　allocate

　　assign; set apart for a particular purpose

　　alloy

　　mixture as of metals; something added that lowers in value or purity; V: mix; make less pure; lower in value or quality; spoil; CF. unalloyed: not in mixture with other maetals; pure; complete; unqualified; Ex. unalloyed happiness

　　allude

　　refer indirectly; N. allusion: indirect reference

　　allure

　　entice; attract; tempt

　　alluvial

　　pertaining to soil deposits left by running water

　　alms

　　money or goods given to the poor

　　aloft

　　upward; high up in the air

　　aloof

　　apart; not open in ones relationship with other people; reserved; ADV.

　　altercation

　　noisy quarrel

　　altruistic

　　unselfishly generous; concerned for others; N. altiruism: unselfish concern for the welfare of others; unselfishness; OP. egoism

　　amalgam

　　combination of different things; mixture of metals used for filling holes in teeth

　　amalgamate

　　combine; unite in one body

　　amass

　　collect

　　amazon

　　female warrior

　　ambidextrous

　　capable of using either hand with equal ease

　　ambience

　　environment; atmosphere; Ex. restraurant with a pleasant ambience; ADJ. ambient: completely surrounding; Ex. ambient temperature

　　ambiguous

　　unclear or doubtful in meaning; having more than one possible interpretation

　　ambivalence

　　the state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes or opinions

　　amble

　　walking at an easy unhurried pace; V: walk slowly and aimlessly

　　ambrosia

　　food of the gods

　　ambulatory

　　able to walk

　　ambush

　　act of lying in wait to attack by surprise; sudden attack made from a concealed position; Ex. lie in ambush; V.

　　ameliorate

　　improve

　　amenable

　　obedient; compliant; readily managed; responsive; willing to be led; answerable or accountable legally; responsible; able to be tested by; Ex. amenable to sensible suggestions; Ex. He is very amenable; Ex. amenable to the usual tests

　　amend

　　correct; change ; generally for the better

　　amenities

　　convenient features that helps to make life pleasant; social courtesies

　　amiable

　　agreeable; lovable; warmly friendly

　　amicable

　　peaceful; politely friendly; not quarrelsome; Ex. amicable settlement

　　amiss

　　wrong; faulty; Ex. something amiss; ADV.

　　amity

　　friendship; peaceful relationship as between nations

　　amnesia

　　loss of memory

　　amnesty

　　pardon

　　amok

　　in a state of rage; Ex. run amok

　　amoral

　　nonmoral; having no understanding of right and wrong

　　amorous

　　moved by sexual love; loving; of sexual love; Ex. amorous advances

　　amorphous

　　formless; lacking shape or definition

　　amphibian

　　able to live both on land and in water; N.

　　amphitheater

　　oval building with tiers of seats; CF. arena

　　ample

　　enough; abundant; spacious; large in size; Ex. ample opportunity/garden; N. amplitude: quality of being ample; abundance; largeness of space

　　amplify

　　increase in size or effect; expand; broaden or clarify by expanding; intensify; make stronger; Ex. amplify ones remarks with a graph