GRE出国考试词汇辅导:GRE易混词汇(3)

　　Delude：欺骗 Deluge：洪水，豪雨

　　Decompose：使腐烂 Discompose：使失态，慌张

　　Depredation：劫掠 Depreciation：贬值

　　Deposition：免职，沉积 Disposition：处理，天性气质

　　Demur: take exception, object. Demure: decorous; shy, bashful

　　Dilatory: delaying; tardy, show Dilate: swell, distend , expand

　　Disaffected: alienate the affection or loyalty of Unaffected: natural, genuine

　　Decorum: orderliness, propriety Decoration: ornament

　　Dinghy: a small boat Dingy: dirty, shabby, discolored

　　Drudge: to do hard, menial, or monotonous work Dredge: a machine or barge for removing earth or silt

　　Discomfit: upset, frustrate mollify Discomfort: make uncomfortable or uneasy

　　Duplicity: the disguising of true; intentions by deceptive words or action Duplicate: to make double or two-fold or action

　　Equanimity: 沉着，镇静 Equality： 均匀，同等

　　Expire：期满，熄灭 Expiate：赎罪

　　Edifice：大厦 Edification：陶冶 Orifice：小孔

　　Eclipse：蚀，失势 Ellipse：椭圆形 Ellipsis：省略法

　　Exquisite：精致的 Perquisite：固定津贴

　　Emancipation：释放，解脱 Emaciation：消瘦 Emasculate：weaken

　　Equation：等式、方程式 Equitation：骑马术

　　Elicit：引出，探出 Explicit：清楚明确的

　　Exigency: requirements; urgent need Exiguous: scanty in amount

　　Ecumenical: worldwide Empiricism: 经验主义

　　Epigram: a short witty poem or saying Epilogue: a speech addressed to the spectators by an actor at the end of a play Episode: a unit of action in a dramatic or literary work; occurrence Epistle: one of the letters of the New Testament Epitaph: an inscription in memory of a dead person Epithet: a characterizing and often abusive word or phrase Epitome: abstract, summary; embodiment.

　　Eddy: whirlpool, a circular current Ebb: the reflux of the tide toward the sea; a point or condition of decline