GRE詞匯精選：高頻形近詞(9)

GRE詞匯精選：高頻形近詞(9)

81. sage / saga

sage: Sage means wise and knowledgeable, especially as the result of a lot of experience. (LITERARY) Or a person who is regarded as being very wise.

saga - 傳奇

82. whim / rim / brim

whim: A whim is a wish to do or have something which seems to have no serious reason or purpose behind it, and often occurs suddenly.

brim: If someone or something is brimming with a particular quality, they are full of that quality.

When your eyes are brimming with tears, they are full of fluid because you are upset, although you are not actually crying.

rim -表邊緣

83. flit / flip / fleet

flit: If you flit around or flit between one place and another, you go to lots of places without staying for very long in any of them.

If an expression flits across your face or an idea flits through your mind, it is there for a short time and then goes again.

flip: If you flip a device on or off, or if you flip a switch, you turn it on or off by pressing the switch quickly.(=flick)

If you flip through the pages of a book, for example, you quickly turn over the pages in order to find a particular one or to get an idea of the contents.

If you say that someone is being flip, you disapprove of them because you think that what they are saying shows they are not being serious enough about something.

fleet - 短暫的

84. lull / gull / dull

lull: A lull is a period of quiet or calm in a longer period of activity or excitement.

gull：考察的經(jīng)常是gullible 表?容易被騙的

85. rash / rehash

rash: If someone is rash or does rash things, they act without thinking carefully first, and therefore make mistakes or behave foolishly.

rehash: If you describe something as a rehash, you are criticizing it because it repeats old ideas, facts, or themes, though some things have been changed to make it appear new.

86. grin / chagrin

grin: A grin is a broad smile.

If you grin and bear it, you accept a difficult or unpleasant situation without complaining because you know there is nothing you can do to make things better.

chagrin: Chagrin is a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps because of your own failure. (FORMAL, WRITTEN)

87. voluble / voluminous

voluble: If you say that someone is voluble, you mean that they talk a lot with great energy and enthusiasm. (FORMAL)

voluminous: Something that is voluminous is very large or contains a lot of things. (FORMAL)

88. virtue / virtual / virus

89. paean / panache / panacea

paean: A paean is a piece of music, writing, or film that expresses praise, admiration, or happiness. (LITERARY)(=eulogy)(贊歌，凱歌)

panache: If you do something with panache, you do it in a confident, stylish, and elegant way.

panacea - 萬(wàn)能靈藥

90. premise / surmise / demise

surmise: If you surmise that something is true, you guess it from the available evidence, although you do not know for certain. (FORMAL)