GRE Vocab Flashcards
Ambler
n.
someone who walks at a leisurely pace
Excess
More than the necessary amount
Excrete
排泄
Pronounced
Adj.
Very noticeable
Perpetuate
V.
To cause sth.(a mistaken idea, a bad situation or system) to continue
Derived from…
To develop or come from something else
Impotently
In a helpless and powerless manner.
I found myself impotently shouting.
Tradeoff
An exchange that occurs as a compromise
Viscous
Adj.
Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid.
Not all barrels of oil are alike. Crudes can be viscous like tar or so “light” they float on water.
Retain
Maintain; continue to have
Chromatic
Adj.
Related to colors; colorful.
Musical scales consisting only semitones
Allot
V.
分配（时间、金钱、地方…）
Scribble
Careless writings/drawings
Subsequent
Following; coming after something in time
Replicate
DIY someone else’s experiment, work, or research in the exact same way
Cosmonaut
An astronaut (especially Russian)
Pretentious
Adj.
wanting to be regarded as more impressive, successful, or important than they really are
Culmination
something important, that happens at the end of a long period of effort or development
Concerning
Relate to, about
Catastrophe
an unexpected disaster that causes great suffering or damage
Habitat
n.
The native and natural environment for an animal or plant
Concerned with
Care about
Abyss
A deep, empty hole
Itinerary
n.
a plan of a trip, including the route and the places that you will visit
Meticulously
very careful about small details, and always making sure that everything is done correctly
Visceral
Adj.
obtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation. Deep feelings which are hard to control.
Annotate
V.
to add notes or comments to (a text, book, drawing, etc), to provide explanations or critical thoughts.
Emerge
Come out, come into view
Temporal
Relating to time
Calibrate
Mark with a standard scale of readings
Welter
n.
a large and confusing amount of something
Access
V.
To evaluate the value, quality, importance, or ability of…
foolhardy
adj.
Taking stupid and unnecessary risks
implicitly
adv.
含蓄地；毫不怀疑地
dally
v. 磨蹭；调情；虚度
underpinning
supporting; foundation, basis
egregious
adj. very noticeable especially for being bad or incorrect
ineffable
adj.
too great to be described in words; indescribable.
presume
v. 假定、推测
presume to do sth.
擅自做…
plumb
v. to examine (sth. mysterious/difficult) in a carefully & complete way in order to understand it. 探出究竟
validate
v. to prove/confirm sth. to be true, worthy, or justified; to make sth. officially & legally acceptable.
hunch
n. an intuitive guess or feeling
glean
v. to gather/collect (information/knowledge) slowly and gradually.
shudder
v. shake (uncontrollably) with fear, disgust, or coldness
flutter
v. to move up and down or from side to side with a lot of quick, light movements
tantrum
n. 脾气发作，无理取闹（尤指小孩）
chortle
v. to laugh in a way that shows you are very pleased
peculiar
adj. strange, unusual
jerk
v. to move with a quick sudden movement, or to make part of your body move in this way
shudder
v. shake (uncontrollably) with fear, disgust, or coldness
flutter
v. to move up and down or from side to side with a lot of quick, light movements
tantrum
n. 脾气发作，无理取闹（尤指小孩）
chortle
v. to laugh in a way that shows you are very pleased
peculiar
adj. strange, unusual
jerk
v. to move with a quick sudden movement, or to make part of your body move in this way
huddle
n. a group of people or things that are close together, but not arranged in any particular order, pattern, or system
stroke
抚摸(to pass the hand over gently) n. 击， 打(a hit)； 一笔， 一画(a line made by a single movement of a pen or brush)
rattled
adj. anxious & losing confidence
pursed lips
噘起的嘴唇
flinch
v. to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust
exasperated
adj. frustrated or angry because of something that is happening or something that another person is doing
gingerly
adv. very carefully
groan
v. to make a long, low sound because you are in pain, or because you are upset or unhappy about something
slug / slug it out
v. 用拳猛击 / 决一胜负
n. 鼻涕虫，子弹
snarl
v. 咆哮；陷入混乱纠结
elapse
v. 时间流逝、过去
evolve
v. 进化，逐渐演变
predator
n. 食肉动物；掠夺者
advent
n. …的出现、到来、问世
sparse
adj. 稀疏的，稀少的
shoal
n. 大量，大群（鱼）
n. 浅滩
v. 使…变浅
doomed
adj. 注定的，厄运的
flock
n. 一群
engulf
v. 吞没，吞噬
lineage
n. 血统，家族，后代
bonanza
n. 富源，兴旺
protocol
n. 礼节，协议
pine
v. miss & long for the return of..
tripartite
adj. 涉及三方的
