GRE词汇的难度大是公认的事实,那熟词僻义可以算是GRE词汇难度的“天花板”了。这个“难”倒不是说单词本身有多难,而难在考熟词的僻义,这对考生掌握和运用词汇有更高的要求。
举个例子,当你做题时好不容易看到一个会的单词bear还以为很幸运,但题目考的却是它“带有...特征”的意思,是不是有点傻眼?内心OS:也不是不知道bear是熊的意思,只是不知道它还有这么个僻义。因此,了解GRE中的熟词僻义也挺重要的!
先来看一道例题吧!
The author affects ______ in the tone of his novels that is quite at odds with his predilection for invective in his nonfiction publications.
A. a tenacity B. a neutrality C. a pugnacity D. an effusiveness E. an irascibility
【解析】affect这个词再熟悉不过了吧,但这里可不表示“影响”,本题中的affect是“假装”的意思,单词看似简单,但却决定了这道题的走向,起到了决定性的作用。
为了方便大家学习,美研菌还为大家挣了以下这些熟词的僻义,一起来学习吧!
01 Charge
【熟义】v. 收费,充电
【僻义】v. 赋予…职责
【例句】He charged himself with the task of overcoming a technical difficulty.
02 List
【熟义】n. 表,名单 v.登记
【僻义】n.(船等的)倾斜,侧倾 v.倾斜
【例句】There was a faint forward list to his body as he walked.
03 Mirror
【熟义】n. 镜子
【僻义】n. 反映,体现
【例句】The stage is supposed to be the mirror of life.
04 Cover
【熟义】n. 掩盖,掩饰 v.覆盖,包括
【僻义】v.(新闻媒体)报导、播出
【例句】NBC is covering the Olympics.
05 Open
【熟义】v. 打开 adj. 开放的
【僻义】adj. (open to) 容易被…的,可以被…的
【例句】The message is open to different interpretations.