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…