GRE易混淆单词

abode: to continue in a place; tolerate.
Adobe: a brick or building material
abjure: reject solemnly; to abstain from
adjure: urge or advice earnestly.
abeyance: suspension.
Observance: 遵守。
advent: arrival
advert: refer (to sth.)
affected: artificially assumed to impress others
affecting: arousing pity, sympathy or sorrow
aloft: in the air
aloof: removed or distant either physically or emotionally
allay: calm, pacify.
Alley: a narrow passageway esp. between building.
Ally: associate.
Alloy: 合金
allude: to refer indirectly
allure: charm, entice
amenity: convenience, enjoyment amiability
amnesty: 大赦
animation: vivacity, liveliness
animosity: ill will, resentment
amoral: being neither moral or immoral
immoral: not moral.
anemia: 贫血
insomnia:失眠症
amnesia：健忘症
Annals:纪年表
annul: declare or make legally invalid
anxious: worried; earnestly wishing
anxiety: painful uneasiness; abnormal apprehension
Apathetic：冷漠的
antipathetic：引起反感的
Apocalyptic：预示灾祸的，启示的
apocrypha：伪经，伪书
Appreciable：可以察觉的，可估计的
apprehensible：可理解的
apprehensive：不安的，焦虑的，能领悟的
appreciative：感激的，有鉴赏力的
Approbation：称赞。
opprobrium：恶名声，侮辱
apparel: clothe adorn
apparition: a supernatural appearance ghost
appraise: set a value on
apprise: give notice to
approve: express a favorable opinion
Arbiter: one having power to decide.
Arbitrator: one chosen to settle differences between two parties in a controversy.
Aspiration：渴望，热望
respiration：呼吸
perspiration：出汗
assist: help, aid
resist: to fight against, oppose; combat, repel.
attribute: 归因为
contribute:贡献，投稿
brisk: 轻快
bristle: 硬毛，气势汹汹
barter: 物物交换
banter: speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner.
blight: withered, blast
blithe: merry.
brazen : blatant
blazon: armorial bearings; publish widely
blunder: a gross error
blunt: not sharp, dull
brittle: easily broken, cracked, or snapped
bristle: to take on an aggressive attitude or appearance (as in response to a slight)
boom: to make a deep hollow sound; to grow or cause to grow rapidly esp. in value, esteem, or importance.
Boon: benefit, blessing
Calumniate: defame, malign libel
Culmination: reach the highest point
Fulmination: 攻击，指责
Canvas：油布
Canvass: to seek orders or votes: solicit
Cataclysm: a violent change or upheaval
Catalysis: 加速
Cessation：终止，（短暂）停止
Cession：割让，转让
Concession：让步，特许权
Secession：脱离，退出
Cater：迎合，承办
crater：火山口，弹坑
Circumscribe：限制
Proscribe：禁止
Compass: an enclose space
Compassion: pity
Competent：胜任的，有资格的
contentious：引起争议的
Contiguous: being in contact
Contingent: possible; happening by chance conditional
Consensus：全体意见一致
Censure：责难
Conversant: 精通
Convergent：会聚的
Confluence: the meeting of two or more streams
Influence:影响
Refluence：逆流
Consign：托运
Resign：辞职
Crate：板条箱
Crave：渴望得到
Craven：胆怯的
Crayon：彩色笔；粉笔或其绘画
Canyon：峡谷
Cozen: chest, defraud
Cozy: snug, comfortable
Curb: hold in or back
Curd: the thick protein rich part of coagulated milk
Curdle: spoil, sour
Declamation: speech
Acclamation: shouted approval
Duration: 持续的时间
Induration：硬化
Denounce：指责，揭发
Renounce：宣布放弃，抛弃
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：（日、月）蚀，失势
Ellipse：椭圆形
Ellipsis（ses）：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
Exhaustion: extreme weariness
Exhaustive: covering all possibilities
Exonerate: 证明无罪
Exorable：可说服的，心软的
Fortuitous: accidental
Fortitude: strength
Forfeit: 丧失
Surfeit：饮食过度
Fomentation：煽动，助长
Fermentation：发酵
Flounder: proceed clumsily
Founder: collapse
Fractious: 易怒的，好争吵的, hard to handle or control
Fractional：部分的，碎片的
Factious: 有派性的
Factitious：人为的，不真实的
Facetious：轻浮的
Fetid: having an offensive smell stinking
Fetish: 神物
Fantasy: imaginative fiction
Fascinate: be irresistibly attractive
Flush: to pour liquid over or through
Fluster: upset
Gouge: 半圆凿，敲竹杠
Gauche：笨拙的，不会社交的
Gauge：标准尺寸
Gravel：碎石
Grovel：摇尾乞怜的
Gavel：a mallet used for commanding attention
Grove: a small wood
Grate: to grind or rub against with a rasping noise
Grateful thankful; pleasing
Gratify: to afford pleasure to
Gratis: without charge or recompense
Gratuitous: free charge; unwarranted
Gratitude: thankfulness
Gamble: 赌博，投机
Gable：山墙
Gambol：跳跃，嬉戏
Gobble: to swallow or eat greedily
Gall: vex, harass
Gulled: deceive
Guile: duplicity
Guilt: 罪
Gloss：光泽
Gross：总的，粗野的，整体的
Hypnosis; 催眠术
Hypothesis：假说
Histrionics：演戏
Histology：组织学
Homely：长相一般的
Homily：a lecture of a moral theme
Hypercritical :meticulously or excessively critical
Hypocritical :not sincerely
Halo：光圈
Hale: health, sound,free from defect, disease