GRE詞匯花式積累提升方法介紹

GRE詞匯花式積累提升方法介紹 ,多讀課外讀物也能增加詞匯量,我們一起看看吧，下面小編就和大家分享，來欣賞一下吧。

GRE詞匯花式積累提升方法介紹 多讀課外讀物也能增加詞匯量

許多GRE考生可能都覺得只有對著詞匯書來背誦才算是真正意義上的提升詞匯量。然而實際上對于更重視詞匯實用性的GRE考試來說其實通過各種非詞匯書的渠道積累詞匯量也許才更符合其考試目的。下面小編就講解通過名著等課外讀物積累GRE詞匯量的具體細節(jié)。

如何通過讀英文原著記單詞?

在GRE考試備考中對新GRE詞匯要求量的記憶不可能一蹴而就，大腦要牢記單詞需要接受反復的刺激。而每個作家都有其獨特的風格，表現(xiàn)為有一套他的慣用詞匯;而且一本原著的題材是一定的，某類單詞必然反復使用。因此，生詞在原著中都有一定的重現(xiàn)頻率。這種頻率恰恰暗合了詞匯的記憶規(guī)律。

舉例說明英文原著中常用詞匯

狄更斯描述“客廳”、“起居室”不用living room而喜歡“parlour”。該詞屬于六級詞匯，在《David Copperfield》第一章出現(xiàn)6次，第二章出現(xiàn)9次，全書一共出現(xiàn)80次。

德萊塞的《Sister Carrie》(《嘉莉妹妹》)中的四級詞匯“individual”，全書總共出現(xiàn)64次。

荷馬史詩《The Odyssey》(《奧得賽》)中的GRE詞匯“l(fā)ibation”(另有一個翻譯版本翻作“drink-offering”)出現(xiàn)31次，另一個GRE詞匯“suitor”，全書共出現(xiàn)多達233次!。

閱讀英文原著的后效應

查過的詞反復出現(xiàn)，給你的大腦一次又一次刺激。生詞每出現(xiàn)一次，都是對記憶的加深。這個過程，你自己甚至意識不到。對比陳舊的傳統(tǒng)模式，你為了取得牢記的效果，需要將枯燥死板的詞匯書反復念多少遍，反復默寫多少遍。這神奇的魔法，就是后效應。

后效應可以超越一本原著。閱讀了一定數(shù)量的原著以后，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)生詞也喜歡“走穴”：那本書的生詞出現(xiàn)在這本書中。兩本書可以是風馬牛不相及的，如小說與小說，小說與社科著作，甚至小說與科技著作。例如：

“bartender”(酒保)出現(xiàn)在《Sister Carrie》和社科著作《Winning Image》中;

“weave”(編織)的過去分詞“woven”在《Jane Eyre》衍生為形容小路崎嶇的“interwoven”，在《Human Anatomy》中則用來描述交織的骨小梁;

“scab”在《Sister Carrie》中指窮途末路的Hurst Wood跑去替罷工工人上班的“工賊行為”，在《Pathology》(《病理學》)里專指“傷口結(jié)的痂”;

“heyday”指“全盛時期”，在斯大林的傳記《Stalin: A political biography》中多次用來描述俄國1905年革命的高潮;而在性科學專著《Human Sexuality: in a world of diversity》中則用來描述西方70年代“性革命”的頂峰;

“reincarnation”(轉(zhuǎn)世化身，重新體現(xiàn))在《哥倫布傳》中用來比喻哥倫布尋找印度的航海是中世紀尋找魔法石的演變;在《Introduction to Clinical Psychology》(《臨床心理學簡介》)中指得是經(jīng)過心理治療，來訪者脫胎換骨的狀態(tài);

后效應對背單詞的幫助

有了后效應，單詞的記憶從此沒有了遺忘的后顧之憂——只要不停閱讀，就是無休止地復習你學過的一切單詞，想忘記都難。特別說明一點，你在閱讀的時候，可能會碰到以前查過的詞重復出現(xiàn)，但意思卻想不起來。這屬于正?，F(xiàn)象，你可以用電子詞典再查一遍但不存入生詞庫，也不占用那兩頁的查詞名額。

以上便是小編為大家介紹的GRE讀原著背單詞方法，希望各位同學都能夠有所了解，而如果備考時間比較充裕，不妨嘗試一下這個方法，也許會對你的詞匯記憶更有幫助。

GRE考試備考詞匯之高頻形近詞

31. censure / censor / census / consensus

censure: officially strong criticism

consensus: a general agreement about something

32. mount / surmount / paramount / amount / tantamount

surmount: to deal with (a problem or a difficult situation) successfully; to be placed at the top of something

tantamount: equal to something in value, meaning, or effect

33. defy / defer/ deter

defer: put off, delay, postpone

deter: to prevent (something) from happening

34. spur / spurn / spurious / spurt

spurn: to refuse to accept (something or someone that you do not think deserves your respect, attention, affection, etc.)

spurious: not genuine sincere, or authentic

spurt: to gush forth

35. disparage / disparate

disparage: to describe (someone or something) as unimportant, weak, bad, etc.

disparate: different from each other

36. aesthetic / aseptic / ascetic / anesthetic

aseptic: free from germs that cause disease

ascetic: relating to or having a strict and simple way of living that avoids physical pleasure

anesthetic: a drug that causes a person to lose feeling and to feel no pain in part or all of the body

37. ostensible / ostentatious

ostensible: seeming or said to be true or real but very possible not true or real

ostentatious: an unnecessary display of wealth, knowledge, etc., that is done to attract attention, admiration, or envy

38. perspicuous / perspicacious

perspicuous: clear, apparent

perspicacious: having or showing an ability to notice and understand things that are difficult or not obvious

39. willful / willed / willing

willful: refusing to change your idea or opinion; done deliberately

willed: deliberate

40. forbear / forebear

forbear: to avoid doing or saying (something)

forebear: a member of your family in the past

GRE考試備考詞匯之高頻形近詞

41. rife / strife / stifle

rife: If you say that something, usually something bad, is rife in a place or that the place is rife with it, you mean that it is very common.

strife: Strife is strong disagreement or fighting. (FORMAL)

stifle: If someone stifles something you consider to be a good thing, they prevent it from continuing.(=repress)

If you stifle your natural feelings or behavior, you prevent yourself from having those feelings or behaving in that way.(=suppress)

42. retrench / entrench

retrench: If a person or organization retrenches, they spend less money. (FORMAL)

entrench: If something such as power, a custom, or an idea is entrenched, it is firmly established, so that it would be difficult to change it.

43. pejorative / prerogative

pejorative: A pejorative word or expression is one that expresses criticism of someone or something. (FORMAL)

prerogative: If something is the prerogative of a particular person or group, it is a privilege or a power that only they have. (FORMAL)

44. patent / latent / salient / valiant

latent: Latent is used to describe something which is hidden and not obvious at the moment, but which may develop further in the future.

salient: The salient points or facts of a situation are the most important ones. (FORMAL)

valiant: A valiant action is very brave and determined, though it may lead to failure or defeat.

45. imminent / preeminent / prominent / eminent

imminent: If you say that something is imminent, especially something unpleasant, you mean it is almost certain to happen very soon.

preeminent: If someone or something is pre-eminent in a group, they are more important, powerful, or capable than other people or things in the group. (FORMAL)

prominent: important.

46. loutish / outlandish

loutish: If you describe a man or a boy as loutish, you are critical of them because their behavior is impolite and aggressive.

47. sprout / spout / flout / pout / tout

sprout: start to grow

spout: A spout of liquid is a long stream of it which is coming out of something very forcefully.( = jet)

If you say that a person spouts something, you disapprove of them because they say something which you do not agree with or which you think they do not honestly feel.

flout: If you flout something such as a law, an order, or an accepted way of behaving, you deliberately do not obey it or follow it.

pout: If someone pouts, they stick out their lips, usually in order to show that they are annoyed or to make themselves sexually attractive.

tout: If someone touts something, they try to sell it or convince people that it is good.

If someone touts for business or custom, they try to obtain it. (mainly BRIT)

48. flout / flaunt

flaunt: If you say that someone flaunts their possessions, abilities, or qualities, you mean that they display them in a very obvious way, especially in order to try to obtain other people's admiration.

flout - 蔑視

49. apt / opt / adept / adapt / adopt

opt: If you opt for something, or opt to do something, you choose it or decide to do it in preference to anything else.

apt：(1) 合適的(2)有傾向的(3) 聰敏的

50. swift / sift / rift / drift / thrift

sift: If you sift through something such as evidence, you examine it thoroughly.

rift: A rift between people or countries is a serious quarrel or disagreement that stops them having a good relationship.

swift - 快速的

thrift - 節(jié)約的

drift - 漂移

GRE考試備考詞匯之高頻形近詞

61. vanish / varnish

varnish: The varnish on an object is the hard, clear, shiny surface that it has when it has been painted with varnish.(表飾)

vanish - 消失

62. veto / vote

veto-否決

vote-投票

63. viscid / viscous / vicious / vicarious / vivid

viscid: having an adhesive quality

viscous: A viscous liquid is thick and sticky.

vicious: A vicious person or a vicious blow is violent and cruel.

vicarious: A vicarious pleasure or feeling is experienced by watching, listening to, or reading about other people doing something, rather than by doing it yourself.(間接體驗的;代理的)

64. prodigal / prodigious

prodigal: You can describe someone as a prodigal son or daughter if they leave their family or friends, often after a period of behaving badly, and then return at a later time as a better person. (LITERARY)

prodigious: Something that is prodigious is very large or impressive.(LITERARY)

65. seethe / soothe

seethe: When you are seething, you are very angry about something but do not express your feelings about it.

soothe: If you soothe someone who is angry or upset, you make them feel calmer.

Something that soothes a part of your body where there is pain or discomfort makes the pain or discomfort less severe.

66. trenchant / penchant

trenchant: You can use trenchant to describe something such as a criticism or comment that is very clear, effective, and forceful. (FORMAL)

penchant: If someone has a penchant for something, they have a special liking for it or a tendency to do it. (FORMAL)

67. command / commend / comment

commend: If you commend someone or something, you praise them formally. (FORMAL)

68. accent / ascent / ascend / scent

ascent: An ascent is an upward, vertical movement.

ascend: If someone ascends to an important position, they achieve it or are appointed to it. When someone ascends a throne, they become king, queen, or pope. (FORMAL)

69. daft / deft / dart

daft: If you describe a person or their behaviour as daft, you think that they are stupid, impractical, or rather strange. (BRIT INFORMAL)

deft: A deft action is skilful and often quick. (WRITTEN)

dart: If a person or animal darts somewhere, they move there suddenly and quickly. (WRITTEN)

If you dart a look at someone or something, or if your eyes dart to them, you look at them very quickly. (LITERARY)

70. woo / woe

woo: If you woo people, you try to encourage them to help you, support you, or vote for you, for example by promising them things which they would like.

woe: woe is very great sadness. (LITERARY)

GRE考試備考詞匯之高頻形近詞

71. curb / curt

curt: If you describe someone as curt, you mean that they speak or reply in a brief and rather rude way.(敷衍的)

72. avid / avoid

avid: You use avid to describe someone who is very enthusiastic about something that they do.

73. quip / pique

quip: A quip is a remark that is intended to be amusing or clever;(WRITTEN)

To quip means to say something that is intended to be amusing or clever. (WRITTEN)

pique: Pique is the feeling of annoyance you have when you think someone has not treated you properly.

If something piques your interest or curiosity, it makes you interested or curious.

74. savvy / savor

savvy: If you describe someone as having savvy, you think that they have a good understanding and practical knowledge of something. (INFORMAL)

e.g. He is known for his political savvy and strong management skills.

savor:Enjoy or appreciate (something pleasant) to the full, especially by lingering over it:

75. brink / brisk

brink: If you are on the brink of something, usually something important, terrible, or exciting, you are just about to do it or experience it.(=verge)

brisk: active and energetic

76. glean / glisten / gleam

glean: If you glean something such as information or knowledge, you learn or collect it slowly and patiently, and perhaps indirectly.(=gather)

glisten: If something glistens, it shines, usually because it is wet or oily.

gleam: If an object or a surface gleams, it reflects light because it is shiny and clean.

If your eyes gleam, they look bright and show that you are excited or happy. (WRITTEN)(=glisten, shine)

A gleam of something is a faint sign of it.

77. toxic / tonic

tonic: A tonic is anything that makes you feel stronger, more cheerful, or more enthusiastic.

toxic ：有害的。注意intoxicate表?的是吸引

78. girth / mirth

girth: The girth of an object, for example a person's or an animal's body, is its width or thickness, considered as the measurement around its circumference. (FORMAL)

mirth: Mirth is amusement which you express by laughing. (LITERARY)

79. hazard / haphazard

hazard: A hazard is something which could be dangerous to you, your health or safety, or your plans or reputation.

haphazard: If you describe something as haphazard, you are critical of it because it is not at all organized or is not arranged according to a plan.

80. bookish / boorish

bookish: Someone who is bookish spends a lot of time reading serious books.(=studious)

boorish: Boorish behavior is rough, uneducated, and rude.