GRE红宝书的词汇补充(一)

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编辑点评: 每个考GRE的考生手中都会有一本GRE红宝书,里面囊括了GRE的里的重要单词和历年新出的单词,可以说是浓缩精华版的GRE词汇书籍,但是它不免还是会有遗漏,下面这篇文章就为大家介绍红宝书中缺失的重要单词。

以下就是GRE红宝书中遗漏的单词:

lucrative adj. 赚钱的,有利可图的(profitable;remunerative)

[记]词根记忆:lucr(看作lucre钱财)+ative→赚钱的

[例]Burdened by debt, Lydgate abandons his dreams of reforming medicine to take a conventional but lucrative practice in London.

[同]advantageous, gainful, profitable, remunerative

ludicrous adj. 荒唐可笑的(so foolish as to cause disrespectful laughter)

[记]词根记忆:lud(玩)+icrous→闹着玩的→可笑的

[例]Although his attempts to appear psychotic were so clumsy as to be almost ludicrous , there is evidence that Ezra Pound was able to avoid standing trial for treason merely by faking symptoms of mental illness.

[同]laughable, comic, comical, droll, farcical

lugubrious adj. 悲哀的(mournful);忧郁的(dismal)

[例]Much of the clown’s success may be attributed to the contrast between the lugubrious manner he adopts and the general hilarity that characterizes the circus.

[同]melancholy, dolesome, dolorous, lamentable, plaintive

luminous adj. 发光的(emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light);发亮的(of or relating to light or to luminous flux);光线亮的(bathed in or exposed to steady light);明白易懂的(clear, enlightening);有光泽的(shining, illustrious)

[记]词根记忆:lumin(光)+ous→发光的

[例]Although supernovas are among the most luminous of cosmic events, these stellar explosions are often hard to detect, either because they are enormously far away or because they are dimmed by intervening dust and gas clouds.

上面这些单词已经标注了一些记忆法和例句,希望能帮助考生快速记住。

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