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GRE重点单词语境记忆(4)

  导言:亲爱的同学们,记得小时候的萤火虫(firefly)吗?看到过脏得发黑的(dingy)窗帘吗?怀念某个细雨蒙蒙的(drizzly)早晨吗?今天就跟随我们的GRE重点单词,学学这些单词吧!GRE单词语境记忆,让记忆单词快速准确!

  Ossify僵化

  An ossified political system僵化的政治制度

  Gratify使高兴

  It gratified him to think that it was all his work.他想到这都是他的工作成果,感到十分欣慰。

  I was gratified by their invitation.收到他们的邀请,我感到很高兴。

  Stratify使分层

  A highly stratified society高度分化的社会

  Stratified rock成层岩

  Stultify使某人感到空乏迟钝;使无用

  The regular use of calculators could stultify a child’s capacity to do basic mental operations.经常使用计算器会使孩子用脑进行基本运算的能力变得迟钝。

  This work is absolutely stultifying.这工作委实让人感到空虚无聊。

  The program of taxation reform was stultified by public indifference.税收改革方案因公众反应冷淡而成了一纸空文。

  Sanctify使神圣化;使正当化;净化

  This was a practice sanctified by tradition.这是一种合乎传统的做法。

  He wanted to sanctify poverty, not to abolish it.他想圣化贫困而不是消除它。

  Sanctify your heart.净化你们的心灵。

  Mortify使难堪;使羞愧

  She was mortified to realize he had heard every word she said.她意识到自己的每句话都被他听到了,直羞得无地自容。

  He mortified his parents by his bad behavior.他的不端行为使父母丢脸。

  He was mortified by comparisons between his classmates’ good marks and his own.拿自己的成绩与同学们的优异成绩相比较他感到羞愧。

  Stodgy使人胀饱的;古板乏味的

  ...drowsiness induced by a stodgy meal.饱餐一顿后引起的困倦

  The fellow was stodgy and solemn.那家伙古板乏味,一本正经。

  Soggy浸水的

  A soggy lawn湿润的草地

  When we got home,k we were soggy and depressed.我们回到家时,全身湿透,意气沮丧。

  Soggy bread受潮的面包

  Soggy ground泥泞的土地

  Tangy有强烈盐味的;气味刺鼻的

  A tangy sea breeze带强烈盐味的海风

  A tangy homemade cheese气味刺鼻的家庭自制干酪

  Scandal is always a tangy bit of news.丑闻总是一种有点儿刺激性的新闻。

  Spongy海绵的;有弹性的

  A spongy dough海绵似的面团

  The ground was soft and spongy.土地松软,像海绵似的。

  Dingy肮脏的

  A dingy room又黑又脏的房间

  Dingy curtain脏得发黑的窗帘