随着教育的发展，GRE考试与时俱进发生了变革，推出了新GRE考试。改革之后的新GRE考试对GRE词汇量的考察虽有所下降，但是并不意味着对GRE新词的考察难度降低了，事实上增加了对GRE词汇的考察难度，所以考生们一定不能放松对GRE词汇的复习，需要掌握更多的GRE词汇量。以下是无忧小编为大家整理的有关acerbic的考法及近义词和反义词的整理。

　　acerbic: 辛辣的; 尖酸的; acid in temper, mood, or tone

　　1) sour or harsh in taste, mood, or temperament

　　2) having a sour or bitter taste or character

　　3) harsh or corrosive in tone

　　4) (adj.) tasting sour; harsh in language or temper

　　Synonyms: acidic, caustic, harsh, sharpacerbic <> sweet, saccharin

　　Too much Bay Leaf will make the eggplant acerbic.

　　The baby's mouth puckered when she was given the acerbic medicine.

　　The columnist's acerbic comments about the First Lady drew a strong denunciation from the President.

　　1. The labor union and the company's management, despite their long history of unfailingly acerbic disagreement on nearly every issue, have nevertheless reached an unexpectedly swift, albeit still tentative, agreement on next year's contract.

　　2. He tried to hide his bad mood, but his acerbic reply gave his anger away.

　　adj. 酸涩的心情、心境或者语调： marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings

　　【例】 acerbic commentary 尖酸的评论

　　【近】 pungent, sardonic, satiric, scalding, scathing 

　　【反】 sweet, saccharin 甜的，糖精(甜)

　　【派】 acerbity n. 酸

　　shurburt is too acerbic for some people

　　参加过新GRE考试的同学会亲身体会到GRE词汇考察的下降并没有是GRE考试变得简单，甚至加大了GRE词汇量，因为新GRE词汇改变了对学生考察的侧重点，更加注重对实际语言能力的考察。

　　本文总结了新GRE词汇中高频了出现的一些词汇，单词是GRE考试的基础，所以考生们一定要多背诵GRE词汇，扩充自己的GRE词汇量，打好基础才是GRE考试中获得成功的关键。