GRE词汇精选之高频形近字（12）.doc

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111. causal / causticcaustic: A caustic remark is extremely critical, cruel 第2页 /总页数 3 页
GRE词汇精选之高频形近字（12）

111. causal / causticcaustic: A caustic remark is extremely critical, cruel, or bitter. (FORMAL)112. slight / blight / plight / delight113. fret / flat / flagfret: If you fret about something, you worry about . daunt / haunt / vaunt / flaunt / saunter / gauntdaunt: If something daunts you, it makes you feel slightly afraid or worried about dealing with : If you describe something as vaunted or much vaunted, you meanthat people praise it more than it deserves. (FORMAL)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 : If you saunter somewhere, you walk there in a slow, casual : If someone looks gaunt, they look very thin, usually because they have been very ill or . morbid / moribund / mordantmorbid: If you describe a person or their interest in something as morbid, you mean that they are very interested in unpleasant things, especially death, and you think this is : If you describe something as moribund, you mean that it is in a very bad condition. (FORMAL)mordant: Mordant humor is very critical and often mo