GRE词汇精选之高频形近字（4）.doc

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GRE词汇精选之高频形近字（4）

31. censure / censor / census / consensus
censure: officially strong critic 第2页 /总页数 3 页
GRE词汇精选之高频形近字（4）

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
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37. ostensible / ostentatious
ostensible: seeming or said to b