GRE词汇精选之高频形近字（9）.doc

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GRE词汇精选之高频形近字（9）

81. sage / saga
sage: Sage means wise and knowledgeable, especially as the 第2页 /总页数 4 页
GRE词汇精选之高频形近字（9）

81. sage / saga
sage: Sage means wise and knowledgeable, especially as the result of a lot of experience. (LITERARY) Or a person who is regarded as being very wise.
saga传奇
82. whim / rim / brim
whim: A whim is a wish to do or have something which seems to have no serious reason or purpose behind it, and often occurs suddenly.
brim: If someone or something is brimming with a particular quality, they are full of that quality.
When your eyes are brimming with tears, they are full of fluid because you are upset, although you are not actually crying.
rim 表边缘
83. flit / flip / fleet
flit: If you flit around or flit between one place and another, you go to lots of places without staying for very long in any of them.
If an expression flits across your face or an idea flits through your mind, it is there for a short time and then goes again.
flip: If you flip a device on or off, or if you flip a switch, you turn it on or off by pressing the switch quickly.(=flick)
If you flip through the pages of a book, for example, you quickly turn over the pages in order to find a particular one or to get an idea of the contents.
If you say that someone is being flip, you disapprove of them because you think that what they a