GRE特难词汇破解答疑

abhor 憎恶，厌恶：恐惧或憎恨；痛恨

(ab-away-远离，hor-horror-恐怖——远离恐怖的事情，对恐怖事情的厌恶、憎恶)

accede 同意, 加入, 同意

(from ad- "to" + cedere "go, move"——靠近、同意(如果不同意，就远离、疏远))

accolade 赞美, 骑士爵位的授予, 连谱号

(ac-加强语气，col-collar-领子、脖子，给…戴项圈——授予爵位，就是把荣誉戴在你脖子上，另外，collar领子、脖子，来源于 column 柱子)

acme 顶点, 极致

1570, from Gk. akme "(highest) point," from PIE base *ak- "sharp"

词源翻译：ac=ang-尖锐，ac-尖锐的，Ac-尖的，A-象形，m-加在”c、g”后面的缀生辅助发音字母，e-无义。

affiliate (使...)加入, 接受为会员, 使隶属于

fil-词根：儿子，从属

为什么 fil-儿子

descendant 子孙，后代(descend-下降)

fil 儿子(fil=fall-下落)

agile 敏捷的，轻快的(ag=act-动，行动，ile-ible=able——能动的、好动的)

alabaster 雪花石膏

(bust-半身像、胸像、妇女的胸部、半身雕像；使爆裂——burst的简化字——女性胸部当然是爆了 ——ala-alike-象，bast=bust-雕像-与雕像相关的——石膏)

alacrity 敏捷, 活泼, 爽快

a-否定前缀，lacr-lac-缺乏、迟缓，ity-后缀。

amalgam [采矿]汞合金, 汞齐

1471, "soft mass formed by chemical manipulation," from M.L. amalgama, "alloy of mercury (esp. with gold or silver),"

词源翻译： am+alg+am——把汞弄到一起——alg简化自ally, am=a+ mercury

ameliorate 改善, 改进

meliorate- 改善、变好

mel通假 well

amenity 怡人：使人愉快或吸引人的性质；使人愉快

1432, "quality of being pleasant or agreeable," from O.Fr. amenité, from L. amoenitatem (nom. amoenitas) "delightfulness, loveliness," from amoenus "pleasant," perhaps related to amare "to love."

am-爱，en-使动，使接受爱意，对别人爱，ity-后缀。

acolyte 侍僧, 助手

c.1315, "inferior officer in the church," from M.L. acolytus, from Gk. akolouthos "following, attending on," lit. "having one way,"

词源翻译不出来

拙劣联想：acolyte——矮个赖特——一个矮个子的赖特兄弟——侍僧、跟班的

来源：新浪教育