GRE这些词汇明明“认识”，为什么却做不对题？

众所周知，GRE词汇中的熟词僻义基本算是GRE词汇难度的“天花板”了。这个“难”是难在考熟词的僻义，这对考生掌握和运用词汇有更高的要求。为了方便大家学习，接下来为大家整理了以下这些熟词的僻义，一起来学习吧！

1.Charge

【熟义】v.收费,充电

【僻义】v.赋予…职责

【例句】He charged himself with the task of overcoming a technical difficulty.

2.List

【熟义】n.表，名单v.登记

【僻义】n.（船等的）倾斜，侧倾v.倾斜

【例句】There was a faint forward list to his body as he walked.

3.Mirror

【熟义】n.镜子

【僻义】n.反映，体现

【例句】The stage is supposed to be the mirror of life.

4.Cover

【熟义】n.掩盖，掩饰v.覆盖，包括

【僻义】v.（新闻媒体）报导、播出

【例句】NBC is covering the Olympics.

5.Open

【熟义】v.打开adj.开放的

【僻义】adj.(open to)容易被…的，可以被…的

【例句】The message is open to different interpretations.

6.Temper

【熟义】n.脾气，情绪

【僻义】v.(常作be tempered with)减弱，限制，缓和

【例句】Their idealism is tempered with realism.

7.Cause

【熟义】n.原因，理由

【僻义】n.事业，信仰，目标

【例句】I'm raising money for a good cause.

8.Serve

【熟义】v.服务，提供

【僻义】v.满足，实现（功能等）

【例句】This book will serve a useful purpose.

9.Assume

【熟义】v.假设，假定

【僻义】v.承担，接受（权力或责任等）

【例句】He is ready to assume control of the organization.

10.Employ

【熟义】v.聘请，雇佣

【僻义】v.使用，利用

【例句】The police employed force to break up the crowd.

11.Modest

【熟义】adj.谦虚的，谦逊的

【僻义】adj.（数量、程度等）有限的，不多的

【例句】Employment growth was relatively modest.

12.Design

【熟义】v.设计，构思

【僻义】v.试图，想要

【例句】She designed to excel in her studies.

13.Emerge

【熟义】v.出现，显现

【僻义】v.[作系动词]（尤指经历困境或考验后）处于…的状态

【例句】Both sides in the election remain confident that they will emerge victorious.

14.Square

【熟义】n.平方，正方形，四方形

【僻义】v.使符合，使一致

【例句】How can they square what they've done with what they've said?

15.Fashion

【熟义】n.时尚，时兴

【僻义】n.方式

【例句】She speaks in a very strange fashion.