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[GRE词汇] GRE红宝书缺失词汇(4)

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  GRE词汇量是考G考生必须要过的第一关,而GRE红宝书是考生备考GRE词汇的重要教材之一,不过,在新版GRE红宝书中,还有一些缺失词汇。下面请看详细内容。

  mediocrity n. 平庸,碌碌无为

  Grateful as we are for these splendid books, they remain isolated examples of excellence in a literature of mediocrity.

  melancholy adj. 忧郁的;令人悲伤的

  词根记忆:melan+chol+y胆汁发黑忧郁的

  menial adj. 仆人的,卑微的;n. 家仆

  Although Ms. Brown found some of her duties to be menial, her supervision of forty workers was a considerable responsibility.

  subservient, obsequious, servile, slavish

  mercenary adj. 唯利是图的;n. 雇佣兵

  词根记忆:mercen+ary只为了工钱的唯利是图的

  meretricious adj. 华而不实的,俗艳的

  来自meretrix

  meritorious adj. 值得赞赏的

  merit+orious长处很多值得赞赏的

  mesmerize v. 对催眠;使入迷,迷住

  metabolic adj. 新陈代谢的

  来自metabol+ic新陈代谢的

  When trees go dormant in winter, the procedure is anything but sleepy: it is an active metabolic process that changes the plant radically.

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