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prevaricate: 支吾其词; to deviate from the truth: equivocate
1) to lie or deviate from the truth
2) to speak equivocally or evasively, i.e., to lie
Syn: deceive, equivocate, misrepresent, lie, perjure
prevaricate : deceive
prevaricate : truth
prevaricate : deceit
prevaricate : dishonesty
1. Rather than admit that he had overslept again, the employee prevaricated and claimed that heavy traffic had prevented him from arriving at work ontime.
2. Do not prevaricate about who did what or why; simply tell me how the vase got broken.
The mayor's desperate attempt to prevaricate about the scandal was transparent to the voters.
His mother knew no one else could have done it, but the child foolishly prevaricated about the stain on the rug.
prevaricate : deceive = exhortation : encourage
prevaricate : deceive = filibuster : delay :: blandishment : coax
equivocate : clarity = prevaricate : truth
prevaricate : deceit = filibuster : delay
equivocate/palter/falter/prevaricate 含糊其辞,说模棱两的话
diatribe: 诽谤; a bitter and abusive speech or writing
1) a bitter, abusive denunciation
2) a bitter and abusive speech or writing
3) ironic or satirical criticism
4) an abusive, bitter, ranting criticism or denouncing
5) a critical or abusive speech or piece of writing
6) violent verbal attack, tirade, malediction, obloquy, jeremiad, fulmination
7) a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism
8) a bitter or abusive speech
9) a harsh denunciation
10) bitter verbal attack
11) an abusive, condemnatory speech
Synonyms: harangue, invective, tiradediatribe verbal tribute, vocal tribute, encomium, laudatory piece of writing, laudatory speech
1) The writer peppers 它的作品with ____, 以至人们把她看得比实际的更____. (diatribe....censorious)
2) 某人的___是如此的memorable, 以致于别人觉得他很____。(diatribe.....censorious)
3) The feminist poet’s extremely explicit and witty diatribes against social convention were so thoroughly emulated by other writers that her idiosyncratic brand of rebellion eventually became the convention of her time.
4) Fidel Castro is renowned for his long diatribes against the U.S. government.
5. After taking in her boss’s long diatribe about her work, she simply quit.
6) Diatribes tend to cause the listener to close his or her ears and mind after a short length of time.
During the divorce hearings she delivered a diatribe full of the emotion pushing her away from her husband.
The diatribe was directed towards a disrespectful supervisor.
The speaker launched into a distribe against what he called “the evils of technology.”
【类】lullaby:song=diatribe:discourse摇篮曲是一种歌曲=抨击性演讲是一种演讲
declamation:grandiloquence=burlesque:mockery=diatribe:abuse慷慨激昂的演讲用夸大之词=滑稽表演用嘲讽之词=恶骂用辱骂之词
【反】encomium(n 赞辞;称赞);eulogy(n 赞词;颂词);laudatory piece of writing(赞扬性的文章)
GRE核心词汇词组：other than
other than 不同于，除了
释义
You use other than after a statement (usually negative) to say that the person, item, or thing that follows is the only exception to the statement.
例句
There are so many other factors that cause droughts other than the monsoon.
GRE
Parties were partial by definition, self-interested, and therefore serving something other than the transcendent public good.
imperial: 令人惊叹的： large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception
【考法1】adj. 帝国的，帝王的： of, relating to, or suggestive of an empire or a sovereign, especially an emperor or empress
【例】 Imperial College London 帝国理工学院
【近】 kingly, queenly, regal, royal
【考法2】adj. 巨大的，令人惊叹的： large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception
【例】 envisioned an imperial city that would rival the capitals of Europe for beauty and magnificence 幻想着 一个比欧洲各国首都更为动人和壮丽的巨大城市
【近】 august, epic, glorious, grand, imposing, magnificent, monumental, noble, splendid
【反】 common, humble, inferior, low 低下的，平凡的
contaminated: 受污染的; polluted
contaminated inviolate; pristine; aseptic
purge contaminate, adulterate
hedge : loss:: quarantine : contaminate
inviolate: 未亵渎的, 无污点的, 未受侵犯的
tainted: 感染的, 污染的
untainted: 无污点的
aseptic: 洁净的,无菌的,防腐剂,preventing infection; having a cleansing effect
imperative: adj. 迫切的： needing immediate attention
【考法1】n. 命令： a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned
【例】 a secretary of defense who was fond of issuing harshly worded imperatives 一个很喜欢发布措辞严厉的命令的国防部长
【近】 command, decree, dictate, direction, directive, instruction, order, word
【考法2】adj. 命令的，强制性的：forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law
【例】 requests that grew more and more imperative 命令性越来越强的请求
【近】 compulsory, forced, involuntary, obligatory, peremptory, required
【反】 optional 可选择的;voluntary 志愿性的
【考法3】adj. 迫切的： needing immediate attention
【例】 an imperative need for medical supplies in the earthquake-ravaged country 地震灾区国家对于医疗物资的迫切需求
【近】 clamant, compelling, critical, crying, emergent, exigent, imperious, importunate, pressing, urgent
【反】 noncritical, unimportant 不重要的
【考法4】adj. 必要的： impossible to do without
【例】 Proper equipment is imperative for the success of this chemical experiment. 合适的仪器是这个化学实验成功必不可少的条件
【近】 indispensable, necessary, necessitous, requisite, vital
【反】 dispensable, inessential, needless, unnecessary 非必须的
desultory: 不连贯的,disconnected; random; lacking in consistency or order
1) lacking connection; aimless; random
2) lacking in relevance
3) marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose
4) not connected with the main subject
5) disappointing in progress, performance, or quality 6) moving or jumping from one thing to another; disconnected7) occurring haphazardly; random. chance.
6) aimless haphazard digressing at random
7) moving in a random, directionless manner
8) random; disconnected; rambling
9) jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
desultory assiduous, strictly methodical, carefully planned
desultory = random, aimless, casual, haphazard, indiscriminate, unconsidered, unplanned
desultory : plan
The thefts were occurring in a desultory manner making them difficult to track.
The jury had difficulty following the witnesses desultory testimony.
contentious: 好争吵的, 有异议的, 爱争论的; quarrelsome
1) argumentative, combative, quarrelsome, pugnacious, bellicose
2) inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
polemic : contentious
contentious : argue
contentious : quarrel
contentious concilliatory
conciliatory contentious, belligerent, vexatious, polemical, aggrieved
1. The contentious student was asked to leave the classroom.
2. They hate his contentious behavior because every suggestion they give ends in a fight
polemic : contentious = dirge
contentious : argue = meddle
contentious : quarrel = tenacious : persist
contentious concilliatory
conciliatory contentious, belligerent, vexatious, polemical, aggrieved
soporific: 催眠的; Inducing or tending to induce sleep
1) causing sleep or lethargy
2) tending to cause sleep, related to sleep or sleepiness
3) producing sleep, somnific, somnolent, slumberous
4) causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
【近义】soporific = calming, dull, hypnotic, soothing; hypnotic, narcotic, slumberous, somnolent
【反义】soporific invigorating, provocative, exhilarating, energetic, bracing, stimulant, vitality
【类比】
soporific : sleep
soporific : alertness
sopor: deep sleep
1. The movie proved to be so soporific that soon loud snores were heard throughout the theater.
2. While I am energized by the music of Bach, my husband finds it soporific and often actually falls asleep while listening to it.
3. The soporific medication should not be taken when you need to drive.
—睡眠
lethargy n.昏睡，倦怠
nap n.v.小睡，打盹
repose v.躺着休息，安睡
slumber v.n.睡眠，安睡
slumberous adj.昏昏欲睡的
dormant adj.冬眠的，静止的
hibernate v.冬眠，蛰伏
hibernation n.冬眠
hypnosis n.催眠状态
hypnotic adj.催眠的
mesmerize v.对……催眠，迷住
narcotic n.催眠药 adj.催眠的
opiate n.安眠药，鸦片制剂
somnolent adj.思睡的，催眠的
soporific adj.催眠的，n.安眠药
insomnia n.失眠症
