GRE詞匯精選：高頻形近詞(10)

GRE詞匯精選：高頻形近詞(10)

91. employ / deploy / ploy

deploy: To deploy troops or military resources means to organize or position them so that they are ready to be used.

ploy: A ploy is a way of behaving that someone plans carefully and secretly in order to gain an advantage for themselves.(策略)

92. apposite / opposite

apposite: Something that is apposite is suitable for or appropriate to what is happening or being discussed. (FORMAL)

93. object / objection / objective / objectivity

objective: Objective information is based on facts.

94. lurid / lucid

lurid: If you say that something is lurid, you are critical of it because it involves a lot of violence, sex, or shocking detail.

95. covet / covert / overt

covet: If you covet something, you strongly want to have it for yourself.(FORMAL)

covert: Covert activities or situations are secret or hidden. (FORMAL)

overt: An overt action or attitude is done or shown in an open and obvious way.

96. stationary / stationery

stationary: Something that is stationary is not moving.(=static)

97. supple / supplement / supplicate

supple: A supple object or material bends or changes shape easily without cracking or breaking.

supplicate: A supplicant is a person who prays to God or respectfully asks an important person to help them or to give them something that they want very much. (FORMAL)

98. binge / hinge / fringe

binge: If you go on a binge, you do too much of something, such as drinking alcohol, eating, or spending money. (INFORMAL)

hinge: A hinge is a piece of metal, wood, or plastic that is used to join a door to its frame or to join two things together so that one of them can swing freely.

fringe: To be on the fringe or the fringes of a place means to be on the outside edge of it, or to be in one of the parts that are farthest from its centre.

99. thorough / through / though

100. staple / stable

staple: A staple food, product, or activity is one that is basic and important in people's everyday lives.