智 课 网 G R E 备 考 资 料解析GRE词汇中的那些“双子座”(2)-智课教育旗下智课教育为帮助大家记忆GRE词汇之黄金形近词，小编特意为考生分享一些 有关于GRE近义词的分析，解析GRE词汇中的那些“双子座”(2)，希望 对考生有帮助。 星座中的双子座”就好比一个人具有不同的性格，与GRE词汇中那 些看似相似但是实际意思却有不同的单词有异曲同工之妙。所以今天小 编为考生分享解析GRE词汇中的那些“双子座”(2)，希望对考生备考有 所帮助。 41. rife / strife / stifle rife: If you say that something, usually something bad, is rife in a place or that the place is rife with it, you mean that it is very common. strife: Strife is strong disagreement or fighting. (FORMAL) stifle: If someone stifles something you consider to be a good thing, they prevent it from continuing.(=repress) If you stifle your natural feelings or behavior, you prevent yourself from having those feelings or behaving in that way.(=suppress)42. retrench / entrench retrench: If a person or organization retrenches, they spend less money. (FORMAL) entrench: If something such as power, a custom, or an idea is entrenched, it is firmly established, so that it would be difficult to change it. 43. pejorative / prerogative pejorative: A pejorative word or expression is one that expresses criticism of someone or something. (FORMAL) prerogative: If something is the prerogative of a particular person or group, it is a privilege or a power that only they have. (FORMAL)44. patent / latent / salient / valiant latent: Latent is used to describe something which is hidden and not obvious at the moment, but which may develop further in the future. salient: The salient points or facts of a situation are the most important ones. (FORMAL) valiant: A valiant action is very brave and determined, though it may lead to failure or defeat. 45. imminent / preeminent / prominent / eminent imminent: If you say that something is imminent, especially something unpleasant, you mean it is almost certain to happen very soon. preeminent: If someone or something is pre-eminent in a group, they are more important, powerful, or capable than other people or things in the group. (FORMAL) prominent: important. 46. loutish / outlandish loutish: If you describe a man or a boy as loutish, you are critical of them because their behavior is impolite and aggressive. 47. sprout / spout / flout / pout / toutsprout: start to grow spout: A spout of liquid is a long stream of it which is coming out of something very forcefully.( = jet) If you say that a person spouts something, you disapprove of them because they say something which you do not agree with or which you think they do not honestly feel. flout: If you flout something such as a law, an order, or an accepted way of behaving, you deliberately do not obey it or follow it. pout: If someone pouts, they stick out their lips, usually in order to show that they are annoyed or to make themselves sexually attractive.tout: If someone touts something, they try to sell it or convince people that it is good. If someone touts for business or custom, they try to obtain it. (mainly BRIT) 48. flout / flaunt flaunt: If you say that someone flaunts their possessions, abilities, or qualities, you mean that they display them in a very obvious way, especially in order to try to obtain other peoples admiration. flout - 蔑视 49. apt / opt / adept / adapt / adopt opt: If you opt for something, or opt to do something, you choose it or decide to do it in preference to anything else. apt：(1) 合适的(2)有倾向的(3) 聪敏的 50. swift / sift / rift / drift / thrift sift: If you sift through something such as evidence, you examine it thoroughly. rift: A rift between people or countries is a serious quarrel or disagreement that stops them having a good relationship. swift - 快速的thrift - 节约的 drift - 漂移 51. wary / chary / awry chary: If you are chary of doing something, you are fairly cautious about doing it. awry: If something goes awry, it does not happen in the way it was planned. wary - 谨慎的 52. ignoble(卑鄙的) / ignorable(可忽略的) 53. glib / glide / gild / goad glib: If you describe what someone says as glib, you disapprove of it because it implies that something is simple oreasy, or that there are no problems involved, when this is not the case. glide: If you glide somewhere, you move silently and in a smooth and effortless way. gild: If you gild a surface, you cover it in a thin layer of gold or gold paint. goad: If you goad someone, you deliberately make them feel angry or irritated, often causing them to react by doing something. 54. voracious / veracious voracious: If you describe a person, or their appetite for something, as voracious, you mean that they want a lot of something. (LITERARY) veracious: truthful, honest. 55. ingenuous / ingenious / indigent / indigenous ingenuous: If you describe someone as ingenuous, you mean that they are innocent, trusting, and honest. (FORMAL) ingenious: Something that is ingenious is very clever and involves new ideas, methods, or equipment.indigent: Someone who is indigent is very poor. (FORMAL) indigenous: Indigenous people or things belong to the country in which they are found, rather than coming there or being brought there from another country. (FORMAL