GRE對於字詞的考查方式有很多，其中最致命的，異常「酸爽」的一種。
tricky，那就是——熟詞僻義。
出題老頭如果想要考查你的詞彙量，相對於考查字詞的基本概念，他們其實更喜歡去考查你可能不熟悉的含義。
一個多義詞，在什麼情況下是什麼含義，以及相對不常見的一些用法，都可以體現考生在語言和邏輯水平的分檔。
為了讓大家更好的應對熟詞僻義的考查，一起來看看甄選的真題吧！
GRE填空：熟詞僻義真題舉例
例1 填空 93-1The author affects _____ in the tone of his novels that is quite at odds with his predilection for invective in his nonfiction publications.
A. a tenacity
B. a neutrality
C. a pugnacity
D. an effusiveness
E. an irascibility
答案：B
| affect
1.to act upon (a person or a persons feelings) so as to cause a response 影響
2. to present a false appearance of 假裝
3. to go to or spend time in often 經常參與
例2 填空 26-8The dictator’s gleaming military uniform and imperial paraphernalia sharply contrast with the _____ fashion favored by most other contemporary political leaders.
A. unostentatious
B. modest
C. august
D. majestic
E. formal
F. casual
答案：AB
| august
1. the eighth month of the Gregorian calendar 八月
2.marked by majestic dignity or grandeur 宏偉的
例3 填空 90-3The professor frequently reiterated a basic assumption behind the experimental method---namely, that the outcome of the experiment is always (i)_____. The hypothesis can never assume the experiment's results, in other words, but instead must (ii)_____ their appearance.
（i）
A. undetermined
B. incontrovertible
C. inconsequential
（ii）
D. await
E. signal
F. negate
答案：AD
| assume
1. to think that something is true or probably true without knowing that it is true 假定
2. to take up or in 接受
3. to take to or upon oneself 承擔
4. to take on 呈現
5. seize, usurp 獲取
6. to take as granted or true 認為理所應當，認定為真
例4 填空 84-7The recent exhibition on Dadaism is nothing if not _____, for the visual arts are currently awash in Dadaist gestures and gambits of one variety or another.
A. sensational
B. timely
C. daunting
D. ill-advised
E. opportune
F. misguided
答案：BE
| awash
1. flooded with or covered by water or another liquid 被水淹沒
2. filled, covered, or completely overrun as if by a flood 充滿
例5 填空 16-10The major _____ of much popular history is that it betrays no interest in making intellectual contributions to our understanding of an issue.
A. characteristic
B. shortcoming
C. dilemma
D. quandary
E. ploy
F. fault
答案：BF
| betray
1. to give information about (a person, group, country, etc.) to an enemy 洩密
2. to hurt someone who trusts you by not giving help or by doing something morally wrong 背叛
3. to show something without wanting or trying to 不經意地表現
這5道題和相應的5個熟詞僻義，大家把知識點好好鞏固一下哦！
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本文作者介紹：GRE名師——梁夢爽
清華大學本科，倫敦大學學院（UCL）管理學碩士。6年GRE教學經驗，2019年榮獲ETS官方全球機構培訓學者認證。真經GRE填空和閱讀老師，每年教授學員超過2000名，幫助大量學員獲得高分。擅長GRE做題方法的傳授，幫助學生避免「純翻譯」式做題，提高學生GRE備考效率。還曾任知名教育培訓機構戰略分析師，對留學市場有深入的理解和研究。