上午陪着闺女去买了泳镜,一上午就泡在了国信游泳池中,还去成人馆中游了700米,学会了观察别人的游泳姿势去优化自己的模式,这次去的小伙伴数量不多,闺女提不起精神来,12点就吵着回家了。下午狠狠的睡了一觉,好久都未有这样可以狠狠睡的机会了,处理了俱乐部27次会议的小事之后,开始了今天的GRE词汇学习。
说起词汇学习,在国内可是盛行已久,只要是经历过高考、四六级考试的战士们没有不知道背单词的含义的,手里拿着五颜六色、五花八门的单词书,充分利用各种空隙来背单词,真是的煞费苦心呀,结果往往是收效甚微呀!
这次我结合前段时间视频英语学习的经历,虽然自己现在的听力火候还不到炉火纯青的地步,但是努力曾来都是不曾放下的坚持。今天学习的单词有:
Veracious
habitually speaking the truth
Innocuous
Intimate
Undermine
Vindicate
Aberration
Anaberrationis something strange that rarely occurs. An example of anaberrationis when the temperature hits 90 degrees in January — it's nice and warm, but it's really strange.
profligate
laconic
Laconic is an adjective that describes a style of speaking or writing that uses only a few words, often to express complex thoughts and ideas. A morelaconicway to write that last sentence might be this:laconicmeans brief.
Amorphous
In a scientific senseamorphousmeans lacking a crystalline structure, something without solid form. In a broader sense, the word describes anything that lacks a distinct shape or organizing theme, be it a work of art, a political movement, or even someone's direction in life.
Maintain
state or assert, “He maintained his innocence”
iconoclast
Are you always challenging the establishment? Or provoking popular thought by attacking traditions and institutions? Then you're definitely aniconoclast.
calumny
Use the nouncalumnyto characterize verbal attacks that are meant to destroy reputations or friendships. You've probably seen political ads during election time that rely oncalumnyto move voters.
acrimony
Acrimonyis bitterness, or ill will.Acrimonyis a spiteful word. It sounds bitter, like acid
auspicious
Use the adjectiveauspiciousfor a favorable situation or set of conditions. If you start a marathon by falling flat on your face, that's not an auspicious start.
amenable
If your friends want to try sky diving and you'reamenableto the idea, sounds like you're going to be jumping out of a plane. If a person or thing isamenableto something, they are ready, willing, or responsive.
disinterested
If you can't decide whether to purchase the shirt with orange polka dots or the purple paisley-patterned one, you might seek input from adisinterested, or unbiased, party (who will probably tell you not to buy either one).
venality
Venality is the quality of being open to bribery or overly motivated by money. A government worker'svenalitymight lead him to exchange state secrets for cash.
Criminals are known for their venality, being willing to break the law for a financial reward. This kind of venality can vary from police officers accepting bribes to politicians making decisions and passing laws based on campaign contributions. The Late Latin root word isvenalitatem, "capable of being bought," fromvenum, "for sale."