GRE3000词汇

gibe 英 [dab] 美 [dab] v. 嘲笑，愚弄；（非正式）相一符，一致（等于 jibe）n. 讥讽，嘲讽话（等于 jibe）
考点1: vt.嘲弄: to deride or tease with taunting words
■e.g.gibe at the umpire嘲弄裁判员
■同: deride, jeer, ridicule, mock, scoff, sneer, taunt
■反: respect, revere, venerate 尊敬
pillory 英 [plri] 美 [plri] v. 抨击；（当众）嘲笑；将……夹于颈手枷中；（使）受公众批评 n. （古刑具）木枷，颈手枷
考点1: vt.被示众嘲弄: to expose to public contempt, ridicule, or scorn
■e.g.The candidate mercilessly pilloried his opponent. 候选人在大众面前无情地羞辱他的对手。He resigned after being pilloried by the press. 在遭到媒体嘲弄之后他愤然辞职。
■同: abase, debase, degrade, denounce, humiliate, ridicule
■反: carol, eulogize, exalt, extol, laud 赞美
convoluted 英 [knvlutd] 美 [kɑnvlutd] adj. 复杂的；费解的；旋绕的 v. 盘绕；缠绕（convolute的过去分词）
考点1: adj.复杂的，费解的: complicated; intricate
■e.g.a convoluted way of describing a simple mechanism 用令人费解的方法解释一个简单的原理
■同: complex, knotty, involved, sophisticated, twisted, tangled, labyrinthine
■反: straightfoiward 直截了当的
coalesce英 [kles] 美 [koles] vi. 合并；结合；联合 vt. 使…联合；使…合并
考点1: v.合并,融合 to unite into a whole: fuse
■e.g.Different units coalesced into one army不同的党派融合成了一支部队
■同: associate, coalesce, combine, conjoin, connect, couple, fuse, interfuse, join, link (up), unify, unite
■反: break up, dissever, section, separate, sever, split, sunder, unlink, disband 分开，解散
giddy 英 [ɡdi] 美 [ɡdi] adj. 头晕的；眼花的；令人眼花缭乱的；轻浮的 vt. 使晕眩；使眼花缭乱 vi. 眼花；眩晕
考点1: adj.轻浮不严肃的: lacking in seriousness or maturity
■e.g.teach a bunch of giddy Girl Scouts how to make a fire教一群漫不经心的女童子军如何生火
■同: flighty, frivolous, frothy
■反: grave, serious严肃的；earnest认真的
考点2: adj.喜悦的: joyfully elated
■e.g.He"s clearly giddy at the news that his ailing grandfather will be fine.听到他袓父的病将无大恙，他的喜悦之情溢于言表
■同: elated, elevated, euphoric, exhilarated, exultant, intoxicated, rapturous
■反: depressed, melancholy 忧郁的