GRE重点单词语境记忆（4）
英语课
导言：亲爱的同学们，记得小时候的萤火虫(firefly)吗?看到过脏得发黑的(dingy 1)窗帘吗?怀念某个细雨蒙蒙的(drizzly 2)早晨吗?今天就跟随我们的GRE重点单词，学学这些单词吧!GRE单词语境记忆，让记忆单词快速准确!
Ossify 3僵化
An ossified 4 political system僵化的政治制度Gratify使高兴
It gratified him to think that it was all his work.他想到这都是他的工作成果，感到十分欣慰。
I was gratified by their invitation.收到他们的邀请，我感到很高兴。
Stratify使分层
A highly stratified society高度分化的社会Stratified rock成层岩
Stultify 5使某人感到空乏迟钝;使无用
The regular use of calculators could stultify a child’s capacity to do basic mental operations.经常使用计算器会使孩子用脑进行基本运算的能力变得迟钝。
This work is absolutely stultifying 6.这工作委实让人感到空虚无聊。
The program of taxation 7 reform was stultified 8 by public indifference 9.税收改革方案因公众反应冷淡而成了一纸空文。
Sanctify使神圣化;使正当化;净化
This was a practice sanctified by tradition.这是一种合乎传统的做法。
He wanted to sanctify poverty, not to abolish it.他想圣化贫困而不是消除它。
Sanctify your heart.净化你们的心灵。
Mortify 10使难堪;使羞愧
She was mortified 11 to realize he had heard every word she said.她意识到自己的每句话都被他听到了，直羞得无地自容。
He mortified his parents by his bad behavior.他的不端行为使父母丢脸。
He was mortified by comparisons between his classmates’ good marks and his own.拿自己的成绩与同学们的优异成绩相比较他感到羞愧。
Stodgy 12使人胀饱的;古板乏味的
...drowsiness 13 induced by a stodgy meal.饱餐一顿后引起的困倦The fellow was stodgy and solemn.那家伙古板乏味，一本正经。
Soggy浸水的
A soggy lawn湿润的草地
When we got home,k we were soggy and depressed 14.我们回到家时，全身湿透，意气沮丧。
Soggy bread受潮的面包
Soggy ground泥泞的土地
Tangy有强烈盐味的;气味刺鼻的
A tangy sea breeze带强烈盐味的海风
A tangy homemade cheese气味刺鼻的家庭自制干酪Scandal is always a tangy bit of news.丑闻总是一种有点儿刺激性的新闻。
Spongy海绵的;有弹性的
A spongy dough 15海绵似的面团
The ground was soft and spongy.土地松软，像海绵似的。
Dingy肮脏的
A dingy room又黑又脏的房间
Dingy curtain脏得发黑的窗帘
Trophy 16胜利纪念品;战利品
He was going to hang the lion’s head on the wall as a trophy.他将把那狮子头挂在墙上作为纪念品。
A tennis trophy网球赛奖杯
Firefly萤火虫
I used to catch fireflies in the front yard and put them in jars.我过去常常抓萤火虫，并把它们放在罐子里。
Folly 17蠢事
It would be folly to light a fire near that wood.在那个森里附近点火实属蠢举。
Don’t support him in his folly.别支持他干蠢事。
Gingerly极为谨慎的(地)
Make a gingerly snatch at sth.小心翼翼地伸手抓某物Step down gingerly from the horse战战兢兢地下马Handle a china vase gingerly小心翼翼地轻手摆弄瓷花瓶Drizzly下毛毛雨的
A drizzly morning一个细雨蒙蒙的早晨
Untimely不是时候的;过早的
An untimely downpour stopped the game.不凑巧的倾盆大雨使比赛中断。
An untimely death夭折
Monogamous一夫一妻的
A monogamous marriage一夫一妻的婚姻
Most birds are monogamous.大多数飞禽都是但配性的。
Measly很小的;麻疹的
I get a measly $4 an hour.我每小时只拿少得可怜的4美金。
A measly performance拙劣的表演
Husky有壳的;声音嘶哑的
A husky covering壳状覆盖物
Don’t repeat that husky phrase.不要老是重复那句空话。
A husky cough干咳
You sound husky today.今天你声音有些嘶哑。
adj.昏暗的，肮脏的
- It was a street of dingy houses huddled together. 这是一条挤满了破旧房子的街巷。
- The dingy cottage was converted into a neat tasteful residence.那间脏黑的小屋已变成一个整洁雅致的住宅。
a.毛毛雨的(a drizzly day)
- This section of the country is drizzly in the winter. 该国的这一地区在冬天经常细雨蒙蒙。
- That region is drizzly in winter. 那个地区冬天常下小雨。
v.硬化，骨化
- It is easy for the mind to ossify.脑筋是易于僵化的。
- It reckons that rationing would ossify the farm industry.人们认为实行配给制会使农业失去活力。
adj.已骨化[硬化]的v.骨化，硬化，使僵化( ossify的过去式和过去分词 )
- an ossified political system 僵化的政治制度
- His thinking has ossified as he's grown older;he won't accept new ideas. 随着年岁的增长，他的思想僵化了，他不接受新观点。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.愚弄；使呆滞
- This attitude stultifies scientific progress.这种态度会扼杀科学的进步。
- Only a uniformed guard stultified with boredom might have overheard them.只有一名穿制服的无聊警卫可能偷听到了他们的谈话。
v.使成为徒劳，使变得无用( stultify的现在分词 )
- the stultifying effects of work that never varies 一成不变的工作造成的使人呆滞的后果
- At its worst it is corrosive and it is stultifying. 在最坏的情况下，时间具有腐蚀作用，而且使人更为愚钝。 来自互联网
n.征税，税收，税金
- He made a number of simplifications in the taxation system.他在税制上作了一些简化。
- The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
v.使成为徒劳，使变得无用( stultify的过去式和过去分词 )
- Their unhelpfulness has stultified our efforts to improve things. 他们不管事，我们为改进工作的用心也就白费了。 来自辞典例句
- He was stultified, shocked, paralyzed. 他当时一听，吓傻了，气坏了，瘫痪了。 来自辞典例句
n.不感兴趣，不关心，冷淡，不在乎
- I was disappointed by his indifference more than somewhat.他的漠不关心使我很失望。
- He feigned indifference to criticism of his work.他假装毫不在意别人批评他的作品。
v.克制，禁欲，使受辱
- The first Sunday,in particular,their behaviours served to mortify me.到了这里第一个星期，她们的行为几乎把我气死。
- For if ye live after the flesh,ye shall die:but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body,ye shall live.你们若顺从肉体活着必要死。若靠着圣灵治死身体的恶行必要活着。
v.使受辱( mortify的过去式和过去分词 )；伤害（人的感情）；克制；抑制（肉体、情感等）
- She was mortified to realize he had heard every word she said. 她意识到自己的每句话都被他听到了，直羞得无地自容。
- The knowledge of future evils mortified the present felicities. 对未来苦难的了解压抑了目前的喜悦。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.易饱的；笨重的；滞涩的；古板的
- It wasn't easy to lose puppy fat when Mum fed her on stodgy home cooking.母亲给她吃易饱的家常菜，她想减掉婴儿肥可是很难。
- The gateman was a stodgy fellow of 60.看门人是个六十岁的矮胖子。
n.睡意；嗜睡
- A feeling of drowsiness crept over him. 一种昏昏欲睡的感觉逐渐袭扰着他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- This decision reached, he finally felt a placid drowsiness steal over him. 想到这，来了一点平安的睡意。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的
- When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
- His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。
n.生面团；钱，现款
- She formed the dough into squares.她把生面团捏成四方块。
- The baker is kneading dough.那位面包师在揉面。
n.优胜旗，奖品，奖杯，战胜品，纪念品
- The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
- He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。