GMAT备考独孤求败之旅 —— 单词篇Day Thirty - two

148 ghost 鬼魂

（1）.aghast 惊骇的

记忆方法：a(to)+ghast(鬼魂)→鬼魂出来吓人
实例：His colleagues were aghast at the sackings.

（2）.ghastliness 可怕

记忆方法：ghastli(鬼魂)+ness(表名词)→鬼魂可怕
实例：His mother is alarmed at the ghastliness of his face.

（3）.ghoul 食尸鬼,衍生为以他人的痛苦为乐

记忆方法：人都死了还被贵吃→以他人的痛苦为乐
衍生: ghoulish
实例：They are there only to satisfy their ghoulish curiosity.

149 light 轻, 灯 -light- 轻,灯

（1）.alight 落下(vi), 亮着的(adj)

记忆方法：a(to)+light(轻/灯)→轻轻落下/亮着的
实例："1. Two persons alighted from the vehicle. 2. The fire is still alight."

（2）.blight 凋萎, 损毁

记忆方法：b(记成"不")+light(轻松)→损毁,凋零
实例：An embarrassing blunder nearly blighted his career before it got off the ground.

（3）.plight 困境

记忆方法：p(记成"不")+light(轻松)→一点不轻松→困境
实例：the worsening plight of Third World countries plagued by debts

（4）.highlight vt.使突出;强调

记忆方法：high(高的)+light(光)→ 打高光使为了突出重要的→ 使突出, 最重要的部分
实例：Two events have highlighted the tensions in recent days.

150 cave 洞穴 -cave- 洞穴,凹室 -cove-

（1）.cove 海湾,河湾,山凹

记忆方法：from cave, 海湾即是海岸线凹进去的地方
实例：A cove is a small, sheltered part of an ocean's coast.

（2）.alcove 凹室

记忆方法：al(=all)+cove(凹室)→凹室
实例：The alcoves on either side of the fire were bookshelves.

（3）.cavern 大山洞

记忆方法：cave(洞穴)+rn→大山洞衍生: cavernous
实例：The work space is a bare and cavernous warehouse.

（4）.excavate 挖开

记忆方法：ex(出)+cav(洞穴)+ate→弄出洞穴→挖开
实例：They plan to excavate a large hole.

151 lay 躺下,放 -lay- 躺下,放

（1）.allay 减轻

记忆方法：al(all)+lay(躺下)→全身躺下→舒缓,减轻
近义词: assuage, mitigate, pacify, soothe, alleviate, attenuate
实例：He did what he could to allay his wife's fears.

（2）.layoff n.停工,停止活动;临时解雇

记忆方法：lay(放置)+off(停止,结束)→ 放下手头活→停工→解雇
实例：1.It will close more than 200 stores nationwide resulting in the layoffs of an estimated 2,000 employees.

（3）.overlay v./n.覆盖;镀金

记忆方法：over(在…上面)+lay(铺放)→ 覆盖, 镀金, 遮掩
实例：1.The floor was overlaid with rugs of oriental design. 2.Silver overlay is bonded to the entire surface.

（4）.relay 接替人员,接力比赛;传递

记忆方法：re(向后)+lay(放)→向后放→接力,传递
实例：1.Messengers will relay your letters.
2.Britain's prospects of beating the United States in the relay looked poor.

152 literature 文学 -liter- 字母,语言

（1）.literal 照字面意思的

记忆方法：liter(字母)+ al(表形容词)→字母表面的意思
实例：To describe something as literal is to say that it is exactly what it seems to be.

（2）.literate 有文化的

记忆方法：liter(字母)+ ate(表形容词)→
实例：If you're literate you can read and write, and since you're reading this, that's what you are.

（3）.illiterate 文盲的

记忆方法：il(不)+liter(文字)+ate→不识字的
衍生: illiteracy
实例：One way to spread a political message to the people, many of whom were illiterate, was song.

（4）.obliterate 涂去,擦去衍生为毁灭

记忆方法：ob(不)+liter(文字)+ate→去掉文字→擦去
实例： "1. There was time enough to obliterate memories of how things once were for him. 2. Whole villages were obliterated by fire."

（5）.alliteration 头韵

记忆方法：al(to,加强)+liter(字母,语言)+ation→在头一个字母(音节)加强→头韵
实例：Alliteration is the use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse.

（6）.litany 连祷,冗长的文字

记忆方法：lit(字母,语言)+any(多)→冗长的文字
实例：She remained in the doorway, listening to his litany of complaints against her client.

（7）.literariness 文学性

实例：Yet the heavy morality color affects the literariness of these works.

难记词

（101） ballad 歌谣

联想记忆: ball+ad→像球一样一代一代传下来
实例：You can find ballads in a variety of musical styles, from country-western to rock n' roll.

（102） banal 陈腐的

联想记忆: ban(禁止)+al→改被禁止的→陈腐的
实例：Bland, banal music tinkled discreetly from hidden loudspeakers.

（103） bane 祸根,痛苦之源

联想记忆: ban(禁止)+e→该被禁止的,除了陈腐(banal)以外还有祸根
实例：Rain is the bane of holiday-makers.

（104） reave 撕开,掠夺