# GRE ----------------- #### **Unit 1** **abandon** **N.** carefree, freedom from constraint 【Example】 added spices to the stew with complete abandon 肆無忌憚地向燉菜裡面加調料 【Synonym】 **unconstraint**, uninhibitedness, unrestraint **V.** 放縱： to give (oneself) over unrestrainedly 【Example】 abandon oneself to emotion 感情用事，abandon herself to a life of complete idleness 放縱自己過著閒散的生活 【Synonym】 **indulge**, surrender, give up **V.** 放棄： to withdraw from often in the face of danger or encroachment 【Example】 abandon the ship/homes 棄船，離家 【Antonyms】 salvage 救援 **V.** 停止做某事： to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) 【Synonym】 the bad weather forced NASA to abandon the launch 壞天氣迫使NASA 停止了發射 【Synonym】 abort, drop, repeal, rescind, revoke, call off 【Antonyms】 keep, continue, maintain, carry on 繼續 --- **abase** **V.** 降低（地位、職位、威望或尊嚴）： to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem 【Example】 was unwilling to abase himself by pleading guilty to a crime that he did not commit 不願意屈就自己去承 認一個莫須有的罪名 【Synonym】 debauch, degrade, profane, vitiate, discredit, foul, smirch, take down 【Antonym】 elevate, ennoble, uplift, aggrandize, canonize, deify, exalt 使高貴，使有聲望 --- **abash** **V.** 使尷尬，使羞愧： to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of, disconcert, embarrass 【Example】 Nothing could abash him. 沒有什麼可以使他感到難堪。 【Synonym】 discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, faze, fluster, nonplus, mortify 【Antonym】 embolden 使大膽 --- **abate** **V.** 減輕（程度或者強度）： to reduce in degree or intensity 【Example】 abate his rage/pain 平息他的憤怒/減輕痛苦 【Synonym】 moderate, recede, subside, remit, wane, die (away or down or out),let up, phase down, ratchet (down)， taper off 【Antonym】 intensify **V.** 減少（數量或者降低價值）： to reduce in amount or value 【Example】 abate a tax 降低稅收 【Synonym】 de-escalate, deplete, downscale, dwindle, 【Antonym】 augment, promote 增加 **V.** 停止，撤銷： to put an end to 【Example】 abate a nuisance 停止傷害 【Synonym】 abrogate, annul, invalidate, nullify, rescind, vacate --- **abbreviate** 【Example】 abbreviate the word “building” as “bldg.” 將“building”縮寫作“bldg” 【Synonym】 abridge, curtail, cut back, syncopate，truncate 【Antonym】 extend, protract, elongate, lengthen, prolong 延長 --- **abdicate** **V.** 正式放棄（權力、責任）： to renounce a throne，to relinquish (power or responsibility) formally 【Example】 abdicate the throne/crown 退位 【Synonym】 cede, relinquish, renounce, resign, step down (from) 【Antonym】 constitute, assume, usurp 任命，承擔，篡位 --- **aberrant** **ADJ.** 異常的，非常規的： deviating from the usual or natural type 【Example】 This behavior might be aberrant enough to draw attention. 這樣的行為已經異常得足以引起人們的注意。 【Synonym】 abnormal, anomalous, peculiar, singular, unwonted，uncustomary 【Antonym】 normal, natural, regular, standard, typical 正常的，標準典型的 --- **abet** **V.** 幫助，慫恿： to assist or support in the achievement of a purpose 【Example】 aid and abet <法律>協助教唆 【Synonym】 ferment, foment, provoke, instigate, stir (up), whip (up) **V.** 鼓勵： to actively encourage (as an activity or plan) 【Synonym】 aid, assist, back, support, prop (up) 【Antonym】 stymie, frustrate, obstruct, thwart, impede, forestall , hinder 阻撓 --- **abeyance** **N.** 中止，擱置： temporary inactivity 【Example】 hold the plan in abeyance 使計畫暫停 【Synonym】 doldrums, quiescence, moratorium, latency, dormancy, suspension, cold storage, deep freeze 【Antonym】 continuance, fulfillment 繼續，履行 --- **abhor** **V.** 深惡痛絕，極度厭惡： to regard with extreme repugnance 【Example】 He abhors the way people leave their trash at the picnic sites in the park. 他很厭惡人們把垃圾留在公園 的野餐點。 【Synonym】 abominate, despise, detest, execrate, loathe 【Antonym】 greatly admire 非常崇拜