GRE单词三遍finesse

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finesse 英 [fɪˈnes] 美 [fɪˈnes] n. 策略；纤细；灵巧 vt. 巧妙处理；以偷牌方式先出 vi. 偷牌；施展巧计

考点1: n.娴熟技巧: mental skill or quickness

■e.g. The musician shows wonderful finesse 那位音乐家展现出了非凡的技艺

■同: adeptness, adroitness, cleverness, dexterity, proficiency

■反: awkwardness, ineptitude, gaucherie, ungainliness 笨拙

考点2: v.精心策划: to plan out usually with subtle skill or care

■e.g. finesse the schedule 精心安排日程

■同: contrive, frame, machinate, maneuver, manipulate

考点3: v.(巧妙地)躲避: to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery

■e.g. He tried to finesse the blame for the foreign policy fiasco, even though he was secretary of state at the time他竭尽所能躲避因失败的对外政策而可能遭到的指责，尽管他是时任国务卿

■同: avoid, dodge, eschew, evade, shun

■反: confront 直面

infuriate 英 [ɪnˈfjʊərieɪt] 美 [ɪnˈfjʊrieɪt] vt. 激怒；使大怒 adj. 狂怒的

考点1: vt.激怒: to make furious

■e.g. be infuriated by the deliberate insults被蓄意的中伤激怒

■同: aggravate, enrage, exasperate, incense, ire, madden, umbrage

■反: appease, assuage, pacify, placate, propitiate 平息，安抚；delight, gratify, please 取悦，讨好

■派: infuriated adj.被激怒的

fiasco 英 [fiˈæskəʊ] 美 [fiˈæskoʊ] n. 惨败

考点1: n.大失败: a complete failure

■e.g. The Hitler’s plot ended in a fiasco 希特勒的阴谋最终以失败告终

■同: catastrophe, debacle, disaster, failure

■反: blockbuster, eclat, success 成功

licentious 英 [laɪˈsenʃəs] 美 [laɪˈsenʃəs] adj. 放肆的；放纵的

考点1: adj.放荡的，性欲强的: lacking legal or moral restraints ；having a strong sexual desire

■e.g. a moralist who decried what she regarded as the licentious and corrupt culture of the entertainment indust^ 一个公开谴责在她看来无比堕落和放荡的娱乐圈文化的道德家

■同: concupiscent, horny, lascivious, lecherous, libidinous, lubricious, salacious, wanton

■反: frigid, undersex 性冷淡的

■派: licentiousness n.放荡

hallow 英 [‘hæləʊ] 美 [ˈhæloʊ] v. 把……奉为神圣；（使）成为神圣；作为神圣以和……区分 n. 圣徒，圣人

考点1: vt.尊敬，把视为神圣: to respect or honor greatly; revere

■同: consecrate, sacralize, sanctify

■反: desecrate, deconsecrate, desacralize, desanctify 亵渎