5/03 。GRE類比

也太多冷門字,eg. epistemology(哲學上的認識論)…我連查兩本字典居然都查不到,連我的Collins Colbuild (Advanced Learner's)也不見其蹤影。
幸好這世界有種東西叫網路,果然天無絕人之路
還讓我發明GRE Wiki背法...

TEST 1:chimerical : authenticity = melodrama : subtlety

查詢chimerical,得到:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimerical

該字Wiki重定向到:
Chimera,某種希臘神話裡噴火的四不像怪物;
有圖有真相。

description的倒數第二段說:
In Medieval art, though the Chimera of Antiquity was forgotten,chimerical figures appear as embodiments of the deceptive,even Satanic forces of raw nature.

這種欺騙的怪物自然缺乏authenticity (可信賴性)啦。


查詢melodrama,得到:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodrama
wiki解釋說melodrama = melody + drama,
而且該劇是用音樂來描述每個人物的種類。

第一段下半段說:
While the use of music is nearly ubiquitous in modern film,in a melodrama these musical cues will be used within a fairly rigid structure, and the characterizations will accordingly be somewhat more one-dimensional: Heroes will be unambiguously good and their entrance will be heralded by heroic-sounding trumpets and martial music;
villains are unambiguously bad, and their entrance is greeted with dark-sounding, ominous chords.

從這段,你就看得出來這種音樂劇「單純」的地方:好人總是好,壞人就是壞。
這種二分法的戲劇,當然就是缺乏subtlety(細微)囉!
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TEST2:voluble : terse = maladroit : deft

在google上搜尋voluble wiki得到:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/voluble
第一個定義是:fluent or having a ready flow of speech

而terse wiki則得到:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/terse
第一個定義則是:(of speech or style) Brief, concise, to the point.
例句是:He gave a terse, one-word answer.

所以這是講話上的一長一短。

在google上搜尋deft wiki得到:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deft
第一個定義是:Quick and neat in action; skillful
例句則是:He assembled it in one fluid, deft motion.

而maladroit wiki則得到:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maladroit
第一句話就是Maladroit (...meaning either inept or an inept person)
所以一個是quick and neat,一個是inept,一個是敏捷/聰穎,另一個是笨拙。

如果有時間的話,還可以看看wiktionary關於字源的Etymology,甚至欣賞一下哪個band的第四張專輯就是叫做maladroit,不過那些就算是娛樂了。

不需要紅寶綠寶書了吧。查完wiki就背起來囉,還可以順便練閱讀。:-)

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