GRE单词三遍gibe

gibe 英 [dʒaɪb] 美 [dʒaɪb] v. 嘲笑，愚弄；（非正式）相一符，一致（等于 jibe）n. 讥讽，嘲讽话（等于 jibe）

考点1: vt.嘲弄: to deride or tease with taunting words

■e.g. gibe at the umpire嘲弄裁判员

■同: deride, jeer, ridicule, mock, scoff, sneer, taunt

■反: respect, revere, venerate 尊敬

pillory 英 [ˈpɪləri] 美 [ˈpɪləri] v. 抨击；（当众）嘲笑；将……夹于颈手枷中；（使）受公众批评 n. （古刑具）木枷，颈手枷

考点1: vt.被示众嘲弄: to expose to public contempt, ridicule, or scorn

■e.g. The candidate mercilessly pilloried his opponent. 候选人在大众面前无情地羞辱他的对手。He resigned after being pilloried by the press. 在遭到媒体嘲弄之后他愤然辞职。

■同: abase, debase, degrade, denounce, humiliate, ridicule

■反: carol, eulogize, exalt, extol, laud 赞美

convoluted 英 [ˈkɒnvəluːtɪd] 美 [ˈkɑːnvəluːtɪd] adj. 复杂的；费解的；旋绕的 v. 盘绕；缠绕（convolute的过去分词）

考点1: adj.复杂的，费解的: complicated; intricate

■e.g. a convoluted way of describing a simple mechanism 用令人费解的方法解释一个简单的原理

■同: complex, knotty, involved, sophisticated, twisted, tangled, labyrinthine

■反: straightfoiward 直截了当的

coalesce 英 [ˌkəʊəˈles] 美 [ˌkoʊəˈles] vi. 合并；结合；联合 vt. 使…联合；使…合并

考点1: v.合并,融合 to unite into a whole: fuse

■e.g. Different units coalesced into one army不同的党派融合成了一支部队

■同: associate, coalesce, combine, conjoin, connect, couple, fuse, interfuse, join, link (up), unify, unite

■反: break up, dissever, section, separate, sever, split, sunder, unlink, disband 分开，解散

giddy 英 [ˈɡɪdi] 美 [ˈɡɪdi] adj. 头晕的；眼花的；令人眼花缭乱的；轻浮的 vt. 使晕眩；使眼花缭乱 vi. 眼花；眩晕

考点1: adj.轻浮不严肃的: lacking in seriousness or maturity

■e.g. teach a bunch of giddy Girl Scouts how to make a fire教一群漫不经心的女童子军如何生火

■同: flighty, frivolous, frothy

■反: grave, serious严肃的；earnest认真的

考点2: adj.喜悦的: joyfully elated

■e.g. He's clearly giddy at the news that his ailing grandfather will be fine.听到他袓父的病将无大恙，他的喜悦之情溢于言表

■同: elated, elevated, euphoric, exhilarated, exultant, intoxicated, rapturous

■反: depressed, melancholy 忧郁的