GRE常考单词(名词)（一）

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arcade :: a covered passageway, usually lined with shopswww.test99.com
archaeology :: study of artifacts and relics of early mankindwww.test99.com
archetype :: prototype; primitive patternwww.test99.com
archipelago :: group of closely located islandswww.test99.com
archives :: public records; place where public records are keptwww.test99.com
ardor :: heat; passion; zealwww.test99.com
argot :: slangwww.test99.com
arrogance :: haughtinesswww.test99.com
arroyo :: gullywww.test99.com
artifacts :: products of primitive culturewww.test99.com
artifice :: deception; trickerywww.test99.com
artisan :: a manually skilled workerwww.test99.com
asceticism :: doctrine of self-denialwww.test99.com
asperity :: sharpness of temperwww.test99.com
aspersion :: slanderous remarkwww.test99.com
aspirant :: seeker after position or statuswww.test99.com
aspiration :: noble ambitionwww.test99.com
asteroid :: small planetwww.test99.com
astigmatism :: eye defect which prevents proper focuswww.test99.com
atavism :: resemblance to remote ancestors rather than to parentswww.test99.com
atelier :: workshop; studiowww.test99.com
atrocity :: brutal deedwww.test99.com
atrophy :: wasting awaywww.test99.com
attribute :: essential qualitywww.test99.com
attrition :: gradual wearing downwww.test99.com
audacity :: boldnesswww.test99.com
audit :: examination of accountswww.test99.com
augury :: omen; prophecywww.test99.com
aureole :: suns corona; halowww.test99.com
auscultation :: act of listening to the heart or lungs to discover abnormalitieswww.test99.com
austerity :: sternness; severitywww.test99.com
autocrat :: monarch with supreme powerwww.test99.com
automaton :: mechanism which imitates actions of humanswww.test99.com
autopsy :: examination of a dead body; postmortemwww.test99.com
avarice :: greediness for wealthwww.test99.com
avatar :: incarnationwww.test99.com
avocation :: secondary or minor occupationwww.test99.com
awe :: solemn wonderwww.test99.com
axiom :: self-evident truth requiring no proofwww.test99.com
bandanna :: large, bright-colored handkerchiefwww.test99.com
barb :: sharp projection from fishhook, etc.www.test99.com
barrage :: barrier laid down by artillery firewww.test99.com
barrister :: counselor-at-lawwww.test99.com
barterer :: traderwww.test99.com
bassoon :: reed instrument of the woodwind familywww.test99.com
bauble :: trinket; triflewww.test99.com
benediction :: blessingwww.test99.com
benefactor :: gift giver; patron