GMAT考试：GMAT每日一读之词汇篇（一）6

advocate      vt. 主张,提倡

to plead in favor of

exponent : advocate :: pollster : canvass

aerate        v. 充气，让空气进入?   

to supply (the blood) with oxygen by respiration

aerate : oxygen :: hydrate : water    

aerial        a. 空中的,航空的,空想的,空气的

of, relating to, or occurring in the air or atmosphere

aerial:air :: aquatic:water

aesthetics    n. 美学 

a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty, art, and taste and with the creation and appreciation of beauty   

aesthetics : beauty :: epistemology : knowledge 

philistine <> aesthete

affable       adj．易于交谈的，和蔼的 

characterized by ease and friendliness   

affable <> irascible

affected      a. 假装的 

assumed artificially or falsely : PRETENDED  

posturer : unaffected :: bigot : tolerant    

affected <> natural

affection     n. 爱,情感,影响,病  

tender attachment : FONDNESS   

apprehension : terror :: affection : adoration     

embrace : affection :: shrug : indifference    

scowl: displeasure :: kiss : affection{hurl : disgust} 

antipathy <> affection

affidavit     n. 宣誓书 

a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation before an authorized magistrate or officer  

affidavit::statement <> wedding:ceremony 

affiliation   n．入会，加入

to bring or receive into close connection as a member or branch

affiliation <> dissociation

affinity      n.密切关系,吸引力

likeness based on relationship or causal connection 

aloft<>affinity  

affinity <> aversion / hideous 

affliction    n. 痛苦,苦恼,苦难    

great suffering     

affluent      adj. 富裕的 n. 支流 

having a generously sufficient and typically increasing supply of material possession

affluent <> needy   

impecunious <> wealthy / prosperous / affluent    

penury<> affluence

indigent <>affluent

agenda        n.议程

a list or outline of things to be considered or done

program : concert :: agenda : meeting    

repertoire : performance :: manifest : cargo :: agenda : meeting  

aggrandize    vt. 增加,夸大

to make appear great or greater : praise highly    

aggrandize <> disparage