【GRE词汇难词精选及新增词汇介绍】四级新增词汇
一、abhor 憎恶，厌恶：恐惧或憎恨;痛恨
(ab-away-远离，hor-horror-恐怖远离恐怖的事情，对恐怖事情的厌恶、憎恶)
二、accede 同意, 加入, 同意
(from ad- "to" + cedere "go, move"靠近、同意(如果不同意，就远离、疏远))
accolade 赞美, 骑士爵位的授予, 连谱号
(ac-加强语气，col-collar-领子、脖子，给…戴项圈授予爵位，就是把荣誉戴在你脖子上，另外，collar领子、脖子，于 column 柱子)
acme 顶点, 极致
1570, from Gk. akme "(highest) point," from PIE base *ak- "sharp"
词源翻译：ac=ang-尖锐，ac-尖锐的，Ac-尖的，A-象形，m-加在”c、g”后面的缀生辅助发音字母，e-无义。
三、affiliate (使...)加入, 接受为会员, 使隶属于
fil-词根：儿子，从属
为什么 fil-儿子
四、descendant 子孙，后代(descend-下降)
fil 儿子(fil=fall-下落)
agile 敏捷的，轻快的(ag=act-动，行动，ile-ible=able能动的、好动的)
五、alabaster 雪花石膏
(bust-半身像、胸像、妇女的胸部、半身雕像;使爆裂burst的简化字女性胸部当然是爆了 ala-alike-象，bast=bust-雕像-与雕像相关的石膏)
alacrity 敏捷, 活泼, 爽快
a-否定前缀，lacr-lac-缺乏、迟缓，ity-后缀。
六、amalgam [采矿]汞合金, 汞齐
1471, "soft mass formed by chemical manipulation," from M.L. amalgama, "alloy of mercury (esp. with gold or silver),"
词源翻译： am+alg+am把汞弄到一起alg简化自ally, am=a+ mercury
七、ameliorate 改善, 改进
meliorate- 改善、变好
mel通假 wellwww.Exam8.CoM
amenity 怡人：使人愉快或吸引人的性质;使人愉快
1432, "quality of being pleasant or agreeable," from O.Fr. amenité, from L. amoenitatem (nom. amoenitas) "delightfulness, loveliness," from amoenus "pleasant," perhaps related to amare "to love."
am-爱，en-使动，使接受爱意，对别人爱，ity-后缀。
八、acolyte 侍僧, 助手
c.1315, "inferior officer in the church," from M.L. acolytus, from Gk. akolouthos "following, attending on," lit. "having one way,"
词源翻译不出来
拙劣联想：acolyte矮个赖特一个矮个子的赖特兄弟侍僧、跟班的。