Group 2

synoptic[sɪˈnɑptɪk]adj.摘要的;概要的;大纲性的

And, while Naomi Rosenblum's synoptic History of Women Photographers covers the subject through 1920 in a generally useful fashion, once she reaches the 1920s, when the venues, forms, applications, and movements of the medium expanded exponentially, she resorts to an increasingly terse listing of unfamiliar names, with approaches and careers summarized in a sentence or two. —— GRE OG, Practice Test 1, Section 3: Verbal Reasoning

尽管内奥米·罗森布鲁姆概要性的《女性摄影家史》以一个普遍实用的形式涵盖了直到1920年的这一主题,但一进入20世纪20年代,当媒介的场地、形式、应用和发展都呈现指数级扩大的趋势时,她越来越多地采取了简单罗列不熟悉的名字,只用一两句话总结她们的方法和职业生涯的形式。

syn-opt-ic

syn-=together,如“synchronized”(同步的)(GRE No. 4-2, Section A)

opt=eyesight,如“optic”(视觉的)(GRE 1992年2月,Section A)

-ic:形容词后缀,表示“与……有关的,……的”,如“stereotypic”(陈腐的)(GRE 1992年2月,Section B)


abridged[əˈbrɪdʒd]adj.删节的;削减的;缩写的,精简的

Given the flood of information presented by the mass media, the only way for someone to keep abreast of the news is to rely on abridged accounts.——GRE OG, Practice Test 1, Section 4: Verbal Reasoning

由于大众传媒提供了大量的信息,要想及时了解新闻,唯一方式就是依靠简略的报道。

a-bridg-ed

a-=ad-=to,如“admonish”(告诫)(GRE 1994年4月,Section B)

bridge=short

-ed:形容词后缀,如“staggered”(错开的)(GRE 1997年4月,Section B)


sensational [senˈseɪʃənl] adj.感官的;知觉的;轰动的;耸人听闻的;非常好的;使人感动的——sensation [senˈseɪʃn] n.感觉;轰动;感动

Near the turn of the century, it had been suggested by Hering that different modes of sensation, such as pain, taste, and color, might be correlated with the discharge of specific kinds of nervous energy. ——GRE No. 5-1, Section A

在19世纪与20世纪交替之际临近时,赫林曾提出不同的感觉方式,诸如痛感、味觉以及色彩等,可能与那些特定的神经能量的释放有关。

sens-ation-al

sens=feel,如“sensibility”(识别力)(GRE No. 9-2, Section A)

-ation:抽象名词后缀,其动词形式是-ate,如“modulation”(调整)(GRE 1996年10月,Section B)

-al:形容词后缀,如“positional”(位置的)(GRE 1990年4月,Section A)


copious[ˈkəʊpɪəs]adj.丰富的;大量的;多产的

cop-ious

cop=abundance

-ious:形容词后缀,表示“充满了”,如“pretentious”(自命不凡的)(GRE 1995年4月,Section B)


lurid[ˈljʊərɪd]adj.可怕的,耸人听闻的;艳丽的


understated[ˌʌndəˈsteɪtɪd]adj.低调的;朴素的;不夸张的

under-stat-ed

under-=beneath,如“underestimate”(低估)(GRE 1995年4月,Section A)

stat(e):声明;陈述

-ed:形容词后缀,如“suspended”(暂停的)(GRE 1997年4月,Section B)

相关题目:

Please select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning.

Given the flood of information presented by the mass media, the only way for someone to keep abreast of the news is to rely on ______accounts.——GRE OG, Practice Test 1, Section 4: Verbal Reasoning

A synoptic

B abridged

C sensational

D copious

E lurid

F understated