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P45

The editors of the essay collection Romantic biography tell us repeatedly that biography is an invention of the Romantic period in British literature (late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries), yet we are never shown that process of invention motion. Hazlitt, the most prominent example of the Romantic biographer, is almost invisible. The Romantic period was not just the period in which biography was invented---or, rather, the period in which some of its informing principles were invented, since biography could just as easily be said to have originated in the scandalous memoirs that formed part of the pre-Romantic culture of the novel. It was also the period in which biography, through its sheer ubiquity, became an object of major ideological significance within British culture.

1. The passage mentions the "scandalous memoirs ” that were written prior to the Romantic period primarily in order to

A. indicate an alternative account of the origins of biography

B. compare these memoirs to Romantic biography

C. explain how biography became ubiquitous in British culture

D question the ideological significance accorded to biography

E. suggest that biographies were not as popular as memoirs

2. According to the passage, biography attained great significance within British culture during the Romantic period because biographies

A. were associated with scandal

B. were easy to read and comprehend

C. were so widespread in Britain at the time

D. challenged conventional British ideologies

E. contributed to the development of the novel

GRE閱讀詞匯精選之顏色

chromatic　adj.彩色的，五彩的

prismy　adj　色彩繽紛的

drab　adj.枯黃色的，無聊的

emerald　n.祖母綠,翡翠　　adj.翠綠色的

livid　adj.青灰色的(撞傷)，· (臉色)蒼白的

magenta　n.adj.紫紅色(的染料)

pallid　adj.蒼白的，· 沒血色的

florid　adj.華麗的，· (臉)紅潤的

rubicund　adj.(臉色)紅潤的

ruddy　adj.(臉色)紅潤的，· 紅色

sable　n.黑貂，· 　　adj.黑色的

sallow　n.柳樹，· adj.病黃色的

sapphire　n.青玉，· 藍(lán)寶石，· adj.天藍(lán)色的.

azure　adj.　天藍(lán)色的　　n.碧空

buff　n　淺黃色(軟皮革)，· 水牛

lavender　n.　薰衣草　adj.　淡紫色的

mulberry　n.　桑樹，· 深紫紅色

cardinal　n.樞機(jī)主教,鮮紅色　a.　主要的,深紅色的

saffron　a.　番紅花色的,橘黃色

patina　n.綠銹，· 光亮的外表

turquoise　n.綠松石，· adj.碧綠的

verdant　adj.青蔥的，· 翠綠的

verdigris　n.銅銹，· 銅綠

hue　n.色彩，· 色澤

pastel　n.彩色粉筆畫，· 柔和的色彩

pigment　n.天然色素，· 干粉顏料

tint　n.色彩,淺色　v.　染色于

palette　n.調(diào)色板

alabaster　a.雪白的

GRE閱讀詞匯精選之哄,欺騙

blandishments　n.甘言勸誘

coax　v.哄誘，巧言誘哄

jolly　v.敦促，哄

beguile　v.欺騙，誘騙

beguiling　adj.欺騙的，迷人的

cajole　v.(以甜言蜜語)哄騙

charlatan　n.江湖郎中，騙子

chicanery　n.欺詐，欺騙

deceit　n.欺騙，欺詐

delude　v.欺騙，哄騙

delusion　n.欺騙，幻想

dupe　n.受騙的人，上當(dāng)者

duplicity　n.欺騙，· 口是心非

enticement　n.誘騙,誘人

fallacious　adj.欺騙的，· 謬誤的

fraud　n.欺詐，· 欺騙，· 騙子

fraudulent　adj.欺騙的，· 不誠實(shí)的

greenhorn　n.初學(xué)者，· 容易受騙的人

gull　n海鷗，· v.欺騙

gullible　adj.易受騙的

hoax　n.v.騙局，· 欺騙

hoodwink　v.蒙混，· 欺騙

impostor　n.冒充者，· 騙子

imposture　n.冒名· 頂替，· 欺騙

inveigle　v.誘騙，· 誘使

mountebank　n.江湖郎中，· 騙子

quack　n.冒充內(nèi)行之人，· 庸醫(yī)

rig　v.欺騙，· 舞弊，· 偽造

trickery　n.欺騙，· 詭計(jì)

wheedle　v.(用花言巧語)哄騙

finagle　v　欺騙，· 詐取

bamboozle　v　欺騙，· 隱瞞

bullyrag　v　恐嚇，· 欺騙

cog　v/n　詐騙，· 欺騙　n.齒輪的齒，· 輪牙

cozen　v　欺騙，· 瞞，· 騙取

con　v　哄騙，· 詐騙

gudgeon　n　誘餌，· 易受騙的人

racketeer　n　詐騙者，· 敲詐

shammer　n　騙子，· 假冒者

double-cross　v　欺騙，· 出賣

decoy　v　欺騙，· 引誘

bilk　v.　賴,蒙騙

jockey　n.　賽馬的騎師　v.騙,瞞

bilk　v.　賴,白吃,受挫折　n.賴帳,詐騙,騙子

gerrymander　v\n　為自黨利益改劃選舉區(qū)分,不· 公正操縱,欺騙

lull　n.　暫停,間歇　v.　使平靜,哄騙

GRE閱讀詞匯精選之燃燒,烤

barbecue　n.烤肉架,烤肉

baste　v.倒脂油于(烤肉上,以防烤干)

gridiron　n.烤架，橄欖球場

grill　v.烤，· 烤問，· n.烤架

parch　v.烘烤，· 干熱

scorch　v.烤焦，· 燒焦

skewer　n.(烤肉用的)串肉桿　v.用桿串好

broil　n/v　烤，· 燒，· 爭吵，· 怒罵

torrefy　v　焙，· 烤

scathe　n.v.損害，· 燒焦

scorch　v.烤焦，· 燒焦

scorching　adj.酷熱的

sear　v.(以烈火)燒灼

searing　adj.灼熱的

singe　v.(輕微地)燒焦，· 燙焦

smolder　v.無火焰地悶燒，· 壓抑

cauterize　vt　燒灼,使麻木不· 仁

scald　v.燙，· 用沸水消毒　n.燙傷

scalding　adj.滾燙的

combustible　adj.易燃的，· 易激動的

combustion　n.燃燒

flammable　adj.易燃的

ignite　v.發(fā)光，· 燃燒

inflame　v使燃燒，· 激怒(某人)

inflammable　adj.可燃的，· 易激怒的

kindle　v.著火、點(diǎn)燃

rekindle　v.重新點(diǎn)燃

enkindle　v.煽動,點(diǎn)燃(感情,怒氣等)

nonflammable　adj.不· 易燃的

stoke　v.添加燃料，· 司爐，· 吞食

furnace　n.火爐,熔爐,磨練　v.　在爐中燒

flask　n.燒瓶，· 細(xì)頸瓶

beaker　n.大酒杯，· 有倒口的燒杯

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