(11KB)考研英语单词易混词辨析.doc

1. adherence adhesion adherenceHis adherence to the strict letter of the law. ? adhesion2. adjacent adjoining contiguous next toadjacent adjoining contiguous edge boundary 3.admission admittance the act of enteringadmission The price of admission to the gallery is admittance 4. adopted adoptive adopted an adopted sondaughter my adopted country ; adopted words adoptive adoptive parents, adoptive child; an adoptive courage 5.averse adverse adverseadverse weather conditions; an adverse reaction. averse to 6.advise advice adviseadvice ? 7.affect effectaffect? vt.,Though she affected indifference, I knew she was really very upset. effect ?n. vt. to cause, to bring out His aim was to effect a radical change in the party structure. 8.all ready already all ready completely prepared alreadyHe had already had his lunch. 9.altogether all together altogetherin total all together in a groupWe put the sheep all together in one field. We put all the sheep together in one field. 10. allude elude allude eludeto avoid or escape :to elude sb.s grasp to elude the law The meaning eludes me. 11.illusion delusion illusion be under no illusion about sth. delusion He suffers from the delusion that hes attractive to women. 12.amended emend amendedto alter or add to something an amended bill amend ones ways emendto correct errors in emend the text of a book He emended the typescript before sending it to the printers. 13.amicable amiable amicable The discussions were amicable, though businesslike. , amiable Many people are afraid of him, though I found him to be perfectly amiable. 14.assent ascent assent agreementagree ascent n. the ascent of mountain 15.avert avoid avert avoid avoid bad company I cannot avoid seeing him. 16.besides beside besidesin addition to beside Duncan is the tall man standing beside my father. 17.coherence cohesion coherence cohesion the cohesion of molecules 18. compare with compare to compare with compare to He compared the moon to a silver plate. 19.impel compel impel impel sb. to do sth. compel compel sb. to ones will 20.complement compliment complement compliment ; Your presence is a great compliment. 21.confident confidant confident confidant She has no close confidant to whom she can turn for advice or help. 22.continual continuous continual continual bouts of toothachecontinuous ; Weve had three weeks of continuous rain. 23.might could might possibility could permission. Mum said we couldmight go to the football match. 24.council counsel council a cabinet council counsel follow sb.s counsel close 25.creditable credible creditable credible Hes the only one without a credible alibi26.decisivedecided decisive decisive measures decided a decided success 27.defectivedeficient defectivehaving a fault or flaw deficientlacking in what is needed be deficient in 28.definitedefinitive definitecertain or clear, not vague definitiveauthoritative, that cannot be improved; definitive host definitive organs definitive sentence 29.dependantdependent dependant n.one who depends on another for support dependent adj. ; Hes still dependent on state benefit. The rate of relief is dependent on ones income. 30.discreet discrete discreet discreteOn closer examination, we find that the pattern is formed from thousands of discrete dots of colours. 31.distinctive distinct distinctive distinct a distinct smell of alcohol on his breath; the distinctive stripes of the zebra. 32.dualduel dual dual personality dual control duel fight a duel with sb. ;challenge sb. to a duel a duel of wits 33.eatableedible eatable a. n. pl. edible a. n. pl. The toast was burnt and barely eatable/edible. If something is eatable, it may be eatenthough it may not be safe or desirable to do so; but, if something is edible it is safe to eat. 34.economicaleconomic economic an economic survey of Scotland an economic blockade economical Hes had to learn to be more economical now that his only income is a small pension. 35.evokeinvoke evoke evoke admiration invoke The shaman invokes the spirits of their ancestors. If our case fails in the national courts we will invoke the European Declaration on Human Rights. 36.fatalfateful fatal causing death or disaster ; a fatal disease a fatal wound fateful crucial, significant, deciding ones fate ; On that one fateful day in October, millions of pounds were wiped off the value of shares. 37.fictionalfictitious fictional fictitious denotes something that is not real and has been created with the intention of deceiving others He gave the police a fictitious name. 38.historicalhistoric historical , the historical period historical personage historic , historic town 39.impassableimpassible impassable an impassable swamp impassible ; an impassible God 40.infer imply infer infer a motive from an effect imply ; Do you realize what his words imply? ? I do not imply that you are wrong. 41.impracticalimpracticableimpracticalnot sensible or efficient or not actually possibleimpracticablenot able to be done or used With a river on one side and a steep drop on the other, it is impracticable to widen the road. 42.incredibleincredulous incredible incredible energy incredulousbe incredulous of hearsay an incredulous look 43.ingeniousingenuous ingenious ; an ingenious mind an ingenious machine ingenuous 44.intenseintensive intense an intense light intense heat an intense life intensive ; an intensive bombardment an intensive study an intensive reading opp. extensive reading 45.junctionjuncture junction; make a junction ?junction box juncturea particular point in time or in a sequence of events an important juncture in a mans career at this juncture in the present critical juncture of things 46.aptprone tending to or in the habit of prone Elderly people are prone to falls, often because of arthritic joints or dizziness. 47.looselose loose lose ; lose ones balance lose ones head 48.luxuriantluxurious luxuriantgrowing strongly or vigorously; abundant, prolific His luxuriant beard was red. luxurious a luxurious table 49.magicalmagicmagicmagical wonderful, entra