GRE考試詞彙選項題及答案
in contrast to : 相比較
1. In contrast to the substantial muscular activity required for inhalation, exhalation is usually a ______ process.
(A) conscious
(B) passive
(C) relax
(D) complex
(E) slow
2. The boy’s ______ natures were in sharp contrast to the even-tempered dispositions of their parents.
(A) artless
(B) blithe
(C) phlegmatic
(D) introverted
(E) mercurial
反義轉折之時間對比
時間對比是反義對立的`子集;間相反, 產生對立，即否定過去，來否定現在
時間對比特徵詞:
before, once, previous，urrent, now, until ，nitially, recently, early，ormerly, pristine, first
after, yesterday, begin，tart, origin, often，sually, heretofore, hitherto，o longer, as long as
before : 之前，與recent，later對立
3. Often the difficulties of growing up in the public eye cause child prodigies to ________ the world of achievement before reaching adulthood: happily, they sometimes later return to competition and succeed brilliantly.
(A) demur
(B) conquer
(C) retire from
(D) antagonize
(E) ridicule
4. Before adapting to changes in new concept, many prefer to ______, to ______ the universally agreed-on principles that have been upheld for centuries.
(A) revert re
(B) resist nd
(C) ponder ert
(D) vacillate icize
(E) invert ect
Revert、invert
例：1011 0110
0110 1101 revert
0100 1001 invert
recent : 現在，與before, often, early, previous, pristine對立
5. A number of critics who once greatly _________ the literary critic have recently recanted, substituting _________ for their former criticism.
(A) ation
(B) ysis
(C) valence
(D) obation
(E) ure
