GRE词汇量是考G考生必须要过的第一关，而GRE红宝书是考生备考GRE词汇的重要教材之一，不过，在新版GRE红宝书中，还有一些缺失词汇。澳际小编为您整理提供新版GRE红宝书缺失词汇，希望对您有所帮助。

　　mediocrity n. 平庸，碌碌无为(mediocre abilities or attainment)

　　[例]Gratul as we are for these splendid books, they remain isolated examples of excellence in a literature of mediocrity.

　　melancholy adj. 忧郁的(depressed);令人悲伤的(causing depression)

　　[记]词根记忆：melan(黑色)+chol(=bile胆汁)+y→胆汁发黑→忧郁的

　　menial adj. 仆人的，卑微的(of servants;humble);n. 家仆(a domestic servant)

　　[例]Although Ms. Brown found some of her duties to be menial, her supervision of forty workers was a considerable responsibility.

　　[同]subservient, obsequious, servile, slavish

　　mercenary adj. 唯利是图的(acting merely for money);n. 雇佣兵(a professional soldier hired to serve in a foreign army for money)

　　[记]词根记忆：mercen(工资)+ary→只为了工钱的→唯利是图的

　　meretricious adj. 华而不实的，俗艳的(tawdrily and falsely attractive)

　　[记]来自meretrix(妓女)

　　meritorious adj. 值得赞赏的(deserving praise and esteem)

　　[记]merit(优点，长处)+orious(多…的)→长处很多→值得赞赏的

　　mesmerize v. 对…催眠(to hypnotize);使入迷，迷住(to fascinate)

　　metabolic adj. 新陈代谢的(of, relating to, or based on metabolism)

　　[记]来自metabol(y)(新陈代谢)+ic→新陈代谢的

　　[例]When trees go dormant in winter, the procedure is anything but sleepy: it is an active metabolic process that changes the plant radically.

　　metamorphose v. 变形(to change into another form)

　　[记]词根记忆：meta(变化)+morph(形状)+ose→变形

　　以上就是新版GRE红宝书缺失词汇，大家在备考GRE词汇的时候，注意将单词背诵与单词运用相结合，这样不仅能更有效的记住单词，还能提高考生的英语应用水平，将单词真正转化为GRE成绩。

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