隨著教育的發(fā)展，GRE考試與時(shí)俱進(jìn)發(fā)生了變革，推出了新GRE考試。改革之后的新GRE考試對(duì)GRE詞匯量的考察雖有所下降，但是并不意味著對(duì)GRE新詞的考察難度降低了，事實(shí)上增加了對(duì)GRE詞匯的考察難度，所以考生們一定不能放松對(duì)GRE詞匯的復(fù)習(xí)，需要掌握更多的GRE詞匯量。以下是小編為大家整理的有關(guān)acerbic的考法及近義詞和反義詞的整理。

　　acerbic: 辛辣的; 尖酸的; acid in temper, mood, or tone

　　1) sour or harsh in taste, mood, or temperament

　　2) having a sour or bitter taste or character

　　3) harsh or corrosive in tone

　　4) (adj.) tasting sour; harsh in language or temper

　　Synonyms: acidic, caustic, harsh, sharpacerbic <> sweet, saccharin

　　Too much Bay Leaf will make the eggplant acerbic.

　　The baby's mouth puckered when she was given the acerbic medicine.

　　The columnist's acerbic comments about the First Lady drew a strong denunciation from the President.

　　1. The labor union and the company's management, despite their long history of unfailingly acerbic disagreement on nearly every issue, have nevertheless reached an unexpectedly swift, albeit still tentative, agreement on next year's contract.

　　2. He tried to hide his bad mood, but his acerbic reply gave his anger away.

　　adj. 酸澀的心情、心境或者語調(diào)： marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings

　　【例】 acerbic commentary 尖酸的評(píng)論

　　【近】 pungent, sardonic, satiric, scalding, scathing 

　　【反】 sweet, saccharin 甜的，糖精(甜)

　　【派】 acerbity n. 酸

　　shurburt is too acerbic for some people

　　參加過新GRE考試的同學(xué)會(huì)親身體會(huì)到GRE詞匯考察的下降并沒有是GRE考試變得簡單，甚至加大了GRE詞匯量，因?yàn)樾翯RE詞匯改變了對(duì)學(xué)生考察的側(cè)重點(diǎn)，更加注重對(duì)實(shí)際語言能力的考察。

　　本文總結(jié)了新GRE詞匯中高頻了出現(xiàn)的一些詞匯，單詞是GRE考試的基礎(chǔ)，所以考生們一定要多背誦GRE詞匯，擴(kuò)充自己的GRE詞匯量，打好基礎(chǔ)才是GRE考試中獲得成功的關(guān)鍵。