改革后的新gre考试词汇量的考察下降20%，希望考生不要被下降20%所迷惑，虽然对新gre考试词汇春意义的考察减少了，但是更加注重实际语言能力的考察了，所以同学们绝对不能放松对词汇的学习，以下是小编为大家搜素的有关umbrage的考法及近义词和反义词的整理。
umbrage: (n.) 不悦，怨恨; offense or resentment
1) 不悦，生气： the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity
resentful : umbrage
fractious : umbrage
Syn: dudgeon, huff, miff, offense, peeve, resentment
umbrage <> contentment, delight, gratification, happiness, pleasure
The candidate took umbrage at the remark of his opponent.
He would take umbrage at the slightest suggestion of disrespect.
Even though the general's carefully qualified public statement could hardly be -------, some people took -------- it.
respected.. liberties with
inoffensive.. umbrage at
faulted.. exception to
credited.. potshots at .
dismissed.. interest in
答案：(C)
take liberties with: v.1.(对人)狎昵,调戏 2.(对事)随意改变,歪曲
take umbrage at: v.对...生气,不快,伤感情
take exception to: v.1.对...反对,对...表示异议 2.生气,不悦
take poshots at: v.对...作任意零星的批评
fault: v.找...的缺点,挑剔,指责
credit: v.相信,信任
尽管将军字斟句酌的公开演说几乎无可挑剔,但仍有一些人表示异议反对.
新gre考试已经陆陆续续被很多考生体验过，根据ets的考察方向及考生的反应，新gre对单词的考察并没有降低反而还有所提高，因此备考新gre考试词汇仍是迫在眉睫的问题，俗话说：“万丈高楼平地起”只有精确熟练的掌握了词汇，才可能在征服新gre考试的道路上立于不败之地。
