新GRE高频词汇考察重点列举：
immaculate: 纯洁的； having no stain or blemish : PURE
(adj.) perfectly clean; correct; pure
An immaculate house is free of dust or clutter.
immaculate : cleanliness
immaculate <> squalid
【考法1】adj. 干净的，纯净的： free from dirt or stain; free from any trace of the coarse or indecent
【例】 an immaculate soul 一个纯净的灵魂
【近】 antiseptic, chaste, clean, decent, modest, pristine, pure, spotless, stainless, virgin
【反】 coarse, indecent, obscene, vulgar 粗俗的，下流的；besmirched, dirty, filthy, foul, spotted, stained, sullied 有污点的，不干净的
【考法2】adj. 完美的，没有任何错误的： being entirely without fault or flaw
【例】 an immaculate rendering of the Queen of the Night’s aria (《魔笛》中)夜后咏叹调的完美演绎
【近】 absolute, faultless, flawless, impeccable, indefectible, irreproachable, perfect, seamless, unblemished
【反】 amiss, defective, faulty, flawed, imperfect 有错误的，有误差的
stymie: 阻挠; to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of
1) to get in the way of
2) to hinder obstruct or block
3) to block; thwart
stymie <> abet
STYMIE:
(A) entreat
(B) apprise
(C) foster
(D) lend credibility
(E) change direction
1. Large amounts of snowfall will stymie the rescue effort.
2. Our ambitions were stymied by our lack of funds.
Syn: block, hinder, impede, obstruct, thwart
supplant: to take the place of
1) to take the place of, especially by force, through treachery, or through superiority
2) to take the place of; supersede
1. The rebels overthrew the government, only to supplant one tyranny with another.
2. Can you supplant my position if I cannot play?
3. The ancestry of the piano can be traced to the early keyboard instruments of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries – the spinet, the dulcimer, and the virginal. In the seventeenth century the organ, the clavichord, and the harpsichord became the chief instruments of the keyboard group, a supremacy they maintained until the piano supplanted them at the end of the eighteenth century.
4. People who expect underground mass transit systems to gradually supplant out reliance on the automobile are not being realistic.
相近词汇：overthrow, succeed, supersede, undermine, uproot, displace, usurp immutable: 不可变的; not subject or susceptible to change
1) not capable of or susceptible to change
2) not subject or susceptible to change
3) unchangeable; permanent
Synonyms: constant, enduring, permanent, perpetual, unchangeable
immutable <> variable, instable
People should know that their freedom is not immutable and must be protected whenever necessary.
The teacher’s rule about cheating was immutable; anyone who was caught doing so received an F on the exam.
They proclaimed their immutable devotion to each other in their wedding vows.
The ties that bind alumni to their university are immutable .
The man's immutable schedule soon became boring.
【考法1】adj. 不可变的： not capable of changing or being changed
【例】 One of the immutable laws of television is that low ratings inevitably lead to cancellation. 电 视行业中一个不变的原则就是：低收视率的节目必然会被撤掉
【近】 constant, fixed, inalterable, inflexible, invariable, unalterable, unchangeable
【反】 alterable, changeable, elastic, flexible, mutable, variable 可变的
【派】immutability n. 不变性
上述就是新GRE高频词汇考察重点列举，希望上述的高频词汇大家能够熟练掌握，并对考察重点部分多加注意，最终取得理想的成绩。
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