gre实战词汇：前缀ob

poly=多

polygamist
N. one who has more than one spouse at a time.
He was arrested as a polygamist when his two wives filed complaints about him.
构词：poly (many) + gam (marriage) + ist (person)

polyglot
ADJ. speaking several languages.
New York City is a polyglot community because of the thousands of immigrants who settle there.
构词：poly (many) + glot (tongue)

post=hind, later

preposterous
ADJ. absurd; ridiculous.
When the candidate tried to downplay his youthful experiments with marijuana by saying he hadn’t inhaled, we all thought, “What a preposterous excuse!”
构词：pre (before) + poster (behind) + ous (a) = 取前后颠倒之意

posterity
N. descendants; future generations.
We hope to leave a better world to posterity.
构词：poster (behind) + ty (n)

pre=before

prefatory
ADJ. introductory.
The chairman made a few prefatory remarks before he called on the first speaker.
构词：pre (before) + fat (face) + ry (a)
参考词汇：preface

premeditate
v. plan in advance.
She had premeditated the murder for months, reading about common poisons and buying weed killer that contained arsenic.
构词：pre (before) + medit (mind) + ate (v)

presage
v. foretell.
The vultures flying overhead presaged the discovery of the corpse in the desert.
构词：pre (before) + sage (see)

presentiment
N. feeling something will happen; anticipatory fear; premonition.
Saying goodbye at the airport, Jack had a sudden presentiment that this

was the last time he would see Jill.
构词：pre (before) + sentiment (feeling)

prevail
v. induce; triumph over.
He tried to prevail on her to type his essay for him.
prevalent
ADJ. widespread; generally accepted.
A radical committed to social change, Reed had no patience with the conservative views prevalent in the America of his day.
构词：pre (before) + vail (strong)

pro(d)=forward

prodigy—prodigal—prodigious
prodigy
N. highly gifted child; marvel.
Menuhin was a prodigy, performing wonders on his violin when he was barely eight years old.
构词：prod (before) + igy (预兆) =异常—天才

prodigal
ADJ. wasteful; reckless with money.
Don’t be so prodigal spending my money; when you’ve earned some money, you can waste as much of it as you want! also N.
构词：pro (forward) + igal (drive) = 虚掷
prodigious
ADJ. marvelous; enormous.
Watching the champion weight lifter heave the weighty barbell to shoulder height and then boost it overhead, we marveled at his prodigious strength.
构词：prod (before) + igere (预兆) + ous (a) = 异常—巨大

procrastinate
v. postpone; delay or put off.
Looking at four years of receipts and checks he still had to sort through, Bob was truly sorry he had procrastinated for so long and had not finished filing his taxes long ago.
构词：pro (forward) + crast (tomorrow) + ate

prod
v. poke; stir up; urge.
If you prod him hard enough, he’ll eventually clean his room.

profane
v. violate; desecrate; treat unworthily
The members of the mysterious Far Eastern cult sought to kill the British explorer because he had profaned the sanctity of their holy goblet by using it as an ashtray. also adj.
构词：pro (forward) + fane (temple 教堂) = 取意在教堂前的不敬行为

profligate
ADJ. dissipated; wasteful; wildly immoral.
Although surrounded by wild and profligate companions, she managed to retain some sense of decency, also N.
profligacy, N.
构词：pro (forward) + flig (cast) + ate (a)

profound
ADJ. deep; not superficial; complete.
Freud’s remarkable insights into human behavior caused his fellow scientists to honor him as a profound thinker.
profundity, N.
构词：pro (forward) + found (bottom)

proliferate
v. grow rapidly; spread; multiply.
Times of economic hardship inevitably encourage countless get-rich-quick schemes to proliferate.
proliferation, N.
构词：pro (forward) + life + ate (v)

prolific
ADJ. abundantly fruitful.
She was a prolific writer who produced as many as three books a year. GRE，全称Graduate Record Examination，中文名称为美国研究生入学考试，适用于除法律与商业外的各专业。由美国教育考试服务处(Educational Testing Service，简称ETS)主办，GRE是美国、加拿大的大学各类研究生院（除管理类学院，法学院）要求申请者所必须具备的一个考试成绩，也是教授对申请者是否授予奖学金所依据的最重要的标准。 另有，Generic Routing Encapsulation（通用路由封装）也简称GRE。
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