1braggadocio n. (Braggadochio is a boastful character in Edmund Spenser’s poem The Faerie Queen《仙后》.) boasting自夸，吹牛He was disliked because his manner was always full of braggadocio.因为他总是自吹自擂，狂妄自大，所以很受人讨厌。cf braggart n. boaster自吹者，吹牛者Modest by nature, she was no braggart, preferring to let her accomplishments speak for themselves.她天性谦虚，从不自吹，喜欢以自己的成就来表明一切。
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3chimerical adj. (In Greek mythology Chimera (客迈拉) was a fire- breathing monster, usually represented as having a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail.) fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative异想天开的;空想的;幻想的As everyone expected, Ted’s chimerical scheme to make a fortune by raising ermines in his backyard proved a dismal failure.不出大家所料，泰德想在后院饲养白鼬来发财的荒诞不经的计划以惨败告终。chimera n.
4. GRE的神话和历史词汇都有什么?chortle v. (coined by Lewis Carroll, in Through the Looking Glass (《镜中世界》), prob. chuckle + snort) to chuckle with delight咯咯地欢笑When she heard that her rival had just been jailed for embezzlement, she chortled with joy. She was not a nice lady.当她听说对手因贪污而被监禁时，她开心得咯咯地笑。她是个幸灾乐祸的女人。