PTE考试题材覆盖广泛，各个领域词汇的积累不可缺少。下面，墨尔本悉尼文波PTE培训学校的小编就通过《经济学人》中的几篇文章，为墨尔本PTE考生和悉尼PTE考生增加一些词汇和搭配储备。下面开始：
mishmash 混杂物
e.g. The patterns were a mishmash of unrelated structures that were as misleading as they were illuminating.
genome 基因组，全部基因物质
convergent 相交的，趋于一致的
anatomical 解剖学的，解剖的
weasel 鼬；推诿
e.g. to weasel out of something／doing something
subsist 维持生活，有效
e.g. More intriguing still, both subsist almost entirely on bambooMore intriguing still, both subsist almost entirely on bamboo.
ancillary 辅助的，附加的
metabolism 新陈代谢
enzyme 酶
upshot结局
e.g. The upshot is that the two pandas do indeed seem to have similar genetics underlying their similar peculiarities.
botanist /’bɒtənɪst/ 植物学家
petrified 惊呆的，石化的
propeller 螺旋桨
velocity 速度
e.g. enhance its potential velocity
insurmountable 无法逾越的，无法克服的
e.g. American naval research into supercavitation in general ended in 2012, though which particular problems proved insurmountable has never been revealed.
misnomer 不恰当的用词
paramilitary 准军事的
protagonist 主人公，倡导者
polemic 激烈抨击，辩论
e.g. a polemic against someone or something
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