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考生增加一些词汇储备。下面开始：
coalesce 合并
metamorphose 变形，变质
detritus 残渣，岩屑
slurry 稀泥浆
globule 小滴
e.g. tiny globules of water
opium 鸦片
wilfully 任意的，蓄意的
slouch 无精打采，懒散的坐姿或站姿
e.g. she’s got a terrible slouch 她垂头丧气。
Short winter days and too much slouching in front of the television accounts for festive obesity.
metabolic 新陈代谢的
hypertension 高血压
coronary 冠状动脉的
profuse 大量的
e.g. Cultures with diets that contain considerable fat experienced obesity, hypertension and coronary disease only when they began to eat profuse amounts of sugar.
lurk 潜伏，闲逛
e.g. Sugar lurks in peanut butter, sauces, ketchup, salad dressings, breads and more.
sordid 卑劣的，丑恶的，肮脏的
e.g. a long and sordid history
deleterious 有害的
e.g. deleterious effects
curfew 宵禁令
introvert 性格内向的
extrovert 外向的
incorrigibly 屡教不改的
navel-gazing 目光如豆，钻牛角尖
e.g. Academic work can be intellectual navel-gazing.
squadron 空军／骑兵／海军中队，一大群
precocious 早熟的，过早出现的
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