新GRE詞匯復(fù)習(xí)資料:ingenuous

字號(hào):

ingenuous: 天真的; lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; artless
    1) characterized by childlike innocence or sincerity
    2) noble; honorable; candid; also naive, simple, artless, without guile
    3) unsophisticated; artless; straightforward; candid
    4) showing innocence or childlike simplicity
    5) characterized by an inability to mask your feelings
    Synonyms: artless, candid, naive
    ingenuous <>sly
    ingenuous : dissemble
    Wilson's ingenuous response to the controversial calmed the suspicious listeners
    When she brought a bouquet of wildflowers to thank him, the ingenuous gesture won her his devotion.
    The ingenuous doctor had a great bedside manner, especially when it came to laying out the full implications of an illness.
    = charitable : malign
    =polite : snub