SAT重點詞匯、語法解析

personification[p？？s？n？f？？ke？？n]

n.人格化; 擬人化

1. a person who represents an abstractquality;

2. representing an abstract quality or ideaas a person or creature

3. the act of attributing humancharacteristics to abstract ideas etc.

convenient [k？n？vi:ni？nt]

adj.方便的; [廢語]適當?shù)? [口語]近便的;實用的

1. suited to your comfort or purpose orneeds;

2. easy to reach;

3. large and roomy (`convenient' is archaicin this sense);

Population [？p？pju？le？？n]

n.人口; 全體居民; 特定[生物]種群; [物]布居

1. the people who inhabit a territory orstate;

2. a group of organisms of the same speciespopulating a given area;

3. (statistics) the entire aggregation ofitems from which samples can be drawn;

4. the number of inhabitants (either thetotal number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place(country or city etc.);

5. the act of populating (causing to livein a place)

verve [v？:v]

n.熱情; (藝術品等的)氣韻，神韻; 生氣，活力; 氣魄

an energetic style

evocation [？i:v？？'ke？？n]

n.喚出，喚起，招魂

1. imaginative re-creation

2. calling up supposed supernatural forcesby spells and incantations

3. stimulation that calls up (draws forth)a particular class of behaviors

partisan [？pɑ:ti？zæn]

adj.黨派性的; 偏袒的; 游擊隊的

n.黨羽，強硬支持者; 游擊隊員; 戟的一種

Noun

1. a fervent and even militant proponent ofsomething

2. an ardent and enthusiastic supporter ofsome person or activity

3. a pike with a long tapering double-edgedblade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries

Adjective

1. devoted to a cause or party

2. adhering or confined to a particularsect or denomination or party;

sequester [s？'kwest？(r)]

vt.使隔絕，使隔離; <律>扣押

1. requisition forcibly, as of enemyproperty;

2. take temporary possession of as asecurity, by legal authority;

3. undergo sequestration by forming astable compound with an ion;

4. keep away from others;

5. set apart from others;

negligible [？negl？d？？bl]

adj.可以忽略的; 微不足道的; 無足輕重的;不足輕重

1. so small as to be meaningless;insignificant;

2. not worth considering;

digression [da？'ɡre？n]

n.離題，岔開

1. a message that departs from the mainsubject

2. a turning aside (of your course orattention or concern);

3. wandering from the main path of ajourney

vexing [veks？？]

adj.使人煩惱的，使人惱火的

1. extremely annoying or displeasing;

2. causing irritation or annoyance

stymie [？sta？mi]

n.<高爾夫> 妨礙球; 困難的處境

vt.妨礙，阻撓

Noun

1. a situation in golf where an opponent'sball blocks the line between your ball and the hole

2. a thwarting and distressing situation

Verb

1. hinder or prevent the progress oraccomplishment of;

pedestrian [p？？destri？n]

n.步行者; 行人

adj.徒步的; 平淡無奇的; 一般的

Noun

1. a person who travels by foot

Adjective

1. lacking wit or imagination;

bias ['ba？？s]

n.偏見; 偏愛，愛好; 傾向; 斜紋

vt.使傾向于; 使有偏見; 影響; 加偏壓于

adj.斜紋的; 斜的，傾斜的; 斜裁的

adv.偏斜地，傾斜地; 對角地

Noun

1. a partiality that prevents objectiveconsideration of an issue or situation

2. a line or cut across a fabric that isnot at right angles to a side of the fabric

Verb

1. influence in an unfair way;

2. cause to be biased

Adjective

slanting diagonally across the grain of afabric

dearth[d？:θ]

n.缺乏，稀少

1. an acute insufficiency

2. an insufficient quantity or number

diminution [？d？m？？nu:？？n]

in.減小，減少，縮減

1. change toward something smaller or lower

2. the statement of a theme in notes oflesser duration (usually half the length of the original)

3. the act of decreasing or reducingsomething

mosaic [m？？'ze？？k]

n.馬賽克; 鑲嵌圖案; 鑲嵌工藝; [植]花葉病

adj.摩西的; 拼花的

vt.鑲嵌; 用馬賽克裝飾

Noun

1. art consisting of a design made of smallpieces of colored stone or glass

2. viral disease in solanaceous plants(tomatoes, potatoes, tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of theleaves

3. a pattern resembling a mosaic

4. transducer formed by the light-sensitivesurface on a television camera tube

5. assembly of aerial photographs forming acomposite picture

Adjective

decorated with small pieces of colored glass or stone fittedtogether;

dispute [d？'spju:t]

vt.& vi.辯論，爭論

n.辯論; 爭端; (勞資)糾紛; 罷工

Noun

1. a disagreement or argument aboutsomething important;

2. coming into conflict with

Verb

1. take exception to;

2. have a disagreement over something

foster ['f？st？(r)]

v.培養(yǎng); 撫育; 促進; 代養(yǎng)

adj.寄養(yǎng)的; 代養(yǎng)的

Verb

1. promote the growth of;

2. bring up under fosterage; of children

3. help develop, help grow;

Adjective

providing or receiving nurture or parentalcare though not related by blood or legal ties;

exhort [？ɡ'z？:t]

vt.& vi.勸告，勸說; 倡導; 勉勵

Verb

1. urge on or encourage especially byshouts;

2. force or impel in an indicateddirection;

flexible [？fleks？bl]

adj.靈活的; 易彎曲的; 柔韌的; 易被說服的

1. extended meanings; capable of change;

2. able to flex; able to bend easily;

3. able to adjust readily to differentconditions;

4. bending and snapping back readilywithout breaking

5. making or willing to make concessions;

conservative [k？n？s？:v？t？v]

n.保守的人; (英國)保守黨黨員，保守黨支持者

adj.保守的; (英國)保守黨的; (式樣等)不時新的

Noun

1. a person who has conservative ideas oropinions

Adjective

1. resistant to change

2. opposed to liberal reforms

3. avoiding excess;

4. unimaginatively conventional;

5. conforming to the standards andconventions of the middle class;

mollify ['m？l？fa？]

vt.使變軟，使平靜，撫慰

1. cause to be more favorably inclined;gain the good will of;

2. make more temperate, acceptable, orsuitable by adding something else; moderate;

3. make less rigid or softer

inflame [？n'fle？m]

vt.& vi.(使)發(fā)怒，過熱; 使發(fā)炎

1. cause inflammation in;

2. catch fire;

3. cause to start burning;

4. arouse or excite feelings and passions;

5. become inflamed; get sore;

obdurate [？？bdj？r？t]

adj.頑固的; 執(zhí)拗的; 麻木不仁的; 冷酷無情的

1. stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

2. showing unfeeling resistance to tenderfeelings;

ingenuity [？？nd？？'nju:？t？]

n.足智多謀，心靈手巧; 獨創(chuàng)性; 獨出心裁，設計新穎; 巧妙，精巧

1. the power of creative imagination

2. the property of being ingenious;

pessimistic [？pes？？m？st？k]

adj.悲觀的，厭世的; 悲觀主義的

expecting the worst in this worst of allpossible worlds

cultivate ['k？lt？ve？t]

vt.耕作，種植; 教養(yǎng)，栽培; 改善; 交朋友

1. foster the growth of

2. prepare for crops;

3. train to be discriminative in taste orjudgment;

4. adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land)to the environment;

castigate ['kæst？ɡe？t]

vt.嚴厲批評; 懲戒; 對…實施嚴厲的懲罰; 矯正，修訂

1. censure severely;

2. inflict severe punishment on

delightful [d？？la？tfl]

adj.令人非常高興的，討人喜歡的; 令人愉快的; 宜人

greatly pleasing or entertaining;

demand [d？'mɑ:nd]

vt.要求，請求; 需要; [法]召喚; 詢問，盤問

n.需求; 需要; 要求，請求; 銷路

vi.需要; 請求; 查問

Noun

1. the ability and desire to purchase goodsand services;

2. an urgent or peremptory request;

3. a condition requiring relief;

4. the act of demanding;

5. required activity;

Verb

1. request urgently and forcefully;

2. require as useful, just, or proper;

3. claim as due or just;

4. lay legal claim to

5. summon to court

6. ask to be informed of;

threat [θret]

n.威脅; 恐嚇; 兇兆

1. something that is a source of danger;

2. a warning that something unpleasant isimminent;

3. declaration of an intention or adetermination to inflict harm on another;

4. a person who inspires fear or dread;

spate [spe？t]

n.大量; 發(fā)洪水，(河流)暴漲; 大雨

1. (often followed by `of') a large numberor amount or extent;

2. a sudden forceful flow

3. the occurrence of a water flow resultingfrom sudden rain or melting snow

brisk [br？sk]

adj.快的; 輕快的; 爽快而清新的; 興隆的

vi.活躍起來; 變得輕快

vt.使…活潑; 使…輕快

1. quick and energetic;

2. imparting vitality and energy;

3. very active;

hostility [h？'st？l？t？]

n.敵意，敵對狀態(tài); 戰(zhàn)爭行動; 憤怒反對，憤怒反抗

1. a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition;

2. a state of deep-seated ill-will

3. the feeling of a hostile person;

4. violent action that is hostile andusually unprovoked

5. acts of overt warfare

humanitarian [hju:？mæn？？te？ri？n]

adj.人道主義的; 博愛的; 慈善的

n.人道主義者; 慈善家; 博愛主義者

Noun

1. someone devoted to the promotion ofhuman welfare and to social reforms

Adjective

1. marked by humanistic values and devotionto human welfare;

2. of or relating to or characteristic ofhumanitarianism;

altruism [？æltru？z？m]

n.利他主義，無私; 愛他主義; 利人主義

thequality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others

caricature ['kær？k？t？？？(r)]

n.漫畫，諷刺畫; 漫畫手法; 夸張諷刺的描繪; 滑稽可笑的模仿

vt.把…畫成漫畫; 畫成漫畫諷刺; 用漫畫手法描繪

Noun

1. a representation of a person that isexaggerated for comic effect

Verb

1. represent in or produce a caricature of;

lliterate [？'l？t？r？t]

adj.目不識丁的，文盲的

n.目不識丁者; 文盲; 無知

1. not able to read or write

2. ignorant of the fundamentals of a givenart or branch of knowledge;

alarm [？'lɑ:m]

n.驚恐; 警報; 鬧鈴; 動員令

vt.使驚恐; 警告; 給(門等)安裝警報器

Noun

1. fear resulting from the awareness ofdanger

2. a device that signals the occurrence ofsome undesirable event

3. an automatic signal (usually a sound)warning of danger

4. a clock that wakes sleeper at presettime

Verb

1. fill with apprehension or alarm; cause tobe unpleasantly surprised;

2. warn or arouse to a sense of danger orcall to a state of preparedness;

impugn [？m'pju:n]

vt.非難，指謫; 對…有懷疑

attack as false or wrong

recant [r？'kænt]

vt.撤回(聲明)，放棄(信仰或主張)

formally reject or disavow a formerly heldbelief, usually under pressure;

surrogate ['s？r？ɡ？t]

n.代理，代表; 代用品，代替，代孕者，[心]代用人物; 〈美〉遺囑檢驗法庭[法官]

adj.代理的; 代理的

v.代理，替代

Noun

1. someone who takes the place of anotherperson

2. a person appointed to represent or acton behalf of others

Adjective

1. providing or receiving nurture orparental care though not related by blood or legal ties;

難懂詞匯：

Arcane

Nobody knows how long the aliens have lived there, because liens are very arcane and smart creatures.

Occult

Bring up a topic that touches on the supernatural, mysticism,reincarnation, spiritualism or the occult.

Inaccessible

The brain is an inaccessible organ

Esoteric

Large data sets are no longer esoteric concerns for a few big companies,but are becoming commonplace.

Impenetrable

But there seemed to be an impenetrable barrier around her—as if she wassealed away by Tom

Enigmatic

The true identity of Mona Lisa and her enigmatic smile have intrigued artlovers around the world.

Recondite

An erudite scholar was noted for his recondite thoughts.

Elusive

Happiness itself can be defined in many different ways, it may have allkinds of components, it may be a life's work, or even no work at all, but weare, most of us, in pursuit of this elusive goal.

Abstruse

I've been working on this abstruse problem ever since last year.

Inscrutable

It's one of the world's leading - and somewhat inscrutable - technologycompanies.

Uncanny

Life has an uncanny way of responding to your need.

Opaque

At the neck of the wrecked deck, he checked the opaque cheque.

Cryptic

Leave cryptic messages on the typewriters.

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