美国高考SAT词汇表

Group 1       Abhor hate     Bigot narrow-minded, prejudiced person     Counterfeit fake, false     Enfranchise give voting rights     Hamper hinder, obstruct     Kindle to start a fire     Noxious harmful, poisonous, lethal     Placid calm, peaceful     Remuneration payment for work done     Talisman lucky charm       Group 2     Abrasive rough, coarse, harsh     Bilk cheat, defraud     Covert hidden, undercover     Engender cause     Hangar storage area (like garage) for a plane     Knotty complex, difficult to solve     Nuance something subtle, a fine shade of meaning     Plagiarism taking credit for someone else's writing or ideas     Renown fame     Tangent going off the main subject     Group 3     Abrasiveness harshness, coarseness     Billowing swelling, fluttering, waving     Cower recoil in fear or servility, shrink away from     Enhance improve, make better or clearer     Harangue noisy attacking speech     Labyrinth a maze     Nullify to counter, make unimportant     Plaintiff applicant, petitioner     Replete full     Tangible can be touched       Group 4     Abrogate cancel, deny, repeal     Blasphemy speech which offends religious sentiments     Credible believable     Enigma puzzle, mystery     Harbingers indicators, bringers of warnings     Labyrinthine complicated, highly convoluted     Nuzzle cuddle, snuggle     Plaudit statement giving strong praise     Reprehensible shameful, very bad     Tardy slow, late, overdue, delayed       Group 5     Absolution forgiveness, pardon, release     Blatant obvious     Creditable praiseworthy     Ensconce establish firmly in a position     Hasten hurry, accelerate, rush     Laceration a cut     Obdurate stubborn     Plausible can be believed, reasonable     Reprieve a respite; postponement of a sentence     Tawdry of little value, gaudy       Group 6     Abstain desist, go without, withdraw     Blighted damaged, destroyed, ruined     Credulous gullible, ready to believe anything     Enshroud cover     Haughtiness arrogance, pride     Lachrymose tearful, sad     Obfuscate deliberately make something difficult to understand     Plethora an excess     Repudiate shun, eschew     Tedium boredom     Group 7     Abstemious self denying, refraining from indulging     Blithe free-spirited, carefree     Crepuscular active at dawn and dusk     Enunciation clear pronunciation, accent, articulation     Headstrong stubborn, willful     Lackluster dull, monotonous, bland     Objective unbiased, not subjective     Pliable deliberately make something difficult to understand     Rescind retract, repeal     Temper to moderate, soften       Group 8     Abstruse difficult to understand, obscure     Blunderbuss ancient weapon (type of gun); a clumsy person     Cringe recoil, flinch, shy away     Envenom to cause bitterness and bad feeling     Hedonism self indulgence, pleasure-seeking     Laconic using few words, brief, short to the point     Oblique indirect, slanting     Plumage feathers of a bird     Resignation acceptance of fate     Tenacious stubborn, resolute, holding firm to a purpose     Group 9     Accolade tribute, honor, praise     Bolster support, prop up     Cryptic puzzling, enigmatic     Ephemeral short-lived     Hedonist a pleasure seeker     Lamentation expression of regret or sorrow     Obliterate destroy, demolish, eradicate     Plummet fall suddenly and steeply     Resolution determination     Tentative not certain Group 10     Acquiesce to agree to, give in to     Bombast arrogant, pompous language     Curtail cut short     Epicure someone who appreciates good food and drink     Heed listen to     Lampoon ridicule, spoof     Oblivious totally unaware     Podium raised platform     Resonant echoing     Tenuous flimsy, not solid       Group 11       Acrid sharp, pungent (used of smells and tastes)     Boorish ill-mannered     Cynical believing that people act only out of selfish motives     Epistle a letter (form of communication)     Heresy against orthodox opinion     Lance spear, spike, javelin     Obscure difficult to understand, partially hidden     Poignant deeply moving, strongly affecting the emotions     Respite a break, intermission     Terse concise, to the point       Group 12     Acrophobia fear of heights     Bourgeois middle class     Debility weakness, incapacity     Epistolary concerned with letters, through correspondence     Hiatus interruption, pause     Languid tired, slow     Obscured hidden, covered, buried     Poised calm, collected, self-possessed     Resplendent shining, glowing     Therapeutic medicinal, curative       Group 13     Acuity sharpness (mental or visual)     Braggart someone who boasts     Debunking exposing false claims or myths     Epitomized typified, characterized, personified     Hidebound rigid in opinions     Languish decay, fade away, get weaker     Obsequious servile, submissive     Polemical causing debate or argument     Restorative a tonic     Thwart prevent, frustrate       Group 14     Adamant forceful, inflexible     Brawny muscular     Decathlon an athletic competition with ten events     Equivocate speak ambiguously; avoid telling the truth     Hieroglyphics picture writing; writing difficult to read; enigmatic     Larceny theft, robbery, stealing     Obsession a dominating concern     Ponderous weighty, slow and heavy     Retention preservation, withholding     Timorous cowardly, fearful       Group 15     Adroit skilful     Brevity being brief     Decorum dignified, decent, correct behavior (adj. Decorous)     Err make a mistake     Hinder obstruct     Largess generosity     Obsolete no longer valid     Pontificate speak pompously, dogmatically     Reticent restrained, holding something back, uncommunicative     Tirade stream of verbal abuse       Group 16     Adulation strong admiration, worship     Bristle to show irritation     Decoy lure, trap, trick     Erratic wandering, irregular     Histrionic theatrical, exaggerated     Laud praise     Obstreperous noisy and boisterous     Portend foretell     Retraction withdrawal, cancellation of a statement     Titter giggle quietly       Group 17     Adversity hardship     Broach start to discuss, approach     Deference respect     Esoteric obscure and difficult to understand     Hoary old     Lavish on a grand scale, wasteful     Obtuse mentally dull     Portent a warning sign, omen     Revere worship     Tome large book       Group 18     Advocate support     Brusque blunt, abrupt     Defoliate cause leaves to fall off     Espouse promote, take up, support     Hone sharpen, increase, whet     Lax careless, not strict     Obviate avoid, make unnecessary     Poseur someone who puts on an act     Riddled full of (usually full of holes)     Torpid inactive, lazy, stagnant       Group19     Aesthetic concerning art or beauty     Bulwark fortification, barricade, wall     Defunct no longer in existence     Etymology the study of word origins     Hyperbole grossly exaggerated speech     Legend 1) key to map 2) myth or story     Odious hateful     Posterity future generations     Rife common     Torpor dormancy, sluggishness, inactivity       Group 20     Affable friendly, social, easygoing     Bureaucracy officialdom     Degradation deprivation, poverty, debasement     Eulogy praise     Hypochondriac a person obsessed with health; having imaginary illnesses     Legion in large numbers     Officious domineering; intrusive; meddlesome     Posthumous after death     Rigor thoroughness     Totter walk unsteadily Group 1     Alacrity eagerness, enthusiasm, quickness     Burgeon grow, flourish, put forth new shoots     Deleterious harmful     Euphemism a polite phrase to cover something unpleasant     Hypocritical insincere     Lethargic tired, without energy     Ogle stare at, observe in an obvious manner     Postulate hypothesize, propose     Robust strong, healthy, tough     Tractable obedient, dutiful, polite       Group 2     Alchemy medieval chemistry; attempt to change base metal into gold     Burnish polish     Deliberate to think over deeply     Euphony pleasant sounds     Iconoclast person who opposes orthodoxy     Levity flippancy, joking about serious matters     Olfactory concerned with the sense of smell     Potable suitable for drinking     Rotund round     Tranquil peaceful       Group 3     Alibi an excuse that shows someone was not at a crime scene     Buttress strengthen, support     Delineation demarcation, explanation, definition, outlining     Evacuate vacate, empty, abandon     Idiosyncrasy a personal peculiarity; something unique to an individual     Libertarian someone who opposes tyranny     Ominous threatening     Potent powerful, compelling, strong     Ruminate think over something, ponder     Transcribe copy       Group 4     Allay to lessen     Byline the line that tells you who wrote an article     Demur hesitate, refuse     Exacerbate make worse     Ignominious shameful     Liniment soothing lotion     Omnipotent all-powerful     Pragmatic practical     Ruse trick, stratagem     Transgress go astray, disobey, commit a sin       Group 5     Alleviate make less severe     Cacophony discordant loud noises     Denounce condemn, speak out against     Exasperated frustrated, annoyed     Ignominy shame (adj. ignominious means shameful)     Lithe flexible, supple     Omniscient all-knowing     Pragmatist concerned with usefulness     Saccharin falsely sweet     Transient short-lived, ephemeral       Group 6     Aloof distant, detached, cold     Cajole coax     Deplete use up, lessen     Exceptionable very bad (something which we should object to)     Illuminate to light up or make clear     Livid very angry     Onerous burdensome, hard to undertake     Preamble introductory material     Sacrosanct very holy, inviolable     Traverse cross       Group 7     Altruism putting others first, being self-sacrificing     Caldron huge cooking pot     Deplore regret     Exculpate free someone from blame, pardon, acquit     Illusory deceptive, false, misleading     Lobbyist tries to persuade someone to support a particular cause     Onus burden     Precarious unstable, risky     Sagacious wise     Trepidation fear       Group 8     Amass accumulate     Callow immature     Depravity moral corruption     Execrable very, very bad     Immoderate excessive, extreme, flattering     Lofty snooty, arrogant, haughty     Opaque does not let light through     Precedent a previous occurrence used as a guide     Sage a wise person     Trinket something of little value, knick-knack       Group 9     Ambiguity uncertainty, vagueness     Candid frank, honest     Deprecate criticize, denounce     Exegesis scholarly explanation or interpretation     Immutable unchanging, permanent     Longevity long life     Opulent wealthy, rich, magnificent     Precept guiding principle     Salacious lecherous, erotic     Trite unoriginal, dull       Group 10     Ambiguous unclear in meaning, can be interpreted in different ways     Candor frankness, openness     Deride ridicule, make fun of, mock     Exemplary outstandingly good, setting a fine example     Impartial unbiased, neutral     Loquacious talkative     Ordain destine; confer holy orders on a priest     Precinct district of a city     Sallow yellowish     Trivial unimportant Group 11       Ambivalence lack of clarity, wavering, being undecided     Cantankerous bad-tempered, quarrelsome     Derogatory uncomplimentary     Exemplify to serve as a good example     Impecunious having no money     Lucid clear     Ornate highly decorated     Precipice steep slope     Salubrious health-giving     Truant shirker, someone absent without permission       Group 12     Ambulatory able to walk around (used of hospital patients)     Capacious spacious     Desecrate to damage or pollute a holy place     Exhaustive complete and thorough     Impious wicked, profane     Ludicrous ridiculous, silly     Orthodox conventional     Precipitous done in a hurry     Salutary something which teaches you a lesson; beneficial     Truncate cut short       Group 13     Ameliorate make better     Capitulate surrender, give in to     Desecration spoiling something holy     Exonerates acquits, absolves, removes blame     Impoverished destitute, poor     Lukewarm unenthusiastic; neither hot nor cold     Ossify turn to bone, become fixed and rigid     Preclude prevent or make impossible     Sanctimonious hypocritically holy     Tumult uproar, noise       Group 14     Amelioration improvement     Carping constant criticism     Desist stop, discontinue, cease     Exorcism getting free/rid of, eliminating (especially demons)     Impromptu unrehearsed, spontaneous     Lummox clumsy person     Ostentatious showy     Precocious developing early     Sanction give approval to     Turpitude depravity       Group 15     Amiable friendly     Cartographer person who makes maps     Despondent having no hope, miserable     Expatriate refugee, emigrant, someone living away from his own country     Inadvertent not intentional     Luscious juicy, moist, succulent     Oust push out of a position     Predecessor one who came before     Sanguinary bloodthirsty, bloody (     Tyro novice, beginner       Group 16     Amity friendship     Castigate scold strongly     Destitution hardship, poverty, misery     Expedient convenient, practical     Incantation chant, invocation, prayer     Lynch assassinate, kill, illegal hanging     Overt obvious, not hidden     Predicament dilemma; difficult situation     Sanguine optimistic, cheerful     Ubiquitous found everywhere, omnipresent       Group 17     Amorphous lacking in shape     Catharsis purging of pent-up emotions     Deter put off, prevent     Expedite make faster     Incarceration putting in prison     Machinations plots and plans     Overwrought worked up, in an emotional state     Preeminent famous, outstanding     Sardonic mocking     Unalloyed undiluted, total       Group 18     Analgesic medicine to combat pain     Caucus type of private political meeting     Deteriorate worsen, decline     Exposition clear explanation     Incessant without stopping     Maelstrom whirlpool, storm in the ocean     Palatable good to eat, agreeable     Prerogative right or privilege     Savant person with knowledge     Unctuous oily; using excessive flattery       Group 19     Analogous comparable     Caustic burning     Detrimental harmful     Extol praise     Incipient just beginning     Magnanimous generous, big-hearted     Palisade fence made of posts     Prescient having fore-knowledge        Scale to climb     Undermined damaged, attacked       Group 20     Anarchy chaos, lack of government     Cavalcade procession of vehicles     Devoured greedily eaten/consumed     Extradite deport from one country back to the home country     Inclination tendency, a leaning toward     Magnate powerful businessman     Palliative a remedy that improves but doesn't cure     Presentiment a feeling that something might happen     Scapegoat person on whom blame is placed for faults of others     Underscore emphasize Group 21       Anecdote an amusing brief story     Celerity speed     Dexterous skilful with hands     Extraneous irrelevant     Incoherent not clear     Maladroit clumsy, unskillful     Pallid pale     Presumptuous assuming too much, arrogant     Scrupulous careful, diligent, painstaking     Unequivocal clear, obvious       Group 22     Animosity hatred, antagonism     Censorious disapproving, critical     Dichotomy a division into two parts     Extrapolate extend; predict on the basis of known data     Incongruous not fitting in, out of place     Malady illness     Palpable easily felt, easily perceived     Pretentious pompous, self-important     Scrutinize examine carefully     Unfetter set free       Group 23     Annex (noun) a building which is an addition to an existing building     Censure blame     Didactic intended to teach, instructive     Extrinsic irrelevant, on the outside     Inconsequential unimportant, insignificant, negligible     Malediction a curse     Panacea remedy for all ills     Prevaricate speak misleadingly and evasively     Scuttle sink     Unfrock to remove a priest from his position       Group 24     Annex (verb) take possession of, seize, capture     Cerebral intellectual     Diffident lacking confidence     Fallacious false     Inconspicuous not easily seen, subtle, not noticeable     Malefactor a wrong-doer     Paradigm example, model, way of looking at things     Pristine unspoiled     Seminary an institution in which priests are trained     Unprecedented never having happened before       Group 25     Anomaly something which does not fit in a pattern, irregularity     Certitude certainty     Digress wander off the subject     Falter hesitate, waver     Indelible cannot be wiped out     Malinger deliberately avoid work; shirk     Paradox apparently contradictory statement     Proclivity tendency towards     Sensuous appealing to the senses     Unscathed unharmed, intact, without a scratch       Group 26     Antagonism hostility, strong opposition     Charlatan trickster who claims knowledge he doesn't have     Dike dam, embankment     Fanatical obsessive, fixated     Indifferent neutral, or not outstanding     Malingerer deliberately tries to avoid work     Paragon a perfect example     Procrastinate delay, put off     Sentinel guard, sentry     Unwitting not deliberate, unconscious       Group 27     Antagonistic opposed, hostile, aggressive     Chary wary of, cautious about, reluctant to give     Dilatory slow, falling behind with one's work     Fanaticism passion,excessive devotion     Indigenous native to a particular area     Malleable flexible, can be shaped     Paramount of supreme importance     Prodigal wasteful, extravagant     Sequester isolate     Upbraid scold, tell off, reprimand       Group 28     Antediluvian outdated, prehistoric, very old-fashioned     Chastises punishes     Dilemma puzzling situation     Fastidious overly particular, finicky     Indolence laziness     Mallet hammer, stick used for polo     Parasite scrounger, animal which takes digested food from another     Prodigious very large     Serendipity fortunate coincidence, unsought discovery     Uproarious hilarious, hysterical, very funny       Group 29     Anthology a book which is a collection of poems or stories     Chicanery trickery     Dilettante person who dabbles in a subject wit