SAT vocabulary.doc

词汇量是很关键的，至少要把barron3000背的滚瓜烂熟才好。300个最常用SAT单词1.conventional (100)based on accepted practice; traditional; customary; normal; ordinary; orthodox (convention, unconventional)2.undermine (99)to hurt, weaken, or destroy, often in an underhanded or sneaky way3.dismissive (90)rejecting anothers thoughts or ideas, usually as not worthy of consideration; condescending (dismiss)4.aesthetic (86)relating to what is beautiful; beautiful; pleasing(aesthetics, aesthete, unaesthetic)5.objective (77)based on facts rather than personal feelings;unbiased; not personal; not subjective; true(objectivity)6.reconcile (75)to adjust the differences between things; to reach an agreement, especially after an argument; tomake up; to overcome discord; to try to be inclusive(reconciliation, conciliatory, irreconcilable)7.speculative (74)taking a chance; risky; uncertain; cannot be confirmed (speculate, speculation)8.accessible (71)being able to enter or approach a place; approachable; friendly; genial; gregarious (access, inaccessible)9.decorum (68)proper; correct behavior or etiquette; good manners; refinement (decorous, indecorous)10.impulsive (67)tending to act on impulse and without thought;rash; impetuous; unrestrained; capricious(impulses)11.deride (67)to ridicule something; to laugh at something as ridiculous; to mock; to satirize (derision, derisory, risible)12.suppress (67)to stop something from rising or coming out by holding it down; to repress (suppression)13.complacent (66)overly pleased with an accomplishment; overconfident; self-satisfied; so unwary as to be foolish (complacency)14.reverent (66)deeply honoring or respectfuland so not joking around; venerating (revere, reverence, reverential, irreverent)15.disparage (65)to insult or put down; to offend16.relevant (65)relating to the subject at hand; important or significant; pertinent (relevance, irrelevant)17.prudent (62)careful; cautious, especially about money; having good judgment; circumspect; wary (prudence, imprudent)18.refute (62)to prove wrong or false (refutation, irrefutable)19.inevitable (61)certain to happen; unavoidable (inevitability)20.innocuous (60)harmless; not dangerous at all; not likely to provokea strong reaction; inconsequential21.convey (60)to make something known; to reveal; to communicate; to found (59)wise; deep; beneath the surface (profundity)23.ironic (59)a statement or situation that conveys a second meaning at odds with the apparent meaning; humorous (irony)24.ambivalent (58)undecided; feeling positively and negatively towards something (ambivalence)25.pragmatic (58)getting things done in an effective way; practical; emphasizing the practical; expedient (pragmatism, pragmatist)26.innovative (58)new; revolutionary (innovation)27.rational (57)based on reason rather than emotions; logical;sensible (irrational, rationale, rationalize)28.abstract (57)based on general ideas; not solid or concrete; vague;hypothetical (abstraction)29.distinct (57)clearly separate from others; not identical; different; clear; conspicuous; lucid (distinction, distinctive, indistinct)30.felicitous (56)well-chosen; especially appropriate; pleasing(felicity, infelicity)31.resolute (56)determined to succeed; not easily discouraged; persistent; tenacious (resolution, irresolute, resolve, unresolved)32.diverse (55)varying; something composed of distinct or unlike elements or qualities (diversity, diversify)33.trivial (53)unimportant; insignificant; negligible;inconsequential (trivialize, triviality)34.discern (53)to notice; to see clearly; to distinguish; to discriminate (discerning, discernment, indiscernible)35.enhance (53)to strengthen; to improve (enhancement)36.redundant (52)extra, so not needed; extraneous (redundancy)37.tempered (52)mild; not severe or extreme; controlled; moderate;restrained (temperate, temperance, intemperate)38.dubious (52)doubtful, and probably untrue; implausible39.depict (51)to represent in words or pictures; to describe a scene or situation; to show; to convey (depiction)40.compelling (51)to arouse a feeling irresistibly; forceful; incisive; provocative; engaging (compel, compulsion, compulsory)41.indifferent (51)not caring about somethingsuch as an outcomeone way or the other; apathetic (indifference)42.embellish (50)to decorate; to make beautiful or aesthetic; to make additions to, especially as in adding fictitiousdetails to a story (embellishment)43.supplant (50)to replace as better44.fabricate (49)to make or devise something; to make up an elaborate story, as in to lie (fabrication, fabricator)45.plausible (49)believable; probably; likely (implausible)46.parallel (49)something equivalent; a comparison; an analogy(unparalleled)47.eradicate (49)to wipe out; to eliminate; to destroy (ineradicable)48.dominant (49)having great or complete power or influence over someone or something; primary (dominate, domination, predominant)49.deleterious (49)harmful50.discord (48)disagreement; disharmony, especially among people; tension or unease between people, andoften the resulting confusion (discordant, concord, accord)51.futile (48)completely useless or ineffective; so hopeless that effort to change a situation is wasted (futility)52.indulgent (47)giving in to anothers wishes; permissive; lenient; tolerant; condoning (indulge, overindulge, self- indulgent)53.indignant (47)annoyed or insulted, especially about ones dignity;angered (indignity)54.eclectic (47)selecting the best from different sources; selective;varied55.vindicate (47)to prove someone right in the end; to free him or her from blame; to exonerate (vindication)56.exemplary (46)showing by being great example; outstanding(exemplar, exemplify)57.inhibit (46)to block; to hold back; to impede or suppress(inhibition)58.discredit (46)to harm someones reputation; to show something should not be trusted or believed (credit)59.contemporary (46)occurring at the present time; occurring at the same time in history; modern (contemporaries, contemporaneous)60.provoke (45)to arouse strong feelings in someone; to anger(provocative, provocation)61.solicitous (45)eager to help; asking if one can help; sympathetic(solicit, solicitude)62.daunting (45)discouraging; intimidating; scary (undaunted)63.skepticism (44)doubt (skeptical, skeptic)64.coherent (44)sticking together in a unified whole; orderly;logically understandable; lucid (incoherent)65.autonomy (44)independence; self-government (autonomous)66.comprehensive (44)all-inclusive; thorough; complete; encompassing a great deal67.ambiguous (44)unclear; capable of being interpreted in more than one way; uncertain; doubtful; dubious; notdefinitive (ambiguity, unambiguous)68.pretentious (43)believing oneself to better than others; boastful; affected; not modest or reserved (pretense, pretension)69.rhetoric (43)impressive sounding, though sometimes empty, words; a formal speech (rhetorical)70.ephemeral (43)short-lived; present so fleetingly as barely to exist;transient; evanescent71.spurious (43)not genuine; fake; false; inauthentic72.valid (43)well-grounded; sound; logical; effective; legal;legitimate (validity, invalid)73.contempt (43)looking down on others or feeling superior to them;to feel that someone or something deserves great disrespect; condescension (contemptuous)74.restrained (43)calm and collected; controlled; not impulsive;reserved (self-restraint)75.mundane (43)relating to everyday life; uninspired; banal; prosaic76.impetuous (43)rash; impulsive; capricious; not retrained(impetuosity)77.repudiate (42)to reject a person or an idea completely; to have nothing to do with any longer (repudiation)78.definitive (42)settling a disputed matter finally; no longer tentative; conclusive; authoritative; decisive(defining, indefinite)79.debunk (42)to prove wrong or false; to invalidate80.divergent (41)to separate; to split away from; to move apart; to travel in different directions (diverge, converge)81.digress (41)to wander away from a topic; to change the subjectof a discussion momentarily (digression, digressive)82.sustain (41)to hold up; to support; to keep something going(sustenance)83.incongruous (41)not fitting or matching; seeming out of place(incongruity, congruent)84.diffident (40)lacking confidence; shy; reserved; apprehensive;wary (diffidence)85.subtle (40)so slight as to be hard to notice; hard to distinguish or discern (subtlety)86.transient (40)passing through a place quickly; not lasting; short- lived; transitory; ephemeral; evanescent(transience)87.serene (40)not disturbed; peaceful; quiet; tranquil (serenity)88.inconsequential (40) not worth noticing; unimportant; so insignificantas to have no consequences; negligible; trivial; trite(consequence)89.scrutinize (40)to examine something closely and completely, especially with an aim to finding faults (scrutiny, inscrutable)90.assert (40)to state a belief positively; to claim, often without proof (assertion, assertive)91.foster (40)to promote; to encourage; to contribute to somethings growth92.perplex (40)to confuse; to mystify (perplexing, perplexity)93.narrative (40)an account, story, or history about something(narrate, narrator, narration)94.prosaic (39)ordinary; matter-of-fact; lacking imagination;uninspired; hackneyed; mundane; banal (prose)95.substantiate (39)to offer supporting evidence; to help prove; to corroborate (unsubstantiated, substantive, substantial; insubstantial)96.optimistic (39)hopeful; looking on the bright side; expecting the best; sanguine (optimism, optimist)97.tranquil (39)calm; peaceful; quiet; relaxing; serene (tranquility)98.denounce (39)to put someone down, often publicly; to blame someone; to accuse (denunciation)99.condescend (38)to talk down to; to act superior to; to dismiss; to treat with contempt (condescending, condescension)100. partisan (38)supporting one side in a dispute, especially over political matters; biased; not detached or objective(bipartisan, nonpartisan)101. prosperity (38)success, especially financial (prosper, prosperous)102. lucid (38)clear; easily understood; transparent; coherent(elucidate, pellucid)103. advocate (38)someone who supports a cause; a supporter; a champion; a proponent (advocacy)104. distinguish (38)to notice; to pick something out, as a person in a crowd; to see something as different; to discriminate; to discern (distinguished, indistinguishable)105. superficial (37)only on the surface; shallow; unimportant106. illusory (37)seemingly real but not; deceptive; false; inauthentic(disillusion, illusive)107. apprehensive (36)having great doubts; nervous; fearful; diffident(apprehension, apprehend)108. nostalgia (36)fondness for and missing the past, especially ones own; missing the good old days (nostalgic)109. benevolent (36)kind; generous; tending to help others; solicitous(benevolence)110. sympathy (36)sharing feelings; showing concern for another; harmonious; solicitude (sympathetic, sympathies, unsympathetic)111. corrupt (36)to ruin something, especially a persons morals; to make impure; to decay (corruption, incorruptible)112. polemical (35)arguing a position, especially a radical one(polemics, polemicist)113. belie (35)to contradict; to fail to confirm (belied, belying)114. mock (35)to ridicule; to make fun of, often as something fake;to satirize (mockery)115. compromised (35)to make insecure or to place in danger; to come to an agreement by settling differences; agreeing to something partially (uncompromising)116. disdain (34)considering someone or something beneath oneself;to have contempt for; to despise; condescension117. presumption (34)a bold assumption; being overly bold with someoneto the point of disrespect (presume, presuming, presumptuous)118. caustic (34)burning; sarcastic119. deferential (34)respectful; reverent; venerating (defer, deferred, deferral)120. subjective (34)open to interpretation; reflecting someones perspective; biased; not objective121. capricious (34)unpredictable; whimsical; to act with complete spontaneity; impulsive; impetuous; acting without restraint (caprice)122. animated (34)lively; vigorous (animation)123. endorse (34)to support; to approve; to champion; to authorize;to advocate; to commend (endorsement)124. auspicious (34)promising; favorable (inauspicious)125. exacerbate (33)to make a bad situation worse; to worsen126. obscure (33)not easily noticed; dark or shadowy; unclear; vague(obscurity)127. dogmatic (33)stubbornly opinionated; arrogantly inflexible; close- minded; intractable (dogma, dogmatism)128. extravagant (33)fancy; luxurious; immoderate (extravagance)129. venerate (33)to honor above others; to revere (venerable)130. gregarious (33)friendly; outgoing; genial131. attain (33)to achieve, especially a goal; to get132. elude (33)to avoid being found or caught, usually by being clever (elusive)133. tenacious (33)persistent, especially in the face of continuing challenges; stubborn; resolute; rarely if ever resigned (tenacity, pertinacious)134. mediate (33)to try to help two arguing sides reach an agreement; to reconcile to parties (mediator, mediation)135. meticulous (32)careful; thorough; painstaking; scrupulous;exacting136. negligible (32)extremely small; so unimportant that it can be ignored; inconsequential; trivial137. equanimity (32)calm; composure, especially under difficult circumstances138. mitigate (32)to lessen the severity or force of something, especially of something bad or harmful; to moderate; to alleviate (mitigating, unmitigated)139. transitory (32)of short duration; brief; ephemeral; transient;mutable140. immutable (32)unchanging; not able to change; everlasting(mutable)141. evoke (32)to inspire; to arouse; to bring forth (evocative)142. cursory (32)hurried and superficial; quick; perfunctory; not meticulous143. rancor (32)extremely bad feelings about something; bitterness(rancorous)144. authentic (32)genuine; true; real; valid (authenticity, inauthentic)145. reserved (32)generally quiet and reserved in behavior; modest(reservation, unreserved)146. intuitive (31)knowing by instinct as opposed to rational thought; what you would expect without having to give much thought to the matter (intuit, intuition, counterintuitive)320147. satirize (31)to imitate so as to make fun of; to mock, especiallyin writing (satire, satiric)148. devoid (31)lacking; free from; empty (void)149. concise (31)expressing a lot using few words; short and clear;to the point; terse (concision, conciseness)150. erroneous (31)wrong; mistaken; incorrect (err)151. collaborate (31)to work together with someone as equals on a project, as with a colleague (collaboration, collaborator)152. thwart (31)to block or impede, often for a long time or permanently153. spontaneous (30)happening without being planned; making decisions suddenly and without thought; happening naturally, or without human effort; impulsive (spontaneity)154. implement (30)to put into practice; to begin to use something(implements, implementation)155. underscore (30)to emphasize, as if by drawing a line under; to highlight156. explicate (30)to explain or analyze logically; to clear up any misunderstanding; to make explicit; to elucidate(explication, inexplicable)157. exasperate (30)to annoy someone to the point of frustration(exasperation)158. momentous (30)extremely important; major; unprecedented159. pertinent (30)important; relevant (impertinent)160. conspicuous (29)obvious; easily seen; in plain sight; extremely noticeable; easily distinguished or discerned; prominent (inconspicuous)161. amiable (29)friendly; nice; genial; gregarious; amicable(amiable)321162. widespread (29)widely spread out or shared; commonly held;pervasive; abundant163. pervasive (29)appearing or being everywhere; widespread;abundant; prevalent (pervade)164. prophetic (29)foretelling events; predicting or anticipating the future (prophet, prophesy)165. cynical (29)looking at the bad side of peoples actions; lacking faith in humanity; lacking any optimism (cynic, cynicism)166. tenuous (29)thin; insubstantial; unable to support anything else(attenuate)167. innate (29)inborn; inherited; naturally belonging; inherent168. explicit (29)clearly stated; in plain view; clear; lucid;unambiguous; conspicuous (implicit)169. distort (29)to twist something out of shape; to misrepresent; to give a false or misleading impression170. challenge (29)to question or dispute the truth or validity of something171. acclaim (28)high praise; fame; renown (acclamation)172. moderate (28)not extreme; reasonable; tempered173. legitimate (28)justified by some rule or law; legal; real; true(illegitimate, legitimacy)174. patronize (28)to be a customer; to treat rudely, condescendingly,or contemptuously (patron, patronage)175. exacting (28)demanding; insisting on; meticulous176. contentious (28)to fight; to deal with difficulty; to argue a point(contention, contend, contender)177. conscientious (28)careful; diligent; prudent; scrupulous; meticulous178. diligent (28)always careful and hardworking; thorough;persistent; assiduous (diligence)179. deter (28)to prevent; to discourage; to impede; to daunt(deterrent, undeterred)180. initiate (28)to begin; to start; to introduce (initiative, initiation)181. champion (28)to support; to fight for; to endorse; to advocate; to commend182. mediocre (28)second-rate; average-to-poor quality (mediocrity)183. domestic (27)relating to the home; relating to ones country; fitting in at home; indigenous (domesticate, domesticity)184. pedantic (27)overly academic about minor matters; being a stickler for academic correctness (pedant, pedantry)185. wary (27)cautious; careful; prudent; circumspect;apprehensive