SSAT 考生应该掌握词汇的基本知识.doc

考生应该掌握词汇的基本知识1.后缀后缀可以告诉我们单词的词性。举例：以下SSAT都包含基本的后缀。-ness happiness, friendliness-ableperishable, amiable-ous androgynous, fibrous-ity animosity, charity-ology psychology, sociology-ical tyrannical, hypothetical-archy monarchy, anarchy, matriarchy-less fearless, artless2. 前缀和词根前缀在单词的开头，词根可以在单词的任何位置。这两种单词的部分都对记忆单词有很大帮助。比如，考生遇见vociferous，可以思考其中voc这个词根，尽量想出同样含有voc的其它单词。我们知道vocal和说话有关系，自然可以推断出vociferous同样和说话有关系。如果能想象vociferous表示喊叫，那么剩下的意思也可以记住：说话大声并且不连续的。注意voc在vociferous和vocal中的发音不同。词根经常会改变发音，很多词根已经出现几百年了。随着时间的推移，不光发音会变化，含义也会变化，所以现在的单词含义已经不是简单的词根累加了。所以词根学习不能取代查字典，只能帮助记忆新词汇并且对词汇进行分组。例如以下7个单词：单词之间的连线表示相同的部分。可见，区区七个单词就能够产生如此之多的交叉连线，组成了一个网络。考生应该掌握的SSAT后缀，前缀和词根 后缀 X-able adjective “able to be Xed”X-archy noun ”rulership by X”X-icaladjective “characterized by X”X-lessadjective “without X”X-nessnoun ”quality of being X”X-ologynoun “doctrine or theory of X”X-ous adjective “having the quality of X”前缀和词根 a withoutab/ abs away from, againstac/ acr sharpad/ at to, towardam to loveamb to go, to walkanim life, spiritante beforeanthr/ andr mankind, mananti against, oppositeapt/ ept skill, ability, fitbell warbene goodbitwocarnfleshchrontimecirc/ circum aroundcisto cutclito leanclu/ clo/ clato close, shutco/ com/ con with, togethercredbelieveculpblamecur/ courto runde away from/ the opposite ofdempeopledermskindiapart, through, awaydicto say, to telldign/ dain worthdis apart, away from, notdys faulty, badepi uponequi/ equequalesce to becomeeu good, pleasingex/ ej out, put outextr outside, beyondfac to make, to dofic/ fig to make, to dofidfaith, trustgen birth, creation, kindgyn womanher/ hesto stickhetero different, otherhomo samehyper overhypo underin/ il/ im/ irnotin/ en/ im/ em intointer between, amongintra within, insideloc/ loq/ logto speakluc/ lumlightmagnagreat, bigmalbadmanhandmiswrong, badmit/ misto sendmorphshape, formmutchangenat/ nas/ naito be bornneo/ novnewnom/ nymnameob against, in front of, towardomniall, everypanall, everywherepar equalpathfeelingphillove ofphobefear ofphonsoundplacto pleasepon/ pos place, putport to carrypost afterpotpower, abilitypre beforepro forward, supportingpun/ pen to pay, compensate, punishre again, backsci knowledge, to knowscrib/ script to writesed/ sid to sit, be stillsequ, secu to followspec to look, appearsub under, less thansuper over, greater thantact touchtechn tools, art, skilltento holdtens/ tento stretchterrearthtractto drag, pull, drawtrans acrossun/ nonnotunioneus/ utto useven/ ventto comevers/ vertto turnvi/ vivlifevid/ visto seevoc to callvor to eat词根和词缀分类举例 Counting （数数）sept sevensemi/ hemi/ demi halfmono/ uni oneduo/ bi twotri threequad/ quat fourquint fivesext sixoct eightnov ninedec tencent hundredmill thousandpoly manyproto firstFear - phobia构词举例acrophobia fear of heightspedophobia fear of childrenphonophobia fear of soundphotophobia fear of lightpyrophobia fear of fireStudy - ologyarchaeology study of ancient historybiology study of lifecosmology study of the universeetymology study of word originsgenealogy study of family originsgeology study of the earthgraphology study of handwritingpsychology study of the mindseismology study of earthquakesociology study of societyFamily Root pater fathermater motherfrat brothersor sistergen birthLocation ad toante beforecircum aroundcon/ com together, withde from, downin/ il/ im in, into, oninter betweenintro withinperi around, aboutre again, backse aparttele distanttrans across, beyondsuper over, aboveSenses vis/ vid seetact/ tangi touchaudi hearson soundpatho/ pathy feelings, sufferingcorp bodyman hand四）考生应该掌握的SSAT高频词汇 以下词汇从SSAT样题中选取，从中可以看出SSAT考察的词汇难度。并且这些高频词汇很可能再出现在以后的考题中。给出的释义是已经考察过的。 参加高级考试考生必须认识以下所有单词，根据含义分组:Attempting to be funny jeer to make fun of jest to joke parody a humorous imitation recreation something done for him, a hobby or game skit a short comic sceneLets get together adjunct an accessory, something added on coalesce to come together congeal to thicken, or change from liquid to solid consensus an agreement contiguous lying side-by-side fission a splitting apart fusion a joining together integrate to bring together and make whole juxtapose to place side by side pact a formal agreement between two countries rendezvous a meeting, usual secretMake it official abdicate to give up power accord to be in agreement allege to declare that something is true without proof assess to evaluate or determine the worth of condone to forgive or to disregard an offense conventional traditional, ordinary counsel to advise debunk to prove false decree an order or command inquiry a request for instruction ratify to approve, usually a law sustain to supportHard to handle ambiguous unclear amorphous without shape egress exit epoch a period of time intangible not able to be touched or sensed itinerant nomadic, constantly moving kinetic moving obscure hidden or dark, hard to see polymorphous having many shapes prolific fertile, very productive remote far away, distant scull a small rowboat or an oar for a rowboat sporadic having no pattern or order surrogate a substitute variegated having many parts or colors writhe to twistThe perfect mate akin related to or alike altruistic doing good for others amiable friendly, good-natures aspirant someone searching for something astute sharp, shrewd benevolence goodness congenial agreeable equivalent equal extol to praise placate to quiet down, appeaseYou dont want to know this guy aloof keeping a distanceanimosity hostilitybanal unoriginal and boringbelligerent hostile, warlikebrowbeat to intimatecholeric irritatedebilitating weakening, harmfuldeficient lacking an essential partgarrulous overly talkativeincompetent not able to do something properlyinsipid lacking interest, dull, boringinsolent disrespectful, rudeirate enragednotorious known widely and unfavorablyostentatious showy, pretentiouspedantic overly scholarly, boringprofane to abuse or put to ill usepugnacious hostileravenous extremely hungryrecalcitrant disobedient, stubbornsanctimonious acting morally superior, holier-than-thouwarlock a male witchA bad scene abyss a deep narrow pit adverse unfavorable, opposed, going against aggravate to make worse assailable vulnerablebarrage a flood brig the prison of a ship corpulent excessively overweight founder to sink hovel a shack impasse a deadlock, a point at which one can go no further indictment the situation of having been charges with a crime insinuation a sneaky suggestion of something bad mar to spoil, to mark null zero value quiver a portable container for arrows plight a bad situation ,a predicament repudiate to put down, to renounce rue to regret ruse a clever trick sedate to clam, especially by using of a drug slander a false and mean-spirited statement meant to injure someone superfluous more than what is required or neededsimply perfect benign harmless clarity clearness deft skillfulexquisite beautifully made or designed immaculate perfectly clean, free from dirt or stain meticulous careful, paying attention to details pious deeply religious robust healthyTime to make a speech illuminate to light up or make clear imply to express indirectly lament to express grief for, mourn reminiscence a memory, the act of recalling the pastJust under the surface dormant temporarily inactive, asleep eradicate to erase or get rid of excavate to dig up fundamental as essential part, basic innate possessed at birth, not learned merge to blend togetherHardworking adept very skilled facet an aspect of something ingenuity innovation, creativity inscribe to write or etch words on or into a