SAT常用詞匯總結(jié)1-60.

SAT常用詞匯總結(jié)1-60

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 way 3.dismissive (90)rejecting another’s 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; rinement (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 respectful—and so not joking around; venerating (revere, reverence, reverential, irreverent) 15.disparage (65)to insult or put down; to offend 16.relevant (65)relating to the subject at hand; important or significant; pertinent (relevance, irrelevant) 17.prudent (62)carul; cautious, especially about money; having good judgment; circumspect; wary (prudence, imprudent) 18.rute (62)to prove wrong or false (rutation, irrutable) 19.inevitable (61)certain to happen; unavoidable (inevitability) 20.innocuous (60)harmless; not dangerous at all; not likely to provokea strong reaction; inconsequential 21.convey (60)to make something known; to reveal; to communicate; to depict 22.profound (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 fective 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; implausible 39.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; forcul; incisive; provocative; engaging (compel, compulsion, compulsory) 41.indifferent (51)not caring about something—such as an outcome—one 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 better 44.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)harmful 50.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 infective; so hopeless that fort to change a situation is wasted (futility) 52.indulgent (47)giving in to another’s wishes; permissive; lenient; tolerant; condoning (indulge, overindulge, self- indulgent) 53.indignant (47)annoyed or insulted, especially about one’s dignity;angered (indignity) 54.eclectic (47)selecting the best from different sources; selective;varied 55.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 someone’s 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)