SAT講義:態(tài)度單詞總結之復合詞.

三復合詞

1．Aboveboardbaraced=aboveboard <> surreptitious=furtive

2．Evenhanded: even(相等的)＋hand（兩手）公平的

3．Even-tempered：性情平和的，不易生氣的

4．Lighthearted：快樂的，輕松的（light輕的＋hearted心態(tài)＝心里輕松）愉快的

5．Carree：（care關心＋free不再＝不再關心）輕松的，愉快的

6．Hardheaded： 冷靜的，實際的

7．Headlong：輕率的

Don&apost rush headlong into danger; think it through carully bore you make any decisions.

8．Lightheaded：輕率的

9．Headstrong：剛愎自用

She&aposs hopelessly headstrong; she always gets up against people in authority.

10．Underhanded:卑鄙的

11．Outgoing：容易與別人相處

12．Easygoing：容易與別人相處

13．openhanded: 大方的，豪爽的given or giving freely

Because the congresswoman has been so openhanded with many of her constituents, it is difficult to reconcile this___ with her private___.

(A)selfishness, inattention

(B) insolence, virtue

(C)magnanimity, pettiness

(D)opportunism, ambition

(E) solicitousness, generosity

14．self-critical：自我批評的

15．self-facement：自謙

His submissiveness of manner and general air of self-facement made it__ he would be__ to take command of the firm.

(A)unlikely, selected

(B) implausible, hesitant

(C) clear, designated

(D)puzzling, disinclined

(E) probable, demoted

16．self-deprecatory：自謙的

17．self-conscious：自覺

18.crestfallen（crest＋fall，雞冠子耷拉下來）垂頭喪氣的

19．downcast（down向下＋cast投擲）垂頭喪氣的

20．baraced 厚顏無恥的

21．sharp-edged尖刻的

22．Timeworn 過時的

23．Outdated 過時的

24．Threadbare 陳腐的＝banal

25．Two-edgedsword 雙刃劍，指有好處也有壞處

26．Websaboteur指專門破壞網站的人（saboteur 破壞分子）

27．Shopworn過時的

28．Painstaking辛苦的，勤勉的

29．Timeconsuming 費時的，拖延時間的

30．Sidestep 避開

31．Underrepresented 未被充分代表的

Despite the growing___ of Hispanic actors in the American theater, many Hispanic experts feel that the Spanish-speaking population is___ on the stage.

A. decrease, inappropriate

B. emergence, visible

C. prominence, underrepresented

D. skill, alienated

E. number, misdirected

32．avant-garde: radically new or original 先鋒派

Gertrude Stein championed many__ artists of her time because she appreciated the new and experimental nature of their art.

(A)avant-garde

(B) competitive

(C) impugned

(D)dilatory

(E) mannered

avant-garde的特點：new and experimental