Sat考试常用词汇

 

Sat考试应该是想留学的学生都知道的一个考试，我也就不在这里多说了，下边列举了一些在几次考试时经常出现的一些词汇，供大家参考一下

Terms Definitions

 Peer  1. (noun) an equal, 2. (verb) to look closely at

 Lavish  1. (verb) to spend freely, 2. (adj.) opulent; costing a lot

 Shroud  1. a cover for dead body, 2. to cover

 Floridity  1. floweriness in language, 2. redness

 Articulation  1. joining, 2. speaking clearly

 Autocrat  absolute ruler; dictator

 Concord  agreement

 Vex  annoy

 Haranguing  attacking verbally

 Corpulence  being fat

 Conflagration  big fire

 Censure  blame; criticize

 Conciliatory  bringing together; ending a dispute

 Arable  can be cultivated ("arable land")

 Ineffable  can't be expressed in words

 Insufferable  cannot be tolerated

 Mandatory  compulsory

 Cerebral  concerned with thinking

 Compendious  containing a lot in a small space/few words

 Disparaging  critical

 Callous  cruel; hard and unfeeling

 Consecrated  dedicated; made holy

 Profundity  depth (of ideas/thought)

 Depreciatory  devaluing; criticizing

 Debacles  disasters

 Polarized  divided into two extremes

 Dubious  doubtful

 Connoisseurs  experts with good taste/judgment

 Solicitous  expressing care and concern

 Demonstrative  expressing emotion freely

 Equitable  fair and equal

 Judicious  fair; wise

 Fidelity  faithfulness; loyalty

 Nemesis  fate, doom

 Amiable  friendly, lovable

 Sermonized  gave moral lecture

 Bountiful  generous

 Magnanimous  generous minded; big-hearted (merciful; forgiving)

 Somber  gloomy

 Deleterious  harmful

 Integrity  honor; honesty

 Animosity  hostility; hatred

 Imperious  in a commanding manner

 Formidable  inspiring awe

 Succulent  juicy

 Indulgent  kindly; pampering

 Opacity  lack of transparency; being opaque

 Steadfastness  loyalty; firmness of purpose

 Therapeutic  medicinal

 Histrionic  melodramatic; expressing exaggerated emotion

 Regressive  moving backwards (literal or metaphoric)

 Insular  narrow-minded

 Remiss  neglectful

 Dalliance  non-serious involvement; toying or playing with something

 Inscrutable  not easy to comprehend

 Intemperate  not moderate; excessive

 Momentous  of great importance

 Intermittent  on and off; not continuous

 Prosaic  ordinary

 Facile  over-simplified

 Contagious  passed on through touch; infectious

 Rhetoric  persuasive language

 Pragmatism  practicality

 Eulogy  praise

 Presumptive  presumed

 Thwarted  prevented

 Vindication  proving right

 Temporize  put off; procrastinate

 Idiosyncratic  quirky; eccentric; unique to an individual

 Radical  revolutionary

 Boorishness  rudeness; ill-mannered behavior

 Wistful  sad, yearning; longing in a thoughtful way

 Litigious  seeking legal remedies

 Mercenary  seeking money above all else

 Vindictive  seeking revenge

 Dearth  shortage

 Redolent  smelling of (literal or metaphoric)

 Convivial  sociable

 Palliative  something that makes better but does not cure

 Robust  strong and sturdy

 Petulant  sulky

 Cursory  superficial

 Advocate  support

 Quelled  suppressed

 Consummate  supremely good

 Toadies  sycophants; flatterers; boot-lickers

 Propensity  tendency; leaning' predilection

 Viscous  thick and sticky

 Sedulous  thorough; eager

 Meticulous  thorough; taking care of details

 Legitimate  to make legal; give approval to

 Sycophants  toadies; flatterers

 Intonation  tone of voice

 Treacly  too sweet; over sentimental

 Futile  useless; waste of time and effort

 Ambiguous  vague

 Reprehensible  very bad

 Fastidious  very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness)

 Vacillated  wavered; hesitated

 Adulation  worship; great praise

     

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