精选SAT巴朗3500词汇(二)
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absolute ADJ. /完全的,肯定的/complete; totally unlimited; certain.
例句:Although the King of Siam was an absolute monarch, he did not want to behead his unfaithful wife without absolute evidence of her infidelity.
absolve V. /谅解/pardon (an offense).
例句:The father confessor absolved him of his sins. absolution, N.
absorb V. /吸收,合并/assimilate or incorporate; suck or drink up; wholly engage.
例句:During the nineteenth century, America absorbed hordes of immigrants, turning them into productive citizens. Can Huggies diapers absorb more liquid than Pampers can? This question does not absorb me; instead, it bores me. absorption, N.
abstain V. /控制,限制(自己)/refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice.
例句:After considering the effect of alcohol on his athletic performance, he decided to abstain from drinking while he trained for the race. abstinence, N.
abstemious ADJ. /节制(饮食),调节/sparing in eating and drinking; temperate.
例句:Concerned whether her vegetarian son's abstemious diet provided him with sufficient protein, the worried mother pressed food on him.
accessory N. /附件/additional object; useful but not essential thing.
例句:She bought an attractive handbag as an accessory for her dress. alsoADJ.
acclaim V. /赞扬,表扬/applaud; announce with great approval.
例句:The NBC sportscasters acclaimed every American victory in the Olympics and decried every American defeat. also N.
acclimate V. /适应/adjust to climate.
例句:One of the difficulties of our present air age is the need of travelers to acclimate themselves to their new and often strange environments.
acclivity N. /上山的陡坡/sharp upslope of a hill.
例句:The car would not go up the acclivity in high gear.
accolade N. /出名的大奖/award of merit.
例句:In Hollywood, an "Oscar" is the highest accolade.
accommodate V. /招待,食宿,适应/oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt. Mitch
abstinence N. /节制(饮食)/restraint from eating or drinking.
例句:The doctor recommended total abstinence from salted foods. abstain,V.
abstract ADJ. /抽象的/theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational.
例句:To him, hunger was an abstract concept; he had never missed a meal.
abstruse ADJ. /难以理解的,复杂的/obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
例句:She carries around abstruse works of philosophy, not because she understands them but because she wants her friends to think she does.
abundant ADJ. /丰富,富足/plentiful; possessing riches or resources.
例句:At his immigration interview, Ivan listed his abundant reasons for coming to America: the hope of religious freedom, the prospect of employment, the promise of a more abundant life.
abusive ADJ. /粗俗的侮辱,对身体有害的/coarsely insulting; physically harmful.
例句:An abusive parent damages a child both mentally and physically.
abut V. /毗邻/border upon; adjoin.
例句:Where our estates abut, we must build a fence.
abysmal ADJ. /无底的/bottomless.
例句:His arrogance is exceeded only by his abysmal ignorance.
abyss N. /深渊,深坑,无底洞/enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit.
例句:Darth Vader seized the evil emperor and hurled him down into the abyss
academic ADJ. /学术的/related to a school; not practical or directly useful.
例句:The dean's talk about reforming the college admissions system was only an academic discussion: we knew little, if anything, would change.
accede V. /同意/agree.
例句:If I accede to this demand for blackmail, I am afraid that I will be the victim of future demands.
accelerate V. /加速/move faster.
例句:In our science class, we learn how falling bodies accelerate.
accentuate V. /强调,重音/emphasize; stress.
例句:If you accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative, you may wind up with an overoptimistic view of the world.
accessible ADJ. /可得到的/easy to approach; obtainable.
例句:We asked our guide whether the ruins were accessible on foot.
acrimonious ADJ. /挖苦的,尖酸的(语言,行为)/bitter in words or manner.
例句:The candidate attacked his opponent in highly acrimonious terms. acrimony
acrophobia N. /恐高症/fear of heights.
例句:A born salesman, he could convince someone with a bad case of always did everything possible to accommodate his elderly relatives, from driving them to medical appointments to helping them with paperwork. (secondary meaning)
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