专业分享SAT巴朗3500词汇表(第40篇)
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corrosive ADJ. /腐蚀性的/eating away by chemicals or disease. Stainless steel is able to withstand the effects of corrosive chemicals. corrode,V.
corrugated ADJ. /皱的/wrinkled; ridged. She wished she could smooth away the wrinkles from his corrugated brow.
Cosmic ADJ. /宇宙的;巨大的/pertaining to the universe; vast. Cosmic rays derive their name from the fact that they bombard the earth's atmosphere from outer space. COSMOS, N.
cosmopolitan ADJ. /世界主义/sophisticated. Her years in the capitol had transformed her into a cosmopolitan young woman highly aware of international affairs.
coterie N. /同行,圈内人/group that meets socially; select circle. After his book had been published, he was invited to join the literary coterie that lunched daily at the hotel.
countenance V. /忍受;接受/approve; tolerate. He refused to countenance such rude behavior on their part.
countenance N. /脸/face. When Jose saw his newborn daughter, a proud smile spread across his countenance.
countermand V. /取消;废除/cancel; revoke. The general countermanded the orders issued in his absence.
culvert N. /水管/artificial channel for water. If we build a culvert under the road at this point, we will reduce the possibility of the road's being flooded during the rainy season.
cumbersome ADJ. /粗笨的;累赘/heavy; hard to manage. He was burdened down with cumbersome parcels.
cumulative ADJ. /累积/growing by addition. Vocabulary building is a cumulative process: as you go through your flash cards, you will add new words to your vocabulary, one by one.
cupidity N. /贪婪/greed. The defeated people could not satisfy the cupidity of the conquerors, who demanded excessive tribute.
curator N. /主管;经理/superintendent; manager. The members of the board of trustees of the museum expected the new curator to plan events and exhibitions that would make the museum more popular.
curmudgeon N. /脾气坏;吝啬/churlish, miserly individual. Although he was regarded by many as a curmudgeon, a few of us were aware of the many kindnesses and acts of charity that he secretly performed.
cursive ADJ. /流动的;连接的/flowing, running. In normal writing we run our letters together in cursive form; in printing, we separate the letters.
cursory ADJ. /草率;匆忙/casual; hastily done. Because a cursory examination of the ruins indicates the possibility of arson, we believe the insurance agency should undertake a more extensive investigation of the fire's cause.
curtail V. /减短;降低/shorten; reduce. When Herb asked Diane for a date, she said she was really sorry she couldn't go out with him, but her dad had ordered her to curtail her social life.
cynical ADJ. /愤世嫉俗/skeptical or distrustful of human motives.Cynical from birth, Sidney was suspicious whenever anyone gave him a gift "with no strings attached." cynic, N.
cynosure N. /广受注意的目标/the object of general attention. As soon as the movie star entered the room, she became the cynosure of all eyes.
dabble V. /涉猎,尝试;溅/work at in a non-serious fashion; splash around. The amateur painter dabbled at art, but seldom produced a finished piece. The children dabbled their hands in the bird bath, splashing one another gleefully.
dais N. /讲台/raised platform for guests of honor. When he approached the dais, he was greeted by cheers from the people who had come to honor him.
dank ADJ. /湿的;湿透的/damp. The walls of the dungeon were dank and slimy.
dapper ADJ. /整齐的,优雅的/neat and trim. In "The Odd Couple" TV show, Tony Randall played Felix Unger, an excessively dapper soul who could not stand to have a hair out of place.
dappled ADJ. /有斑点的/spotted. The sunlight filtering through the screens created a dappled effect on the wall.
daub V. /涂抹/smear (as with paint). From the way he daubed his paint on the canvas, I could tell he knew nothing of oils. also N.
daunt V. /惊吓;胁迫/intimidate; frighten. "Boast all you like of your prowess. Mere words cannot daunt me," the hero answered the villain.
dauntless ADJ. /胆大的/bold. Despite the dangerous nature of the undertaking, the dauntless soldier volunteered for the assignment.
dawdle V. /游手好闲;混日子/loiter; waste time. We have to meet a deadline so don't dawdle; just get down to work.
deadlock N. /僵局/standstill; stalemate. Because negotiations had reached a deadlock, some of the delegates had begun to mutter about breaking off the talks. alsoV.
deadpan ADJ. /没有表情的;呆板的/wooden; impersonal. We wanted to see how long he could maintain his deadpan expression.
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