高三英语知识点：SAT部分词汇表2

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　　Group 1

　　Alacrity eagerness, enthusiasm, quickness

　　Burgeon grow, flourish, put forth new shoots

　　Deleterious harmful

　　Euphemism a polite phrase to cover something unpleasant

　　Hypocritical insincere

　　Lethargic tired, without energy

　　Ogle stare at, observe in an obvious manner

　　Postulate hypothesize, propose

　　Robust strong, healthy, tough

　　Tractable obedient, dutiful, polite

　　Group 2

　　Alchemy medieval chemistry; attempt to change base metal into gold

　　Burnish polish

　　Deliberate to think over deeply

　　Euphony pleasant sounds

　　Iconoclast person who opposes orthodoxy

　　Levity flippancy, joking about serious matters

　　Olfactory concerned with the sense of smell

　　Potable suitable for drinking

　　Rotund round

　　Tranquil peaceful

　　Group 3

　　Alibi an excuse that shows someone was not at a crime scene

　　Buttress strengthen, support

　　Delineation demarcation, explanation, definition, outlining

　　Evacuate vacate, empty, abandon

　　Idiosyncrasy a personal peculiarity; something unique to an individual

　　Libertarian someone who opposes tyranny

　　Ominous threatening

　　Potent powerful, compelling, strong

　　Ruminate think over something, ponder

　　Transcribe copy

　　Group 4

　　Allay to lessen

　　Byline the line that tells you who wrote an article

　　Demur hesitate, refuse

　　Exacerbate make worse

　　Ignominious shameful

　　Liniment soothing lotion

　　Omnipotent all-powerful

　　Pragmatic practical

　　Ruse trick, stratagem

　　Transgress go astray, disobey, commit a sin

　　Group 5

　　Alleviate make less severe

　　Cacophony discordant loud noises

　　Denounce condemn, speak out against

　　Exasperated frustrated, annoyed

　　Ignominy shame (adj. ignominious means shameful)

　　Lithe flexible, supple

　　Omniscient all-knowing

　　Pragmatist concerned with usefulness

　　Saccharin falsely sweet

　　Transient short-lived, ephemeral

　　Group 6

　　Aloof distant, detached, cold

　　Cajole coax

　　Deplete use up, lessen

　　Exceptionable very bad (something which we should object to)

　　Illuminate to light up or make clear

　　Livid very angry

　　Onerous burdensome, hard to undertake

　　Preamble introductory material

　　Sacrosanct very holy, inviolable

　　Traverse cross

　　Group 7

　　Altruism putting others first, being self-sacrificing

　　Caldron huge cooking pot

　　Deplore regret

　　Exculpate free someone from blame, pardon, acquit

　　Illusory deceptive, false, misleading

　　Lobbyist tries to persuade someone to support a particular cause

　　Onus burden

　　Precarious unstable, risky

　　Sagacious wise

　　Trepidation fear

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　　Group 8

　　Amass accumulate

　　Callow immature

　　Depravity moral corruption

　　Execrable very, very bad

　　Immoderate excessive, extreme, flattering

　　Lofty snooty, arrogant, haughty

　　Opaque does not let light through

　　Precedent a previous occurrence used as a guide

　　Sage a wise person

　　Trinket something of little value, knick-knack

　　Group 9

　　Ambiguity uncertainty, vagueness

　　Candid frank, honest

　　Deprecate criticize, denounce

　　Exegesis scholarly explanation or interpretation

　　Immutable unchanging, permanent

　　Longevity long life

　　Opulent wealthy, rich, magnificent

　　Precept guiding principle

　　Salacious lecherous, erotic

　　Trite unoriginal, dull

　　Group 10

　　Ambiguous unclear in meaning, can be interpreted in different ways

　　Candor frankness, openness

　　Deride ridicule, make fun of, mock

　　Exemplary outstandingly good, setting a fine example

　　Impartial unbiased, neutral

　　Loquacious talkative

　　Ordain destine; confer holy orders on a priest

　　Precinct district of a city

　　Sallow yellowish

　　Trivial unimportant