SAT部分词汇表2（理）

　　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
　　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
 
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