美国ARCO权威托福考试参考词汇解析.doc

美国ARCO 权威托福考试参考 A abhor vt.憎恶, 痛恨 to regard with extreme repugnance : LOATHE accelerate v.加速, 促进 to cause to move faster accessible adj.易接近的, 可到达的, 易受影响的 1. capable of being reached ; 2 easy to speak or deal with accurate adj.正确的, 精确的 conforming exactly to truth or to a standard accuracy n.精确性, 正确度 adjacent adj.邻近的, 接近的 not distant : NEARBY advantageous adj.有利的 giving an advantage : FAVORABLE advocate n.提倡者, 鼓吹者 vt.提倡, 鼓吹 : to plead in favor of aforementioned adj.上述的, 前述的 : mentioned previously alert, alertly adj.提防的, 警惕的 watchful and prompt to meet danger or emergency amass vt.收集, 积聚(尤指财富) 1 : to collect for oneself : ACCUMULATE; 2 to collect into a mass : GATHER ambrosia n. 特别美味的食物 something extremely pleasing to taste or smell anomaly n.不规则, 异常的人或物 anxiety n.忧虑, 焦急; 渴望, 热望 1 an abnormal and overwhelming sense of apprehension and fear 2 fearful concern or interest 3 a cause of anxiety appall vt.使胆寒, 使惊骇 to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay appalling adj.令人震惊的, 骇人听闻的 inspiring horror, dismay, or disgust appear vi.出现, 看来, 似乎 1. to be or come in sight; to show up 2. to have an outward aspect : SEEM appropriate adj.适当的 especially suitable or compatible : FITTING apt adj. 易于...的, 有...倾向的unusually fitted or qualified : READY; having a tendency 灵敏的, 灵巧的keenly intelligent and responsive 适当的 suited to a purpose; especially : being to the point arouse vt .唤醒, 唤起to awaken from sleep 鼓励, 引起to rouse or stimulate to action or to physiological readiness for activity vi.睡醒 to awake from sleep : STIR as of late astute adj.机敏的, 狡猾的 having or showing shrewdness and perspicacity:CRAFTY, WILY attribute n.属性, 品质, 特征 an inherent characteri