3,500 Basic Word List（3500年基本单词列表）.pdf

Barron ’s SAT I Basic Word List BARRON’S HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE SAT I 3,500 Basic Word List Word List 1 abase-adroit abase V. 降低，羞辱 lower; humiliate. Defeated, Queen Zenobia was forced to / / abase herself before the conquering Romans, who made her march in chains before the emperor in the procession celebrating his triumph. abasement, N. abash V. 使难堪 embarrass. He was not at all abashed by her open admiration. / / abate V. 减弱，减少 subside; decrease, lessen. Rather than leaving immediately, / / they waited for the storm to abate. abatement, N. abbreviate V. 减短，缩写 shorten. Because we were running out of time, the lecturer / / had to abbreviate her speech. abdicate V. 放弃 renounce; give up. When Edward VIII abdicated the British / / throne to marry the woman he loved, he surprised the entire world. abduction N. 绑架 kidnapping. The movie Ransom describes the attempts to rescue / / a multimillionaires son after the childs abduction by kidnappers. abduct,V. aberrant N. 不正常的 abnormal or deviant. Given the aberrant nature of the data, / / we doubted the validity of the entire experiment. also N. abet V. 帮助，鼓励 aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage. She was / / unwilling to abet him in the swindle he had planned. abeyance N. 悬而未