托福必备2000词汇.doc

2000 + Abase: to humiliate Allay: to reduce the intensity of: to calm Affinity: attraction Abate: to lessen Allegory: narrative using figurative language Affront: insult Abet: to aid Allocate: to set aside; to apportion Amulet: object worn to ward off evil Abeyance: inactivity Allude: to refer to indirectly Anachronism: something out of its proper time Abominate: to abhor Altercation: angry dispute Anarchy: absence of government Aborigine: original inhabitant Altruism: unselfish devotion Anathema: ban; curse Abort: to miscarry Ameliorate: to improve Animate: to move to action Abrade: to scrape out Amiable: pleasant; kind Animosity: hatred Abrogate: to abolish Abscond: to run off Absolve: to pardon Abstract: summary Abstruse: hard to understand Abut: to touch, to border on Accolade: honor, award Accrue: to accumulate Aggrandize: to enlarge Agility: quickness: nimbleness Agnostic: one who believes God is unknowable Agrarian: pert. To farming Alacrity: liveliness Alimentary: supplying food Amnesty: pardon Acerbity: bitterness, severity Acme: peak Acrimony: acerbity Adamant: immovable; unyielding Adjudicate: to decide ( a case ) Adjunct: assistant Admonish: to warn Adroit: skillful Adulation: praise Advocate: to recommend Aesthetic: pert, to beauty Affable: friendly; courteous Annals: historical records Anneal: to heat and then cool: to toughen Anomaly: irregularity: straying from the norm Anthology: collection of literary pieces Antipathy: dislike Antipodes: opposite side of the earth Apathy: indifference; lack of interest Aphorism: brief statement: proverb Aplomb: self-confidence Apoplexy: sudden loss of consciousness; paralysis Apostate: one who forsakes one’s principles Apothecary: druggist Appall: to terrify; to shock Apposite: appropriate Arabesque: architectural design; ballet position Arable: able to be plowed Archaic: no longer in use Archeology: study of remains of past cultures Archipelago: group of inlands Archives; place where records are kept Arduous: diff