SAT_wordsmart_整理版----快速背诵系列.doc

ABASH To make ashamed; to embarrass ABATE To subside; to reduce ABDICATE To step down from a position of power or responsibility ABERRATION Something not typical; a deviation from the standard ABHOR To hate very, very much; to detest ABJECT Hopeless; extremely sad and servile; defeated; utterly bummed out ABNEGATE To deny oneself things; to reject; to renounce ABORTIVE Unsuccessful ABRIDGE To shorten; to condense ABSOLUTE Total; unlimited; perfect ABSOLVE To forgive or free from blame; to free from sin; to free from an obligation ABSTINENT Abstaining; voluntarily not doing something, especially something pleasant that is bad for you or has a bad reputation ABSTRACT Theoretical; impersonal ABSTRUSE Hard to understand ABYSMAL Extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless ACCOLADE An award; an honor ACCOST To approach and speak to someone ACERBIC Bitter; sour; severe ACQUIESCE To comply passively; to accept; to assent; to agree ACRID Harsh; like acid ACRIMONIOUS Full of spite; bitter; nasty ACUMEN Keenness of judgment; mental sharpness ACUTE Sharp; shrewd ADAMANT Stubborn; unyielding; completely inflexible ADDRESS To speak to; to direct ones attention to ADHERENT Follower; supporter; believer ADMONISH To scold gently; to warn ADROIT Skillful; dexterous; clever; shrewd; socially at ease ADULATION Wild or excessive admiration; flattery ADULTERATE To contaminate; to make impure ADVERSE Unfavorable; antagonistic AESTHETIC Having to do with artistic beauty; artistic AFFABLE Easy to talk to; friendly AFFECTATION Unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress AFFINITY Sympathy; attraction; kinship; similarity AFFLUENT Rich; prosperous AGENDA Program; the things to be done AGRARIAN Relating to land; relating to the management or farming of land AGGREGATE Sum total; a collection of separate things mixed together AGNOSTIC One who believes that the existence of a god can be neither proven nor disproven ALACRITY