SAT最常见的1000个词汇（A-2）

　　该词表中的词汇主要是针对美国学生挑选出来的，这1000个词汇是属于SAT考试中常出现但美国学生却不熟悉的词汇，因此该词表中的词汇难度较大。如果你是刚刚接触SAT的考生，最好不要立即使用该词表，推荐留在备考的最后阶段再使用。 

　　accessible

　　(adj.)

　　obtainable, reachable

　　(After studying with SparkNotes and getting a great score on the SAT, Marlena happily realized that her goal of getting into an Ivy-League college was accessible.)

　　acclaim

　　(n.)

　　high praise

　　(Greg’s excellent poem won the acclaim of his friends.)

　　accolade

　　(n.)

　　high praise, special distinction

　　(Everyone offered accolades to Sam after he won the Noble Prize.)

　　accommodating

　　(adj.)

　　helpful, obliging, polite

　　(Though the apartment was not big enough for three people, Arnold, Mark, and Zebulon were all friends and were accommodating to each other.)

　　accord

　　(n.)

　　an agreement

　　(After much negotiating, England and Iceland finally came to a mutually beneficial accord about fishing rights off the cost of Greenland.)

　　accost

　　(v.)

　　to confront verbally

　　(Though Antoinette was normally quite calm, when the waiter spilled soup on her for the fourth time in 15 minutes she stood up and accosted the man.)

　　accretion

　　(n.)

　　slow growth in size or amount

　　(Stalactites are formed by the accretion of minerals from the roofs of caves.)

　　acerbic

　　(adj.)

　　biting, bitter in tone or taste

　　(Jill became extremely acerbic and began to cruelly make fun of all her friends.)

　　acquiesce

　　(v.)

　　to agree without protesting

　　(Though Mr. Correlli wanted to stay outside and work in his garage, when his wife told him that he had better come in to dinner, he acquiesced to her demands.)

　　acrimony

　　(n.)

　　bitterness, discord

　　(Though they vowed that no girl would ever come between them, Biff and Trevor could not keep acrimony from overwhelming their friendship after they both fell in love with the lovely Teresa.)

　　acumen

　　(n.)

　　keen insight

　　(Because of his mathematical acumen, Larry was able to figure out in minutes problems that took other students hours.)

　　acute

　　1.

　　(adj.)

　　sharp, severe

　　(Arnold could not walk because the pain in his foot was soacute.)

　　2.

　　(adj.)

　　having keen insight

　　(Because she was so acute, Libby instantly figured out how the magician pulled off his “magic.”)

　　adamant

　　(adj.)

　　impervious, immovable, unyielding

　　(Though public pressure was intense, the President remained adamant about his proposal.)

　　adept

　　(adj.)

　　extremely skilled

　　(Tarzan was adept at jumping from tree to tree like amonkey.)

　　adhere

　　1.

　　(n.)

　　to stick to something

　　(We adhered the poster to the wall with tape.)

　　2.

　　(n.)

　　to follow devoutly

　　(He adhered to the dictates of his religion without question.)

　　admonish

　　(v.)

　　to caution, criticize, reprove

　　(Joe’s mother admonished him not to ruin

　　his appetite by eating cookies before dinner.)

　　adorn

　　(v.)

　　to decorate

　　(We adorned the tree with ornaments.)

　　adroit

　　(adj.)

　　skillful, dexterous

　　(The adroit thief could pick someone’s pocket without

　　attracting notice.)

　　adulation

　　(n.)

　　extreme praise

　　(Though the book was pretty good, Marcy did not believe

　　it deserved the adulation it received.)

　　adumbrate

　　(v.)

　　to sketch out in a vague way

　　(The coach adumbrated a game plan, but

　　none of the players knew precisely what to do.)

　　adverse

　　(adj.)

　　antagonistic, unfavorable, dangerous

　　(Because of adverse conditions, the

　　hikers decided to give up trying to climb the mountain.)

　　advocate

　　1.

　　(v.)

　　to argue in favor of something

　　(Arnold advocated turning left at the stop sign, even though everyone else thought we should turn right.) 2. (n.) a person who argues in favor of something (In addition to wanting to turn left at every stop sign, Arnold was also a great advocate of increasing national defense spending.)

　　aerial (adj.) somehow related to the air (We watched as the fighter planes conducted aerial maneuvers.)

　　aesthetic (adj.) artistic, related to the appreciation of beauty (We hired Susan as our interior decorator because she has such a fine aesthetic sense.)

　　affable (adj.) friendly, amiable (People like to be around George because he is so affable and good-natured.)

　　affinity (n.)a spontaneous feeling of closeness (Jerry didn’t know why, but he felt an incredible affinity for Kramer the first time they met.)

　　affluent (adj.) rich, wealthy (Mrs. Grebelski was affluent, owning a huge house, three cars, and an island near Maine.)

　　affront (n.) an insult (Bernardo was very touchy, and took any slight as an affront to his honor.)

　　aggrandize (v.) to increase or make greater (Joseph always dropped the names of the famous people his father knew as a way to aggrandize his personal stature.)