SAT最常见的1000个词汇（R-1）

　　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。 

rail (v.) to scold, protest (The professor railed against the injustice of the college’s tenure
policy.)
rancid (adj.) having a terrible taste or smell (Rob was double-dog-dared to eat the
rancid egg salad sandwich.)
rancor (n.) deep, bitter resentment (When Eileen challenged me to a fight, I could see
the rancor in her eyes.)
rapport (n.) mutual understanding and harmony (When Margaret met her paramour,
they felt an instant rapport.)
rash (adj.) hasty, incautious (It’s best to think things over calmly and thoroughly, rather
than make rash decisions.)
raucous (adj.) loud, boisterous (Sarah’s neighbors called the cops when her house party
got too raucous.)
raze (v.) to demolish, level (The old tenement house was razed to make room for the
large chain store.)
rebuke (v.) to scold, criticize (When the cops showed up at Sarah’s party, they rebuked
her for disturbing the peace.)
recalcitrant (adj.) defiant, unapologetic (Even when scolded, the recalcitrant young girl
simply stomped her foot and refused to finish her lima beans.)
recapitulate (v.) to sum up, repeat (Before the final exam, the teacher recapitulated the
semester’s material.)

reciprocate (v.) to give in return (When Steve gave Samantha a sweater for Christmas,
she reciprocated by giving him a kiss.)
reclusive (adj.) solitary, shunning society (Reclusive authors such as J.D. Salinger do
not relish media attention and sometimes even enjoy holing up in remote cabins in
the woods.)
reconcile 1. (v.) to return to harmony (The feuding neighbors finally reconciled when
one brought the other a delicious tuna noodle casserole.) 2. (v.) to make consistent
with existing ideas (Alou had to reconcile his skepticism about the existence of aliens
with the fact that he was looking at a flying saucer.)
rectitude (n.) uprightness, extreme morality (The priest’s rectitude gave him the moral
authority to counsel his parishioners.)
redoubtable 1. (adj.) formidable (The fortress looked redoubtable set against a stormy
sky.) 2. (adj.) commanding respect (The audience greeted the redoubtable speaker
with a standing ovation.)
refract (v.) to distort, change (The light was refracted as it passed through the prism.)
refurbish (v.) to restore, clean up (The dingy old chair, after being refurbished,
commanded the handsome price of $200.)

refute (v.) to prove wrong (Maria refuted the president’s argument as she yelled and
gesticulated at the TV.)
regurgitate 1. (v.) to vomit (Feeling sick, Chuck regurgitated his dinner.) 2. (v.) to
throw back exactly (Margaret rushed through the test, regurgitating all of the facts
she’d memorized an hour earlier.)
relegate 1. (v.) to assign to the proper place (At the astrology conference, Simon was
relegated to the Scorpio room.) 2. (v.) to assign to an inferior place (After spilling a
drink on a customer’s shirt, the waiter found himself relegated to the least lucrative
shift.)
relish (v.) to enjoy (Pete always relished his bedtime snack.)
remedial (adj.) intended to repair gaps in students’ basic knowledge (After his teacher
discovered he couldn’t read, Alex was forced to enroll in remedial English.)
remiss (adj.) negligent, failing to take care (The burglar gained entrance because the
security guard, remiss in his duties, forgot to lock the door.)