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SAT巴朗词汇3500 > List 5 > Flashcards

List 5 Flashcards

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Astral

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Adj. relating to the stars

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Astringent

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Adj. binding, causing contraction

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Astronomical

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Adj. enormously large or extensive

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Astute

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Adj. wise, shrewd, keen

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Asunder

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Adj. into parts, apart

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Asylum

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N. place of refuge or shelter, protection

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Asymmetric

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Adj. not identical on both sides of dividing central line

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Atavism

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N. reversion to an earlier type, throwback

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Atheistic

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Adj. denying the existence of God

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Atlas

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N. bound volume of maps, charts, or tables

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Atone

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V. Make amends for, pay for

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Atrocity

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N. brutal deed

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Atrophy

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V. Decrease in size or waste away of a body part or tissue

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Attain

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V. Achieve or accomplish , gain

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Attentive

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Adj. alert and watchful, considerate, thoughtful

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Attenuate

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V. Make thin, weaken

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Attest

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V. Testify, bear witness

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Attribute

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N. essential quality

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Attribute

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V. Ascribe, explain

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Attrition

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N. gradual decrease in numbers, reduction in the work force without firing employees, wearing away of opposition by means of harassment

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Atypical

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Adj. not normal

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Audacious

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Adj. daring, bold

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Audit

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N. examination of accounts

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Auditory

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Adj. pertaining to the sense of hearing

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Augury

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N. omen, prophey

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August

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Adj. impressive, majestic

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Auroral

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Adj. pertaining to the aurora borealis

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Austere

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Adj. forbiddingly stern, severely simple and unornamented

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Authenticate

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V. Confirm as genuine

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Authoritarian

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Adj. subordinating the individual to the state, completely dominating another’s will

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Authoritative

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Adj. having the weight of authority, peremptory and dictatorial

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Autocratic

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Adj. having absolute, unchecked power, dictatorial

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Automaton

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N. robot, person performing a task mechanically

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Autonomous

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Adj. self-governing

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Autopsy

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N. examination of a dead body, post-mortem

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Auxiliary

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Adj. helper, additional or subsidiary

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Avarice

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N. greediness for wealth

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Avenge

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V. Take revenge for something (or on behalf of someone)

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Aver

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V. Assert confidently, affirm

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Averse

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Adj. reluctant , disinclined

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Aversion

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N. firm dislike

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Avert

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V. Prevent, turn away

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Aviary

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N. enclosure for birds

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Avid

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Adj. greedy, eager for

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Avocation

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N. secondary or minor occupation

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Avow

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V. Declare openly

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Avuncular

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Adj. like an uncle

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Awe

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N. solemn wonder

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Awry

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Adv. crooked, wrong, amiss

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Axiom

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N. self-evident truth requiring no proof

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Azure

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Adj. sky blue

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Babble

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V. Chatter idly

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Bacchanalian

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Adj. drunken

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Badger

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V. To harass or annoy persistently

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Badinage

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N. teasing conversation

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Baffle

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V. Frustrate, perplex

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Bait

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V. Harass, tease

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Baleful

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Adj. deadly, having a malign influence , ominous

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Balk

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V. Foil or thwart, stop short, refuse to go on

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Ballast

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N. heavy substance used to add stability or weight

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Balm

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N. something that relieves pain

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Balmy

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Adj. mild, fragrant

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Banal

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Adj. hackneyed , commonplace , trite, lacking originality

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Bandy

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V. Discuss lightly or glibly, exchange (words) heatedly

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Bane

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N. cause of ruin, curse

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Bantering

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Adj. good-natured joke

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Barb

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N. sharp projection from fishhook , etc., openly cutting remark

SAT巴朗词汇3500 (54 decks)

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