Barron 3500 SAT List 10

Question 0

collage

Answer 0

N. /拼贴画/work of art put together from fragments. Scraps of cloth, paper doilies, and old photographs all went into her collage.

Question 1

collaborate

Answer 1

V. /协作，合作/work together. Two writers collaborated in preparing this book.

Question 2

collate

Answer 2

V. /校对，整理/examine in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order. They collated the newly found manuscripts to deter¬mine their age.

Question 3

collateral

Answer 3

N. /抵押品/security given for loan. The sum you wish to borrow is so large that it must be secured by collateral.

Question 4

colloquial

Answer 4

ADJ. /口语的/pertaining to conversational or common speech. Some of the new, less formal reading passages on SAT I have a colloquial tone that is intended to make them more appealing to students.

Question 5

collusion

Answer 5

N. /勾结/Conspiring in a fraudulent scheme. The swindlers were found guilty of collusion.

Question 6

colossal

Answer 6

ADJ. /巨大/huge. Radio City Music Hall has a colossal stage.

Question 7

comatose

Answer 7

ADJ. /昏迷；熟睡/a coma; extremely sleepy. The long¬winded orator soon had his audience in a comatose state.

Question 8

*combustible

Answer 8

ADJ. /易燃的/easily burned. After the recent outbreak of fires in private homes, the fire commissioner ordered that all combustible materials be kept in safe containers, also N.

Question 9

comely

Answer 9

ADJ. /清秀，美丽，漂亮；有吸引力的/attractive; agreeable. I would rather have a poor and comely wife than a rich and homely one.

Question 10

comeuppance

Answer 10

N. /报应/rebuke; deserts. After his earlier rude¬ness, we were delighted to see him get his comeuppance.

Question 11

commandeer

Answer 11

V. /征用，招募/to draft for military purposes; to take for public use. The policeman commandeered the first car that approached and ordered the driver to go to the nearest hospital.

Question 12

commemorate

Answer 12

V. /纪念/honor the memory of. The statue of the Minute Man commemorates the valiant soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War.

Question 13

commensurate

Answer 13

ADJ. /相当的，相称的/equal in extent. Your reward will be commensurate with your effort.

Question 14

commiserate

Answer 14

V. /怜悯，同情/feel or express pity or sympathy for. Her friends commiserated with the widow.

Question 15

commodious

Answer 15

ADJ. /宽敞，舒适/spacious and comfortable. After sleep¬ing in small roadside cabins, they found their hotel suite commodious.

Question 16

communal

Answer 16

ADJ. /公共的/held in common; of a group of people. When they were divorced, they had trouble dividing their communal property.

Question 17

compact

Answer 17

N. /合约，合同/agreement; contract. The signers of the Mayflower Compact were establishing a form of government.

Question 18

compact

Answer 18

ADJ. /紧密的，结实的/tightly packed; firm; brief. His short, com¬pact body was better suited to wrestling than to basketball.

Question 19

comparable

Answer 19

ADJ. /相似的/similar. People whose jobs are compara¬ble in difficulty should receive comparable pay.

Question 20

compatible

Answer 20

ADJ. /和谐的/harmonious; in harmony with. They were compatible neighbors, never quarreling over unimportant matters. compatibility, N.

Question 21

compelling

Answer 21

ADJ. /强制的/overpowering; irresistible in effect. The prosecutor presented a well-reasoned case, but the defense attorney’s compelling arguments for leniency won over the jury.

Question 22

compensatory

Answer 22

ADJ. /补偿/making up for; repaying. Can a com¬pensatory education program make up for the inadequate schooling he received in earlier years?

Question 23

compile

Answer 23

V. /聚集，积累，汇集/assemble; gather; accumulate. We planned to compile a list of the words most frequently used on SAT I examinations.

Question 24

complacency

Answer 24

N. /自满；装模作样/self-satisfaction; smugness. Full of com¬placency about his latest victories, he looked smugly at the row of trophies on his mantelpiece. complacent,ADJ.

Question 25

complaisant

Answer 25

ADJ. /彬彬有礼；殷勤/trying to please; obliging. The courtier obeyed the king's orders in a complaisant manner.

Question 26

complement

Answer 26

V. /补足；完善/complete; consummate; make perfect. The waiter recommended a glass of port to complement the cheese. also N.

Question 27

*complementary

Answer 27

ADJ. /补足的，完善的/serving to complete something. John and Lisa's skills are complementary. he's good at following a daily routine, while she's great at improvising and han¬dling emergencies. Together they make a great team.

Question 28

compliance

Answer 28

N. /顺从/readiness to yield; conformity in fulfilling requirements. Bullheaded Bill was not noted for easy com¬pliance with the demands of others. As an architect, how¬ever, Bill recognized that his design for the new school had to be in compliance with the local building code.

Question 29

compliant

Answer 29

ADJ. /顺从/yielding. Because Joel usually gave in and went along with whatever his friends desired, his mother worried that he might be too compliant.

Question 30

complicity

Answer 30

N. /共犯，共同/participation; involvement. You cannot keep your complicity in this affair secret very long; you would be wise to admit your involvement immediately.

Question 31

component

Answer 31

N. /成分/element; ingredient. I wish all the compo¬nents of my stereo system were working at the same time.

Question 32

composure

Answer 32

N. /镇定，沉着/mental calmness. Even the latest work crisis failed to shake her composure.

Question 33

compound

Answer 33

V. /混合；组合；增加/combine; constitute; pay interest; increase. The makers of the popular cold remedy compounded a nasal decongestant with an antihistamine. also N.

Question 34

comprehensive

Answer 34

ADJ. /全面的/thorough; inclusive. This book pro¬vides a comprehensive review of verbal and math skills for the SAT.

Question 35

compress

Answer 35

V. /压缩/close; squeeze; contract. She compressed the package under her arm.

Question 36

comprise

Answer 36

V. /包括/include; consist of. If the District of Columbia were to be granted statehood, the United States of America would comprise fifty-one states, not just fifty.

Question 37

compromise

Answer 37

V. /危害；妥协/adjust or settle by making mutual conces¬sions; endanger the interests or reputation of. Sometimes the presence of a neutral third party can help adversaries compromise their differences. Unfortunately, you're not neu-tral; therefore, your presence here compromises our chances of reaching an agreement. also N.

Question 38

compunction

Answer 38

N. /后悔/remorse. The judge was especially severe in his sentencing because he felt that the criminal had shown no compunction for his heinous crime.

Question 39

compute

Answer 39

V. /计算/reckon; calculate. He failed to compute the interest, so his bank balance was not accurate. computa¬tion, N.

Question 40

concave

Answer 40

ADJ. /空的/hollow. The back-packers found partial shel¬ter from the storm by huddling against the concave wall of the cliff.

Question 41

concede

Answer 41

V. /勉强，让步，屈从/admit; yield. Despite all the evidence Monica had assembled, Mark refused to concede that she was right.

Question 42

conceit

Answer 42

N. /自负，自大；离奇古怪的想法/vanity or self-love; whimsical idea; extravagant metaphor. Although Jack was smug and puffed up with conceit, he was an entertaining companion, always expressing himself in amusing conceits and witty turns of phrase.

Question 43

concentric

Answer 43

ADJ. /同心/having a common center. The target was made of concentric circles.

Question 44

conception

Answer 44

N. /开始，构思/beginning; forming of an idea. At the first conception of the work, he was consulted. conceive,V.

Question 45

concerted

Answer 45

ADJ. /协调的/mutually agreed on; done together. All the Girl Scouts made a concerted effort to raise funds for their annual outing. When the movie star appeared, his fans let out a concerted sigh.

Question 46

concession

Answer 46

N. /让步/an act of yielding. Before they could reach an agreement, both sides had to make certain concessions.

Question 47

conciliatory

Answer 47

ADJ. /抚慰，调和/reconciling; soothing. She was still angry despite his conciliatory words. conciliate,V.

Question 48

concise

Answer 48

ADJ. /简练/brief and compact. When you define a new word, be concise: the shorter the definition, the easier it is to remember.

Question 49

conclusive

Answer 49

ADJ . /决定性的，确实的/decisive; ending all debate. When the stolen books turned up in John's locker, we finally had conclusive evidence of the identity of the mysterious thief.

Question 50

concoct

Answer 50

V. /调制/ prepare by combining; make up in concert. How did the inventive chef ever concoct such a strange dish? concoction, N.

Question 51

concomitant

Answer 51

N. /伴随物/ that which accompanies. Culture is not always a concomitant of wealth. also ADJ.

Question 52

concord

Answer 52

N. /和谐/ harmony; agreement between people or things . Watching Tweedledum and Tweedledee battle, Alice wondered at their lack of concord.

Question 53

concur

Answer 53

V. /同意/ agree. Did you concur with the decision of the court or did you find it unfair?

Question 54

concurrent

Answer 54

ADJ. /同时发生的/ happening at the same time. In America, the colonists were resisting the demands of the mother country; at the concurrent moment in France, the middle class was sowing the seeds of rebellion.

Question 55

condemn

Answer 55

V. /谴责；判刑/ censure; sentence; force or limit to a particular state. In My Cousin Vinnie, Vinnie's fiancée condemned Vinnie for mishandling his cousin Tony's defense. If Vinnie didn't do a better job defending Tony, the judge would condemn Tony to death, and Vinnie would be condemned to cleaning toilets for a living.

Question 56

condense

Answer 56

V. /浓缩，精简/ make more compact or dense; shorten or abridge; reduce into a denser fo rm. If you squeeze a slice of Wonder Bread, taking out the extra air, you can condense it into a pellet the size of a sugar cube. If you cut out the unnecessary words from your essay, you can condense it to a paragraph. As the bathroom cooled down, the steam from the shower condensed into droplets of water.

Question 57

condescend

Answer 57

V. /谦逊，屈尊/ act conscious of descending to a lower level; patronize. Though Jill had been a star softball player in college, when she played a pickup game at the park she never condescended to her less experienced teammates. condescension, N.

Question 58

condiments

Answer 58

N. /调味品/ seasonings; spices. The chef seasoned the dish with so much garlic that we could hardly taste the other condiments.

Question 59

condole

Answer 59

V. /慰问/ express sympathetic sorrow. His friends gathered to condole with him over his loss. condolence, N.

Question 60

condone

Answer 60

V. /宽恕，容忍/ overlook; forgive; give tacit approval; excuse. Unlike Widow Douglass, who condoned Huck's minor offenses, Miss Watson did nothing but scold.

Question 61

conducive

Answer 61

ADJ. /有益的，有助的/ contributive; tending to. Rest and proper diet are conducive to good health.

Question 62

conduit

Answer 62

N. /沟渠/ aqueduct; passageway for fluids. Water was brought to the army in the desert by an improvised conduit from the adjoining mountain.

Question 63

confidant

Answer 63

N. /知己/ trusted friend. He had no confidants with whom he could discuss his problems at home.

Question 64

confine

Answer 64

V. /禁闭，限制/ shut in; restrict. The terrorists had. confined their prisoner in a small room. However, they had not chained him to the wall or done anything else to confine his movements further. confinement, N.

Question 65

confirm

Answer 65

V. /证实，加强/ corroborate; verify; support. I have several witnesses who will confirm my account of what happened.

Question 66

confiscate

Answer 66

V. /没收，征用/ seize; commandeer. The army confiscated all available supplies of uranium.

Question 67

conflagration

Answer 67

N. /大火/ great fire. In the conflagration that followed the 1906 earthquake, much of San Francisco was destroyed.

Question 68

confluence

Answer 68

N. /汇合，交汇处/ flowing together; crowd. They built the city at the confluence of two rivers.

Question 69

conformity

Answer 69

N. /一致/ harmony; agreement. In conformity with our rules and regulations, I am calling a meeting of our organization.

Question 70

confound

Answer 70

V. /使困惑，使混淆/ confuse; puzzle. No mystery could confound Sherlock Holmes for long.

Question 71

confrontation

Answer 71

N. /面对；对质，对抗/ act of facing someone or something; encounter, often hostile. Morris hoped to avoid any ,confrontations with his ex-wife , but he kept on running into her at the health club. How would you like to confront someone who can bench press 200 pounds? confront, V., confrontational, ADJ.

Question 72

congeal

Answer 72

V. /冻结/ freeze; coagulate. His blood congealed in his veins as he saw the dread monster rush toward him.

Question 73

congenial

Answer 73

ADJ. /相宜的，何意的/ pleasant; friendly. My father loved to go out for a meal with congenial companions.

Question 74

congenital

Answer 74

ADJ. /天生的/ existing at birth. Were you born stupid, or did you just turn out this way? In other words, is your idiocy acquired or congenital? Doctors are able to cure some congenital deformities such as cleft palates by performing operations on infants.