Barron 3500 SAT List 12

Question 0

coup

Answer 0

N. /突然而巧妙的行动，成功的一举/ highly successful action or sudden attack. As the news of his coup spread throughout Wall Street, his fellow brokers dropped by to congratulate him.

Question 1

counterpart

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N. /补充物，相似物/ a thing that completes another; things very much alike. Night and day are counterparts,complementing one another.

Question 2

couple

Answer 2

V. /结合/ join; unite. The Flying Karamazovs couple expert juggling and amateur joking in their nightclub act.

Question 3

courier

Answer 3

N. /信使/ messenger. The publisher sent a special courier to pick up the manuscript.

Question 4

covenant

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N. /契约/ agreement. We must comply with the terms of the covenant.

Question 5

covert

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ADJ. /秘密的，隐藏的/ secret; hidden; implied. Investigations of the Central Intelligence Agency and other secret serice networks reveal that such covert operations can get out of control.

Question 6

covetous

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ADJ . /贪婪的，占有欲强的/ avaricious; eagerly desirous of. The child was covetous by nature and wanted to take the toys belonging to his classmates. covet, V.

Question 7

cow

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V. /恐吓/ terrorize; intimidate. The li ttle boy was so cowed by the hulking bully that he gave up his lunch money without a word of protest.

Question 8

cower

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V. /畏缩/ shrink quivering, as from fear. The frightened child cowered in the corner of the room.

Question 9

coy

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ADJ. /害羞的，腼腆的/ shy; modest; coquettish. Reluctant to commit herself so early in the game, Kay was coy in her answers to Kens offer.

Question 10

cozen

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V. /欺骗，蒙蔽/ cheat; hoodwink; swindle. He was the kind of individual who would cozen his friends in a cheap card game but remain eminently ethical in all business dealings.

Question 11

crabbed

Answer 11

ADJ. /乖戾的，易怒的/ sour; peevish. The crabbed old man was avoided by the children because he scolded them when they made noise.

Question 12

craftiness

Answer 12

N. /狡猾/ slyness; trickiness. In many Native American legends, the coyote is the clever trickster, the embodiment of craftiness. crafty, N.

Question 13

crass

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ADJ. /粗糙的/ very unrefined; grossly insensible. The film critic deplored the crass commercialism of movie-makers who abandon artistic standards in order to make a quick buck.

Question 14

craven

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ADJ. /怯懦的/ cowardly. Lillian’s craven refusal to join the protest was criticized by her comrades, who had expected her to be brave enough to stand up for her beliefs.

Question 15

credence

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N. /信任/ belief. Do not place any credence in his promises.

Question 16

credibility

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N. /可信性/ believability. Because the candidate had made some pretty unbelievable promises, we began to question the credibility of everythiNg she said.

Question 17

credo

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N. /信条/ creed. I believe we may best describe his credo by saying that it approximaies the Golden Rule.

Question 18

credulity

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N. /轻信，易受骗/ belief on slight evidence; gullibility; naivete. Can artists take advantage of the credulity of inexperienced investors to swindle them out of their savings. credulous, ADJ.

Question 19

creed

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N. /信条/ system of religious or ethical belief. Any loyal American’s creed must emphasize love of democracy.

Question 20

crescendo

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N. (声音、力度等)渐强 increase in the volume or intensity, as in a musical passage; climax. The music suddenly shifted its mood, dramatically switch ing from a muted, contemplative passage to a crescendo with blaring trumpets and clashing cymbals.

Question 21

crest

Answer 21

N. /顶峰，浪头/ highest pOint of a hill; foamy top of a wave. Fleeing the tidal wave, the islanders scrambled to reach the crest of Mount Lucinda. With relief, they watched the crest of the wave break well below their vantage point.

Question 22

crestfallen

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ADJ. /垂头丧气的，沮丧的/ dejected; dispirited. We were surprised at his reaction to the failure of his project; instead of being crestfallen, he was busily engaged in planning new activities.

Question 23

crevice

Answer 23

N. /裂缝/ crack; fissure. The mountain climbers found footholds in the tiny crevices in the mountainside.

Question 24

cringe

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V. /畏缩/ shrink back, as if in fear. The dog cringed, expecting a blow.

Question 25

criterion

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N. /标准/ standard used in judging. What criterion did you use when you selected this essay as the prizewinner? criteria, PL.

Question 26

crop

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V. /剪修/ cut off unwanted parts of a photograph; graze. With care, David cropped the picture until its edges neatly framed the flock of sheep cropping the grass.

Question 27

crotchety

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ADJ. /怪癖的，反复无常的/ eccentric; whimsical. Although he was reputed to be a crotchety old gentleman, I found his ideas substantially sound and sensible.

Question 28

crux

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N. /关键点/ crucial point. This is the crux of the entire problem: everything centers on its being resolved.

Question 29

crypt

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N. /地下室，地窖/ secret recess or vault, usually used for burial. Until recently, only bodies of rulers and leading statesmen were interred in this crypt.

Question 30

cryptic

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ADJ. /神秘的，隐藏的，秘密的/ mysterious; hidden; secret. Thoroughly baffled by Holmes's cryptic remarks, Watson wondered whether Holmes was intentionally concealing his thoughts about the crime.

Question 31

cubicle

Answer 31

N. /小卧室 small compartment partitioned off; small bedchamber. Hoping to personalize their workspace, the staff members decorated the ir tiny identical cubicles in markedly individual ways.

Question 32

cuisine

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N. /烹饪法/ style of cooking. French cuisine is noted for its use of sauces and wines.

Question 33

culinary

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ADJ. /烹饪的/ relating to cooking. Many chefs attribute their culinary skill to the wise use of spices.

Question 34

cull

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V. /挑选，去掉/ pick out; reject. Every month the farmer culls the nonlaying hens from his flock and sells them to the local butcher. also N.

Question 35

culminate

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V. /达到顶点/ attain the highest point; climax. George Bush's years of service to the Republican Party culminated in his being chosen as the Republican candidate for the presidency. His subsequent inauguration' as President of the United States marked the culmination of his political career.

Question 36

culpable

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ADJ. /该责备的/ deserving blame. Corrupt politicians who condone the activities of the gamblers are equally culpable.

Question 37

culvert

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N. /水管/artificial channel for water. If we build a culvert under the road at this point, we will reduce the possibility of the road's being flooded during the rainy season.

Question 38

cumbersome

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ADJ. /粗笨的；累赘/heavy; hard to manage. He was bur¬dened down with cumbersome parcels.

Question 39

cumulative

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ADJ. /累积/growing by addition. Vocabulary building is a cumulative process: as you go through your flash cards, you will add new words to your vocabulary, one by one.

Question 40

cupidity

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N. /贪婪/greed. The defeated people could not satisfy the cupidity of the conquerors, who demanded excessive tribute.

Question 41

curator

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N. /主管；经理/superintendent; manager. The members of the board of trustees of the museum expected the new curator to plan events and exhibitions that would make the museum more popular.

Question 42

curmudgeon

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N. /脾气坏；吝啬/churlish, miserly individual. Although he was regarded by many as a curmudgeon, a few of us were aware of the many kindnesses and acts of charity that he secretly performed.

Question 43

cursive

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ADJ. /流动的；连接的/flowing, running. In normal writing we run our letters together in cursive form; in printing, we separate the letters.

Question 44

cursory

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ADJ. /草率；匆忙/casual; hastily done. Because a cursory examination of the ruins indicates the possibility of arson, we believe the insurance agency should undertake a more extensive investigation of the fire's cause.

Question 45

curtail

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V. /减短；降低/shorten; reduce. When Herb asked Diane for a date, she said she was really sorry she couldn't go out with him, but her dad had ordered her to curtail her social life.

Question 46

cynical

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ADJ. /愤世嫉俗/skeptical or distrustful of human motives. Cyn¬ical from birth, Sidney was suspicious whenever anyone gave him a gift "with no strings attached." cynic, N.

Question 47

cynosure

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N. /广受注意的目标/the object of general attention. As soon as the movie star entered the room, she became the cynosure of all eyes.

Question 48

dabble

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V. /涉猎，尝试；溅/work at in a non-serious fashion; splash around. The amateur painter dabbled at art, but seldom produced a finished piece. The children dabbled their hands in the bird bath, splashing one another gleefully.

Question 49

dais

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N. /讲台/raised platform for guests of honor. When he approached the dais, he was greeted by cheers from the people who had come to honor him.

Question 50

dank

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ADJ. /湿的；湿透的/damp. The walls of the dungeon were dank and slimy.

Question 51

dapper

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ADJ. /整齐的，优雅的/neat and trim. In "The Odd Couple" TV show, Tony Randall played Felix Unger, an excessively dapper soul who could not stand to have a hair out of place.

Question 52

dappled

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ADJ. /有斑点的/spotted. The sunlight filtering through the screens created a dappled effect on the wall.

Question 53

daub

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V. /涂抹/smear (as with paint). From the way he daubed his paint on the canvas, I could tell he knew nothing of oils. also N.

Question 54

daunt

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V. /惊吓；胁迫/intimidate; frighten. "Boast all you like of your prowess. Mere words cannot daunt me," the hero answered the villain.

Question 55

dauntless

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ADJ. /胆大的/bold. Despite the dangerous nature of the undertaking, the dauntless soldier volunteered for the assignment.

Question 56

dawdle

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V. /游手好闲；混日子/loiter; waste time. We have to meet a deadline so don't dawdle; just get down to work.

Question 57

deadlock

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N. /僵局/standstill; stalemate. Because negotiations had reached a deadlock, some of the delegates had begun to mutter about breaking off the talks. alsoV.

Question 58

deadpan

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ADJ. /没有表情的；呆板的/wooden; impersonal. We wanted to see how long he could maintain his deadpan expression.

Question 59

dearth

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N. /稀缺；缺乏/scarcity. The dearth of skilled labor compelled the employers to open trade schools.

Question 60

debacle

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N. /崩溃/sudden downfall; complete disaster. In the Air¬plane movies, every flight turns into a debacle, with passen¬gers and crew members collapsing, engines falling apart, and carry-on baggage popping out of the overhead bins.

Question 61

debase

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V. /贬低，降低/reduce in quality or value; lower in esteem; degrade. In The King and l, Anna refuses to kneel down and prostrate herself before the king, for she feels that to do so would debase her position, and she will not submit to such debasement.

Question 62

debauch

Answer 62

V. /堕落，放荡/corrupt; seduce from virtue. Did Socrates' teachings lead the young men of Athens to be virtuous citi¬zens, or did they debauch the young men, causing them to question the customs of their fathers? Clearly, Socrates' philosophical talks were nothing like the wild debauchery of the toga parties in Animal House.

Question 63

debilitate

Answer 63

V. /使虚弱，衰弱/weaken; enfeeble. Michael's severe bout of the flu debilitated him so much that he was too tired to go to work for a week.

Question 64

debonair

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ADJ. /温文尔雅；友好；殷勤/friendly; aiming to please. The debonair youth was liked by all who met him, because of his cheerful and obliging manner.

Question 65

debris

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N. /碎片；残骸/rubble. A full year after the earthquake in Mexico City, they were still carting away the debris.

Question 66

debunk

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V. /揭穿；奚落/expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc; ridicule. Pointing out that he consistently had voted against strengthening anti-pollution legislation, reporters debunked the candidate's claim that he was a fervent environmentalist.

Question 67

debutante

Answer 67

N. /初次参加社交活动的女孩/young woman making formal entrance into society. As a debutante, she was often mentioned in the society columns of the newspapers.

Question 68

decadence

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N. /颓废；腐坏/decay. The moral decadence of the people was reflected in the lewd literature of the period.

Question 69

decapitate

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V. /斩首，杀头/behead. They did not hang Lady Jane Grey; they decapitated her. "Off with her head!" cried the Duchess, eager to decapitate poor Alice.

Question 70

decelerate

Answer 70

V. /减慢/slow down. Seeing the emergency blinkers in the road ahead, he decelerated quickly.