Barron 3500 SAT List 16

Question 0

duress

Answer 0

N. /（非法的）限制，关押/forcible restraint, especially unlawfully. The hostages were held under duress until the prisoners’ demands were met.

Question 1

duration

Answer 1

N. /持续时间/length of time something lasts. Because she wanted the children to make a good impression on the din¬ner guests, Mother promised them a treat if they’d behave for the duration of the meal.

Question 2

dutiful

Answer 2

ADJ. /恭敬的；尊重的/respectful; obedient. When Mother told Billy to kiss Great-Aunt Hattie, the boy obediently gave the old woman a dutiful peck on her cheek.

Question 3

dwarf

Answer 3

V. /使看上去矮小/cause to seem small. The giant redwoods and high cliffs dwarfed the elegant Ahwahnee Hotel, making it appear a modest lodge rather than an imposing hostelry.

Question 4

dwindle

Answer 4

V. /缩水；减少/shrink; reduce. The food in the life boat gradu¬ally dwindled away to nothing; in the end, they ate the ship’s cook.

Question 5

dynamic

Answer 5

ADJ. /充满活力的/energetic; vigorously active. The dynamic aerobics instructor kept her students on the run; she was a little dynamo.

Question 6

earthy

Answer 6

ADJ. /粗糙的；未加工的/unrefined; coarse. His earthy remarks often embarrassed the women in his audience.

Question 7

ebb

Answer 7

V. /衰退/recede; lessen. Sitting on the beach, Mrs. Dalloway watched the tide ebb: the waters receded, drawing away from her as she sat there all alone. also N.

Question 8

ebullient

Answer 8

ADJ. /热情的，激动的/showing excitement; overflowing with enthu¬siasm. Amy’s ebullient nature could not be repressed; she’ was always bubbling over with excitement. ebullience, N.

Question 9

eccentric

Answer 9

ADJ. /古怪的，奇怪的/irregular; odd; whimsical; bizarre. The comet veered dangerously close to the earth in its eccentric orbit. People came up with some eccentric ideas for deal¬ing with the emergency: someone even suggested tieing a knot in the comet’s tail!

Question 10

eccentricity

Answer 10

N. /怪僻，古怪；特性/oddity; idiosyncrasy. Some of his friends tried to account for his rudeness to strangers as the eccen¬tricity of genius.

Question 11

ecclesiastic

Answer 11

ADJ. /神职的/pertaining to the church. The minister donned his ecclesiastic garb and walked to the pulpit. also N.

Question 12

eclectic

Answer 12

ADJ. /折衷的/composed of elements drawn from dis¬parate sources. His style of interior decoration was eclec¬tic: bits and pieces of furnishings from widely divergent periods, strikingly juxtaposed to create a unique decor. eclecticism, N.

Question 13

eclipse

Answer 13

V. /超越；衰落；失色/darken; extinguish; surpass. The new stock market high eclipsed the previous record set in 1995.

Question 14

ecologist

Answer 14

N. /生态学家/a person concerned with the interrelationship between living organisms and their environment. The ecolo¬gist was concerned that the new dam would upset the nat¬ural balance of the creatures living in Glen Canyon.

Question 15

economy

Answer 15

N. /俭省节约的，经济的/efficiency or conciseness in using something. Reading the epigrams of Pope, I admire the economy of his verse: in few words he conveys worlds of meaning. (sec¬ondary meaning)

Question 16

ecstasy

Answer 16

N. /全神贯注，入迷，高兴/rapture; joy; any overpowering emotion. When Allison received her long-hoped-for letter of acceptance from Harvard, she was in ecstasy. ecstatic,ADJ.

Question 17

eddy

Answer 17

N. /漩涡/swirling current of water, air, etc. The water in the tide pool was still, except for an occasional eddy.

Question 18

edict

Answer 18

N. /法令，号令；布告/decree (especially issued by a sovereign); official command. The emperor issued an edict decreeing that everyone should come see him model his magnificent new clothes.

Question 19

edify

Answer 19

V. /教导；启迪，陶冶/instruct; correct morally. Although his purpose was to edify and not to entertain his audience, many of his listeners were amused rather than enlightened.

Question 20

eerie

Answer 20

ADJ. /怪异的/weird. In that eerie setting, it was easy to believe in ghosts and other supernatural beings.

Question 21

efface

Answer 21

V. /抹掉/rub out. The coin had been handled so many times that its date had been effaced.

Question 22

effectual

Answer 22

ADJ. /有效的/able to produce a desired effect; valid. Medical researchers are concerned because of the devel¬opment of drug-resistant strains of bacteria; many once useful antibiotics are no longer effectual in curing bacterial infections.

Question 23

effervescence

Answer 23

N. /泡腾，沸腾；兴奋，活泼/inner excitement or exuberance; bub¬bling from fermentation or carbonation. Nothing depressed Sue for long; her natural effervescence soon reasserted itself. Soda that loses its effervescence goes flat. efferves¬cent, ADJ. effervesce,V.

Question 24

efficacy

Answer 24

N. /功效/power to produce desired effect. The efficacy of this drug depends on the regularity of the dosage. effica¬cious,ADJ.

Question 25

effigy

Answer 25

N. /假人（被人憎恨的，如秦桧）/dummy. The mob showed its irritation by hanging the judge in effigy.

Question 26

effrontery

Answer 26

N. /厚颜无耻/shameless boldness. She had the effrontery to insult the guest.

Question 27

effusive

Answer 27

ADJ. /激情澎湃的/pouring forth; gushing. Her effusive manner of greeting her friends finally began to irritate them. effu¬sion, N.

Question 28

egoism

Answer 28

N. /自我中心，利己主义/excessive interest in one's self; belief that one should be interested in one's self rather than in others. His egoism prevented him from seeing the needs of his col¬leagues.

Question 29

egotistical

Answer 29

ADJ. /极度自我中心；自以为是，逞能/excessively self-centered; self-important; conceited. Typical egotistical remark: "But enough of this chit-chat about you and your little problems. Let's talk about what's really important: Me!"

Question 30

egregious

Answer 30

ADJ. /及其令人痛恨的，声名狼藉；令人吃惊的/notorious; conspicuously bad or shocking. She was an egregious liar; we all knew better than to believe a word she said. Ed's housekeeping was egregious: he let his dirty dishes pile up so long that they were stuck together with last week's food.

Question 31

egress

Answer 31

N. /出口/exit. Barnum's sign "To the Egress" fooled many people who thought they were going to see an animal and instead found themselves in the street.

Question 32

ejaculation

Answer 32

N. /迸出；惊叹/exclamation. He could not repress an ejacu¬lation of surprise when he heard the news.

Question 33

elaboration

Answer 33

N. /细节；复杂/addition of details; intricacy. Tell what hap¬pened simply, without any elaboration. elaborate,V.

Question 34

elated

Answer 34

ADJ. /过分高兴的；兴高采烈/overjoyed; in high spirits. Grinning from ear to ear, Bonnie Blair was clearly elated by her fifth Olympic gold medal. elation, N.

Question 35

elegy

Answer 35

N. /挽歌，悲歌/poem or song expressing lamentation. On the death of Edward King, Milton composed the elegy "Lyci¬das." elegiacal,ADJ.

Question 36

elicit

Answer 36

V. /得出/draw out by discussion. The detectives tried to elicit where he had hidden his loot.

Question 37

elixir

Answer 37

N. /包治百病，万能药/cure-all; something invigorating. The news of her chance to go abroad acted on her like an elixir.

Question 38

ellipsis

Answer 38

N. /省略/omission of words from a text. Sometimes an ellipsis can lead to a dangling modifier, as in the sentence "Once dressed, you should refrigerate the potato salad."

Question 39

elliptical

Answer 39

ADJ. /椭圆的；有意模棱两可的/oval; ambiguous, either purposely or because key words have been left out. An elliptical billiard ball wobbles because it is not perfectly round; an elliptical remark baffles because it is not perfectly clear.

Question 40

eloquence

Answer 40

N. /雄辩；修辞/expressiveness; persuasive speech. The crowds were stirred by Martin Luther King's eloquence. elo¬quent,ADJ.

Question 41

elucidate

Answer 41

V. /解释；启迪/explain; enlighten. He was called upon to elu¬cidate the disputed points in his article.

Question 42

elusive

Answer 42

ADJ. /难懂的，难捉摸的；令人困惑的/evasive; baffling; hard to grasp. Trying to pin down exactly when the contractors would be finished remodeling the house, Nancy was frustrated by their elusive replies. elude,V.

Question 43

emaciated

Answer 43

ADJ. /瘦弱的，脆弱的/thin and wasted. His long period of starva¬tion had left him emaciated.

Question 44

emanate

Answer 44

V. /散发，发出/issue forth. A strong odor of sulphur emanated from the spring.

Question 45

emancipate

Answer 45

V. /释放，解放/set free. At first, the attempts of the Aboli¬tionists to emancipate the slaves were unpopular in New England as well as in the South.

Question 46

embargo

Answer 46

N. /禁运/ban on commerce or other activity. As a result of the embargo, trade with the colonies was at a standstill.

Question 47

embark

Answer 47

V. /开始旅程，开始，登机，上船，上车/commence; go on board a boat or airplane; begin a journey. In devoting herself to the study of gorillas, Dian Fossey embarked on a course of action that was to cost her her life.

Question 48

embed

Answer 48

V. /封装，嵌入，插入/enclose; place in something. Tales of actual his¬torical figures like King Alfred have become embedded in legends.

Question 49

embellish

Answer 49

V. /装饰/adorn; ornament. The costume designer embellished the leading lady's ball gown with yards and yards of ribbon and lace.

Question 50

embezzlement

Answer 50

N. /偷窃，侵占/stealing. The bank teller confessed his embezzlement of the funds.

Question 51

embody

Answer 51

V. /具体化；包含，收录/personify; make concrete; incorporate. Cheer¬ing on his rival Mark McGwire's efforts to break Roger Maris's home run record, Sammy Sosa embodied the spirit of true sportsmanship.

Question 52

embrace

Answer 52

V. /拥抱；接受，包含/hug; adopt or espouse; accept readily; encir¬cle; include. Clasping Maid Marian in his arms, Robin Hood embraced her lovingly. In joining the outlaws in Sherwood Forest, she had openly embraced their cause.

Question 53

embroider

Answer 53

V. /镶边，绣花；添油加醋/decorate with needlework; ornament with fancy or fictitious details. For her mother's birthday, Beth embroidered a lovely design on a handkerchief. When asked what made her late getting home, Jo embroidered her account with tales of runaway horses and rescuing peo¬ple from a ditch. embroidery, N.

Question 54

embroil

Answer 54

V. /连累，牵连；使其混乱，麻烦缠身/throw into confusion; involve in strife; entangle. He became embroiled in the heated discussion when he tried to arbitrate the dispute.

Question 55

embryonic

Answer 55

ADJ. /胚胎的；未开发的，原始的/undeveloped; rudimentary. The evil of class and race hatred must be eliminated while it is still in an embry¬onic state; otherwise, it may grow to dangerous proportions. emend V. correct; correct by a critic. The critic emended the book by selecting the passages which he thought most appropriate to the text.

Question 56

emendation

Answer 56

N. /改进；修订/correction of errors; improvement. Please initial all the emendations you have made in this contract.

Question 57

eminent

Answer 57

ADJ. /高的/high; lofty. After his appointment to this emi¬nent position, he seldom had time for his former friends.

Question 58

emissary

Answer 58

N. /代理；信使，使者/agent; messenger. The secretary of state was sent as the president's special emissary to the conference on disarmament.

Question 59

emollient

Answer 59

N. /缓和，安抚/soothing or softening remedy. The nurse applied an emollientto the inflamed area. alsoADJ.

Question 60

empathy

Answer 60

N. /移情作用，心入/ability to identify with another's feelings, ideas, etc. What made Ann such a fine counselor was her empa¬thy, her ability to put herself in her client's place and feel his emotions as if they were her own. empathize,V.

Question 61

empirical

Answer 61

ADJ. /经验主义/based on experience. He distrusted hunches and intuitive flashes; he placed his reliance entirely on empirical data.

Question 62

emulate

Answer 62

V. /仿效；抗衡/imitate; rival. In a brief essay, describe a person you admire, someone whose virtues you would like to emulate.

Question 63

enamored

Answer 63

ADJ. /爱情的；坠入爱河的/in love. Narcissus became enamored of his own beauty.

Question 64

encipher

Answer 64

V. /编码/encode; convert a message into code. One of Bond's first lessons was how to encipher the messages he sent to Miss Moneypenny so that none of his other lady friends could decipher them.

Question 65

enclave

Answer 65

N. /飞地/territory enclosed within an alien land. The Vati¬can is an independent enclave in Italy.

Question 66

encomium

Answer 66

N. /赞美之词/high praise; eulogy. Uneasy with the encomiums expressed by his supporters, Tolkien felt unworthy of such high praise.

Question 67

encompass

Answer 67

V. /包围/surround. Although we were encompassed by enemy forces, we were cheerful for we were well stocked and could withstand a siege until our allies joined us.

Question 68

encroachment

Answer 68

N. /侵蚀；"和平演变"/gradual intrusion. The encroachment of the factories upon the neighborhood lowered the value of the real estate.