Barron 3500 SAT List 17

Question 0

endearment

Answer 0

N. /爱慕；爱的表示/fond statement. Your gifts and endear¬ments cannot make me forget your earlier insolence.

Question 1

encumber

Answer 1

V. /拖累，负担/burden. Some people encumber themselves with too much luggage when they take short trips.

Question 2

endemic

Answer 2

ADJ. /地方的；小范围内流行/prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country. This disease is endemic in this part of the world; more than 80 percent of the popula¬tion are at one time or another affected by it.

Question 3

endorse

Answer 3

V. /认可，默许；支持/approve; support. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for the city council the mayor would endorse. (secondary meaning) endorsement, N.

Question 4

enduring

Answer 4

ADJ. /持久的；不朽的/lasting; surviving. Keats believed in the enduring power of great art, which would outlast its cre¬ators’ brief lives.

Question 5

energize

Answer 5

V. /鼓舞/invigorate; make forceful and active. Rather than exhausting Maggie, dancing energized her.

Question 6

enervate

Answer 6

V. /使变弱/weaken. She was slow to recover from her ill¬ness; even a short walk to the window would enervate her.

Question 7

enfranchise

Answer 7

V. /赋予公民权（投票权）/to admit to the rights of citizenship (espe¬cially the right to vote). Although Blacks were enfranchised shortly after the Civil War, women did not receive the right to vote until 1920.

Question 8

engage

Answer 8

V. /吸引；雇佣；答应；结合；订婚/attract; hire; pledge oneself; confront. “Your case has engaged my interest, my lord,” said Holmes. “You may engage my services.”

Question 9

engaging

Answer 9

ADJ. /有魅力的，有吸引力的/charming; attractive. Everyone liked Nancy’s pleasant manners and engaging personality.

Question 10

engender

Answer 10

V. /产生，导致/cause; produce. To receive praise for real accomplishments engenders self-confidence in a child.

Question 11

engross

Answer 11

V. /独占/occupy fully. John was so engrossed in his studies that he did not hear his mother call.

Question 12

enhance

Answer 12

V. /增加；改进/increase; improve. You can enhance your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well; an excellent essay can enhance any application.

Question 13

enigma

Answer 13

N. /谜/puzzle; mystery. “What do women want?” asked Dr. Sigmund Freud. Their behavior was an enigma to him.

Question 14

enigmatic

Answer 14

ADJ. /朦胧的；谜一样的/obscure; puzzling. Many have sought to fathom the enigmatic smile of the Mona Lisa.

Question 15

enmity

Answer 15

N. /憎恨；仇恨/ill will; hatred. At Camp David, President Carter labored to bring an end to the enmity that prevented the peaceful coexistence of Egypt and Israel.

Question 16

ennui

Answer 16

N. /厌倦/boredom. The monotonous routine of hospital life induced a feeling of ennui that made him moody and irritable.

Question 17

enormity

Answer 17

N. /巨大的，严重的，极恶劣/hugeness (in a bad sense). He did not realize the enormity of his crime until he saw what suffering he had caused.

Question 18

enrapture

Answer 18

V. /使其狂喜/please intensely. The audience was enrap¬tured by the freshness of the voices and the excellent orchestration.

Question 19

ensconce

Answer 19

V. /安排妥当/settle comfortably. Now that their children were ensconced safely in the private school, the jet-setting parents decided to leave for Europe.

Question 20

ensemble

Answer 20

N. /全体；歌舞团；套装/group of (supporting) players; organic unity; costume. As a dancer with the Oakland Ballet, Benjamin enjoyed being part of the ensemble. Having acted with one another for well over a decade, the cast members have developed a true sense of ensemble: They work together seamlessly. Mitzi wore a charming two-piece ensemble designed by Donna Karan.

Question 21

entail

Answer 21

V. /要求，需要；牵涉到/require; necessitate; involve. Building a college¬level vocabulary will entail some work on your part.

Question 22

enterprising

Answer 22

ADJ. /有魄力/full of initiative. By coming up with fresh ways to market the company’s products, Mike proved him¬self to be an enterprising businessman.

Question 23

enthrall

Answer 23

V. /俘获/capture; enslave. From the moment he saw her picture, he was enthralled by her beauty.

Question 24

entice

Answer 24

V. /吸引；引诱/lure; attract; tempt. She always tried to entice her baby brother into mischief.

Question 25

entitlement

Answer 25

N. /权利/right to claim something; right to benefits. While Bill was entitled to use a company car while he worked for the firm, the company's lawyers questioned his entitlement to the vehicle once he'd quit his job.

Question 26

entity

Answer 26

N. /实体/real being. As soon as the Charter was adopted, the United Nations became an entity and had to be consid¬ered as a factor in world diplomacy.

Question 27

entomology

Answer 27

N. /昆虫学/study of insects. Kent found entomology the most annoying part of his biology course; studying insects bugged him.

Question 28

entourage

Answer 28

N. /随从，随行人员/group of attendants; retinue. Surrounded by the members of his entourage, the mayor hurried into city hall, shouting a brusque "No comment!" to the reporters lin¬ing the steps.

Question 29

entrance

Answer 29

V. /使其着迷；使其神志恍惚/put under a spell; carry away with emotion. Shafts of sunlight on a wall could entrance her and leave her spellbound.

Question 30

entreat

Answer 30

V. /恳求/plead; ask earnestly. She entreated her father to let her stay out till midnight.

Question 31

entrepreneur

Answer 31

N. /商人，企业家，承包人/businessman; contractor. Opponents of our present tax program argue that it discourages entrepre¬neurs from trying new fields of business activity.

Question 32

enumerate

Answer 32

V. /枚举/list; mention one by one. Huck hung his head in shame as Miss Watson enumerated his many flaws.

Question 33

enunciate

Answer 33

V. /阐明/speak distinctly. Stop mumbling! How will people understand you if you do not enunciate?

Question 34

eon

Answer 34

N. /时代/long period of time; an age. It has taken eons for our civilization to develop.

Question 35

ephemeral

Answer 35

ADJ. /朝生暮死，短暂，短命/short-lived; fleeting. The mayfly is an ephemeral creature: its adult life lasts little more than a day.

Question 36

epic

Answer 36

N. /史诗；剧作/long heroic poem, or similar work of art. Kuro¬sawa's film Seven Samurai is an epic portraying the strug¬gle of seven warriors to destroy a band of robbers. alsoADJ.

Question 37

epicure

Answer 37

N. /老饕；享乐主义者/connoisseur of food and drink. Epicures fre¬quent this restaurant because it features exotic wines and dishes. epicurean,ADJ.

Question 38

epigram

Answer 38

N. /警句；讽刺民谣/witty thought or saying, usually short. Poor Richard's epigrams made Benjamin Franklin famous.

Question 39

epilogue

Answer 39

N. /尾声；收场白/short speech at conclusion of dramatic work. The audience was so disappointed in the play that many did not remain to hear the epilogue.

Question 40

episodic

Answer 40

ADJ. /插曲式的/loosely connected; divided into incidents. Though he tried to follow the plot of Gravity's Rainbow, John found the novel too episodic; he enjoyed individual pas¬sages, but had trouble following the work as a whole.

Question 41

epistolary

Answer 41

ADJ. /书信的/consisting of letters. Mark Harris's Wake Up, Stupid! is a modern epistolary novel that uses letters, telegrams, and newspaper clippings to tell the hero's story. The movie You've Got Mail tells a story using e-mail; does that make it an e-pistolary movie? epistle, N.

Question 42

epitaph

Answer 42

N. /墓志铭，挽联/inscription in memory of a dead person. In his will, he dictated the epitaph he wanted placed on his tomb¬stone.

Question 43

epithet

Answer 43

N. /绰号/word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing. So many kings of France were named Charles that you could tell them apart only by their epithets: Charles the Wise was someone far different from Charles the Fat.

Question 44

epitome

Answer 44

N. /典型，摘要/perfect example or embodiment. Singing "I am the very model of a modern Major-General," in The Pirates of Penzance, Major-General Stanley proclaimed himself the epitome of an officer and a gentleman.

Question 45

epoch

Answer 45

N. /时代/period of time. The glacial epoch lasted for thou¬sands of years.

Question 46

equable

Answer 46

ADJ. /平静的，均衡的，稳定的/tranquil; steady; uniform. After the hot sum¬mers and cold winters of New England, he found the cli¬mate of the West Indies equable and pleasant.

Question 47

equanimity

Answer 47

N. /镇定/calmness of temperament; composure. Even the inevitable strains of caring for an ailing mother did not disturb Bea's equanimity.

Question 48

equestrian

Answer 48

N. /骑师/rider on horseback. These paths in the park are reserved for equestrians and their steeds. alsoADJ.

Question 49

equilibrium

Answer 49

N. /平衡/balance. After the divorce, he needed some time to regain his equilibrium.

Question 50

equine

Answer 50

ADJ. /似马的/resembling a horse. His long, bony face had an equine look to it.

Question 51

equinox

Answer 51

N. /昼夜平分点，春分，秋分/period of equal days and nights; the beginning of Spring and Autumn. The vernal equinox is usually marked by heavy rainstorms.

Question 52

equitable

Answer 52

ADJ. /公平的，公允的/fair; impartial. I am seeking an equitable solution to this dispute, one that will be fair and acceptable to both sides.

Question 53

equity

Answer 53

N. /公平，公正/fairness; justice. Our courts guarantee equity to all.

Question 54

equivocal

Answer 54

ADJ. /蓄意误导；含混，模棱两可/ambiguous; intentionally misleading. Rejecting the candidate's equivocal comments on tax reform, the reporters pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue. equivocate,V.

Question 55

equivocate

Answer 55

V. /撒谎；误导/lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth. The audience saw through his attempts to equivocate on the subject under discussion and ridiculed his remarks.

Question 56

erode

Answer 56

V. /侵蚀/eat away. The limestone was eroded by the drip¬ping water until only a thin shell remained. erosion, N.

Question 57

erotic

Answer 57

ADJ. /激情的/pertaining to passionate love. The erotic pas¬sages in this novel should be removed as they are merely pornographic.

Question 58

erratic

Answer 58

ADJ. /奇怪的；不可预测的/odd; unpredictable. Investors become anxious when the stock market appears erratic.

Question 59

erroneous

Answer 59

ADJ. /错误/mistaken; wrong. I thought my answer was correct, but it was erroneous.

Question 60

erudite

Answer 60

ADJ. /博学的/learned; scholarly. Though his fellow students thought him erudite, Paul knew he would have to spend many years in serious study before he could consider him¬self a scholar.

Question 61

escapade

Answer 61

N. /胡闹；奇怪、出格的行为/prank; flighty conduct. The headmaster could not regard this latest escapade as a boyish joke and expelled the young man.

Question 62

escapism

Answer 62

N. /逃避现实，纸醉金迷/avoiding reality by diverting oneself with amusements. Before you criticize her constant reading as mere escapism, note how greatly her vocabulary has improved since she began spending her days buried in books.

Question 63

eschew

Answer 63

V. /避免/avoid. Hoping to present himself to his girlfriend as a totally reformed character, he tried to eschew all the vices, especially chewing tobacco and drinking bathtub gin.

Question 64

esoteric

Answer 64

ADJ. /难以理解的，深奥的/hard to understand; known only to the cho¬sen few. The New Yorker short stories often include esoteric allusions to obscure people and events: the implication is, if you are in the in-crowd, you'll get the reference; if you come from Cleveland, you won't.

Question 65

espionage

Answer 65

N. /间谍行为/Spying. In order to maintain its power, the government developed a system of espionage that pene¬trated every household.

Question 66

espouse

Answer 66

V. /接受，支持/adopt; support. She was always ready to espouse a worthy cause.

Question 67

esteem

Answer 67

V. /尊重；估价/respect; value. Jill esteemed Jack's taste in music, but she deplored his taste in clothes.

Question 68

estranged

Answer 68

ADJ. /分离的；孤立的/separated; alienated. The estranged wife sought a divorce. estrangement, N.

Question 69

ethereal

Answer 69

ADJ. /轻的，空气的；像天堂的/light; heavenly; unusually refined. In Shake-speare's The Tempest, the spirit Ariel is an ethereal crea¬ture, too airy and unearthly for our mortal world.

Question 70

ethnic

Answer 70

ADJ. /种族的/relating to races. Intolerance between ethnic groups is deplorable and usually is based on lack of infor¬mation.

Question 71

ethos

Answer 71

N. /社会精神特质，思潮，风气；气质/underlying character of a culture, group, etc. Seeing how tenderly ordinary Spaniards treated her small daughter made author Barbara Kingsolver aware of how greatly children were valued in the Spanish ethos.

Question 72

etymology

Answer 72

N. /语源学/study of word parts. A knowledge of etymol¬ogy can help you on many English tests: if you know what the roots and prefixes mean, you can determine the mean¬ings of unfamiliar words.