Barron 3500 SAT List 21

Question 0

gait

Answer 0

N. /步态，步法；速度/manner of walking or running; speed. The lame man walked with an uneven gait.

Question 1

gainsay

Answer 1

V. /否认，拒绝/deny. She was too honest to gainsay the truth of the report.

Question 2

galaxy

Answer 2

N. /星系；一群显赫的人；一系列重要的人或物/large, isolated system of stars, such as the Milky Way; any collection of brilliant personalities. Science fiction stories speculate about the possible existence of life in other galaxies. The deaths of such famous actors as John Candy and George Burns tells us that the galaxy of Holly¬wood superstars is rapidly disappearing.

Question 3

gale

Answer 3

N. /大风；一阵感情的爆发/windstorm; gust of wind; emotional outburst (laughter, tears). The Weather Channel warned viewers about a rising gale, with winds of up to sixty miles per hour.

Question 4

gall

Answer 4

N. /痛苦；烦恼；恼怒/bitterness; nerve. The knowledge of his failure filled him with gall.

Question 5

gall

Answer 5

V. /惹恼；侮辱/annoy; chafe. Their taunts galled him.

Question 6

galleon

Answer 6

N. /大帆船/large sailing ship. The Spaniards pinned their hopes on the galleon, the large warship; the British, on the smaller and faster pinnace.

Question 7

galvanize

Answer 7

V. /电镀；刺激，激励/stimulate by shock; stir up; revitalize. News that the prince was almost at their door galvanized the ugly stepsisters into a frenzy of combing and primping.

Question 8

gambit

Answer 8

N. /弃子抢先/opening in chess in which a piece is sacrificed. The player was afraid to accept his opponent’s gambit because he feared a trap which as yet he could not see. gambol V. skip; leap playfully. Watching children gambol-ing in the park is a pleasant experience. also N.

Question 9

gamely

Answer 9

ADV. /勇敢的，有精神的/bravely; with spirit. Because he had fought gamely against a much superior boxer, the crowd gave him a standing ovation when he left the arena.

Question 10

gamut

Answer 10

N. /整个领域/entire range. In this performance, the leading lady was able to demonstrate the complete gamut of her acting ability.

Question 11

gape

Answer 11

V. /张着嘴呆看；裂缝/open widely; stare open-mouthed. The huge pit gaped before him; if he stumbled, he would fall in. Slack¬jawed in wonder, Huck gaped at the huge stalactites hang¬ing down from the ceiling of the limestone cavern.

Question 12

garbled

Answer 12

ADJ. /混淆/mixed up; jumbled; distorted. A favorite party game involves passing a whispered message from one per¬son to another until, by the time it reaches the last player, the message is totally garbled.

Question 13

gargantuan

Answer 13

ADJ. /巨大的/huge; enormous. The gargantuan wrestler was terrified of mice.

Question 14

garish

Answer 14

ADJ. /俗气；颜色太杂/over-bright in color; gaudy. She wore a gaudy rhinestone necklace with an excessively garish gold lame dress.

Question 15

garner

Answer 15

V. /收集，储存/gather; store up. She hoped to garner the world’s literature in one library.

Question 16

garnish

Answer 16

V. /装饰/decorate. Parsley was used to garnish the boiled potato. also N.

Question 17

garrulous

Answer 17

ADJ. /贫嘴/loquacious; wordy; talkative. My Uncle Henry can out-talk any three people I know. He is the most garrulous person in Cayuga County. garrulity, N.

Question 18

gauche

Answer 18

ADJ. /粗笨的，粗糙的/clumsy; coarse and uncouth. Compared to the sophisticated young ladies in their elegant gowns, tomboyish Jo felt gauche and out of place.

Question 19

gaudy

Answer 19

ADJ. /华而不实的/flashy; showy. The newest Trump skyscraper is typically gaudy, covered in gilded panels that gleam in the sun.

Question 20

gaunt

Answer 20

ADJ. /瘦骨嶙峋，憔悴；荒芜/lean and angular; barren. His once round face looked surprisingly gaunt after he had lost weight.

Question 21

gavel

Answer 21

N. /棒槌/hammerlike tool; mallet. “Sold!” cried the auction¬eer, banging her gavel on the table to indicate she’d accepted the final bid.

Question 22

gawk

Answer 22

V. /张着嘴呆看/stare foolishly; look in open-mouthed awe. The country boy gawked at the skyscrapers and neon lights of the big city.

Question 23

genealogy

Answer 23

N. /家谱/record of descent; lineage. He was proud of his genealogy and constantly referred to the achievements of his ancestors.

Question 24

generality

Answer 24

N. /一般性/vague statement. This report is filled with generalities; be more specific in your statements.

Question 25

generate

Answer 25

V. /产生；创造/cause; produce; create. In his first days in office, President Clinton managed to generate a new mood of optimism; we just hoped he could generate some new jobs.

Question 26

generic

Answer 26

ADJ. /普通的/characteristic of an entire class or species. Sue knew so many computer programmers who spent their spare time playing fantasy games that she began to think that playing Dungeons & Dragons was a generic trait.

Question 27

genesis

Answer 27

N. /发源，源头/beginning; origin. Tracing the genesis of a fam¬ily is the theme of Roots.

Question 28

geniality

Answer 28

N. /亲切；同情/cheerfulness; kindliness; sympathy. This restaurant is famous and popular because of the geniality of the proprietor who tries to make everyone happy.

Question 29

genre

Answer 29

N. /风格（文学、艺术）/particular variety of art or literature. Both a short story writer and a poet, Langston Hughes proved himself equally skilled in either genre.

Question 30

genteel

Answer 30

ADJ. /上流的/well-bred; elegant. We are looking for a man with a genteel appearance who can inspire confidence by his cultivated manner.

Question 31

gentility

Answer 31

N. /有教养，文雅/those of gentle birth; refinement. Her family was proud of its gentility and elegance.

Question 32

gentry

Answer 32

N. /贵族/people of standing; class of people just below nobility. The local gentry did not welcome the visits of the summer tourists and tried to ignore their presence in the community.

Question 33

germane

Answer 33

ADJ. /密切相关/pertinent; bearing upon the case at hand. The judge refused to allow the testimony to be heard by the jury because it was not germane to the case.

Question 34

germinal

Answer 34

ADJ. /未成熟的，幼芽的/pertaining to a germ; creative. Such an idea is germinal, I am certain that it will influence thinkers and philosophers for many generations.

Question 35

germinate

Answer 35

V. /发芽/cause to sprout; sprout. After the seeds ger¬minate and develop their permanent leaves, the plants may be removed from the cold frames and transplanted to the garden.

Question 36

gesticulation

Answer 36

N. /动作；手势/motion; gesture. Operatic performers are trained to make exaggerated gesticulations because of the large auditoriums in which they appear.

Question 37

ghastly

Answer 37

ADJ. /恐怖的/horrible. The murdered man was a ghastly sight.

Question 38

gibberish

Answer 38

N. /胡话；嘟囔/nonsense; babbling. Did you hear that fool boy spouting gibberish about monsters from outer space? gibber,V.

Question 39

gibe

Answer 39

V. /嘲笑/mock. As you gibe at their superstitious beliefs, do you realize that you, too, are guilty of similarly foolish thoughts?

Question 40

giddy

Answer 40

ADJ. /眼花缭乱/light-hearted; dizzy. He felt his giddy youth was past.

Question 41

gingerly

Answer 41

ADV. /小心翼翼地/very carefully. To separate egg whites, first crack the egg gingerly.

Question 42

girth

Answer 42

N. /方圆；周围环境/distance around something; circumference. It took an extra-large cummerbund to fit around Andrew Carnegie's considerable girth.

Question 43

gist

Answer 43

N. /精华/essence. She was asked to give the gist of the essay in two sentences.

Question 44

glacial

Answer 44

ADJ. /冰河的，冰川的/like a glacier; extremely cold. Never a warm person, when offended John could seem positively glacial.

Question 45

glaring

Answer 45

ADJ. /耀眼的/highly conspicuous; harshly bright. Glaring spelling or grammatical errors in your resume will unfavor¬ably impress potential employers.

Question 46

glaze

Answer 46

V. /上釉/cover with a thin and shiny surface. The freezing rain glazed the streets and made driving hazardous. also N.

Question 47

glib

Answer 47

ADJ. /光滑，柔顺；口齿伶俐，圆滑/fluent; facile; slick. Keeping up a steady patter to entertain his customers, the kitchen gadget salesman was a glib speaker, never at a loss for a word.

Question 48

glimmer

Answer 48

V. /闪烁/shine erratically; twinkle. In the darkness of the cavern, the glowworms hanging from the cavern roof glim¬mered like distant stars,

Question 49

gloat

Answer 49

V. /垂涎；幸灾乐祸，洋洋得意/express evil satisfaction; view malevolently. As you gloat over your ill-gotten wealth, do you think of the many victims you have defrauded?

Question 50

glossary

Answer 50

N. /词汇表/brief explanation of words used in the text. I have found the glossary in this book very useful; it has elim¬inated many trips to the dictionary.

Question 51

gloss over

Answer 51

V. /掩盖/explain away. No matter how hard he tried to talk around the issue, President Bush could not gloss over the fact that he had raised taxes after all.

Question 52

glossy

Answer 52

ADJ. /光滑有光泽的/smooth and shining. I want this photograph printed on glossy paper, not matte.

Question 53

glower

Answer 53

V. /瞪着，愤怒的看着/scowl. The angry boy glowered at his father.

Question 54

glut

Answer 54

V. /充斥；过量/overstock; fill to excess. The many manufacturers glutted the market and could not find purchasers for the excess articles they had produced. also N.

Question 55

glutton

Answer 55

N. /暴饮暴食者，饭桶/someone who eats too much. When Mother saw that Bobby had eaten all the cookies, she called him a little glutton. gluttonous,ADJ.

Question 56

gnarled

Answer 56

ADJ. /扭曲/twisted. The gnarled oak tree had been a landmark for years and was mentioned in several deeds.

Question 57

gnome

Answer 57

N. /地精；小矮人；土地公公/dwarf; underground spirit. In medieval mythol¬ogy, gnomes were the special guardians and inhabitants of subterranean mines.

Question 58

goad

Answer 58

V. /刺激；激励；驱策/urge on. He was goaded by his friends until he yielded to their wishes. also N.

Question 59

gorge

Answer 59

N. /峡谷/small, steep-walled canyon. The white-water raft¬ing guide warned us about the rapids farther downstream, where the river cut through a narrow gorge.

Question 60

gorge

Answer 60

V. /狼吞虎咽/stuff oneself. The gluttonous guest gorged him¬self with food as though he had not eaten for days.

Question 61

gory

Answer 61

ADJ. /血腥的/bloody. The audience shuddered as they lis¬tened to the details of the gory massacre.