Barron 3500 SAT List 22

Question 0

gourmand

Answer 0

N. /老饕/epicure; person who takes excessive plea¬sure in food and drink. Gourmands lack self-restraint; if they enjoy a particular cuisine, they eat far too much of it.

Question 1

gouge

Answer 1

V. /挖出；撕下/tear out. In that fight, all the rules were forgotten; the adversaries bit, kicked, and tried to gouge each other’s eyes out.

Question 2

gourmet

Answer 2

N. /品尝家；美食比赛的评委/connoisseur of food and drink. The gourmet stated that this was the best onion soup she had ever tasted.

Question 3

graduated

Answer 3

ADJ. /分级；排序/arranged by degrees (of height, difficulty, etc.). Margaret loved her graduated set of Russian hollow wooden dolls; she spent hours happily putting the smaller dolls into their larger counterparts.

Question 4

graft

Answer 4

N. /移植；移植物；嫁接/piece of transplanted tissue; portion of plant inserted in another plant. After the fire, Greg required skin grafts to replace the badly damaged areas on his forearms. alsoV.

Question 5

grandeur

Answer 5

N. /庄严，伟大，威严/impressiveness; stateliness; majesty. No mat¬ter how often he hiked through the mountains, David never failed to be struck by the grandeur of the Sierra Nevada range.

Question 6

grandiloquent

Answer 6

ADJ. /语言夸张的；词藻浮华的/pompous; bombastic; using high-sounding language. The politician could never speak sim¬ply; she was always grandiloquent.

Question 7

grandiose

Answer 7

ADJ. /自命不凡；堂皇；夸张的/pretentious; high-flown; ridiculously exag-gerated; impressive. The aged matinee idol still had grandiose notions of his supposed importance in the the¬atrical world.

Question 8

granulate

Answer 8

V. /粒化/form into grains. Sugar that has been granu¬lated dissolves more readily than lump sugar. granule, N.

Question 9

graphic

Answer 9

ADJ. /图像的；图画的/pertaining to the art of delineating; vividly described. I was particularly impressed by the graphic pre¬sentation of the storm.

Question 10

grapple

Answer 10

V. /格斗，摔跤/wrestle; come to grips with. He grappled with the burglar and overpowered him.

Question 11

grate

Answer 11

V. /磨碎；惹恼；因摩擦发出的刺耳声音/make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; shred. The screams of the quarreling children grated on her nerves.

Question 12

gratify

Answer 12

V. /取悦/please. Lori’s parents were gratified by her suc¬cessful performance on the SAT.

Question 13

gratis

Answer 13

ADJ. /免费的/free. The company offered to give one package gratis to every purchaser of one of their products. alsoADJ.

Question 14

gratuitous

Answer 14

ADJ. /无条件的；无理由的；免费的/given freely; unwarranted; uncalled for. Quit making gratuitous comments about my driving; no one asked you for your opinion.

Question 15

gravity

Answer 15

N. /重力；严重，庄严，严肃/seriousness. We could tell we were in serious trouble from the gravity of the principal’s expression. (sec¬ondary meaning) grave,ADJ.

Question 16

gregarious

Answer 16

ADJ. /社交的；群居/sociable. Typically, partygoers are gregar¬ious; hermits are not.

Question 17

grievance

Answer 17

N. /委屈；冤情；不平/cause of complaint. When her supervisor ignored her complaint, she took her grievance to the union.

Question 18

grill

Answer 18

V. /盘问/question severely. In violation of the Miranda law, the police grilled the suspect for several hours before read¬ing him his rights. (secondary meaning)

Question 19

grimace

Answer 19

N. /扭曲的脸；做鬼脸/a facial distortion to show feeling such as pain, disgust, etc. Even though he remained silent, his grimace indicated his displeasure. alsoV.

Question 20

grisly

Answer 20

ADJ. /毛骨悚然的；恐怖的，可怕的/ghastly. She shuddered at the grisly sight.

Question 21

grouse

Answer 21

V. /发牢骚/complain; fuss. Students traditionally grouse about the abysmal quality of “mystery meat” and similar dormitory food.

Question 22

grotesque

Answer 22

ADJ. /稀奇古怪的；怪异/fantastic; comically hideous. On Halloween people enjoy wearing grotesque costumes.

Question 23

grove

Answer 23

N. /小树林/group of trees (smaller than a forest); orchard. To the child, the small grove of oaks was as vast as Sherwood Forest, in which he played that legendary hero, Robin Hood.

Question 24

grovel

Answer 24

V. /趴，匍匐/crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate. Even though we have been defeated, we do not have to grovel before our conquerors.

Question 25

grudging

Answer 25

ADJ. /不情愿；勉强/unwilling; reluctant; stingy. We received only grudging support from the mayor despite his earlier promises of aid.

Question 26

gruel

Answer 26

V. /稀粥；极度紧张/liquid food made by boiling oatmeal, etc., in milk or water. Our daily allotment of gruel made the meal not only monotonous but also unpalatable.

Question 27

grueling

Answer 27

ADJ. /重罚；使其筋疲力尽/exhausting. The marathon is a grueling race.

Question 28

gruesome

Answer 28

ADJ. /可怕的/grisly; horrible. His face was the stuff of nightmares: all the children in the audience screamed when Freddy Kruger's gruesome countenance was flashed on the screen.

Question 29

gruff

Answer 29

ADJ. /粗糙的；粗暴的/rough-mannered. Although he was blunt and gruff with most people, he was always gentle with children.

Question 30

guffaw

Answer 30

N. /狂笑，哄笑/boisterous laughter. The loud guffaws that came from the closed room indicated that the members of the committee had not yet settled down to serious business. alsoV.

Question 31

guile

Answer 31

N. /奸诈狡猾；诡计/deceit; duplicity; wiliness; cunning. lago uses considerable guile to trick Othello into believing that Desde¬mona has been unfaithful.

Question 32

guileless

Answer 32

ADJ. /诚实的/without deceit. He is naive, simple, and guileless; he cannot be guilty of fraud.

Question 33

guise

Answer 33

N. /外观；装束/appearance; costume. In the guise of a plumber, the detective investigated the murder case.

Question 34

gullible

Answer 34

ADJ. /易受骗的/easily deceived. Overly gullible people have only themselves to blame if they fall for con artists repeat¬edly. As the saying goes, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."

Question 35

gustatory

Answer 35

ADJ. /味觉的/affecting the sense of taste. The Thai restaurant offered an unusual gustatory experience for those used to a bland cuisine.

Question 36

gusto

Answer 36

N. /爱好，嗜好；喜欢/enjoyment; enthusiasm. He accepted the assign¬ment with such gusto that I feel he would have been satis¬fied with a smaller salary.

Question 37

gusty

Answer 37

ADJ. /多风的/windy. The gusty weather made sailing precari¬ous.

Question 38

hackneyed

Answer 38

ADJ. /常见的；不希罕，陈腐/commonplace; trite. When the reviewer criticized the movie for its hackneyed plot, we agreed; we had seen similar stories hundreds of times before.

Question 39

haggard

Answer 39

ADJ. /枯槁的；憔悴的/wasted away; gaunt. After his long illness, he was pale and haggard.

Question 40

haggle

Answer 40

V. /讨价还价/argue about prices. I prefer to shop in a store that has a one-price policy because, whenever I haggle with a shopkeeper, I am never certain that I paid a fair price for the articles I purchased.

Question 41

hallowed

Answer 41

ADJ. /神圣化的/blessed; consecrated. Although the dead girl's parents had never been active churchgoers, they insisted that their daughter be buried in hallowed ground.

Question 42

hallucination

Answer 42

N. /幻觉，幻想/delusion. I think you were frightened by a hallucination you created in your own mind.

Question 43

halting

Answer 43

ADJ. /犹豫的/hesitant; faltering. Novice extemporaneous speakers often talk in a halting fashion as they grope for the right words.

Question 44

hamper

Answer 44

V. /阻挡，牵制，妨碍/obstruct. The new mother didn't realize how much the effort of caring for an infant would hamper her ability to keep an immaculate house.

Question 45

haphazard

Answer 45

ADJ. /随机的/random; by chance. His haphazard read¬ing left him unacquainted with the authors of the books.

Question 46

harangue

Answer 46

N. /夸大的讲话/noisy speech. In her lengthy harangue, the principal berated the offenders. alsoV.

Question 47

harass

Answer 47

V. /烦恼/to annoy by repeated attacks. When he could not pay his bills as quickly as he had promised, he was harassed by his creditors.

Question 48

harbinger

Answer 48

N. /先驱/forerunner. The crocus is an early harbinger of spring.

Question 49

harbor

Answer 49

V. /庇护；隐藏/provide a refuge for; hide. The church harbored illegal aliens who were political refugees.

Question 50

hardy

Answer 50

ADJ. /艰苦的；勇敢的/sturdy; robust; able to stand inclement weather. We asked the gardening expert to recommend particularly hardy plants that could withstand our harsh New England winters.

Question 51

harrowing

Answer 51

ADJ. /痛苦；悲怆/agonizing; distressing; traumatic. At first the former prisoner did not wish to discuss his harrowing months of captivity as a political hostage.

Question 52

haughtiness

Answer 52

N. /傲慢；不逊/pride; arrogance. When she realized that Darcy believed himself too good to dance with his inferiors, Elizabeth took great offense at his haughtiness.

Question 53

hazardous

Answer 53

ADJ. d/危险/angerous. Your occupation is too haz¬ardous for insurance companies to consider your application.

Question 54

hazy

Answer 54

ADJ. /朦胧的；模糊的/slightly obscure. In hazy weather, you cannot see the top of this mountain.

Question 55

headlong

Answer 55

ADJ. /轻率的/hasty; rash. The slave seized the unex¬pected chance to make a headlong dash across the border to freedom.

Question 56

headstrong

Answer 56

ADJ. /硬脖子；任性；不屈/stubborn; willful; unyielding. Because she refused to marry the man her parents had chosen for her, everyone scolded Minna and called her a foolish head¬strong girl.

Question 57

heckler

Answer 57

N. /质问者/person who harasses others. The heckler kept interrupting the speaker with rude remarks. heckle,V.

Question 58

hedonist

Answer 58

N. /享乐主义者/one who believes that pleasure is the sole aim in life. A thoroughgoing hedonist, he considered only his own pleasure and ignored any claims others had on his money or time.

Question 59

heed

Answer 59

V. /注意，关注，留意/pay attention to; consider. We hope you heed our advice and get a good night's sleep before the test. also N.

Question 60

heedless

Answer 60

ADJ. /轻蔑的；不理睬的/not noticing; disregarding. He drove on, heedless of the danger warnings placed at the side of the road.

Question 61

heinous

Answer 61

ADJ. /可恶的，令人深恶痛绝/atrocious; hatefully bad. Hitler's heinous crimes will never be forgotten.

Question 62

herbivorous

Answer 62

ADJ. /吃粮食的（动物）/grain-eating. Some herbivorous animals have two stomachs for digesting their food.

Question 63

heresy

Answer 63

N. /少数意见，异端/opinion contrary to popular belief; opinion con¬trary to accepted religion. Galileo's assertion that the earth moved around the sun directly contradicted the religious teachings of his day; as a result, he was tried for heresy. heretic, N.

Question 64

hermetic

Answer 64

ADJ. /密封的，气密的/sealed by fusion so as to be airtight. After you sterilize the bandages, place them in a container and seal it with a hermetic seal to protect them from contamina¬tion by airborne bacteria.

Question 65

hermitage

Answer 65

N. /隐居的居所/home of a hermit. Even in his remote her¬mitage he could not escape completely from the world.

Question 66

heterodox

Answer 66

ADJ. /非主流；异端/unorthodox; unconventional. To those who upheld the belief that the earth did not move, Galileo's the¬ory that the earth circled the sun was disturbingly heterodox.

Question 67

heterogeneous

Answer 67

ADJ. /异类，异种；不纯/dissimilar; mixed. This year's entering class is a remarkably heterogeneous body: it includes stu¬dents from forty different states and twenty-six foreign countries, some the children of billionaires, others the off¬spring of welfare families. heterogenity, N.

Question 68

heyday

Answer 68

N. /鼎盛时期/time of greatest success; prime. In their hey¬day, the San Francisco Forty-Niners won the Super Bowl two years running.

Question 69

hiatus

Answer 69

N. /缝隙；短暂的空白/gap; interruption in duration or continuity; pause. During the summer hiatus, many students try to earn enough money to pay their tuition for the next school year.