SAT Flashcards
(33 cards)
Abash
(V.) embarrass
Abase
(V.) lower, humiliate
Abate
(V.) subside; decrease, lesson
Abbreviate
(V.) shorten
Abdicate
(V.) renounce; give up
Abduction
(N.) kidnapping
Aberrant
(N.) abnormal or deviant
Abet
(V.) aid, usually in doing something wrong; encourage
Abhor
(V.) detest; hate
Abject
(Adj.) wretched; lacking pride
Abjure
(V.) renounce upon oath
Abnegation
(N.) repudiation; self-sacrifice
Abolish
(V.) cancel; put an end to
Abominable
(Adj.) detestable; extremely unpleasant; very bad
Aboriginal
(Adj.) (N.) being the first of its kind in a region; native.
Abortive
(Adj.) unsuccessful; fruitless
Tedious
(Adj.) Long and tiresome 冗長乏味
Improvisational
(N.) act of improvising 即興的
Spare
(V.) (N.) (Adj.) to refrain from harming or destroying; show consideration for; be frugal; kept in reserve, as for possible use; scant
Garnish
To decorate
Commonplace
Ordinary, uninteresting, trite
Empathy
The imaginative ascribing to an object, as a natural object or with if art, feelings it attitudes present in oneself
移情作用,神入
Insightful
Perceptive 具洞察力的
Ornate
Embellished with rhetoric; elaborately adorned, often excessively or showily so