SAT常用词汇总结121-180.

SAT常用词汇总结121-180

121. capricious (34)unpredictable; whimsical; to act with complete spontaneity; impulsive; impetuous; acting without restraint (caprice) 122. animated (34)lively; vigorous (animation) 123. endorse (34)to support; to approve; to champion; to authorize;to advocate; to commend (endorsement) 124. auspicious (34)promising; favorable (inauspicious) 125. exacerbate (33)to make a bad situation worse; to worsen 126. obscure (33)not easily noticed; dark or shadowy; unclear; vague(obscurity) 127. dogmatic (33)stubbornly opinionated; arrogantly inflexible; close- minded; intractable (dogma, dogmatism) 128. extravagant (33)fancy; luxurious; immoderate (extravagance) 129. venerate (33)to honor above others; to revere (venerable) 130. gregarious (33)friendly; outgoing; genial 131. attain (33)to achieve, especially a goal; to get 132. elude (33)to avoid being found or caught, usually by being clever (elusive) 133. tenacious (33)persistent, especially in the face of continuing challenges; stubborn; resolute; rarely if ever resigned (tenacity, pertinacious) 134. mediate (33)to try to help two arguing sides reach an agreement; to reconcile to parties (mediator, mediation) 135. meticulous (32)carul; thorough; painstaking; scrupulous;exacting 136. negligible (32)extremely small; so unimportant that it can be ignored; inconsequential; trivial 137. equanimity (32)calm; composure, especially under difficult circumstances 138. mitigate (32)to lessen the severity or force of something, especially of something bad or harmful; to moderate; to alleviate (mitigating, unmitigated) 139. transitory (32)of short duration; bri; ephemeral; transient;mutable 140. immutable (32)unchanging; not able to change; everlasting(mutable) 141. evoke (32)to inspire; to arouse; to bring forth (evocative) 142. cursory (32)hurried and superficial; quick; perfunctory; not meticulous 143. rancor (32)extremely bad feelings about something; bitterness(rancorous) 144. authentic (32)genuine; true; real; valid (authenticity, inauthentic) 145. reserved (32)generally quiet and reserved in behavior; modest(reservation, unreserved) 146. intuitive (31)knowing by instinct as opposed to rational thought; what you would expect without having to give much thought to the matter (intuit, intuition, counterintuitive) 147. satirize (31)to imitate so as to make fun of; to mock, especiallyin writing (satire, satiric) 148. devoid (31)lacking; free from; empty (void) 149. concise (31)expressing a lot using few words; short and clear;to the point; terse (concision, conciseness) 150. erroneous (31)wrong; mistaken; incorrect (err) 151. collaborate (31)to work together with someone as equals on a project, as with a colleague (collaboration, collaborator) 152. thwart (31)to block or impede, often for a long time or permanently 153. spontaneous (30)happening without being planned; making decisions suddenly and without thought; happening naturally, or without human fort; impulsive (spontaneity) 154. implement (30)to put into practice; to begin to use something(implements, implementation) 155. underscore (30)to emphasize, as if by drawing a line under; to highlight 156. explicate (30)to explain or analyze logically; to clear up any misunderstanding; to make explicit; to elucidate(explication, inexplicable) 157. exasperate (30)to annoy someone to the point of frustration(exasperation) 158. momentous (30)extremely important; major; unprecedented 159. pertinent (30)important; relevant (impertinent) 160. conspicuous (29)obvious; easily seen; in plain sight; extremely noticeable; easily distinguished or discerned; prominent (inconspicuous) 161. amiable (29)friendly; nice; genial; gregarious; amicable(amiable) 162. widespread (29)widely spread out or shared; commonly held;pervasive; abundant 163. pervasive (29)appearing or being everywhere; widespread;abundant; prevalent (pervade) 164. prophetic (29)foretelling events; predicting or anticipating the future (prophet, prophesy) 165. cynical (29)looking at the bad side of people’s actions; lacking faith in humanity; lacking any optimism (cynic, cynicism) 166. tenuous (29)thin; insubstantial; unable to support anything else(attenuate) 167. innate (29)inborn; inherited; naturally belonging; inherent 168. explicit (29)clearly stated; in plain view; clear; lucid;unambiguous; conspicuous (implicit) 169. distort (29)to twist something out of shape; to misrepresent; to give a false or misleading impression 170. challenge (29)to question or dispute the truth or validity of something 171. acclaim (28)high praise; fame; renown (acclamation) 172. moderate (28)not extreme; reasonable; tempered 173. legitimate (28)justified by some rule or law; legal; real; true(illegitimate, legitimacy) 174. patronize (28)to be a customer; to treat rudely, condescendingly,or contemptuously (patron, patronage) 175. exacting (28)demanding; insisting on; meticulous 176. contentious (28)to fight; to deal with difficulty; to argue a point(contention, contend, contender) 177. conscientious (28)carul; diligent; prudent; scrupulous; meticulous 178. diligent (28)always carul and hardworking; thorough;persistent; assiduous (diligence) 179. deter (28)to prevent; to discourage; to impede; to daunt(deterrent, undeterred) 180. initiate (28)to begin; to start; to introduce (initiative, initiation)