SAT常用词汇总结121-180

　　SAT常用词汇总结121-180

　　121. capricious unpredictable; whimsical; to act with complete spontaneity; impulsive; impetuous; acting without restraint

　　122. animated lively; vigorous

　　123. endorse to support; to approve; to champion; to authorize;to advocate; to commend

　　124. auspicious promising; favorable

　　125. exacerbate to make a bad situation worse; to worsen

　　126. obscure not easily noticed; dark or shadowy; unclear; vague

　　127. dogmatic stubbornly opinionated; arrogantly inflexible; close- minded; intractable

　　128. extravagant fancy; luxurious; immoderate

　　129. venerate to honor above others; to revere

　　130. gregarious friendly; outgoing; genial

　　131. attain to achieve, especially a goal; to get

　　132. elude to avoid being found or caught, usually by being clever

　　133. tenacious persistent, especially in the face of continuing challenges; stubborn; resolute; rarely if ever resigned

　　134. mediate to try to help two arguing sides reach an agreement; to reconcile to parties

　　135. meticulous careful; thorough; painstaking; scrupulous;exacting

　　136. negligible extremely small; so unimportant that it can be ignored; inconsequential; trivial

　　137. equanimity calm; composure, especially under difficult circumstances

　　138. mitigate to lessen the severity or force of something, especially of something bad or harmful; to moderate; to alleviate

　　139. transitory of short duration; brief; ephemeral; transient;mutable

　　140. immutable unchanging; not able to change; everlasting

　　141. evoke to inspire; to arouse; to bring forth

　　142. cursory hurried and superficial; quick; perfunctory; not meticulous

　　143. rancor extremely bad feelings about something; bitterness

　　144. authentic genuine; true; real; valid

　　145. reserved generally quiet and reserved in behavior; modest

　　146. intuitive knowing by instinct as opposed to rational thought; what you would expect without having to give much thought to the matter

　　147. satirize to imitate so as to make fun of; to mock, especiallyin writing

　　148. devoid lacking; free from; empty

　　149. concise expressing a lot using few words; short and clear;to the point; terse

　　150. erroneous wrong; mistaken; incorrect

　　151. collaborate to work together with someone as equals on a project, as with a colleague

　　152. thwart to block or impede, often for a long time or permanently

　　153. spontaneous happening without being planned; making decisions suddenly and without thought; happening naturally, or without human effort; impulsive

　　154. implement to put into practice; to begin to use something

　　155. underscore to emphasize, as if by drawing a line under; to highlight

　　156. explicate to explain or analyze logically; to clear up any misunderstanding; to make explicit; to elucidate

　　157. exasperate to annoy someone to the point of frustration

　　158. momentous extremely important; major; unprecedented

　　159. pertinent important; relevant

　　160. conspicuous obvious; easily seen; in plain sight; extremely noticeable; easily distinguished or discerned; prominent

　　161. amiable friendly; nice; genial; gregarious; amicable

　　162. widespread widely spread out or shared; commonly held;pervasive; abundant

　　163. pervasive appearing or being everywhere; widespread;abundant; prevalent

　　164. prophetic foretelling events; predicting or anticipating the future

　　165. cynical looking at the bad side of peoples actions; lacking faith in humanity; lacking any optimism

　　166. tenuous thin; insubstantial; unable to support anything else

　　167. innate inborn; inherited; naturally belonging; inherent

　　168. explicit clearly stated; in plain view; clear; lucid;unambiguous; conspicuous

　　169. distort to twist something out of shape; to misrepresent; to give a false or misleading impression

　　170. challenge to question or dispute the truth or validity of something

　　171. acclaim high praise; fame; renown

　　172. moderate not extreme; reasonable; tempered

　　173. legitimate justified by some rule or law; legal; real; true

　　174. patronize to be a customer; to treat rudely, condescendingly,or contemptuously

　　175. exacting demanding; insisting on; meticulous

　　176. contentious to fight; to deal with difficulty; to argue a point

　　177. conscientious careful; diligent; prudent; scrupulous; meticulous

　　178. diligent always careful and hardworking; thorough;persistent; assiduous

　　179. deter to prevent; to discourage; to impede; to daunt

　　180. initiate to begin; to start; to introduce