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500 Hard SAT Word List (1)

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abhor
abrasive
abrogate
absolution
abstain
abstemious
abstruse
accolade
acquiesce
acrid
acrophobia
acuity
adamant
adroit
adulation
adversity
advocate
aesthetic
affable
alacrity
alchemy
allay
alleviate
aloof
amass
ambiguity
ambiguous
ambivalence
ambulatory
ameliorate
amiable
amity
amorphous
analgesic
analogous
anarchy
anecdote
animosity
annex
anomaly
antagonism
antediluvian
anthology
antiquated
apathetic
apathy
apocryphal
appease
apprehensive
arable
arbitrary
arcane
archaic
bigot
bilk
billowing
blasphemy
blatant
blighted
blithe
bolster
boorish
bourgeois
braggart
brevity
broach
brusque
bulwark
bureaucracy
burgeon
burnish
buttress
cajole
caldron
callow
candid
candor
cantankerous
capacious
capitulate
carping
cartographer
castigate
catharsis
caucus
caustic
cavalcade
celerity
censorious
censure
cerebral
certitude
chary
chicanery
chimerical
choleric
circuitous
circumlocution
Word and Definition List
abhor   Speak
(憎恨) fill with horror and loathing; horrify; hate
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abrasive   Speak
(摩擦的,粗糙的,研磨劑) rubbing away; tending to grind down
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abrogate   Speak
(廢除) abolish, do away with, or annul, especially by authority
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absolution   Speak
(赦免,免除) act of absolving or the state of being absolved; formal remission of sin imparted by a priest
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abstain   Speak
(控制,限制（自己）) refrain; hold oneself back voluntarily from an action or practice
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abstemious   Speak
(節制（飲食）,調節) sparing or moderation in eating and drinking; temperate
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abstruse   Speak
(難以理解的,複雜的) obscure; profound; difficult to understand.
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accolade   Speak
(出名的大獎) award of merit; expression of approval; praise
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acquiesce   Speak
(默許) assent; agree without protesting
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acrid   Speak
(尖銳,尖酸) unpleasantly sharp or bitter to taste or smell; bitterly pungent
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acrophobia   Speak
(恐高症) fear of heights; abnormal fear of high places
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acuity   Speak
(尖銳) sharpness; acuteness of vision or perception; keenness
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adamant   Speak
(堅硬,不動搖) extremely hard; inflexible; stubbornly unyielding
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adroit   Speak
(熟練,有技巧) skillful and adept under pressing conditions
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adulation   Speak
(奉承,恭維) excessive flattery or admiration; unmerited praise
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adversity   Speak
(貧困,不幸) state of misfortune, hardship, or affliction; misfortune
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advocate   Speak
(辯護) speak, plead, or argue in favour of; plead for; push for something
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aesthetic   Speak
(審美的) elegant or tasteful; of or concerning appreciation of beauty or good taste
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affable   Speak
(平易近人的) easily approachable; warmly friendly
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alacrity   Speak
(歡快的情緒) cheerful promptness or willingness; eagerness; speed or quickness
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alchemy   Speak
(煉金術士) medieval chemistry; magical or mysterious power or process of transforming
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allay   Speak
(平靜下來,（使）冷靜下來) calm; pacify; reduce the intensity of; relieve
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alleviate   Speak
(解脫,釋放,釋然) provide physical relief, as from pain; make easier; remove in part
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aloof   Speak
(分離,保留) apart; remote in manner; distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
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amass   Speak
(收集) collect; gather for oneself, as for one's pleasure or profit
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ambiguity   Speak
(模棱兩可) state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty
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ambiguous   Speak
(模棱兩可) unclear or doubtful in meaning
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ambivalence   Speak
(矛盾的觀點或情緒) state of having contradictory or conflicting emotional attitudes, such as love and hate
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ambulatory   Speak
(可移動的,不固定) able to walk; formed or adapted for walking; not stationary
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ameliorate   Speak
(提高) make or become better; improve; grow better
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amiable   Speak
(可愛的,友好的,愜意的) good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
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amity   Speak
(友誼) friendship; peaceful relations, as between nations
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amorphous   Speak
(無形的,不成形的) formless; lacking shape or definition
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analgesic   Speak
(止痛的) serving to reduce sensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
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analogous   Speak
(類似的) comparable; similar or alike
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anarchy   Speak
(無政府主義) absence of governing body; state of disorder; political disorder and confusion
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anecdote   Speak
(奇聞軼事) short account of amusing or interesting event; short narrative; secret story of history or biography
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animosity   Speak
(仇恨) bitter hostility; active hatred; hostile feeling or act
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annex   Speak
(接手) append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
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annex   Speak
(接手) append or attach; take possession of; incorporate into an existing political unit
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anomaly   Speak
(不規則,異常,反常) irregularity; person or something that is unusual; departure from normal or common order
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antagonism   Speak
(反抗,敵對) active resistance; condition of being an opposing principle, force, or factor
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antediluvian   Speak
(遠古,上古,及其久遠) antiquated; extremely old and ancient; belonging to very ancient times
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anthology   Speak
(選集) book of literary selections by various authors
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antiquated   Speak
(過時的,陳舊的) too old to be fashionable, suitable, or useful; obsolete; aged
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apathetic   Speak
(冷漠的,無動於衷的) feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
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apathy   Speak
(漠不關心) lack of caring; indifference
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apocryphal   Speak
(假的,捏造的) untrue; of questionable authorship or authenticity; erroneous; fictitious
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appease   Speak
(平靜,安撫) bring peace, quiet, or calm to; satisfy or relieve
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apprehensive   Speak
(恐懼的,擔心的) capable of apprehending; knowing; conscious; relating to the faculty of apprehension; sensible; feeling; perceptive
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arable   Speak
(可耕種的) fit for growing crops, as by plowing
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arbitrary   Speak
(反复無常,隨機的) randomly chosen; determined by chance or impulse, and not by reason or principle
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arcane   Speak
(秘密,謎) secret; mysterious; known only to the initiated
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archaic   Speak
(過時的) no longer current or applicable; antiquated
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bigot   Speak
((宗教,政治等的)盲信者,頑固者) hypocrite, especially, superstitious hypocrite; one who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, race, or politics
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bilk   Speak
(騙) defraud or cheat; frustrate or disappoint; evade or escape from
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billowing   Speak
(波濤翻滾) swelling out in waves; surging; stormy; affected by storms
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blasphemy   Speak
(褻瀆) act of claiming for oneself the attributes and rights of God; utterance or writing concerning God or a sacred entity
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blatant   Speak
(喧鬧,俗麗) flagrant; conspicuously obvious; loudly offensive
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blighted   Speak
(被毀壞的,受病害的) suffering from a disease; destroyed, ruined, or spoiled
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blithe   Speak
(歡樂,高興) gay; joyous; carefree and lighthearted
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bolster   Speak
(支持,增援) support or prop up with or as if with a long narrow pillow or cushion
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boorish   Speak
(粗魯,笨拙) rude and clumsy in behavior; ungentlemanly; awkward in manners
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bourgeois   Speak
(中產階級,平庸的) middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully conventional
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braggart   Speak
(自誇,吹噓) boaster; one given to loud, empty boasting; very talkative person
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brevity   Speak
(簡短,短暫) quality or state of being brief in duration; concise expression
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broach   Speak
(介紹,提出,引見) introduce; bring up for discussion or debate; announce
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brusque   Speak
(唐圖,直率,粗暴無禮) abrupt and curt in manner or speech; rudely abrupt, unfriendly
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bulwark   Speak
(壁壘) earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends
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bureaucracy   Speak
(官僚機構) over-regulated administrative system
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burgeon   Speak
(發芽,成長) grow forth; send out buds; grow or develop rapidly
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burnish   Speak
(擦拭) make shiny by rubbing; polish
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buttress   Speak
(支持) support physically; prop up; support something or someone by supplying evidence
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cajole   Speak
(哄騙,勾引) influence or urge by gentle urging or flattering
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caldron   Speak
(大鍋) large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron
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callow   Speak
(年幼,稚嫩,無經驗) youthful; immature; inexperienced; without feathers
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candid   Speak
(率直的,坦白的) straightforward; frank; free from prejudice; impartial
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candor   Speak
(開誠佈公,坦率) frankness; quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
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cantankerous   Speak
(脾氣壞,易發怒) ill humored; irritable; marked by ill-tempered contradiction or opposition; ugly; malicious
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capacious   Speak
(寬敞的) capable of containing a large quantity; spacious or roomy
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capitulate   Speak
(投降) surrender; end all resistance; give up; go along with or comply
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carping   Speak
(不公正的不合理的批評) fault-finding; excessive complaining; of unreasonable criticism or censure
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cartographer   Speak
(製圖者,制地圖的人) one who makes maps or charts
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castigate   Speak
(嚴厲批評,懲罰) criticize severely; punish; revise or make corrections to publication
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catharsis   Speak
(導瀉,通便,疏泄) purging or cleansing of any passage of body
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caucus   Speak
(核心小組會議（秘密）) private meeting of members of a party to select officers or determine policy
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caustic   Speak
(腐蝕,挖苦) capable of burning, corroding, dissolving, or eating away by chemical action
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cavalcade   Speak
(隊伍) ceremonial procession or display; succession or series
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celerity   Speak
(速度) swiftness of action or motion; speed
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censorious   Speak
(批判的) critical; addicted to censure; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners; implying or expressing censure
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censure   Speak
(責怪,批評) expression of strong disapproval or harsh criticism; blame
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cerebral   Speak
(腦的,智力的) relating to the brain or cerebrum; intellectual rather than emotional
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certitude   Speak
(確實) state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence
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chary   Speak
(謹慎,吝嗇) cautious; sparing or restrained about giving
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chicanery   Speak
(強辯,狡辯,欺騙) mean or unfair artifice to obscure truth; deception by trickery or sophistry
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chimerical   Speak
(不現實,空想) fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic; imaginative
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choleric   Speak
(易發怒的,脾氣壞) hot-tempered; easily angered; bad-tempered; expressing anger
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circuitous   Speak
(迂迴的) being or taking a roundabout, lengthy course; going round in a circuit; not direct
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circumlocution   Speak
(迂迴累贅的話,遁詞) indirect or roundabout expression; evasion in speech or writing
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