SAT语法辅导：单词串讲与实例解析(4)
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16.acquiesce: defy/resist 勉强答应:公然反抗/抵抗
Miranda, in her desire to foster___, often felt compelled to_____ readily to others in tense situations.
(A) cooperation---object
(B)consistency---defer
(C)dissension---surrender
(D) discourse---appeal
(E) harmony---acquiesce
Acquiesce to/in：to do what someone else wants, or allow something to happen, even though you do not really agree with it
Acquiesce to others 勉强答应别人
17.Acrid/acrimonious: gentle /harmonious刻薄的:温和的/和睦的
(1)His mouth stinging and burning, Virgil hurried to the kitchen for water to wash away the dish’s---- taste.
A. earthy B. exotic C. cloying D. acrid E. succulent
这里取的是acrid的本意，发酸的。
(2)The contract negotiations were often surprisingly___, deteriorating at times into a welter of accusations and counteraccusations.
A. perspicacious B. phlegmatic C. sedate
D. acrimonious E. propitious
accusations and counteraccusations是acrimonious 的典型特征
perspicacious(per全+spic看，什么都可以看到)聪明的
phlegmatic(原来是指吐痰的人，古人认为吐痰的人很冷静)冷静
sedate(sed，sit坐，能坐很久的人)镇定的
propitious(pro向前+pit，pet追求，向前追求好的东西出现)吉兆的
(3)The columnist almost___ when he mentioned his friends, but he unpleasant and even___ when he discussed people who irritated him.
A. recalcitrant, laconic
B. reverential, acrimonious
C. sensitive, remorseful
D. insipid, militant
reverential<>acrimonious
18.acumen: unable to discern 敏锐:不能辨别
Because Jenkins neither_____ nor defends either management of the striking workers, both sides admires his journalistic___.
(A) criticize---acumen
(B) attacks---neutrality
(C) confronts---aptitude
(D) dismisses---flair
(E) promotes---integrity
Acumen：shrewd 精明的
19.adept: bungling /inept熟练的:笨拙的
(1)I am not an adept aesthetician, and I could not presume to analyze Martha’s sense of design or approach toward design.
(2)Predictably, detail-oriented workers are___ keeping track of the myriad particulars of a situation.
(A) remiss in
(B) adept at
(C) humorous about
(D) hesitant about
(E) contemptuous of
detail-oriented workers的这种人的特点就是adept at doing sth。
20.adroit: ungainly 灵活的:笨拙的
astute/ambidextrous/swift/alacrity <> cumbersome/ponderous/awkward/gauche
(1) Some interactive computer games are so elaborately contrived and require such___ strategies that only the most___ player can master them.
(A) Byzantine, adroit
(B) nefarious, conscientious
(C) devious, lackadaisical
(D) onerous, slipshod
(E) predictable, compulsive
