SAT(Barrons)巴朗3500基础词汇(List 17)

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下面小站SAT思频道为大家整理的SAT(Barrons)巴朗3500基础词汇(List 17)，供考生们参考，以下是详细内容。

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Word List 17encumber-etymology

encumber V./拖累，负担/burden. Some people encumber themselves with too much luggage when they take short trips.

endearment N./爱慕;爱的表示/fond statement. Your gifts and endear­ments cannot make me forget your earlier insolence.

endemic ADJ./地方的;小范围内流行/prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country. This disease is endemic in this part of the world; more than 80 percent of the popula­tion are at one time or another affected by it.

endorse V./认可，默许;支持/approve; support. Everyone waited to see which one of the rival candidates for the city council the mayor would endorse. (secondary meaning) endorsement, N.

enduring ADJ./持久的;不朽的/lasting; surviving. Keats believed in the enduring power of great art, which would outlast its cre­ators' brief lives.

energize V./鼓舞/invigorate; make forceful and active. Rather than exhausting Maggie, dancing energized her.

enervate V./使变弱/weaken. She was slow to recover from her ill­ness; even a short walk to the window would enervate her.

enfranchiseV./赋予公民权(投票权)/to admit to the rights of citizenship (espe­cially the right to vote). Although Blacks were enfranchised shortly after the Civil War, women did not receive the right to vote until 1920.

engage V./吸引;雇佣;答应;结合;订婚/attract; hire; pledge oneself; confront. "Your case has engaged my interest, my lord," said Holmes. "You may engage my services."

engaging ADJ./有魅力的，有吸引力的/charming; attractive. Everyone liked Nancy's pleasant manners and engaging personality.

engender V./产生，导致/cause; produce. To receive praise for real accomplishmentsengenders self-confidence in a child.

engross V./独占/occupy fully. John was so engrossed in his studies that he did not hear his mother call.

enhance V./增加;改进/increase; improve. You can enhance your chances of being admitted to the college of your choice by learning to write well; an excellent essay canenhance any application.

enigma N./谜/puzzle; mystery. "What do women want?" asked Dr. Sigmund Freud. Their behavior was an enigma to him.

enigmatic ADJ./朦胧的;谜一样的/obscure; puzzling. Many have sought to fathom the enigmatic smile of the Mona Lisa.

enmity N./憎恨;仇恨/ill will; hatred. At Camp David, President Carter labored to bring an end to the enmity that prevented the peaceful coexistence of Egypt and Israel.

ennui N./厌倦/boredom. The monotonous routine of hospital life induced a feeling ofennui that made him moody and irritable.

enormity N./巨大的，严重的，极恶劣/hugeness (in a bad sense). He did not realize theenormity of his crime until he saw what suffering he had caused.

enrapture V./使其狂喜/please intensely. The audience was enrap­tured by the freshness of the voices and the excellent orchestration.

ensconce V./安排妥当/settle comfortably. Now that their children were ensconced safely in the private school, the jet-setting parents decided to leave for Europe.

ensemble N./全体;歌舞团;套装/group of (supporting) players; organic unity; costume. As a dancer with the Oakland Ballet, Benjamin enjoyed being part of the ensemble. Having acted with one another for well over a decade, the cast members have developed a true sense of ensemble: They work together seamlessly. Mitzi wore a charming two-piece ensembledesigned by Donna Karan.

entail V./要求，需要;牵涉到/require; necessitate; involve. Building a college­level vocabulary will entail some work on your part.

enterprising ADJ./有魄力/full of initiative. By coming up with fresh ways to market the company's products, Mike proved him­self to be an enterprising businessman.

enthrall V./俘获/capture; enslave. From the moment he saw her picture, he was enthralledby her beauty.

entice V./吸引;引诱/lure; attract; tempt. She always tried to entice her baby brother into mischief.

entitlement N./权利/right to claim something; right to benefits. While Bill was entitled to use a company car while he worked for the firm, the company's lawyers questioned hisentitlement to the vehicle once he'd quit his job.

entity N./实体/real being. As soon as the Charter was adopted, the United Nations became an entity and had to be consid­ered as a factor in world diplomacy.

entomologyN./昆虫学/study of insects. Kent found entomology the most annoying part of his biology course; studying insects bugged him.

entourage N./随从，随行人员/group of attendants; retinue. Surrounded by the members of his entourage, the mayor hurried into city hall, shouting a brusque "No comment!" to the reporters lin­ing the steps.

entrance V./使其着迷;使其神志恍惚/put under a spell; carry away with emotion. Shafts of sunlight on a wall could entrance her and leave her spellbound.

entreat V./恳求/plead; ask earnestly. She entreated her father to let her stay out till midnight.

entrepreneur N./商人，企业家，承包人/businessman; contractor. Opponents of our present tax program argue that it discourages entrepre­neurs from trying new fields of business activity.

enumerate V./枚举/list; mention one by one. Huck hung his head in shame as Miss Watsonenumerated his many flaws.

enunciate V./阐明/speak distinctly. Stop mumbling! How will people understand you if you do not enunciate?

eon N./时代/long period of time; an age. It has taken eons for our civilization to develop.

ephemeral ADJ./朝生暮死，短暂，短命/short-lived; fleeting. The mayfly is an ephemeralcreature: its adult life lasts little more than a day.

epic N./史诗;剧作/long heroic poem, or similar work of art. Kuro­sawa's film Seven Samurai is an epic portraying the strug­gle of seven warriors to destroy a band of robbers. alsoADJ.

epicure N./老饕;享乐主义者/connoisseur of food and drink. Epicures fre­quent this restaurant because it features exotic wines and dishes. epicurean,ADJ.

epigram N./警句;讽刺民谣/witty thought or saying, usually short. Poor Richard's epigrams made Benjamin Franklin famous.

epilogue N./尾声;收场白/short speech at conclusion of dramatic work. The audience was so disappointed in the play that many did not remain to hear the epilogue.

episodic ADJ./插曲式的/loosely connected; divided into incidents. Though he tried to follow the plot of Gravity's Rainbow, John found the novel too episodic; he enjoyed individual pas­sages, but had trouble following the work as a whole.

epistolary ADJ./书信的/consisting of letters. Mark Harris's Wake Up, Stupid! is a modern epistolary novel that uses letters, telegrams, and newspaper clippings to tell the hero's story. The movie You've Got Mail tells a story using e-mail; does that make it an e-pistolary movie? epistle, N.

epitaph N./墓志铭，挽联/inscription in memory of a dead person. In his will, he dictated the epitaph he wanted placed on his tomb­stone.

epithet N./绰号/word or phrase characteristically used to describe a person or thing. So many kings of France were named Charles that you could tell them apart only by their epithets: Charles the Wise was someone far different from Charles the Fat.

epitome N./典型，摘要/perfect example or embodiment. Singing "I am the very model of a modern Major-General," in The Pirates of Penzance, Major-General Stanley proclaimed himself the epitome of an officer and a gentleman.

epoch N./时代/period of time. The glacial epoch lasted for thou­sands of years.

equable ADJ./平静的，均衡的，稳定的/tranquil; steady; uniform. After the hot sum­mers and cold winters of New England, he found the cli­mate of the West Indies equable and pleasant.

equanimity N./镇定/calmness of temperament; composure. Even the inevitable strains of caring for an ailing mother did not disturb Bea's equanimity.

equestrian N./骑师/rider on horseback. These paths in the park are reserved for equestrians and their steeds. alsoADJ.

equilibrium N./平衡/balance. After the divorce, he needed some time to regain hisequilibrium.

equine ADJ./似马的/resembling a horse. His long, bony face had an equine look to it.

equinox N./昼夜平分点，春分，秋分/period of equal days and nights; the beginning of Spring and Autumn. The vernal equinox is usually marked by heavy rainstorms.

equitable ADJ./公平的，公允的/fair; impartial. I am seeking an equitable solution to this dispute, one that will be fair and acceptable to both sides.

equity N./公平，公正/fairness; justice. Our courts guarantee equity to all.

equivocal ADJ./蓄意误导;含混，模棱两可/ambiguous; intentionally misleading. Rejecting the candidate's equivocal comments on tax reform, the reporters pressed him to state clearly where he stood on the issue. equivocate,V.

equivocate V./撒谎;误导/lie; mislead; attempt to conceal the truth. The audience saw through his attempts to equivocate on the subject under discussion and ridiculed his remarks.

erode V./侵蚀/eat away. The limestone was eroded by the drip­ping water until only a thin shell remained. erosion, N.

erotic ADJ./激情的/pertaining to passionate love. The erotic pas­sages in this novel should be removed as they are merely pornographic.

erratic ADJ./奇怪的;不可预测的/odd; unpredictable. Investors become anxious when the stock market appears erratic.

erroneous ADJ./错误/mistaken; wrong. I thought my answer was correct, but it was erroneous.

erudite ADJ./博学的/learned; scholarly. Though his fellow students thought him erudite, Paul knew he would have to spend many years in serious study before he could consider him­self a scholar.

escapade N./胡闹;奇怪、出格的行为/prank; flighty conduct. The headmaster could not regard this latest escapade as a boyish joke and expelled the young man.

escapism N./逃避现实，纸醉金迷/avoiding reality by diverting oneself with amusements. Before you criticize her constant reading as mere escapism, note how greatly her vocabulary has improved since she began spending her days buried in books.

eschew V./避免/avoid. Hoping to present himself to his girlfriend as a totally reformed character, he tried to eschew all the vices, especially chewing tobacco and drinking bathtub gin.

esoteric ADJ./难以理解的，深奥的/hard to understand; known only to the cho­sen few. The New Yorker short stories often include esoteric allusions to obscure people and events: the implication is, if you are in the in-crowd, you'll get the reference; if you come from Cleveland, you won't.

espionage N./间谍行为/Spying. In order to maintain its power, the government developed a system of espionage that pene­trated every household.

espouse V./接受，支持/adopt; support. She was always ready to espouse a worthy cause.

esteem V./尊重;估价/respect; value. Jill esteemed Jack's taste in music, but she deplored his taste in clothes.

estranged ADJ./分离的;孤立的/separated; alienated. The estranged wife sought a divorce. estrangement, N.

ethereal ADJ./轻的，空气的;像天堂的/light; heavenly; unusually refined. In Shake­speare's The Tempest, the spirit Ariel is an ethereal crea­ture, too airy and unearthly for our mortal world.

ethnic ADJ./种族的/relating to races. Intolerance between ethnic groups is deplorable and usually is based on lack of infor­mation.

ethos N./社会精神特质，思潮，风气;气质/underlying character of a culture, group, etc. Seeing how tenderly ordinary Spaniards treated her small daughter made author Barbara Kingsolver aware of how greatly children were valued in the Spanish ethos.

etymology N./语源学/study of word parts. A knowledge of etymol­ogy can help you on many English tests: if you know what the roots and prefixes mean, you can determine the mean­ings of unfamiliar words.