SAT(Barrons)巴朗3500基础词汇(List 32)

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Word List 32 nauseate-obsessive

nauseate V./令人作呕的/cause to become sick; fill with disgust. The foul smells

began to nauseate him.

nautical ADJ./航海的/pertaining to ships or navigation. The Mar­itime Museum

contains many models of clipper ships, log­books, anchors and many other items

of a nautical nature.

navigable ADJ./可以通航的/wide and deep enough to allow ships to pass through;

able to be steered. So much sand had built up at the bottom of the canal that

the waterway was barely navigable.

nebulous ADJ./暧昧的，混浊不清的/vague; hazy; cloudy. After twenty years, she had only

anebulous memory of her grandmother's face.

necromancy N./巫术，妖术，招魂术/black magic; dealings with the dead. The evil

sorceror performed feats of necromancy, calling on the spirits of the dead to

tell the future.

nefarious ADJ./十恶不赦的/very wicked. The villain's crimes, though various, were

one and all nefarious.

negate V./拒绝，否定，取消/cancel out; nullify; deny. A sudden surge of adrenalin can

negate the effects of fatigue: there's nothing like a good shock to wake you

up.

negligence N./疏忽，没能尽力的/neglect; failure to take reasonable care. Tommy failed

to put back the cover on the well after he fetched his pail of water; because of

his negligence, Kitty fell in.

negligible ADJ./可忽略不计的/sosmall, trifling, or unimportant that it may be

easily disregarded. Because the damage to his car had been negligible, Michael

decided he wouldn't bother to report the matter to his insurance company.

nemesis N./复仇的人;寻衅者/someone seeking revenge. Abandoned at sea in a small

boat, the vengeful Captain Bligh vowed to be the nemesis of Fletcher Christian

and his fellow mutineers.

neologism N./新生词/new or newly coined word or phrase. As we invent new

techniques and professions, we must also Invent neologisms such as

"microcomputer" and "astronaut" to describe them.

neophyte N./新入教者;新信徒/recent convert; beginner. This mountain slope contains

slides that will challenge experts as well as neophytes.

nepotism N./偏袒的人(亲戚)/favoritism (to a relative). John left his position with

the company because he felt that advancement was based on nepotism rather than

ability.

nettle V./烦恼;激怒;荨麻/annoy; vex. Do not let him nettle you with his sar­castic

remarks.

neutral ADJ./中型的;自然的;中庸的，公允的/impartial; not supporting one side over another.

Reluctant to get mixed up in someone else's quar­rel, Bobby tried to remain

neutral,but eventually he had to take sides.

nicety N./准确，精密/precision; minute distinction. I cannot distinguish between

suchniceties of reasoning.

nihilist N./虚无主义者/one who believes traditional beliefs to be groundless and

existence meaningless; absolute skeptic; revolutionary terrorist. In his final

days, Hitler revealed him­self a power-mad nihilist, ready to annihilate all of

Western Europe, even to destroy Germany itself, in order that his will might

prevail. The root of the word nihilist is nihil, Latin for nothing. nihilism,

N.

nip V./夹，捏;剪断;阻止/stop something's growth or development; snip off; bite; make

numb with cold. The twins were plotting mis­chief, but Mother intervened and

nippedthat plan in the bud. The gardener nipped off a lovely rose and gave it to

me. Last week a guard dog nipped the postman in the leg; this week the extreme

chill nipped his fingers till he could barely hold the mail.

nirvana N./涅磐/in Buddhist teachings, the ideal state in which the individual

loses himself in the attainment of an imper­sonal beatitude. Despite his desire

to achieve nirvana,the young Buddhist found that even the buzzing of a fly could

distract him from his meditation.

nocturnal ADJ./夜的/done at night. Mr. Jones obtained a watch­dog to prevent

the nocturnalraids on his chicken coops.

noisome ADJ./有害的，有毒的;恶臭的/foul-smelling; unwholesome. The noisome atmosphere

downwind of the oil refinery not only stank, it damaged the lungs of everyone

living in the area.

nomadic ADJ./游牧的/wandering. Several nomadic tribes of Indi­ans would hunt in

this area each year.

nomenclature N./命名法;术语学/terminology; system of names. Sharon found Latin word

parts useful in translating medical nomen­clature: when her son had to have a

bilateral myringotomy, she figured out that he just needed a hole in each of his

eardrums to end the earaches he had.

nominal ADJ./有名无实的，名存实亡的;名义上的/in name only; trifling. He offered to drive her

to the airport for only a nominal fee.

nonchalanceN./冷淡/indifference; lack of concern; composure. Cool, calm, and

collected under fire, James Bond shows remarkable nonchalance in the face of

danger.

noncommittal ADJ./不明朗的，不表态的;中庸的，未决的/neutral; unpledged; undecided. We were

annoyed by his noncommittal reply for we had been led to expect definite

assurances of his approval.

nondescript ADJ./普通的/undistinctive; ordinary. The private detec­tive was a

short,nondescript fellow with no outstanding fea­tures, the sort of person one

would never notice in a crowd.

nonentity N./不存在/person of no importance; nonexistence. Because the two older

princes dismissed their youngest brother as a nonentity, they did not realize

that he was qui­etly plotting to seize the throne.

nonplus V./使迷惑;使为难;混淆/bring to halt by confusion; perplex. Jack's

uncharacteristic rudeness nonplussed Jill, leaving her uncertain how to

react.

nostalgia N./想家;乡愁/homesickness; longing for the past. My grandfather seldom

spoke of life in the old country; he had little patience with nostalgia.

nostalgic,ADJ.

notable ADJ./显著的;值得注意的/conspicuous; important; distinguished.

Nor­mallynotable for his calm in the kitchen, today the head cook was shaking,

for the notable chef Julia Child was com­ing to dinner.

notoriety N./臭名昭著的/disrepute; ill fame. To the starlet, any publicity was

good publicity: if she couldn't have a good reputation, she'd settle for

notoriety. notorious,ADJ.

novelty N./新奇/something new; newness. The computer is no longer a novelty at

work; every desk in our office has one. novel,ADJ.

novice N./新手/beginner. Even a novice at working with comput­ers can install

Barron's Computer Study Program for the SAT by following the easy steps outlined

in the user's manual.

noxious ADJ./有害的/harmful. We must trace the source of these noxious gases

before they asphyxiate us.

nuance N./细微差别/shade of difference in meaning or color; subtle distinction.

Jody gazed at the Monet landscape for an hour, appreciating every subtle nuance

of color in the painting.

nullify V./使无效/to make invalid. Once the contract was nullified, it no longer

had any legal force.

numismatist N./硬币收藏家/person who collects coins. The numisma­tist had a

splendid collection of antique coins.

nuptial ADJ./婚姻的/related to marriage. Reluctant to be married in a

traditional setting, they decided to hold their nuptial cere­mony at the

carousel in Golden Gate Park.

nurture V./养育;教育/nourish; educate; foster. The Head Start pro­gram attempts

tonurture pre-kindergarten children so that they will do well when they enter

public school. also N.

nutrient N./营养品/nourishing substance. As a budding nutrition­ist, Kim has

learned to design diets that contain foods rich in important basic

nutrients.

oaf N./愚蠢的人/stupid, awkward person. "Watch what you're doing, you clumsy

oaf!"Bill shouted at the waiter who had drenched him with iced coffee.

obdurate ADJ./执拗的;顽固的/stubborn. He was obdurate in his refusal to listen to

our complaints.

obese ADJ./肥胖的/fat. It is advisable that obese people try to lose weight.

obfuscate V./迷惑，困惑;增加不必要的复杂性/confuse; muddle; cause confusion; make

needlessly complex. Was the president's spokesman trying to clarify the

Whitewater mystery, or was he trying to obfus­cate the issue so the voters would

never figure out what went on?

obituary ADJ./讣告/death notice. I first learned of her death when I read the

obituarycolumn in the newspaper. also N.

objective ADJ./不为情所动的;公平的/not influenced by emotions; fair. Even though he

was her son, she tried to be objective about his behavior.

objective N./目标/goal; aim. A degree in medicine was her ulti­mate

objective.

obligatory ADJ./必须的/binding; required. It is obligatory that books borrowed

from the library be returned within two weeks.

oblique ADJ./间接的;倾斜的;无诚意的/indirect; slanting (deviating from the

perpen­dicular or from a straight line). Casting a quick, oblique glance at the

reviewing stand, the sergeant ordered the company to march "Oblique Right."

obliterate V./彻底摧毁/destroy completely. The tidal wave obliterated several

island villages,

oblivion N./遗忘;赦免/obscurity; forgetfulness. After a decade of pop­ularity,

Hurston's works had fallen into oblivion; no one bothered to read them any

more.

oblivious ADJ./遗忘的;出神的/inattentive or unmindful; wholly absorbed. Deep in her

book, Nancy was oblivious to the noisy squab­bles of her brother and his

friends.

obnoxious ADJ./讨厌的;冒犯的/offensive. I find your behavior obnoxious; please mend

your ways.

obscure ADJ./模糊的，不明了的，暗淡的/dark; vague; unclear. Even after I read the poem a

fourth time, its meaning was still obscure. obscu­rity, N.

obscure V./使模糊;使暗淡/darken; make unclear. At times he seemed purposely

toobscure his meaning, preferring mystery to clarity.

obsequious ADJ./谄媚的;拍马屁的;奴性的/slavishly attentive; servile; sycophantic. Helen

liked to be served by people who behaved as if they respected themselves;

nothing irritated her more than an excessively obsequious waiter or a fawning

salesclerk.

obsessive ADJ./强迫性的，入迷的;出神的/related to thinking about something con­stantly;

preoccupying. Ballet, which had been a hobby, began to dominate his life: his

love of dancing became obsessive. obsession, N.