SAT(Barrons)巴朗3500基础词汇(List 7)

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Word List 7 blunder-canter

blunder N./错误/error. The criminal's fatal blunder led to his capture.

alsoV.

blurt V./脱口而出/utter impulsively. Before she could stop him, he blurted out

the news.

bluster V./咆哮;吓唬/blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully. "Let the

stormy winds bluster," cried Jack, "we'll set sail tonight." Jill let Jack

bluster. she wasn't going anywhere, no matter what he said.

bode V./预兆/foreshadow; portend. The gloomy skies and the sulphurous odors

from the mineral springs seemed to bode evil to those who settled in the

area.

bogus ADJ./赝品/counterfeit; not authentic. The police quickly found the

distributors of the bogus twenty-dollar bills.

bohemian ADJ./不合习俗;放荡不羁/unconventional (in an artistic way). Gertrude Stein

ran off to Paris to live an eccentric, bohemian life with her writer friends.

Oakland was not bohemian:it was too bourgeois, too middle-class.

boisterous ADJ./狂暴;喧嚣/violent; rough; noisy. The unruly crowd became even

more boisterous when he tried to quiet them.

bolster V./支持，增援/support; reinforce. The debaters amassed file boxes full of

evidence to bolstertheir arguments.

bolt N./门闩;螺钉;布匹的长度/door bar; fastening pin or screw; length of fabric. The

carpenter shut the workshop door, sliding the heavy metal bolt into place. He

sorted through his toolbox for the nuts and bolts and nails he would need.

Before he cut into the bolt of canvas, he measured how much fabric he would

need.

bolt V./猛冲，上门闩，囫囵吞下/dash or dart off; fasten (a door); gobble down. Jack was

set to bolt out the front door, but Jill bolted the door. "Eat your breakfast,"

she said, "don't bolt your food."

bombardment N./轰击(导弹)/attack with missiles. The enemy bom­bardment demolished

the town. Members of the opposition party bombarded the prime minister with

questions about the enemy attack.

bombastic ADJ./夸张的/pompous; using inflated language. Puffed up with conceit,

the orator spoke in such a bombastic man­ner that we longed to deflate him.

bombast, N.

booming ADJ./快速增长的，欣欣向荣;深刻的/deep and resonant; flourishing, thriving. "Who

needs a microphone?" cried the mayor in his booming voice. Cheerfully he boomed

out that, thanks to him, the city's economy was booming. boom,V.

boon N./恩惠，福利/blessing; benefit. The recent rains that filled our empty

reservoirs were a boon to the whole community.

boorish ADJ./粗鲁;笨拙/rude; clumsy; ungentlemanly. Natasha was embarrassed by

her fellow spy's boorish behavior. "If you cannot act like a gentleman, Boris,

go back to Russia: espi­onage is no job for clumsy boors." boor, N.

boundless ADJ./无限的/unlimited; vast. Mike's energy was bound­less: the greater

the challenge, the more vigorously he tack­led the job.

bountiful ADJ./富足的;慷慨的/abundant; graciously generous. Thanks to the good

harvest, we had a bountiful supply of food and we could be as bountiful as we

liked in distributing food to the needy.

bourgeois ADJ./中产阶级;平庸的/middle class; selfishly materialistic; dully

conventional. Technically, anyone who belongs to the mid­dle class is bourgeois,

but, given the word's connotations, most people resent it if you call them

that.

bovine ADJ./牛的;迟钝的;耐心的/cowlike; placid and dull. Nothing excites Esther; even

when she won the state lottery, she still pre­served her air of bovine calm.

bowdlerize V./删除/expurgate. After the film editors had bowd­lerized the

language in the script, the motion picture's rat­ing was changed from "R" to

"PG."

boycott V./抵制/refrain from buying or using. To put pressure on grape growers

to stop using pesticides that harmed the farm workers' health, Cesar Chavez

called for consumers to boycott grapes.

braggart N./自夸，吹嘘/boaster. Modest by nature, she was no brag­gart, preferring

to let her accomplishments speak for them­selves.

brandish V./挥舞/wave around; flourish. Alarmed, Doctor Wat­son wildly

brandished his gun until Holmes told him to put the thing away before he shot

himself.

bravado N./虚张声势/swagger; assumed air of defiance. The bravado of the young

criminal disappeared when he was confronted by the victims of his brutal

attack.

brawn N./强壮的肌肉/muscular strength; sturdiness. It takes brawn to become a

champion weightlifter. brawny,ADJ.

brazen ADJ./厚颜无耻;傲慢/insolent. Her brazen contempt for authority angered the

officials.

breach N./违约;突破;打破/breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap. Jill sued

Jack forbreach of promise, claiming he had broken his promise to marry her. They

found a breach in the enemy's fortifications and penetrated their lines.

alsoV.

breadth N./宽度/width; extent. We were impressed by the breadth of her

knowledge.

brevity N./简短，短暂/conciseness. Brevity is essential when you send a telegram

or cablegram; you are charged for every word.

brindled ADJ./有条纹或斑点的/tawny or grayish with streaks or spots. He was

disappointed in the litter because the puppies were brindled, he had hoped for

animals of a uniform color.

bristling ADJ./竖立的/rising like bristles; showing irritation. The dog stood

there, bristlingwith anger.

brittle ADJ./易碎的;困难的/easily broken; difficult. My employer's self-con­trol

was asbrittle as an egg-shell. Her brittle personality made it difficult for me

to get along with her.

broach V./介绍，提出，引见/introduce; open up. Jack did not even try to broach the

subject of religion with his in-laws. If you broach a touchy subject, it may

cause a breach.

brochure N./小册子/pamphlet. This brochure on farming was issued by the

Department of Agriculture.

brooch N./胸针/ornamental clasp. She treasured the brooch because it was an

heirloom.

browbeat V./吓唬/bully; intimidate. Billy resisted Ted's attempts browbeat him

into handing over his lunch money.

browse V./吃草;浏览/graze; skim or glance at casually. "How now, brown cow,

browsingin the green, green grass." I remem­ber lines of verse that I came

across while browsingthrough the poetry section of the local bookstore.

brunt N./冲击/main impact or shock. Tom Sawyer claimed credit for painting the

fence, but the brunt of the work fell on oth­ers. However, he bore the brunt of

Aunt Polly's complaints when the paint began to peel.

brusque ADJ./唐图;直率;粗暴无礼/blunt; abrupt. Was Bruce too brusque when he brushed

off Bob's request with a curt "Not now!"?

buccaneer N./海盗/pirate. At Disneyland the Pirates of the Caribbean sing a

song about their lives as bloody bucca­neers.

bucolic ADJ./田园的/rustic; pastoral. Filled with browsing cows and bleating

sheep, the meadow was a charmingly bucolic sight.

buffet N./自助餐/table with food set out for people to serve them­selves; meal

at which people help themselves to food that's been set out. Please convey the

soufflé on the tray to the buffet. (Buffet rhymes with tray.)

buffet V./殴打，斗殴/slap; batter; knock about. To buffet something is to rough it

up. (Buffet rhymes with Muffett.) Was Miss Muf­fett buffeted by the crowd on the

way to the buffet tray?

buffoonery N./滑稽的/clowning. In the Ace Ventura movies, Jim Carrey's

buffoonery was hilarious: like Bozo the Clown, he's a natural buffoon.

bullion N./金条，银条/gold and silver in the form of bars. Much bullion is stored

in the vaults at Fort Knox.

bulwark N./壁垒/earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends. The navy

is our principal bulwark against invasion.

bumptious ADJ./盲目自大/self-assertive. His classmates called him a show-off

because of hisbumptious airs.

bungalow N./小平房/small cottage. Every summer we rent a bun­galow on Cape Cod

for our vacation home. The rent is high, the roof is low-it's a basic

bungalow.

bungle V./搞砸/mismanage; blunder. Don't botch this assign­ment, Bumstead; if

youbungle the job, you're fired!

buoyant ADJ./可漂浮的，乐观的/able to float; cheerful and optimistic. When the boat

capsized, her buoyant life jacket kept Jody afloat. Scrambling back on board,

she was still in abuoyant mood, certain that despite the delay she'd win the

race.

bureaucracy N./官僚机构/over-regulated administrative system marked by red tape.

The Internal Revenue Service is the ultimate bureaucracy. taxpayers wasted so

much paper fill­ing out IRS forms that the IRS bureaucrats printed up a new set

of rules requiring taxpayers to comply with the Paper­work Reduction Act.

burgeon V./发芽，成长/grow forth; send out buds. In the spring, the plants that

burgeonare a promise of the beauty that is to come.

burlesque V./作秀，滑稽/give an imitation that ridicules. In Spaceballs, Rick

Moranisburlesques Darth Vader of Star Wars, outra­geously parodying Vader's

stiff walk and hollow voice.

burly ADJ./魁伟，结实/husky; muscular. The burly mover lifted the packing crate

with ease.

burnish V./擦拭/make shiny by rubbing; polish. The maid bur­nished the brass

fixtures until they reflected the lamplight.

bustle V./喧嚣，繁忙，熙熙攘攘/move about energetically; teem. David and the

childrenbustled about the house getting in each other's way as they tried to

pack for the camping trip. The whole house bustled with activity.

buttress V./支持/support; prop up. The attorney came up with several

far-fetched arguments in a vain attempt to buttress his weak case. also N.

buxom ADJ./丰满;充满活力;欢快/plump; vigorous; jolly. The soldiers remembered the

buxom nurse who had always been so pleasant to them.

cabal N./内阁/small group of persons secretly united to promote their own

interests. The cabal was defeated when their scheme was discovered.

cache N./藏身之处/hiding place. The detectives followed the sus­pect until he led

them to the cache where he had stored his loot. He had cached the cash in a bag

for trash: it was a hefty sum.

cacophonous ADJ./不和谐/discordant; inharmonious. Do the stu­dents in the

orchestra enjoy the cacophonous sounds they make when they're tuning up? I don't

know how they can stand the racket. cacophony, N.

cadaver N./尸体/corpse. In some states, it is illegal to dissect cadavers.

cadaverousADJ./尸体似的，苍白的/like a corpse; pale. By his cadaverous appearance, we

could see how the disease had ravaged him.

cadence N./平仄，重音/rhythmic rise and fall (of words or sounds); beat. Marching

down the road, the troops sang out, follow­ing the cadence set by the

sergeant.

cajole V./哄骗，勾引/coax; wheedle. Diane tried to cajole her father into letting

her drive the family car. cajolery, N.

calamity N./灾难，不幸/disaster; misery. As news of the calamity spread, offers of

relief poured in to the stricken community.

calculated ADJ./预先计划好的，算好的;合适的/deliberately planned; likely. Lexy's choice of

clothes to wear to the debate tournament was carefully calculated. Her

conventional suit was one calculated to appeal to the conservative judges.

caldron N./大锅/large kettle. "Why, Mr. Crusoe," said the sav­age heating the

giant caldron,"we'd love to have you for dinner!"

caliber N./能力;品质/ability; quality. Einstein's cleaning the black­boards

again? Albert, quit it! A man of your caliber shouldn't have to do such menial

tasks.

calligraphy N./漂亮的书法/beautiful writing; excellent penmanship. As we examine

ancient manuscripts, we become impressed with the calligraphy of the

scribes.

callous ADJ./硬心肠的，无情的/hardened; unfeeling. He had worked in the hospital for

so many years that he was callous to the suffer­ing in the wards. callus, N.

callow ADJ./年幼，稚嫩;无经验/youthful; immature; inexperienced. As a fresh­man, Jack

was sure he was a man of the world; as a sopho­more, he made fun of freshmen as

callow youths. In both cases, his judgment showed just how callow he was.

calorific ADJ./产热的/heat-producing. Coal is much more calorific than green

wood.

calumny N./诽谤;中伤/malicious misrepresentation; slander. He could endure his

financial failure, but he could not bear the calumny that his foes heaped upon

him.

camaraderie N./友情/good-fellowship. What he loved best about his job was the

sense of camaraderie he and his co­workers shared.

cameo N./贝壳上的浮雕;特写(演员)/shell or jewel carved in relief; star's special

appearance in a minor role in a film. Don't bother buying cameos from the street

peddlers in Rome: the carvings they sell are clumsy jobs. Did you enjoy Bill

Murray's cameo in Little Shop of Horrors? He was onscreen for only a minute, but

he cracked me up.

camouflageV./伪装/disguise; conceal. In order to rescue Han Solo, Princess Leia

camouflagedherself in the helmet and cloak of a space bandit.

candor N./开诚布公;坦率/frankness; open honesty. Jack can carry can­dor too far:

when he told Jill his honest opinion of her, she nearly slapped his face.

candid,ADJ.

canine ADJ./狗的/related to dogs; dog-like. Some days the canine population of

Berkeley seems almost to outnumber the human population,

canny ADJ./谨慎的;节约的/shrewd; thrifty. The canny Scotsman was more than a match

for the swindlers.

cant N./伪善;黑话/insincere expressions of piety; jargon of thieves. Shocked by

news of the minister's extramarital love affairs, the worshippers dismissed his

talk about the sacredness of marriage as mere cant. Cant is a form of hypocrisy:

those who can, pray; those who cant, pretend.

cantankerous ADJ./脾气坏;易发怒/ill humored; irritable. Constantly com­plaining

about his treatment and refusing to cooperate with the hospital staff, he was a

cantankerous patient.

cantata N./大合唱;康塔塔/story set to music, to be sung by a chorus. The choral

society sang the new cantata composed by its leader.

canter N./慢跑/slow gallop. Because the racehorse had outdis­tanced its

competition so easily, the reporter wrote that the race was won in a canter.

alsoV.