SAT(Barrons)巴朗3500基础词汇(List 9)

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SAT1(Barrons)巴朗3500基础词汇

Word List 9 champion-colander

champion V./拥护/support militantly. Martin Luther King, Jr., won the Nobel

Peace Prize because he championed the oppressed in their struggle for

equality.

Chaotic ADJ./混乱/in utter disorder. He tried to bring order into the chaotic

state of affairs. chaos, N.

charisma N./魅力/divine gift; great popular charm or appeal of a political

leader Political commentators have deplored the importance of a candidate's

charisma in these days of tele­vision campaigning.

charlatan N./吹牛/quack; pretender to knowledge. When they realized that the

Wizard didn't know how to get them back to Kansas, Dorothy and her companions

were indignant that they'd been duped by a charlatan.

chary ADJ./谨慎;吝啬/cautious; sparing or restrained about giving. A prudent,

thrifty, New Englander, DeWitt was as chary of investing money in junk bonds as

he was chary of paying people unnecessary compliments.

chasm N./深渊/abyss. They could not see the bottom of the chasm.

chassis N./底盘/framework and working parts of an automobile. Examining the car

after the accident, the owner discovered that the body had been ruined but that

the chassis was unharmed.

chaste ADJ./纯的/pure. Her chaste and decorous garb was appropriately selected

for the solemnity of the occasion. chastity, N.

chasten V./磨练/discipline; punish in order to correct. Whom God loves, God

chastens.

chastise V./惩罚/punish. I must chastise you for this offense.

chauvinist N./盲目爱国主义/blindly devoted patriot. A chauvinist cannot recognize

any faults in his country, no matter how flagrant they may be. Likewise, a male

chauvinist cannot recognize his bias in favor of his own sex, no matter how

flagrant that may be. chauvinistic,ADJ.

check V./控制;阻止/stop motion; curb or restrain. Thrusting out her arm,

Grandmachecked Bobby's lunge at his sister. "Young man," she said, "you'd better

check your temper." (sec­ondary meaning)

checkered ADJ./多变的;像国际象棋棋盘一样的方格/marked by changes in fortune. During

hischeckered career he had lived in palatial mansions and in dreary

boardinghouses.

cherubic ADJ./天真无邪/angelic; innocent-looking. With her cheerful smile and

rosy cheeks, she was a particularly cherubic child.

chicanery N./强辩，狡辩;欺骗/trickery; deception. Those sneaky lawyers

misrepresented what occurred, made up all sorts of implau­sible alternative

scenarios to confuse the jurors, and in gen­eral depended on chicanery to win

the case.

chide V./斥责/scold. Grandma began to chide Steven for his lying.

chimerical ADJ./不现实，空想/fantastically improbable; highly unrealistic;

imaginative. As everyone expected, Ted's chimerical scheme to make a fortune by

raising ermines in his back yard proved a dismal failure.

chisel N./凿子/wedgelike tool for cutting. With his hammer and chisel, the

sculptor chipped away at the block of marble.

chisel V./欺骗/swindle or cheat; cut with a chisel. That crook chiseled me out

of a hundred dollars when he sold me that "marble" statue he'd chiseled out of

some cheap hunk of rock.

Chivalrous ADJ./勇敢;诚实/courteous; faithful; brave. Chivalrous behavior

involves noble words and good deeds.

choleric ADJ./易发怒的;脾气坏/hot-tempered. His flushed, angry face indi­cated a

cholericnature.

choreography N./舞蹈术;舞蹈记谱/art of representing dances in written symbols;

arrangement of dances. Merce Cunningham has begun to use a computer in

designingchoreography. a software program allows him to compose arrangements of

possible moves and immediately view them onscreen.

chortle V./得意的笑/chuckle with delight. When she heard that her rival had just

been jailed for embezzlement, she chortled with joy. She was not a nice

lady.

chronic ADJ./慢性的/long established as a disease. The doctors were finally able

to attribute his chronic headaches and nausea to traces of formaldehyde gas in

his apartment.

chronicle V./编年史/report; record (in chronological order). The gossip

columnist was paid to chronicle the latest escapades of the socially prominent

celebrities. also N.

churlish ADJ./粗鲁的/boorish; rude. Dismayed by his churlish map­ners at the

party, the girls vowed never to invite him again.

cipher N./密码/secret code. Lacking his code book, the spy was unable to decode

the message sent to him in cipher.

cipher N./不重要的人或物/nonentity; worthless person or thing. She claimed her

ex-husband was a total cipher and wondered why she had ever married him.

circuitous ADJ./迂回的/roundabout. To avoid the traffic congestion on the main

highways, she took a circuitous route. circuit, N.

*circumlocution N./婉转曲折的表达/indirect or roundabout expression. He was afraid

to call a spade a spade and resorted to circum­locutions to avoid direct

reference to his subject.

circumscribeV./限制/limit; confine. Although I do not wish to cir­cumscribe

your activities, I must insist that you complete this assignment before you

start anything else.

circumspect ADJ./慎重;周到/prudent; cautious. Investigating before acting, she

tried always to be circumspect.

circumvent V./智取;包围/outwit; baffle. In order to circumvent the enemy, we will

make two preliminary attacks in other sec­tions before starting our major

campaign.

cistern N./水塔;水库/reservoir or water tank. The farmers were able to withstand

the dry season by using rainwater they had stored in an underground cistern.

citadel N./大本营/fortress. The citadel overlooked the city like a protecting

angel.

cite V./引用;掌握/quote; command. She could cite passages in the Bible from

memory. citation, N.

Civil ADJ./民事的;国民的/having to do with citizens or the state; courteous and

polite. Although Internal Revenue Service agents are civil servants, they are

not always civil to suspected tax cheats.

clairvoyant ADJ.N./预知;预言者/having foresight; fortuneteller. Cassan­dra's

clairvoyant warning was not heeded by the Trojans. clairvoyance, N.

clamber V./爬/climb by crawling. She clambered over the wall.

clamor N./吵闹声;噪音/noise. The clamor of the children at play outside made it

impossible for her to take a nap. alsoV.

clandestineADJ./秘密/secret. After avoiding their chaperon, the lovers had a

clandestine meeting.

clangor N./大声喧哗;持续的铿锵声/loud, resounding noise. The blacksmith was accustomed

to the clangor of hammers on steel.

clapper N./铃舌，钟舌/striker (tongue) of a bell. Wishing to be undis­turbed by

the bell, Dale wound his scarf around the clapper to muffle the noise of its

striking.

clasp N./扣合;紧密合作/fastening device; firm grip. When the clasp on Judy's

bracelet broke, Fred repaired it, bending the hook back into shape. He then

helped her slip on the bracelet, holding it firm in the sure clasp of his

hand.

claustrophobia N./幽闭恐怖症/fear of being locked in. His fellow class­mates

laughed at his claustrophobia and often threatened to lock him in his room.

cleave V./劈开;黏着;忠于/split or sever; cling to; remain faithful to. With her

heavy cleaver, Julia Child can cleave a whole roast duck in two. Soaked through,

the soldier tugged at the uniform that cleaved annoyingly to his body. He would

cleave to his post, come rain or shine.

Cleft N./裂缝;开裂/split. Trying for a fresh handhold, the mountain­climber

grasped the edge of a cleft in the sheer rockface. alsoADJ.

clemency N./温和;仁慈/disposition to be lenient; mildness, as of the weather. The

lawyer was pleased when the case was sent to Judge Smith's chambers because

Smith was noted for her clemency toward first offenders.

clench V./牢牢抓住/close tightly; grasp. "Open wide," said the den­tist, but

Clint clenchedhis teeth even more tightly than before.

cliché N./陈词滥调/phrase dulled in meaning by repetition. High school

compositions are often marred by such clichés as "strong as an ox."

clientele N./常客/body of customers. The rock club attracted a young, stylish

clientele.

climactic ADJ./顶点的，高潮的/relating to the highest point. When he reached the

climactic portions of the book, he could not stop reading. climax, N.

clime N./地域;气候/region; climate. His doctor advised him to move to a milder

clime.

Clip N./剪辑/section of filmed material. Phil's job at Fox Sports involved

selecting clips of the day's sporting highlights for later broadcast. alsoV.

clique N./小圈子;同行/small exclusive group. Fitzgerald wished that he belonged to

the clique of popular athletes and big men on campus who seemed to run

Princeton's social life.

cloister N./修道院/monastery or convent. The nuns lived a secluded life in the

cloister.

Clout N./巨大的影响(政治\社会)/great influence (especially political or social).

Gatsby wondered whether he had enough clout to be admitted to the exclusive

club.

cloying ADJ./倒胃口;过度的/distasteful (because excessive); excessively sweet or

sentimental. Disliking the cloying sweetness of standard wedding cakes, Jody and

Tom chose to have homemade carrot cake at the reception. cloy,V.

Clump N./一块，一团;沉重的脚步声;草丛，灌木丛/cluster or close group (of bushes, trees); mass;

sound of heavy treading. Hiding behind the clump of bushes, the fugitives waited

for the heavy clump of the sol­diers' feet to fade away.

coagulate V./凝结/thicken; congeal; clot. Even after you remove the pudding

from the burner, it will continue to coagulate as it stands; therefore, do not

overcook the pudding, lest it become too thick.

*coalesce V./接合/combine; fuse. The brooks coalesce into one large river. When

minor political parties coalesce, their coa­lescence may create a major

coalition.

coalition N./伙伴;同盟，集合/partnership; league; union. The Rainbow Coalition

united people of all races in a common cause.

coddle V./娇养，溺爱/to treat gently. Don't coddle the children so much; they need

a taste of discipline.

codicil N./遗嘱的附录/supplement to the body of a will. Miss Havisham kept her

lawyers busy drawing up codicils to add to her already complicated will.

codify V./编纂/arrange (laws, rules) as a code; classify. We need to take the

varying rules and regulations of the different health agencies and codify them

into a national health code.

coercion N./威逼，强迫/use of force to get someone to obey. The inquisitors used

both physical and psychological coercion to force Joan of Arc to deny that her

visions were sent by God. coerce,V.

cogent ADJ./有说服力的/convincing. It was inevitable that David chose to go to

Harvard: he had several cogent reasons for doing so, including a full-tuition

scholarship. Katya argued her case with such cogency that the jury had to decide

in favor of her client.

cogitate V./考虑/think over. Cogitate on this problem; the solu­tion will

come.

cognate ADJ./同源的/related linguistically: allied by blood: similar or akin in

nature. The English word "mother" is cognate to the Latin word "mater," whose

influence is visible in the words "maternal" and "maternity." also N.

cognitive ADJ./认知的/having to do with knowing or perceiving; related to the

mental processes. Though Jack was emotion­ally immature, his cognitive

development was admirable; he was very advanced intellectually.

cognizanceN./认知/knowledge. During the election campaign, the two candidates

were kept in full cognizance of the inter­national situation.

cohere V./粘住的/stick together. Solids have a greater tendency to cohere than

liquids.

cohesion N./内聚力;黏度/tendency to keep together. A firm believer in the maxim

"Divide and conquer," the evil emperor, by means of lies and trickery, sought to

disrupt the cohesionof the federation of free nations.

coiffure N./发型/hairstyle. You can make a statement with your choice of

coiffure: in the sixties many African­Americans affirmed their racial heritage

by wearing their hair in Afros.

coin V./铸币;发明;杜撰/make coins; invent or fabricate. Mints coin good money;

counterfeiters coin fakes. Slanderers coin nasty rumors; writers coin words. A

neologism is an expression that's been newly-coined.

coincidence N./巧合/two or more things occurring at the same time by chance.

Was it just acoincidence that John and she had chanced to meet at the market for

three days run­ning, or was he deliberately trying to seek her out?

coinci­dental,ADJ.

colander N./过滤器/utensil with perforated bottom used for strain­ing. Before

serving the spaghetti, place it in a colander to drain it.