SAT(Barrons)巴朗3500基础词汇(List 17)

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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.