SAT最常见的1000个词汇（A-3）

　　该词表中的词汇主要是针对美国学生挑选出来的，这1000个词汇是属于SAT考试中常出现但美国学生却不熟悉的词汇，因此该词表中的词汇难度较大。如果你是刚刚接触SAT的考生，最好不要立即使用该词表，推荐留在备考的最后阶段再使用。 

　　aggregate 1. (n.) a whole or total (The three branches of the U.S. Government form an aggregate much more powerful than its individual parts.) 2. (v.) to gather into a mass (The dictator tried to aggregate as many people into his army as he possibly

　　could.)

　　aggrieved (adj.) distressed, wronged, injured (The foreman mercilessly overworked his aggrieved employees.)

　　agile (adj.) quick, nimble (The dogs were too slow to catch the agile rabbit.)

　　agnostic (adj.) believing that the existence of God cannot be proven or disproven

　　(Joey’s parents are very religious, but he is agnostic.)

　　agriculture (n.) farming (It was a huge step in the progress of civilization when tribes left hunting and gathering and began to develop more sustainable methods of obtaining food, such as agriculture.)

　　aisle (n.) a passageway between rows of seats (Once we got inside the stadium we walked down the aisle to our seats.)

　　alacrity (n.) eagerness, speed (For some reason, Chuck loved to help his mother whenever he could, so when his mother asked him to set the table he did so with alacrity.)

　　alias (n.) a false name or identity (He snuck past the guards by using an alias and fake ID.)

　　allay (v.) to soothe, ease (The chairman of the Federal Reserve gave a speech to try to allay investors’ fears about an economic downturn.)

　　allege (v.) to assert, usually without proof (The policeman had alleged that Marshall committed the crime, but after the investigation turned up no evidence, Marshall was set free.)

　　alleviate (v.) to relieve, make more bearable (This drug will alleviate the symptoms of the terrible disease, but only for a while.)

　　allocate (v.) to distribute, set aside (The Mayor allocated 30 percent of the funds for improving the town’s schools.)

　　aloof (adj.) reserved, distant (The scientist could sometimes seem aloof, as if he didn’t care about his friends or family, but really he was just thinking about quantum mechanics.)

　　altercation (n.) a dispute, fight (Jason and Lionel blamed one another for the car accident, leading to an altercation.)

　　amalgamate (v.) to bring together, unite (Because of his great charisma, the presidential candidate was able to amalgamate all democrats and republicans under his banner.)

　　ambiguous (adj.) uncertain, variably interpretable (Some people think Caesar married Cleopatra for her power, others believe he was charmed by her beauty. His actual reasons are ambiguous.)

　　ambivalent (adj.) having opposing feelings (My feelings about Calvin are ambivalent because on one hand he is a loyal friend, but on the other, he is a cruel and vicious thief.)

　　ameliorate (v.) to improve (The tense situation was ameliorated when Sam proposed a solution everyone could agree upon.)

　　amenable (adj.) willing, compliant (Our father was amenable when we asked him to drive us to the farm so we could go apple picking.)

　　amenity (n.) an item that increases comfort (Bill Gates’s house is stocked with so many amenities, he never has to do anything for himself.)

　　amiable (adj.) friendly (An amiable fellow, Harry got along with just about everyone.)

　　amicable (adj.) friendly (Claudia and Jimmy got divorced, but amicably and without hard feelings.)

　　amorous (adj.) showing love, particularly sexual (Whenever Albert saw Mariah wear her slinky red dress, he began to feel quite amorous.)

　　amorphous (adj.) without definite shape or type (The effort was doomed from the start, because the reasons behind it were so amorphous and hard to pin down.)

　　anachronistic (adj.) being out of correct chronological order (In this book you’re writing, you say that the Pyramids were built after the Titanic sank, which is anachronistic.)

　　analgesic (n.) something that reduces pain (Put this analgesic on the wound so that the poor man at least feels a little better.)

　　analogous (adj.) similar to, so that an analogy can be drawn (Though they are unrelated genetically, the bone structure of whales and fish is quite analogous.)

　　anarchist (n.) one who wants to eliminate all government (An anarchist, Carmine wanted to dissolve every government everywhere.)

　　anathema (n.) a cursed, detested person (I never want to see that murderer. He is an anathema to me.)