SAT语法辅导：单词串讲与实例解析(4)

下面是小站SAT频道为大家整理了SAT语法辅导：单词串讲与实例解析(4)，供考生们参考，以下是详细内容。

16.acquiesce: defy/resist 勉强答应:公然反抗/抵抗

Miranda, in her desire to foster___, often felt compelled to_____ readily to others in tense situations.

(A) cooperation---object

(B)consistency---defer

(C)dissension---surrender

(D) discourse---appeal

(E) harmony---acquiesce

Acquiesce to/in：to do what someone else wants, or allow something to happen, even though you do not really agree with it

Acquiesce to others 勉强答应别人

17.Acrid/acrimonious: gentle /harmonious刻薄的:温和的/和睦的

(1)His mouth stinging and burning, Virgil hurried to the kitchen for water to wash away the dish’s---- taste.

A. earthy B. exotic C. cloying D. acrid E. succulent

这里取的是acrid的本意，发酸的。

(2)The contract negotiations were often surprisingly___, deteriorating at times into a welter of accusations and counteraccusations.

A. perspicacious B. phlegmatic C. sedate

D. acrimonious E. propitious

accusations and counteraccusations是acrimonious 的典型特征

perspicacious(per全+spic看，什么都可以看到)聪明的

phlegmatic(原来是指吐痰的人，古人认为吐痰的人很冷静)冷静

sedate(sed，sit坐，能坐很久的人)镇定的

propitious(pro向前+pit，pet追求，向前追求好的东西出现)吉兆的

(3)The columnist almost___ when he mentioned his friends, but he unpleasant and even___ when he discussed people who irritated him.

A. recalcitrant, laconic

B. reverential, acrimonious

C. sensitive, remorseful

D. insipid, militant

reverential<>acrimonious

18.acumen: unable to discern 敏锐:不能辨别

Because Jenkins neither_____ nor defends either management of the striking workers, both sides admires his journalistic___.

(A) criticize---acumen

(B) attacks---neutrality

(C) confronts---aptitude

(D) dismisses---flair

(E) promotes---integrity

Acumen：shrewd 精明的

19.adept: bungling /inept熟练的:笨拙的

(1)I am not an adept aesthetician, and I could not presume to analyze Martha’s sense of design or approach toward design.

(2)Predictably, detail-oriented workers are___ keeping track of the myriad particulars of a situation.

(A) remiss in

(B) adept at

(C) humorous about

(D) hesitant about

(E) contemptuous of

detail-oriented workers的这种人的特点就是adept at doing sth。

20.adroit: ungainly 灵活的:笨拙的

astute/ambidextrous/swift/alacrity <> cumbersome/ponderous/awkward/gauche

(1) Some interactive computer games are so elaborately contrived and require such___ strategies that only the most___ player can master them.

(A) Byzantine, adroit

(B) nefarious, conscientious

(C) devious, lackadaisical

(D) onerous, slipshod

(E) predictable, compulsive