2019年SAT备考 重点词汇解析1

personification

n.人格化; 拟人化

1. a person who represents an abstractquality;

2. representing an abstract quality or ideaas a person or creature

3. the act of attributing humancharacteristics to abstract ideas etc.

convenient

adj.方便的; [废语]适当的; [口语]近便的;实用的

1. suited to your comfort or purpose orneeds;

2. easy to reach;

3. large and roomy (`convenient' is archaicin this sense);

Population

n.人口; 全体居民; 特定[生物]种群; [物]布居

1. the people who inhabit a territory orstate;

2. a group of organisms of the same speciespopulating a given area;

3. (statistics) the entire aggregation ofitems from which samples can be drawn;

4. the number of inhabitants (either thetotal number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place(country or city etc.);

5. the act of populating (causing to livein a place)verve

n.热情; (艺术品等的)气韵，神韵; 生气，活力; 气魄

an energetic style

evocation

n.唤出，唤起，招魂

1. imaginative re-creation

2. calling up supposed supernatural forcesby spells and incantations

3. stimulation that calls up (draws forth)a particular class of behaviors

partisan

adj.党派性的; 偏袒的; 游击队的

n.党羽，强硬支持者; 游击队员; 戟的一种

Noun

1. a fervent and even militant proponent ofsomething

2. an ardent and enthusiastic supporter ofsome person or activity

3. a pike with a long tapering double-edgedblade with lateral projections;

16th and 17th centuries

Adjective

1. devoted to a cause or party

2. adhering or confined to a particularsect or denomination or party;sequester [s?'kwest?(r)]

vt.使隔绝，使隔离; <律>扣押

1. requisition forcibly, as of enemyproperty;

2. take temporary possession of as asecurity, by legal authority;

3. undergo sequestration by forming astable compound with an ion;

4. keep away from others;

5. set apart from others;

negligible

adj.可以忽略的; 微不足道的; 无足轻重的;不足轻重

1. so small as to be meaningless;insignificant;

2. not worth considering;

digression

n.离题，岔开

1. a message that departs from the mainsubject

2. a turning aside (of your course orattention or concern);

3. wandering from the main path of ajourney

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