5000单词英英对照解释.doc

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Free - 5000 SAT Preparation Words -
The 5000 words, with brief definitions, listed below are free for individual and classroom use. As with any Web page, you may (1) view the words online, (2) print them on paper or (3) save the file to your hard disk. To save this page, click on file, then click on save. You can later view the words off-line using either your browser or your word processor.
A word list, like a list of mathematical formulas, is great for reviewing before a test. However, if your vocabulary needs substantial improvement, you need to read several vocabulary-building books, which have examples of words used in context and illuminating explanations. There are several excellent, inexpensive vocabulary-building books, since millions of people, like you, undertake vocabulary improvement to enter better schools and to obtain better jobs.
The three books that I use and recommend:
Merriam-Webster’s Vocabulary Builder, 558 pages, $ (publisher’s list price).
Vocabulary Dynamics by Gyen Harrison, 374 pages, $.
1000 Most Important Words by Norman Schur, 245 pages, $.
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There is more information on SAT vocabulary building at the bottom of this page.

abase v. To lower in position, estimation, or the like; degrade.
abbess n. The lady superior of a nunnery.
abbey n. The group of buildings which collectively form the dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns.
abbot n. The superior of a community of monks.
abdicate v. To give up (royal power or the like).
abdomen n. In mammals, the visceral cavity between the diaphragm and the pelvic floor; the belly.
abdominal n. Of, pertaining to, or situated on the abdomen.
abduction n. A car