SAT詞匯并無確定的范圍和數(shù)量。對中國考生來講，詞匯量超過10000即可認(rèn)為具備參加sat考試的基本條件，但要沖擊高分，還需要各方面綜合實力。下面是小編為大家整理收集的關(guān)于新SAT考試常見形近詞的相關(guān)解析，希望對大家有所幫助。

　　1. averse vs. adverse

　　averse : not liking sth; opposed to sth 不喜歡某事物;反對某事物 E.g. He seems to be averse to hard work.

　　adverse: not favorable; contrary; hostile 敵對的，反對的，不利的 E.g. His health was adversely affected by the climate.

　　2. adversity vs. adversary

　　adversity: trouble; unfortunate event 不幸，災(zāi)禍 E.g. Mary faces adversity with courage.

　　adversary: opponent; enemy 對手，敵人 E.g. He defeated his old adversary in the election.

　　第1、2組詞是經(jīng)常被混淆的四個單詞，兩兩組合進(jìn)行對比，會給掌握單詞帶來更高的精準(zhǔn)度。

　　3. antipathy vs. apathy

　　antipathy: strong or deep dislike 反感;厭惡;憎惡 E.g. He showed a marked antipathy to foreigners.

　　apathy: lack of interest; indifference 缺乏興趣;漠不關(guān)心 E.g. My parents do not feel apathy about the election.

　　這一組詞大家可以用詞根詞綴發(fā)來區(qū)別，path-作為詞根是“情感”的意思，anti-作為前綴是“相反，對抗”，而a-是“不、無、非”的意思，相關(guān)單詞有sympathy, empathy等。

　　4. derive—derivative vs.deride—derisive

　　derive: originate from sth; get sth from sth 源自，源于;得到獲取 E.g. Thousands of English words derive from Latin.

　　deride: mock sb/sth 嘲笑，嘲弄 E.g. They derided his effort as childish.

　　derisive這個單詞出現(xiàn)在閱讀中經(jīng)常被當(dāng)做是derive的形容詞性理解，其實是deride的形容詞，意思為“嘲笑的，嘲弄的”，例如derisive laughter。

　　5.exhausted vs. exhaustive

　　exhausted: very tired 精疲力盡的 E.g. After a ten-mile hike, everybody is exhausted.

　　exhaustive: very thorough; complete 詳盡的;徹底的 E.g. Police make an exhaustive research.

　　6. imprudent vs. impudent

　　imprudent: not wise or discreet不智的;不謹(jǐn)慎的;輕率的 E.g. It would be imprudent (of you) to resign from your present jobbefore you are offered another.

　　impudent: very rude and disrespectful 粗魯?shù)?放肆的;無禮的;不尊重的 E.g. Tom is an impudent child who never listens to his parents.

　　在記這組詞之前，最好先記住prudent這個單詞，它本身就是“謹(jǐn)慎的，審慎的”意思，在其加上im-這個表否定含義的前綴，意思就很容易得出了。

　　7. callow vs. callous

　　callow: immature and inexperienced 既不成熟又無經(jīng)驗的;乳臭未乾的

　　callous: cruelly insensitive or unsympathetic 冷酷無情的;無同情心的

　　8. congenial vs. congenital

　　congenial: (of people) pleasing because of similarities in temperament, interests, etc ; agreeable(指人)(因性情、志趣等相近)彼此合得來的，意氣相投的;適合自己性格的

　　E.g. I find this aspect of my job particularly congenial.

　　congenital: (of diseases, etc) present from or before birth (指疾病等)天生的，先天的 E.g. We should not deride people who have congenital defects.

　　9. intelligent vs. intelligible

　　intelligent: smart, educated 聰明的，智能的，智力的

　　intelligible: that can be (easily) understood 可(易)理解的 E.g. That’s totally a muddled explanation which was scarcely intelligible.

　　10. impassive vs. impassioned

　　impassive: showing no sign of feeling 無表情的，無動于衷的 E.g. The accused sat impassively as the judge sentenced him to ten years in prison.

　　impassioned: showing strong deep feeling 充滿激情的;熱烈的 E.g. He made an impassioned plea for mercy.

　　同第3組詞相似的地方是這一組詞里面含有pass-表“情感”含義的詞根，im-表“不無、非”，所以impassive就是“無表情的，無動于衷的”意思。而后者中含有的“passion”其本身就是“激情，熱情”的意思。

　　11. adapt vs. adept

　　adapt: make sth suitable for a new use, situation, etc; modify sth 使某事物適合於新的用途﹑情況等;修改某事物

　　E.g. These styles can be adapted to suit individual tastes.

　　adept: expert or skilful in (doing) sth 對(做)某事物內(nèi)行的，熟練的 E.g. She’s adept at growing roses.

　　這一組詞中adapt也經(jīng)常容易與adopt混淆，adopt意思為“采納，收養(yǎng)”。

　　12. indigent vs. indigenous

　　indigent : poor 貧窮

　　indigenous: native 土生土長的，當(dāng)?shù)氐?E.g. Kangaroos are indigenous to Australia.

　　13. presumptive vs. presumptuous

　　presumptive: based on reasonable belief; probable基于合理之推測的;可能的

　　E.g. It is absurd that he was sentenced to death based on presumptiveevidence.

　　presumptuous: too bold or self-confident 膽大妄為的，專橫的

　　E.g. Would it be presumptuous of me to ask you to contribute?

　　14. ingenious vs. ingenuous

　　ingenious: (of a person) clever at finding new or simple solutions for complex problems; original in design(指人)善于用新的或簡單的方法解決復(fù)雜問題的;設(shè)計獨特精巧的

　　E.g. So you fitted that wire through that little hole there: that's very in genious!

　　ingenuous: open, innocent 坦率的，不隱瞞的，天真的 E.g. That kid gives me an ingenuous smile.

　　這一組詞，可以利用另外兩個單詞幫助記憶：genius和genuine。前者意思為“天才”后者意思為“真的，真誠的，非人造的”。ingenious從發(fā)音和詞形上與genius相近，而ingenuous 和genuine 相近。

　　15. discreet vs. discrete

　　discrete: separate; distinct 分離的;截然分開的 E.g. Those are a series of discrete events.

　　discreet: careful or showing good judgment in what one says or does; not too obvious 言談舉止謹(jǐn)慎的;言行審慎的;不顯眼的

　　E.g. I should make a few discreet enquirers about the firm before you sign anything.