SAT VOCABULARY

1. notable-important and deserving attention, because very good or interesting
2. embedded-caught in between
3. excavate-(a) to remove earth that is covering very old objects buried in the ground in order to discover things about the past (b) to dig a hole or channel in the ground, especially with a machine
4. paleontology-the study of fossils (= preserved bones or shells) as a way of getting information about the history of life on Earth and the structure of rocks
5. tedious-boring, interminable
6. terminate-to (cause something to) end or stop
7. esteemed-respected.................ex: self-esteem-belief and confidence in your own ability and value
8. demeaning/derogatory/belittling-to cause someone to become less respected or showing strong disapproval and not showing respect
9. well-meaning-wanting to have a good effect, but not always achieving one
10.therapeutic/remedial/medicinal-help
11. draining-exhausting, tiresome
12. heighten/rutensify/elevate/bolster-(a)to make someone or something more important or to improve something (b) to be given a higher rank or social position
13. alleviate/reduce/allay/assuage-(a) to make unpleasant feelings less strong (b) to make someone feel less worried or frightened
14. eminent-famous,reowned, distinguished, prominent
15. feasible- workable,viable,achievable
16. captivating- appealing, enchanting
17. mysteriously- secrertive, clandestine, enigmatic
18. warily-not completely trusting or certain about something or someone
19. vociferouse- loud, clamorous
20. garrulous-talkative
21. stingy- parsimonious, cheap, miserly 貪心的
22. effusive-expressing welcome, approval or pleasure in a way that shows very strong feeling
23. frugal-careful when using money or food, or (of a meal) cheap or small in amount; thrifty
24. tacit-quiet
25. primate-靈長類
26. inquistitive-curious
27. atrocious-cruel
28. crude-coarse; rough and not smooth or soft, or not in very small pieces
29.ferocious-fierce and violent........ex. cats are ferocious