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  词汇是大家攻克SAT考试的第一关。因SAT词汇是整个考试的基础，包括阅读，语法，写作，样样离不开的都是词汇，而一些简单的词汇往往满足不了SAT考试的要求，词汇少了语法题目理解不透彻，阅读文章领悟不通，写作达不到高分层次。所以上海新航道小编今天给大家分享SAT词汇，希望对考生们有所帮助。

  bovine ADJ. /牛的;迟钝的;耐心的/cowlike; placid and dull. Nothing excites Esther; even when she won the state lottery, she still preserved her air of bovine calm.

  bowdlerize V. /删除/expurgate. After the film editors had bowdlerized the language in the script, the motion picture's rating was changed from "R" to "PG."

  boycott V. /抵制/refrain from buying or using. To put pressure on grape growers to stop using pesticides that harmed the farm workers' health, Cesar Chavez called for consumers to boycott grapes.

  braggart N. /自夸，吹嘘/boaster. Modest by nature, she was no braggart, preferring to let her accomplishments speak for themselves.

  brandish V. /挥舞/wave around; flourish. Alarmed, Doctor Watson wildly brandished his gun until Holmes told him to put the thing away before he shot himself.

  bravado N. /虚张声势/swagger; assumed air of defiance. The bravado of the young criminal disappeared when he was confronted by the victims of his brutal attack.

  brawn N. /强壮的肌肉/muscular strength; sturdiness. It takes brawn to become a champion weightlifter.

  brawny,ADJ. brazen ADJ. /厚颜无耻;傲慢/insolent. Her brazen contempt for authority angered the officials.

  breach N. /违约;突破;打破/breaking of contract or duty; fissure or gap. Jill sued Jack for breach of promise, claiming he had broken his promise to marry her. They found a breach in the enemy's fortifications and penetrated their lines. alsoV.

  breadth N. /宽度/width; extent. We were impressed by the breadth of her knowledge.

  brevity N. /简短，短暂/conciseness. Brevity is essential when you send a telegram or cablegram; you are charged for every word.

  brindled ADJ. /有条纹或斑点的/tawny or grayish with streaks or spots. He was disappointed in the litter because the puppies were brindled, he had hoped for animals of a uniform color.

  bristling ADJ. /竖立的/rising like bristles; showing irritation. The dog stood there, bristling with anger.

  brittle ADJ. /易碎的;困难的/easily broken; difficult. My employer's self-control was as brittle as an egg-shell.Her brittle personality made it difficult for me to get along with her.

  broach V. /介绍，提出，引见/introduce; open up. Jack did not even try to broach the subject of religion with his in-laws. If you broach a touchy subject, it may cause a breach.

  brochure N. /小册子/pamphlet. This brochure on farming was issued by the Department of Agriculture.

  brooch N. /胸针/ornamental clasp. She treasured the brooch because it was an heirloom.

  browbeat V. /吓唬/bully; intimidate. Billy resisted Ted's attempts browbeat him into handing over his lunch money.

  browse V. /吃草;浏览/graze; skim or glance at casually. "How now, brown cow, browsing in the green,green grass." I remember lines of verse that I came across while browsing through the poetry section of the local bookstore.

  brunt N. /冲击/main impact or shock. Tom Sawyer claimed credit for painting the fence, but the brunt of the work fell on others. However, he bore the brunt of Aunt Polly's complaints when the paint began to peel.

  brusque ADJ. /唐图;直率;粗暴无礼/blunt; abrupt. Was Bruce too brusque when he brushed off Bob's request with a curt "Not now!"?

  buccaneer N. /海盗/pirate. At Disneyland the Pirates of the Caribbean sing a song about their lives as bloody buccaneers.

  bucolic ADJ. /田园的/rustic; pastoral. Filled with browsing cows and bleating sheep, the meadow was a charmingly bucolic sight.

  buffet N. /自助餐/table with food set out for people to serve themselves; meal at which people help themselves to food that's been set out. Please convey the soufflé on the tray to the buffet. (Buffet rhymes with tray.)

  buffet V. /殴打，斗殴/slap; batter; knock about. To buffet something is to rough it up. (Buffet rhymes with Muffett.) Was Miss Muffett buffeted by the crowd on the way to the buffet tray?

  buffoonery N. /滑稽的/clowning. In the Ace Ventura movies, Jim Carrey's buffoonery was hilarious: like Bozo the Clown, he's a natural buffoon.

  bullion N. /金条，银条/gold and silver in the form of bars. Much bullion is stored in the vaults at Fort Knox.

  bulwark N. /壁垒/earthwork or other strong defense; person who defends. The navy is our principal bulwark against invasion.

  bumptious ADJ. /盲目自大/self-assertive. His classmates called him a show-off because of his bumptious airs.

  bungalow N. /小平房/small cottage. Every summer we rent a bungalow on Cape Cod for our vacation home. The rent is high, the roof is low-it's a basic bungalow.

  bungle V. /搞砸/mismanage; blunder. Don't botch this assignment, Bumstead; if you bungle the job, you're fired!

  buoyant ADJ. /可漂浮的，乐观的/able to float; cheerful and optimistic. When the boat capsized, her buoyant life jacket kept Jody afloat. Scrambling back on board, she was still in a buoyant mood, certain that despite the delay she'd win the race.

  bureaucracy N. /官僚机构/over-regulated administrative system marked by red tape. The Internal Revenue Service is the ultimate bureaucracy. taxpayers wasted so much paper filling out IRS forms that the IRS bureaucrats printed up a new set of rules requiring taxpayers to comply with the Paperwork Reduction Act.

  burgeon V. /发芽，成长/grow forth; send out buds. In the spring, the plants that burgeon are a promise of the beauty that is to come.

  burlesque V. /作秀，滑稽/give an imitation that ridicules. In Spaceballs, Rick Moranis burlesques Darth Vader of Star Wars, outrageously parodying Vader's stiff walk and hollow voice.

  burly ADJ. /魁伟，结实/husky; muscular. The burly mover lifted the packing crate with ease.

  burnish V. /擦拭/make shiny by rubbing; polish. The maid burnished the brass fixtures until they reflected the lamplight.

  bustle V. /喧嚣，繁忙，熙熙攘攘/move about energetically; teem. David and the children bustled about the house getting in each other's way as they tried to pack for the camping trip. The whole house bustled with activity.

  buttress V. /支持/support; prop up. The attorney came up with several far-fetched arguments in a vain attempt to buttress his weak case. also N.

  buxom ADJ. /丰满;充满活力;欢快/plump; vigorous; jolly. The soldiers remembered the buxom nurse who had always been so pleasant to them.

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