要想在SAT考试中获得高分,仅仅依靠对句子结构的把握和对逻辑关系的分析是不够的,考生还需要对题目中涉及到的词汇进行准确的理解。若想要SAT考试写作取得高分,词汇也起着至关重要的作用,下面我们看一下SAT考试写作常用的重点词汇吧。
SAT考试写作常用重点词汇
enounced, enunciated - Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
pronounced - Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
articulated - Express or state clearly
vocalized - Express or state clearly
posited - Put firmly
stated
expressed
reported
alleged - Declared but not proved
averred - Report or maintain, To declare or affirm in a grave manner and formally as true
affirmed, asserted
wrote
composed
indited - Produce a literary work
penned - Produce a literary work
spelt - Indicate or signify
voiced, sounded - Give voice to
demean - Reduce in worth or character, usually verbally
Noted (said)
remarked
denoted - Be a sign or indication of, "Her smile denoted that she agreed"
observed
commented
mentioned
referred
announced
noticed
Precisely
explicitly
accurately
expressly
exactly
incisively
Numerous
innumerable
many
various
several
diverse
umpteen
umteen
myriad (noun and adj.)
Praise
extol - (v) Praise, glorify, or honor
exalt
glorify
laud
proclaim
revere
idolize
worship
venerate
Call Forth
evoke - Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
arouse - Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
elicit - Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
enkindle - Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
provoke - Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
inflame - Arouse or excite feelings and passions
awake - Stop sleeping
conjure - Evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic
invoke - Evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic
summon - Gather or bring together
instill - deposit gradually
Useful Essay Words and Phrases
Adding more to a point already made
moreover; furthermore; again; further; what is more; in addition
besides; above all; as well (as)
either; neither…nor; not only…but also; similarly; correspondingly; in the same way; indeed
in fact; really; in reality, it is found that…
as for; as to; with respect to; regarding
Writing in lists
first(ly); second(ly); third(ly)
another; yet another; in addition; finally
to begin with; in the second place
moreover; additionally; also
next; then; and to conclude; lastly; finally
Putting the same idea in a different way
in other words; rather; or; better; in that case
to put it (more) simply
in view of this; with this in mind
to look at this another way
Introducing examples
that is to say; in other words
for example; for instance; namely; an example of this is
and; as follows; as in the following examples; such as; including
especially; particularly; in particular; notably; chiefly; mainly; mostly
Introducing an alternative viewpoint
by contrast; another way of viewing this is; alternatively; again; rather; one alternative is; another possibility is
on the one hand…on the other hand
conversely; in comparison; on the contrary; in fact; though; although
Returning to emphasise your earlier viewpoint
however; nonetheless; in the final analysis; despite x; notwithstanding x; in spite of x
while x may be true, nonetheless
although; though; after all; at the same time; on the other hand; all the same; even if x is true; although x may have a good point
Showing the results of something
therefore; accordingly; as a result
so, (then,) it can be seen that
the result is; the consequence is
resulting from this; consequently; now
we can see, then, that; it is evident that
because of this; thus; hence; for this reason; owing to x; this suggests that; it follows that
in other words; otherwise; in that case; that implies
Summing up or concluding
therefore; so, my conclusion is
in short; in conclusion; to conclude; in all; on the whole
to summarise; to sum up briefly; in brief; altogether; overall; thus; thus we can see that
Useful phrases to introduce quotations
as X points out,…
According to X,…
To quote from X, ‘…’
X states/suggests that…
X tells/shows us that…
In an article entitled ‘Name of Text’, X makes the point that…
Referring to …, X argues that
As X sta

