9．Extant 现存的 extent 程度

（1）to some extent 在某种程度上来说 to an extreme extent 极端一点的说

（2）Because of the extent to which a college degree is accepted by employers as a proof of competence in a given field, college graduates are not only more likely to receive more job offers, they can also command higher salaries than applicants who lack college diplomas.

正因为大学学位被雇主看成是在某一领域内能力很高的证明，那些大学毕业生不仅比缺乏大学文凭的人拥有更多的求职机会，而且还可以要求更高的薪水。

（3）The study’s warning that monkey populations were declining in Guatemala and Mexico was__ by new evidence that nearby populations along the Belize River were__.

(A) corroborated, prospering

(B) confirmed, extant

(C) belied, dwindling

(D) diminished, debilitated

(E) tempered, thriving

这道题主考逻辑，这部分是填空老师的责任，请看一下B为什么不对？

10．Facet 小平面 Facetious轻浮的

11．Swindle 欺骗 dwindle 减少

（1）The dishonest employee----- his company, absconding with more than two thousand dollars’ worth of supplies.

(A) relieved

(B) reported

(C) swindled

(D) demoted

（abscond 潜逃）

（2）The number of black hawks has__ because the encroachments of humans on their territory have caused them to___ their customary breeding places.

(A) multiplied, endure

(B) extrapolated, alter

(C) increased, locate

(D) diminished, accept

(E) dwindled, shun

还有没有记住shun这个单词的意思？没记住的话赶快复习第一讲的内容！

12. sober 清醒的 somber 忧郁的

Here Coltrane played the soprano saxophone, an instrument seldom used by jazz musicians. Musically, the results were astounding. With the soprano's piping sound, ideas that had sounded dark and brooding acquired a feeling of giddy fantasy.

Question：The author implies that which of the following would have been an effect of Coltrane's having chosen to play the tenor rather than the soprano saxophone on My Favorite Things?

(A) The tone of the recording would have been more somber.

(B) The influence of bebop on the recording would have been more obvious

(C) The music on the recording would have sounded less raucous and physical

(D) His influence on rock music might have been less pervasive.

(E) The style of the recording would have been indistinguishable from that on Kind of Blue.

Brooding: 阴郁的

13．flout 轻视 clout 巨大影响

（1）But we must remember that these women scientists were few in number, their participation in decision making positions was virtually nil, and their political clout was minimal.

（2）Some companies flout the rules and employ children as young as seven.

14．tonic 滋补的 toxic有毒的

（1）The good night’s sleep had-----effect on the weary climber, who woke refreshed and eager to resume the ascent.

(A) an innocuous (B) a tonic

(C) a minor (D) an enervating

(E) a detrimental

（2）People who take megadoses of vitamins and minerals should take care: though beneficial in small quantities, in large amounts these substances may have___ effects.

(A) admirable

(B) redundant

(C) intangible

(D) toxic

(E) minor

15．sway 影响力 away离开

Will and others have fallen under the sway of what one might call “genetic essentialism,” the belief that genes almost completely determine who a person is.

16．exigent紧急的 cogent有说服力的

（1）Wary of unorthodox treatments, many doctors are reluctant to concede that nutritionists have a____ argument for the use of dietary regulation as preventive medicine.

(A) cogent (B) cursory (C) vacillating (D) feckless (E) vehement

unorthodox当然不具有cogent的性质了

（2）exigent：＝urgent，emergent

17．feckless（1）软弱的，无用的（2）不负责任的

feckless<>responsible 不负责任：负责任

reckless鲁莽的

(1) Though ---- in her personal life, Edna St. Vincent Millay was nonetheless ---- about her work, usually producing several pages of complicated rhyme in a day.
(A) jaded.. feckless

(B) verbose.. ascetic

(C) vain.. humble

(D) impulsive.. disciplined

(E) self-assured.. sanguine

这道题纯粹是考察反义词词对，那么我们后面的单词串讲也是基本上在反以，同义的讲

jaded<> keen 厌倦的：热心的

feckless<> responsible 不负责任的：负责任的

feckless/futile<> constructive/helpful/useful 无用的:有用的

verbose/querulous/ garrulity<> taciturn/reticent/silent 话多的:沉默寡言的

ascetic/stoic<> indulgent/sumptuous 坚忍的：放纵的/奢侈的

humble/modest/servile/sordid<> arrogant/presumptuous/haughty/hubris 谦虚的/谦卑：自高自大

sanguine<> despondent 充满希望的:沮丧的

(2) His___ was so limitless that it bordered on recklessness, for he gave more to charity than he could really afford.

(A) amicability

(B) inexorableness

(C) frivolity

(D) munificence

(E) venerability

reckless: marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences 不顾后果，不顾危险

注意！从这个意义上说“穷则独善其身，达则兼及天下”，不然象杜甫一样，他就是太munificent以致于太reckless（不顾后果），所以很悲凉

　　以上就是SAT语法辅导：形近词辨析(3)的详细内容，考生可针对文中介绍的方法进行有针对性的备考。