テーマ 02
Clarity, Obscurity & Understanding
帰国子女・インターナショナルスクール生のための、デジタルSAT の無料単語教材。独学で進められます。
読み込み中…
このテーマの全語です。定義を隠して、 よい意味・わるい意味・中立の三つに分けてみるのが、いちばん効く使い方です。 分け間違えた語が、そのまま自分の弱点になります。
Every word in this theme. The best use of it is to cover the meanings and sort the list into positive, negative and neutral. Whichever ones you put in the wrong pile are exactly your weak spots.
内訳：よい意味 8語 ／ わるい意味 11語 ／ 中立 17語。 強さはこのテーマの中での相対です—— テーマをまたいで比べる数字ではありません。
8 positive, 11 negative, 17 neutral. Strength is ranked within this theme only — the numbers are not comparable across themes.
| 語Word | 向き+/− | 強さStrength | 意味Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| abstruse adj | − | ●●● | very hard to understand — 難解な |
| accessible adj | ＋ | ● | easy to reach, obtain, or understand — 分かりやすい |
| adumbrate v | 0 | ● | to sketch out in vague outline — ぼんやり示す |
| ambiguous adj | − | ● | open to more than one interpretation — 曖昧な |
| arcane adj | − | ●● | obscure and understood by only a few — 神秘的で難解abstruse は中身そのものが難しい語、arcane は秘められていて知る人が少ない語です。abstruse means the material is hard in itself; arcane means the material is hidden away and only a few people have been let in on it. |
| coherent adj | ＋ | ● | holding together logically — 筋が通った |
| confound v | − | ●●● | to baffle or throw into confusion — 混乱させるperplex は軽く戸惑わせる程度、confound は完全に混乱させる強い語です。perplex leaves someone puzzled but still thinking; confound throws them into confusion completely. |
| construe v | 0 | ● | to read a particular meaning into something — 解釈する |
| conundrum n | 0 | ●● | a problem with no easy answer — 難問 |
| convoluted adj | − | ●●● | twisted into needless complexity — 込み入った |
| delineate v | 0 | ●● | to lay out the details of something clearly — 詳細に示すadumbrate はぼんやりと輪郭を示すだけ、delineate は細部まで描き出す語です。adumbrate gives only a rough outline; delineate fills in the details clearly. |
| disclose v | 0 | ●● | to make known what was hidden — 明かす |
| divulge v | 0 | ●●● | to reveal a secret — 秘密を漏らすdisclose は隠れていた事実の公表、divulge は秘密を漏らすことで、divulge の方が重い語です。disclose makes a hidden fact known; divulge lets out something that was supposed to stay secret, so it is the heavier word. |
| elucidate v | ＋ | ●● | to make something plain by explaining it — 解き明かす |
| enigmatic adj | 0 | ●● | puzzling and hard to read — 謎めいた |
| equivocal adj | − | ●● | worded so it can be taken two ways — どちらとも取れるambiguous は結果として二通りに読める、equivocal はわざと二通りに読めるように言う語です。ambiguous wording can be read two ways by accident; equivocal wording was built to be read two ways. |
| esoteric adj | 0 | ●● | understood only by insiders — 内輪だけに通じるarcane は謎めいて分かりにくいという批判寄りの語、esoteric は内輪だけに通じる知識を中立に指す語です。arcane is the disapproving word for knowledge shut away from all but a few; esoteric just states that the knowledge belongs to insiders. |
| evince v | 0 | ● | to show a quality plainly — はっきり示す |
| implicit adj | 0 | ● | understood without being stated — 言外の |
| ineffable adj | ＋ | ●●● | too great to put into words — 言葉にできない |
| latent adj | 0 | ● | present but not yet visible — 潜在的な |
| limpid adj | ＋ | ●●● | perfectly clear — 澄み切った |
| lucid adj | ＋ | ●● | easy to follow; also, clear-headed — 明快な |
| manifest adj | 0 | ●● | obvious; as a verb, to show plainly — 明白な |
| nebulous adj | − | ●● | hazy and ill-defined — ぼんやりした |
| nuance n | 0 | ● | a slight shade of meaning — 微妙な差 |
| obfuscate v | − | ●●● | to muddy something on purpose — わざと濁す |
| oblique adj | − | ● | indirect rather than straightforward — 遠回しな |
| obscure adj | − | ●● | unclear or little known — 不明瞭な |
| patent adj | 0 | ●● | plainly obvious — 一目瞭然manifest は表に現れて明らかになる語、patent は patent lie のように誤りが誰の目にも明白な場合に使います。manifest is what has come out into the open where anyone can see it; use patent for what is obvious on its face, often when you are calling out a fault, as in a patent lie. |
| pellucid adj | ＋ | ●●● | transparently clear in meaning — 透き通るほど明快limpid は澄んだ美しさ、pellucid は意味が透けて見えるほど明快なことを指します。limpid praises clearness you can admire, like clear water or clear prose; pellucid says the meaning itself shows straight through. |
| perplex v | − | ●● | to puzzle — 戸惑わせる |
| quandary n | 0 | ●● | a dilemma with no clean way out — 板挟みconundrum は答えの出ない難問、quandary はどう動いても具合が悪い板挟みの状況です。a conundrum is a problem with no easy answer; a quandary is a situation where every move open to you is a bad one. |
| salient adj | 0 | ●● | standing out as most noticeable — 際立った |
| tacit adj | 0 | ● | understood without being spoken — 暗黙のimplicit は文脈に含まれている意味、tacit は口に出さない合意や了解に使います。implicit is meaning carried inside what was said; use tacit for an agreement or approval that was never spoken aloud at all. |
| trenchant adj | ＋ | ●●● | sharp, clear, and effective — 鋭く的確な |