13．flout 輕視 clout 巨大影響

（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 滋補的 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 影響力 away離開

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緊急的 cogent有說服力的

（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當然不具有cogent的性質了

（2）exigent：＝urgent，emergent

17．feckless（1）軟弱的，無用的（2）不負責任的

feckless<>responsible 不負責任：負責任

reckless魯莽的

(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

這道題純粹是考察反義詞詞對，那么我們后面的單詞串講也是基本上在反以，同義的講

jaded<> keen 厭倦的：熱心的

feckless<> responsible 不負責任的：負責任的

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

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

ascetic/stoic<> indulgent/sumptuous 堅忍的：放縱的/奢侈的

humble/modest/servile/sordid<> arrogant/presumptuous/haughty/hubris 謙虛的/謙卑：自高自大

sanguine<> despondent 充滿希望的:沮喪的

(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 不顧后果，不顧危險

注意！從這個意義上說“窮則獨善其身，達則兼及天下”，不然象杜甫一樣，他就是太munificent以致于太reckless（不顧后果），所以很悲涼

　　以上就是SAT語法輔導：形近詞辨析(3)的詳細內容，考生可針對文中介紹的方法進行有針對性的備考。