最近読んだTIME,NEWSWEEKのやさしい記事でよく見かけた単熟語を拾い集めてみました。英検１級の直前対策にお使いいただければ幸いです。丸数字は見かけた頻度です。
同じ得点でも、語彙で点数を稼いだ１級合格者よりは読解で点数を稼いだ１級合格者の方が辞書を使える環境でははるかに英語運用能力が高いです。言語を使いこなすにあたって単熟語の知識は不可欠とはいえ、語彙力だけでは使い物になりません。大切なのは知識と思考力のバランスです。
近年改善は見られるものの、英検１級は語彙問題が難しすぎる傾向があり、合格者平均は語彙６割、読解８割といった話を耳にします。レベル不相応な難単語まで詰め込むよりも、下記のような英検１級レベルの長文（TIME,NEWSWEEKのやさしい記事程度）によく出る単熟語を重点的に覚え、未知語は文脈から推測するような思考力を養成していくような学習を進めるのが英検１級合格の近道であり、実用にも強い英語力を養成できます。
一応お断りしますと、実用英検を貶めようという意図は全くありません。実用英検は、大学入試英語よりも素直で日本語含有率が低く、TOEICよりも試験テクニックが通用しにくい優れた英語試験だと思います。
ただ、
①全級の一次合格ラインを上げて受験者の基礎力を定着させること。
②１級一次語彙問題から、長文であまり見かけないようなものは除外し、語彙力はあるのに読解力が弱い１級合格者、ちょっと難しい英文になると辞書を使っても読めない１級合格者を減らすこと。
といった改良がなされることを願わずにはいられません。
前置きはこれくらいにして、以下に「最近のTIME,NEWSWEEKから選んだ英検１級出題予想単語集」をお示しします。
abet, abide, abort, abortion, abdicate, abduct②, abduction, abort, abound, abstain③, abundant, abuse, abusive, abyss, acclaim, accommodate④(受け容れる), accommodation, accomplice, accredit, accreditation, accumulate, acrimonious②, acronym, adamant, addictive, adept②, adjacent, administer（投与する）, adjourn, admonish, adolescent②, adorn②, advent③, adversary, adversely(←2010-2読解出題), adversity, advocacy⑩↑, advocate⑩↑, affectation, affirmative action, affiliate②, affiliation②, afflict⑤, aftermath③, aggravate②, agonize, agonizing, agnostic②, ail③, ailment④, albeit, alienate②, alienation, align, allegation, allege②, alleged, allegedly⑩↑, alleviate④, alliance, aloof, allowance(手当), allude, ally, altruism, altruistic, amass, ambush③, ameliorate, ammunition, ample, amputate, anemic③, anesthesia, animate(活気をつける), animosity④, annal, annex, anonymity, anonymous, antagonistic, anthropologist②, anomaly, antibiotic, antidote, appall, appease②, apostate, apprehend, apprentice②, appropriate(「流用する」、「〈土地などを〉収用する」)②, arable②, arbitrate, arbitrary, ardent③, ardor②, arguably, arsenal, articulate, artillery, assert⑩↑, assertive⑥, assiduous, assimilate③, assimilation②, assume⑩↑(仮定する、想定する、引き受ける), assumption⑩↑, assurance, astute, asylum⑤(←2010-2語彙正答的中), atheist, atone, atonement, attest②, attuned, atrocity③, audacious④, audacity②, augment②, augur, auspicious, austerity④, autism, autocrat, autocratic, autonomy, autopsy, aversion②(←2010-3語彙正答的中), , avert②, awash②, awry, backdrop②, backfire⑤, backlash③, backwater②, baffle, bailout⑤, bail out⑤, balk, banal②, bandwagon②, bane, banish②, bar②(禁じる), bargain(契約、特価品), barren, basin, bask②, bastion, battered, keep ～ at bay, beacon, beef up④, behemoth, behest, beholden②, belch, beleaguer②, bellicose, belligerent, bemuse, benevolence, bent(熱心な), benign, berate, bereaved, beset②, besiege, biased, bicker, bid(試み)③, bigot②, bigoted③, binding(拘束力のある), binge, bipartisan③, bizarre, blackout②, blast②(激しく非難する), bleak③, blessing in disguise②, blighted, blistering②, blockbuster②, blunder(←2010-2語彙正答的中), blunt(a・v)③, bluntly, bluff, blur(←2010-2語彙ダミー的中), boast, bode well(bad), bolster⑩, bombard②, bona fide, boon, boost④, botch②(←2010-2読解出題), bottom line⑩↑, bountiful, bounty④, bout⑤, brainchild, brag③, brandish②, brash, brazen, breach②, breadbasket, break even②, breakneck, brink, brisk, broker④(仲介をする), budge, buoy, buoyancy, buoyant, burgeoning⑩↑, burnish, bust②, bustle, bustling⑥, buttress, cachet, capitulate③, cajole②, calamity④, candid, capitalize on④, capitulate, carbon footprint, cardinal, cardiovascular, carnage③, carry(lose) the day, case⑩↑(「患者」「症例」「実情」「真相」「論拠」「訴訟」等さまざまな意味で使われる)(←2010-2読解出題), cash in on②, castigate, casualty⑩↑, catalyst④(←2010-2読解出題), , cater, cause⑩↑(「原因」だけではなく「目標、大義」の意味で多用されるn・v), caveat, cease④, cease-fire, cede, celebrity, censor④, censorship③, censure②, champion⑧(「勝者」だけではなく「擁護者」の意味で多用される。n・v), charge(世話をまかされた人), chasten③, chastise, checks and balances, cherish, chime in, choke point, strike a chord, chronic⑥, churn out④, circumvent③, claim⑥(「権利を主張する」、「〈命などを〉奪う」という意味でも使われる), clamor③, clamorous, clandestine②, clandestinely, classified②(機密扱いの), clause(条項), clergy, clout③, cluster, coalition, code(法典), coerce, coercion②, coffer, coherent, cohesion, cohort②(仲間), cognitive, collateral(付随の、担保、担保物件a・n), collateral damage(〈戦闘での〉民間人殺傷), collude, collusion, combustible, conciliatory, command(使いこなせる力), commanding(堂々とした), commend, commencement, commensurate②, commission(委託する)②, commit③, commitment⑩↑(「約束」だけではなく「熱意」、「献身」の意味で多用される), committed④(打ち込んでいる、傾倒した), commotion②, compatible②, compile, complacency②, complacent, compliance, compliant, complication(合併症), complicity, comply③, compound(増幅する), comprehensive③, compromise④(「そこなう」「弱める」という動詞でも使われる), comprise, concede②, conceivable, conceive③, conciliatory(←2010-2語彙ダミー的中), concomitantly, concurrence, condescending, condolence, condone, conduit, confer②, confiscate②, congenital, congregation, collateral, confidant, confide, confine, confinement, confidential, conflagration, conformity, confound, congenital, congregate, congregation, conjure, consecutive, consequence⑩(「報い」「代償」の意味で多用される)↑(←2010-2読解出題), conservative(「数字などが」控えめな), considerable(←2010-2読解出題), consolidate, consortium, conspire, conspiracy③, consternation, constipation, constituent③, constituency, constrain, constraint, contagion③, contain(封じ込める)④, contend②, contentious②, contingency(不測事態), contingent(代表団、偶発事件、～次第の)②, contraband③, contract(収縮する)②, contraption, controversy, convert, copycat③, commission③, contend, conundrum⑤, converge, convergence, convert, counterpart⑤, corpse, count(重要である), counterpart, counterweight, convert, courtesy②, covet, covert, covertly, cozy, crackdown④, crack down on⑤, cradle, crave②, credentials③, credit(功績n・v)⑩(←2010-2読解出題), creed, creeping, cremate, crisscross, critical⑥(重大な」「危機の」という意味でも多用される)(←2010-2読解出題), crony, cronyism, crop up, crucial③, cull②, culprit⑤, culminate, culmination, cumulate, cumulative, curb, curfew②, curse②, curry favor (with someone), curtail②(←2010-2語彙ダミー的中), custody④(親権、拘留), cutting-edge, dampen②, dash(〈希望などを〉くじく), daunt, daunting⑤, dazzle(←2010-3語彙正答的中), , debacle②, dearth, debunk②, decamp, decapitate, decease②, decipher, decline(断る、衰える), decree(n・v)②, decry②, deduct, deduction, deem⑩↑, default⑥, defect②, defector, defendant, defer, deference②, defiant, defiance, deficit, deficiency, deft, defuse③(←2010-2語彙正答的中), defy⑤, deflect, degradation②, delegate, deliberate, deliberation②, deluded, deluge(←2010-2語彙出題後収録),demeanor, dementia, demise(←2010-2読解出題), demobilize, demolish④, demolition, demote, dent(影響), make a dent, denounce④, degrade③, degradation②, deplete③, deplore③, deploy⑩↑, deployment③, deport②, deportation②, depose, deprivation, derail, depreciation, deride②, derivative, deserted, despondent②, despot, despotism, desertification, designation, destabilize, destitute③, detain, detainee②, detention④, deter③(←2010-2読解出題), deterrent②, detriment, detrimental②, deterioration, detonate②, devaluation, devastate⑤, devastating⑥, devastation⑤, deviate, devise⑤, devour③, devout③, dexterity, diagnosis④, diaspora, dignitary, dilapidate②, dilute, dire③, discharge, disband(←2010-2語彙ダミー的中), disclosure, discreet, discreetly, discretion(「分別」「裁量権」), disdain, discretionary, disgruntled②, dismal②, dismantle(←2010-2読解出題), disparity⑤, dispatch⑦, dispel, dispensary, disperse, disposable income②, disruption, disseminate, dissident⑥(←2010-2読解出題), dissuade, dissipate②(←2010-2読解出題), , distort⑤, distortion③, distract②, distraction, distress, distressing, distraught, disturbing, dither, diverse③, diversification, diversion, diversify②, diversity⑥(←2010-2読解で関連語biodiversityが出題), , divert, dividend③, divvy up, domination, dormant, downplay②(←2010-2読解出題), draconian③, draft(徴兵、徴兵する), drawback, dub②, dubious③, duplicate, dwarf②, dwindle④, earmark②, ebb②, economies of scale③, effigy②, egalitarian, egregious③, eke out②, elastic, elation, elicit(←2010-2語彙正答的中), eclipse(〈太陽、月の〉食、しのぐ), egg on, egregious, eke out②, eligible, eliminate ⑤, elude②, elusive②(←2010-3語彙正答的中), , emanate②, emancipate, emasculate, embargo②, embattled, embed③(←2010-2語彙ダミー的中), embody⑩↑, embolden③, embrace⑩↑(「抱擁する」のほかに「受け入れる」という意味でしばしば使われる), embroil, eminent, emission③, emit, empathy, emulate, enact③, enclave, encompass, encroach, endemic, endorse④, enforcement②, engrave, engulf, enigma②, enlighten④, enlist, enmity③, enrage, enshrine, entice③(←2010-2読解出題), entitle③, entitlement③, entrenched④, envision, envoy, enzyme②, epicenter, epidemic, epitomize③, equitable, equation②, equilibrium, equity, equivalent③, eradicate, erode②, erosion, erratic, erupt, eschew(←2010-2語彙ダミー的中), espouse②, euphemism, euphoria, euthanasia, evacuate, evade, evasion, evaporate, evasive, evict, evoke, exacerbate(←2010-2語彙ダミー的中), exasperate, excerpt, excruciating, exhilarating, exile④, exodus③(←2010-3語彙正答的中), , exorbitant, expatriate⑦, expedite, expel, expertise②, expire, explicable, exploit⑩↑, exploration②, exponential, exponentially, exposure, exquisite, extinct, extinction, extort②, extortion②, extract, extraction, extradite②, extradition, extravagant②
同じ得点でも、語彙で点数を稼いだ１級合格者よりは読解で点数を稼いだ１級合格者の方が辞書を使える環境でははるかに英語運用能力が高いです。言語を使いこなすにあたって単熟語の知識は不可欠とはいえ、語彙力だけでは使い物になりません。大切なのは知識と思考力のバランスです。
近年改善は見られるものの、英検１級は語彙問題が難しすぎる傾向があり、合格者平均は語彙６割、読解８割といった話を耳にします。レベル不相応な難単語まで詰め込むよりも、下記のような英検１級レベルの長文（TIME,NEWSWEEKのやさしい記事程度）によく出る単熟語を重点的に覚え、未知語は文脈から推測するような思考力を養成していくような学習を進めるのが英検１級合格の近道であり、実用にも強い英語力を養成できます。
一応お断りしますと、実用英検を貶めようという意図は全くありません。実用英検は、大学入試英語よりも素直で日本語含有率が低く、TOEICよりも試験テクニックが通用しにくい優れた英語試験だと思います。
ただ、
①全級の一次合格ラインを上げて受験者の基礎力を定着させること。
②１級一次語彙問題から、長文であまり見かけないようなものは除外し、語彙力はあるのに読解力が弱い１級合格者、ちょっと難しい英文になると辞書を使っても読めない１級合格者を減らすこと。
といった改良がなされることを願わずにはいられません。
前置きはこれくらいにして、以下に「最近のTIME,NEWSWEEKから選んだ英検１級出題予想単語集」をお示しします。
abet, abide, abort, abortion, abdicate, abduct②, abduction, abort, abound, abstain③, abundant, abuse, abusive, abyss, acclaim, accommodate④(受け容れる), accommodation, accomplice, accredit, accreditation, accumulate, acrimonious②, acronym, adamant, addictive, adept②, adjacent, administer（投与する）, adjourn, admonish, adolescent②, adorn②, advent③, adversary, adversely(←2010-2読解出題), adversity, advocacy⑩↑, advocate⑩↑, affectation, affirmative action, affiliate②, affiliation②, afflict⑤, aftermath③, aggravate②, agonize, agonizing, agnostic②, ail③, ailment④, albeit, alienate②, alienation, align, allegation, allege②, alleged, allegedly⑩↑, alleviate④, alliance, aloof, allowance(手当), allude, ally, altruism, altruistic, amass, ambush③, ameliorate, ammunition, ample, amputate, anemic③, anesthesia, animate(活気をつける), animosity④, annal, annex, anonymity, anonymous, antagonistic, anthropologist②, anomaly, antibiotic, antidote, appall, appease②, apostate, apprehend, apprentice②, appropriate(「流用する」、「〈土地などを〉収用する」)②, arable②, arbitrate, arbitrary, ardent③, ardor②, arguably, arsenal, articulate, artillery, assert⑩↑, assertive⑥, assiduous, assimilate③, assimilation②, assume⑩↑(仮定する、想定する、引き受ける), assumption⑩↑, assurance, astute, asylum⑤(←2010-2語彙正答的中), atheist, atone, atonement, attest②, attuned, atrocity③, audacious④, audacity②, augment②, augur, auspicious, austerity④, autism, autocrat, autocratic, autonomy, autopsy, aversion②(←2010-3語彙正答的中), , avert②, awash②, awry, backdrop②, backfire⑤, backlash③, backwater②, baffle, bailout⑤, bail out⑤, balk, banal②, bandwagon②, bane, banish②, bar②(禁じる), bargain(契約、特価品), barren, basin, bask②, bastion, battered, keep ～ at bay, beacon, beef up④, behemoth, behest, beholden②, belch, beleaguer②, bellicose, belligerent, bemuse, benevolence, bent(熱心な), benign, berate, bereaved, beset②, besiege, biased, bicker, bid(試み)③, bigot②, bigoted③, binding(拘束力のある), binge, bipartisan③, bizarre, blackout②, blast②(激しく非難する), bleak③, blessing in disguise②, blighted, blistering②, blockbuster②, blunder(←2010-2語彙正答的中), blunt(a・v)③, bluntly, bluff, blur(←2010-2語彙ダミー的中), boast, bode well(bad), bolster⑩, bombard②, bona fide, boon, boost④, botch②(←2010-2読解出題), bottom line⑩↑, bountiful, bounty④, bout⑤, brainchild, brag③, brandish②, brash, brazen, breach②, breadbasket, break even②, breakneck, brink, brisk, broker④(仲介をする), budge, buoy, buoyancy, buoyant, burgeoning⑩↑, burnish, bust②, bustle, bustling⑥, buttress, cachet, capitulate③, cajole②, calamity④, candid, capitalize on④, capitulate, carbon footprint, cardinal, cardiovascular, carnage③, carry(lose) the day, case⑩↑(「患者」「症例」「実情」「真相」「論拠」「訴訟」等さまざまな意味で使われる)(←2010-2読解出題), cash in on②, castigate, casualty⑩↑, catalyst④(←2010-2読解出題), , cater, cause⑩↑(「原因」だけではなく「目標、大義」の意味で多用されるn・v), caveat, cease④, cease-fire, cede, celebrity, censor④, censorship③, censure②, champion⑧(「勝者」だけではなく「擁護者」の意味で多用される。n・v), charge(世話をまかされた人), chasten③, chastise, checks and balances, cherish, chime in, choke point, strike a chord, chronic⑥, churn out④, circumvent③, claim⑥(「権利を主張する」、「〈命などを〉奪う」という意味でも使われる), clamor③, clamorous, clandestine②, clandestinely, classified②(機密扱いの), clause(条項), clergy, clout③, cluster, coalition, code(法典), coerce, coercion②, coffer, coherent, cohesion, cohort②(仲間), cognitive, collateral(付随の、担保、担保物件a・n), collateral damage(〈戦闘での〉民間人殺傷), collude, collusion, combustible, conciliatory, command(使いこなせる力), commanding(堂々とした), commend, commencement, commensurate②, commission(委託する)②, commit③, commitment⑩↑(「約束」だけではなく「熱意」、「献身」の意味で多用される), committed④(打ち込んでいる、傾倒した), commotion②, compatible②, compile, complacency②, complacent, compliance, compliant, complication(合併症), complicity, comply③, compound(増幅する), comprehensive③, compromise④(「そこなう」「弱める」という動詞でも使われる), comprise, concede②, conceivable, conceive③, conciliatory(←2010-2語彙ダミー的中), concomitantly, concurrence, condescending, condolence, condone, conduit, confer②, confiscate②, congenital, congregation, collateral, confidant, confide, confine, confinement, confidential, conflagration, conformity, confound, congenital, congregate, congregation, conjure, consecutive, consequence⑩(「報い」「代償」の意味で多用される)↑(←2010-2読解出題), conservative(「数字などが」控えめな), considerable(←2010-2読解出題), consolidate, consortium, conspire, conspiracy③, consternation, constipation, constituent③, constituency, constrain, constraint, contagion③, contain(封じ込める)④, contend②, contentious②, contingency(不測事態), contingent(代表団、偶発事件、～次第の)②, contraband③, contract(収縮する)②, contraption, controversy, convert, copycat③, commission③, contend, conundrum⑤, converge, convergence, convert, counterpart⑤, corpse, count(重要である), counterpart, counterweight, convert, courtesy②, covet, covert, covertly, cozy, crackdown④, crack down on⑤, cradle, crave②, credentials③, credit(功績n・v)⑩(←2010-2読解出題), creed, creeping, cremate, crisscross, critical⑥(重大な」「危機の」という意味でも多用される)(←2010-2読解出題), crony, cronyism, crop up, crucial③, cull②, culprit⑤, culminate, culmination, cumulate, cumulative, curb, curfew②, curse②, curry favor (with someone), curtail②(←2010-2語彙ダミー的中), custody④(親権、拘留), cutting-edge, dampen②, dash(〈希望などを〉くじく), daunt, daunting⑤, dazzle(←2010-3語彙正答的中), , debacle②, dearth, debunk②, decamp, decapitate, decease②, decipher, decline(断る、衰える), decree(n・v)②, decry②, deduct, deduction, deem⑩↑, default⑥, defect②, defector, defendant, defer, deference②, defiant, defiance, deficit, deficiency, deft, defuse③(←2010-2語彙正答的中), defy⑤, deflect, degradation②, delegate, deliberate, deliberation②, deluded, deluge(←2010-2語彙出題後収録),demeanor, dementia, demise(←2010-2読解出題), demobilize, demolish④, demolition, demote, dent(影響), make a dent, denounce④, degrade③, degradation②, deplete③, deplore③, deploy⑩↑, deployment③, deport②, deportation②, depose, deprivation, derail, depreciation, deride②, derivative, deserted, despondent②, despot, despotism, desertification, designation, destabilize, destitute③, detain, detainee②, detention④, deter③(←2010-2読解出題), deterrent②, detriment, detrimental②, deterioration, detonate②, devaluation, devastate⑤, devastating⑥, devastation⑤, deviate, devise⑤, devour③, devout③, dexterity, diagnosis④, diaspora, dignitary, dilapidate②, dilute, dire③, discharge, disband(←2010-2語彙ダミー的中), disclosure, discreet, discreetly, discretion(「分別」「裁量権」), disdain, discretionary, disgruntled②, dismal②, dismantle(←2010-2読解出題), disparity⑤, dispatch⑦, dispel, dispensary, disperse, disposable income②, disruption, disseminate, dissident⑥(←2010-2読解出題), dissuade, dissipate②(←2010-2読解出題), , distort⑤, distortion③, distract②, distraction, distress, distressing, distraught, disturbing, dither, diverse③, diversification, diversion, diversify②, diversity⑥(←2010-2読解で関連語biodiversityが出題), , divert, dividend③, divvy up, domination, dormant, downplay②(←2010-2読解出題), draconian③, draft(徴兵、徴兵する), drawback, dub②, dubious③, duplicate, dwarf②, dwindle④, earmark②, ebb②, economies of scale③, effigy②, egalitarian, egregious③, eke out②, elastic, elation, elicit(←2010-2語彙正答的中), eclipse(〈太陽、月の〉食、しのぐ), egg on, egregious, eke out②, eligible, eliminate ⑤, elude②, elusive②(←2010-3語彙正答的中), , emanate②, emancipate, emasculate, embargo②, embattled, embed③(←2010-2語彙ダミー的中), embody⑩↑, embolden③, embrace⑩↑(「抱擁する」のほかに「受け入れる」という意味でしばしば使われる), embroil, eminent, emission③, emit, empathy, emulate, enact③, enclave, encompass, encroach, endemic, endorse④, enforcement②, engrave, engulf, enigma②, enlighten④, enlist, enmity③, enrage, enshrine, entice③(←2010-2読解出題), entitle③, entitlement③, entrenched④, envision, envoy, enzyme②, epicenter, epidemic, epitomize③, equitable, equation②, equilibrium, equity, equivalent③, eradicate, erode②, erosion, erratic, erupt, eschew(←2010-2語彙ダミー的中), espouse②, euphemism, euphoria, euthanasia, evacuate, evade, evasion, evaporate, evasive, evict, evoke, exacerbate(←2010-2語彙ダミー的中), exasperate, excerpt, excruciating, exhilarating, exile④, exodus③(←2010-3語彙正答的中), , exorbitant, expatriate⑦, expedite, expel, expertise②, expire, explicable, exploit⑩↑, exploration②, exponential, exponentially, exposure, exquisite, extinct, extinction, extort②, extortion②, extract, extraction, extradite②, extradition, extravagant②
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