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SAT Vocabulary Unit 2

SAT Vocabulary Unit 2. WORD FORMS: Easy Tricks. - Nouns: make them plural - Verbs: change the tense - Adjectives: make them adverbs ( - ly ) - Most nouns can become adjectives and/or adverbs - Most adjectives, adverbs, and verbs can become nouns. Approbation Approbations (n)

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SAT Vocabulary Unit 2

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  1. SAT Vocabulary Unit 2

  2. WORD FORMS: Easy Tricks - Nouns: make them plural - Verbs: change the tense - Adjectives: make them adverbs ( -ly) - Most nouns can become adjectives and/or adverbs - Most adjectives, adverbs, and verbs can become nouns

  3. Approbation • Approbations (n) • Approve (v) • Approved (v) • Approving (v; adj) • Approvingly (adv)

  4. Transcend • Transcends (v) • Transcended (v) • Transcending (v) • Transcendent (adj) • Transcendently (adv) • Transcendence (n) • Transcendences (n)

  5. Ameliorate • (v) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming • Syn: amend, better • Ant: aggravate, exacerbate

  6. Aplomb • (n) poise, assurance, great self- confidence • Syn: composure, levelheadedness • Ant: confusion, embarrassment

  7. Bombastic • (adj) pompous or overblown in language; full of high sounding words intended to conceal lack of ideas • Syn: inflated, pretentious • Ant: simple, plain

  8. Callow • (adj) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise • Syn: unfledged, inexperienced • Ant: mature, polished

  9. *Drivel • (n) aimless talk or thinking; nonsense; (v) to utter nonsense or childish babbling; to waste or fritter away foolishly • Syn: hogwash, balderdash

  10. Epitome • (n) a summary, condensed account; an instance that represents a larger reality • Syn: model, archetype

  11. *Exhort • (v) to urge strongly, advise earnestly • Syn: entreat, implore • Ant: discourage,deprecate

  12. Infringe • (v) to violate, trespass, go beyond recognized bounds • Syn: encroach, poach

  13. Ingratiate • (v) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical derogatory sense) • Syn: curry favor with, brown-nose • Ant: alienate

  14. Interloper • (n) one who moves in where he or she is not wanted or has no right to be; intruder • Syn: trespasser, meddler

  15. *Intrinsic • (adj) belonging to someone or something by its very nature, essential, inherent; originating in a bodily organ or part • Syn: immanent, organic • Ant: extrinsic, external

  16. *Inveigh • (v) to make a violent attack in words, express strong disapproval • Syn: harangue, remonstrate • Ant: acclaim, extol

  17. *Lassitude • (n) a weariness of body or mind, lack of energy • Syn: lethargy, torpor • Ant: energy, vitality

  18. Millennium • (n) a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy

  19. *Occult • (adj) mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view; not detectable by ordinary means; (v) to hide, conceal; eclipse; (n) matters involving the supernatural • Syn: supernatural, arcane • Ant: mundane, common

  20. Permeate • (v) to spread through, penetrate, soak through

  21. Precipitate • (v) to fall as moisture; to cause to bring about suddenly; to hurl down from a great height; to give distinct form to; (adj) characterized by excessive haste; (n) moisture; the product of an action or process • Syn: provoke, reckless • Ant: wary, cautious

  22. Stringent • (adj) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp, bitter taste • Syn: stern, tough • Ant: lenient, permissive

  23. Surmise • (v) to think or believe without certain supporting evidence; to conjecture or guess; (n) likely idea that lacks definite proof • Syn: infer, presumption

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