Vocabulary Notes

SAT Vocabulary list #7 context clues

1. If people think the extra meeting is superfluous or unclear on its purpose, they can raise their objections for all to hear. not necessary

2. Each of the great powers now has enough nuclear weapons to annihilate the human race many times over. destroy

3. We may blame the students, castigate them as lazy or lacking commitment, and even rebuke the students. punish

4. It is a part of the law of nations, from which they never deviate.  different

5. It was written to please its author's fastidious taste, not to chime with the humour of the age. picky

6. When you're a silver-lining guy, dreams are pliable. flexible

7. Continue to be your happy, jovial, insightful self and all will work out. very happy

8. This cannot have been a pleasant task, for some of the bodies were terribly mutilated. disfigured

9. Many experts envision a jobless recovery, in which the economy grows but job losses persist. continue

10. Some laboratory mice have displayed an astonishing ability to regenerate damaged heart tissue, scientists said yesterday. recover

11. The results of the experiments where scholastic performance was rewarded were uniformly disappointing. education

12. His lower back would give him fits, and then the pain would subside. continue

13. When closed, the door provides visual privacy, but its translucent panel helps keep an open feel. being able to see through it

14. The combination of shape and photographic details should make a perfect facsimile of your visage. image
15. Dozens of preeminent bank robbers and thieves sought her business, and she mentored those who displayed exceptional cunning. skills

Sonnet # 1 definitions

1. Temperate - (adj) mild or moderate in climate: not extreme 
2. Lease - (noun) a period of temporary ownership ex: lease an apartment/car
3. Complexion - (noun) skin and features of the face 
4. Declines - (verb) moves in downward direction
5. Untrimmed - (adj) made or left plain unadorned or disorderly ex: left plain, lace 
6. Impediments - (noun) obstacles ; things that block get in the way ex: road signs 
7. Alters - (verb) to make different without completely changing ex: altering dresses
8. Tempests -  (noun) strong or severe storm 
9. Bark - (noun) small boat 
10. Compass - (noun) range usually expressed in curved or circular pattern 
11. Internal rhyme - (noun) rhyme involving a word in the middle 
12. Alliteration - (noun) A stylistic device in which a number of words, having the same first constant sound occur close together in a series 
13. Personification - (noun) A figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes, qualities, characteristics or abilities 
14. Assonance - (noun) takes place when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different constant sounds  
15. Theme - (noun) A main idea or underlying meaning of literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly

 Today on this tempest day I realized I lost a boy that meant so much to me, but I meant so little to him. His complexion was beautiful, the sun hits him and he shines but I am just a girl with untrimmed clothes in the corner. I would do anything for him even if it meant to lease out a bark on the compass of the water and go into a tempest I would go through challenges like these to get him back. My parents were always impediment when it came to me being in relationships. After loosing him my life declined, I had to alter some things in my life so I can become happy once again.

SAT Vocabulary List #6 Context Clues

1. He professed both to abominate and despise all mystery, refinement, and intrigue, either in a prince or a minister.

hate

2. All that I can share is a personal anecdote.

story

3. At the end of his life, he wrote an autobiography for his children that was totally candid, and not intended for publication.

straightforward

4. Winter is no deterrent to these gardeners.

hard

5. They are ultimately composed of mortal, fallible human beings not unlike the rest of us.

making mistakes

6. Staring into the eyes of any primate, humans included, is a great way to incite hostility.

look into

7. All special groups, including sociologists, develop their own jargon.

speech, how they talk

8. The coalition government is in a muddle about taxing wealth.

confusion

9. When schools introduce computers, they usually perpetuate traditional ways of teaching and learning.

get in the way

10. The request for quantifiable data is reasonable: it helps to objectively verify or refute the opinion you quoted.

be wrong

11. The problem of scholarship in our age is one of abundance, not scarcity.

one we want

12. All the life in the book is not subservient to this tragedy.

not included, doesn't fit in

13. Usually for short term transient benefits at the expense of long term growth.

temporary

14. Now some universities are using the virtual world to train nurses.

effective
15. Their glistening efflorescence produces every shade, from sparkling highlights to deep shadow.

flowers

SAT Vocabulary List #5 Context Clues

1.  The abject dog walked slowly around town looking for its owners.

lost

2. If we are not frightened of such anarchy, we do not need the controlling authority.

government

3. I'm a bit more vehement and vociferous than when I was a callow youth of around 30.

naive

4. Sleeping in his box, the destitute hobo nearly froze to death on the cold streets of snowy New York.

poverty

5. To expedite departures, they may direct you to a different runway than planned.

fasten

6. The show is inconsequential, but the feeling into which it taps is not.

not important

7. Some people think that money is irrelevant for happiness.

not important

8. I've been so morose today, thinking of everything I failed at.

sad/ disappointed

9. They believe they can account not only for the source of smiles, but how people perceive them.

see

10. Even the best patients spend a week in the hospital and require two months or three months to recuperate.

recover

11. Parody would be a first cousin, a satire on an actual work of art.

sarcasm

12. It required not one, but two, subsequent questions to break the tie.

after

13. Come to understand your limitations, and transgress them.

break laws

14. He was never charged, and court records vindicate him.

prove something

15. It's a great way for far left environmentalists to wield power and exert a measure of control over business. manage

SAT Vocab #4

1. We had to take an aberration to get around the construction traffic this morning.

different route

2. The acrid smell of cigarette ashes burned her nose and brought tears to her eyes.

bad smell

3. Sometimes you'll get a text asking you to clarify or add detail to ambiguous questions.

hard to understand

4. Military strategists feared that retreating could open up a hole in the front line, leading to a larger breach.

laws

5. The last thing you want after being laid off is to become despondent or depressed.

sad

6. No part of this excerpt can be used without permission from the publisher.

small passage

7.  Journalists get all indignant and self-righteous when someone calls out their unrealistic use of hyperbole.

angry

8. Yet she also raises challenging questions about individuality and morality.

beliefs

9. It's often easiest to nurture young investors' curiosity by focusing on companies they know and patronize regularly.

look down upon

10. The best way to rectify such a situation is to make sure the next test is truer.

to correct

11. Vendors on nearby streets satiate the thirsts of the crowd with bottled water and cold ice cream sandwiches.

wanting, craving

12. Due to the lack of information on the suspect, the police only issued a terse statement to the media.

short

13. The problem of how to live in this land, as it actually is, has outfaced all attempts to escape or transcend it.

pass

14. We need to be more vigilant concerning about our environment, let keep it clean and let reduce our emission.

aware

15. The songs here are supposed to be whimsical, but they are rather labored.
amazing

SAT Vocab #3

1. Howie had watched her abduction after several attempts, but failed to capture the license plate number.

taken

2. This is altruism towards strangers, for example, charity.

3. War is far more a question of intelligence than bravado.

brave

4. In some cases, she argues, current policies may even exacerbate the problem.

make worse

5. But rather than marshaling logically sound arguments, he constantly commits the fallacy of begging the question.

wrong

6. Before long you'll be creating nasty stunts that you once thought were inconceivable.

not believable

7. It does irk me that some of you say he is stealing, when clearly he isn't.

8. Doing homework can become a monotonous task after a few hours.

boring

9. His pastoral background made it easy for him to work on farm equipment and take care of animals.

10. The recoil of the spring shot up in the air and almost killed a civilian.

bounced back

11. Wherefore it is ever the aim of the sagacious journalist to foster that sense of personal participation.

wise

12. Terror was used purposefully and more or less indiscriminately to subjugate the entire population.

13. The lake is small, roughly half a square mile in area, now once again blue and tranquil.

calm

14. The difference between him and everybody else is that he has refused to settle for the vicarious pleasures of the society columns.

experience it differently

15. Welcome to the new, always changing, confusing and often capricious world of airline baggage policies.

change

SAT Vocab #2:

Context clues & My definition (in pink)

1. After two years of uneasy coexistence, he was forced to abdicate.

Give up

2. The colors of the rainbow were anything, but achromatic.

Colorful

3. After hearing the boorish comment made by her teacher, she decided to pick up an extra dance class to improve her skills.

Boring

4. The dream is more delusion than reality.

Mistaken for something else.

5. Low light can be used to evoke a special mood and feel.

To bring

6. Lesser spies would have retreated from the public eye after their own incompetence blew their cover.

Mistake

7. The results can be startlingly accurate and have proved invaluable in rescuing missing children.

Important

8. In the first act, the actors present prepared monologues.

Stories told by one person

9. Enemies are passive, forcing you to chase them around maps and behind obstacles.

Not important

10. The propaganda of Big Brother made Winston remember why he rebels against the government.

A poster showing or making you believe in something. They used them in times of war.

11. If they have any idea of his subsequent life, it's probably that he became a recluse.

Never left home.

12. Alzheimers is not probably a disease but an initiative of an individual’s subconscious mind.

Something happening in the mind.

13. My dog is extremely accurate at making predictions about the trajectory of moving objects.

A path

14. One month, he had vertigo every day, bouts in which he felt as if he were stuck to a wall.

Dizziness

15. The wantonness of teenage driving kills many people each year.

Reckless, unsafe

Definitions:

Omnivores Dilemma #2:

1. Atavistic- great, strong
2. Cornucopia-  heaps, a mass of
3. Intrepid- fearless
4. Omnivore- a person who eats meat and plants
5. Distinctions - Unique, different, one of a kind
6. Terrestrial - earthly
7. Anthropologist-  A person that studies humans
8. Predisposes - make vulnerable
9. Prodigious- big
10. Existential- being alive, being existent  
11. Inevitable - unavoidable
12. Unassailable- something questionable
13. Paradox - contradiction
14. quaintly - not usual
15. Apotheosis- climax
    
    
    

    

    Camping out in a quaint house,

    surrounded by prodigious trees.

    During thanksgiving with of course including a cornucopia.

    Frightened to encounter omnivores,  

    they would eat me too.

    These animals can be inevitable.

    Where shall I go?

    Many animals here are intrepid and existential.

    Bears and mountain lions are they atavistic?

    I am an Anthropologist not a zoologist.

    Do you see the distinction?

    I am complete paradox trying to save my family but

    I am frightened.

    I came out unassailed.

    Am I an apotheosis?

    What an odd thought that we humans share the world

    with other terrestrial animals.

    
    
    

SAT Vocab #1:

My definitions of SAT Vocabulary1

 SAT Vocabulary 1