World Studies First Semester Exam- SAT Vocabulary

sharp, pungent, (used of smells and tastes)

ill-mannered

beliveing that people only act out of selfish motives

believing that people only act out of selfish motives

a letter (form of communication)

aganist orthodox opinion

spear, spike, javelin

difficult to understand, partially hidden

deeply movement, strongly affecting the emotions

break, intermission

conscise, to the point

begin sentence with an infinitive as the subject

• examples:
• 1) To turn away from the acrid smell of smoke was Andrew's goal at the bonfire.
• 2) To relax at home, away from the arrogant and boorish parygoers was Max's only wish.

hate

narrow-minded, predjudiced person

fake, false

give voting rights, to set free, liberate, as from slavery

hinder, obstruct

to start (a fire) to inflame

harmful, poisonous, lethal

calm, peaceful

payment for work don

lucky charm

rough, coarse, harsh

cheat, defraud

hidden, undercover

cause

storage area (like a garage) for a plane

• participles describe nouns and pronouns present participles always end in ing and past participles usually end in ed.
• examples:
• Sitting up in bed eating breakfast, we could see the lake and the mountains across the lake on the French side. (present participle phrase)
• Enchanted and enthralled at the stolen gems, the criminal laughed at how he biked the jewerly store owner (past participal phrase)

fear of heights

middle class, marked by concern for material interests and responsibility and a tendency toward mediocrity

weakness, incapacity

contained in or carried on by letters

interruption, pause

drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion

calm, collected, self- possessed

characterized by a glowing splendor, shining

medicinal, curative

sharpness, mental or visual

someone who boasts or brags

exposing false claims or myths

typified, characterized, personified

rigid in opinions

to be or become feeble, weak, dispirited, suffer neglect

servile, submissive

causing debate or argument

a tonic

prevent, frusturate

forcefull, inflexible

muscular

an athletic competition with ten events

speak ambiguously, avoid telling the truth

picture writing, writing which is difficult to read or enigmatic

theft robbery stealing

a dominating concern

weighty, slow and heavy

preservation, with holding

cowardly fearful

skillful

being breif

dignified, correct behavior

make a mistake

obstruct

generosity

speak pompously or dogmatically

restrained, holding something back, uncommunicative

a stream of verbal abuse

strong admiration worship

to show irritation

lure, trap, trick

wandering, irregular

theatrical, exaggerated

praise

noisy and boisterous

foretell

withdrawl, cancellation of a statement

giggle quitetly

hardship

start to discuss, approach

respect

obscure and difficult to understand

old

on a grand scale, wasteful

mentally dull