World Studies First Semester SAT Review

sharp pungent

ill-mannered

believing that people only act out of selfish motives

a letter (form of communication)

against orthodox opinion

spear, spike, javelin

difficult to understand partially hiddne

deeply moving, strongly affecting the emotions

a break, intermission

concise, to the point

begining a sentence wiht an infinitive (to verb) 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 partygoers was Max's only wish.

hate

narrow-minded, prejudiced person

fake or false

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

hinder or obstruct

to start (a fire) to inflame

harmful, poisonous, lethal

peaceful, calm

lucky charm

rough, coarse, harsh

cheat, defraud

hidden, undercover

cause

storage area (like garage) for a plane

participles describe nouns or pronouns. present participles always end in ing. past participals usually end in ed.

• examples:
• 1) Sitting in bed eating breakfast, we could see the lake and the mountains across the lake on the french side.
• 2) Enchanted and enthralled at the stolen gems, the criminal laughed at how he bilked the jewerly store owner.

fear of heights

middle class, marked by concern for material interests and responsibility

weakness, incapacity

contained in or carried on by letters

interruption or pause

drooping or flagging from or as if from exsaustion

calm, self possessed, collected

characterized by a glowing splendor, shinning

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

forceful, 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 withholding

cowardly, fearful

skillful

being breif

dignified, correct behavior

make a mistake

obstruct

speak pompusly 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

fortell

withdrawl, cancellation of a statement

giggle quietly

hardship

start to discuss

respect

obscure and difficult to understand

old

on a grand scale, wasteful

mentally dull