SAT Vocabularies p.41-49單詞卡 | Quizlet

quaint

(adj.) charmingly old-fashioned

(Hilda was delighted by the ___ bonnets she saw in Amish country.)

quandary

(n.) a perplexed, unresolvable state

(Carlos found himself in a ___: should he choose mint chocolate chip or cookie dough?)

quell

(v.) to control or diffuse a potentially explosive situation

(The skilled leader deftly ___ed the rebellion.)

quixotic

(adj.) idealistic, impractical

(Edward entertained a ___ desire to fall in love at first sight in a laundromat.)

rail

(v.) to scold, protest

(The professor ___ed against the injustice of the college's tenure policy.)

rancid

(adj.) having a terrible taste or smell

(Rob was double-dog-dared to eat the ___ egg salad sandwich.)

rapport

(n.) mutual understanding and harmony

(When Margaret met her paramour, they felt an instant ___.)

rash

(adj.) hasty, incautious

(It's best to think things over calmly and thoroughly, rather than make ___ decisions.)

raucous

(adj.) loud, boisterous

(Sarah's neighbors called the cops when her house party got too ___.)

raze

(v.) to demolish, level

(The old tenement house was ___ed to make room for the large chain store.)

rebuke

(v.) to scold, criticize

(When the cops showed up at Sarah's party, they ___ed her for disturbing the peace.)

recapitulate

(v.) to sum up, repeat

(Before the final exam, the teacher ___ed the semester's material.)

reciprocate

(v.) to give in return

(When Steve gave Samantha a sweater for Christmas, she ___ed by giving him a kiss.)

reclusive

(adj.) solitary, shunning society

(___ authors such as J.D. Salinger do not relish media attention and sometimes even enjoy holing up in remote cabins in the woods.)

reconcile

1. (v.) to return to harmony

(The feuding neighbors finally ___ when one brought the other a delicious tuna noodle casserole.)

2. (v.) to make consistent with existing ideas

(Alou had to ___ his skepticism about the existence of aliens with the fact that he was looking at a flying saucer.)

refurbish

(v.) to restore, clean up

(The dingy old chair, after being ___ed, commanded the handsome price of $200.)

refute

(v.) to prove wrong

(Maria ___ed the president's argument as she yelled and gesticulated at the TV.)

regurgitate

1. (v.) to vomit

(Feeling sick, Chuck ___ed his dinner.)

2. (v.) to throw back exactly

(Margaret rushed through the test, ___ing all of the facts she'd memorized an hour earlier.)

relegate

1. (v.) to assign to the proper place

(At the astrology conference, Simon was ___ed to the Scorpio room.)

2. (v.) to assign to an inferior place

(After spilling a drink on a customer's shirt, the waiter found himself ___ed to the least lucrative shift.)

relish

(v.) to enjoy

(Pete always ___ed his bedtime snack.)

remedial

(adj.) intended to repair gaps in students' basic knowledge

(After his teacher discovered he couldn't read, Alex was forced to enroll in ___ English.)

remiss

(adj.) negligent, failing to take care

(The burglar gained entrance because the security guard, ___ in his duties, forgot to lock the door.)

renovate

1. (v.) restore, return to original state

(The ___ed antique candelabra looked as good as new.)

2. (v.) to enlarge and make prettier, especially a house

(After getting ___ed, the house was twice as big and much more attractive.)

renown

(n.) honor, acclaim

(The young writer earned international ___ by winning the Pulitzer Prize.)

repentant

(adj.) penitent, sorry

(The ___ Dennis apologized profusely for breaking his mother's vase.)

replete

(adj.) full, abundant

(The unedited version was ___ with naughty words.)

reprehensible

(adj.) deserving rebuke

(Jean's cruel and ___ attempt to dump her boyfriend on his birthday led to tears and recriminations.)

reprieve

(n.) a temporary delay of punishment

(Because the governor woke up in a particularly good mood, he granted hundreds of ___s to prisoners.)

reproach

(v.) to scold, disapprove

(Brian ___ed the customer for failing to rewind the video he had rented.)

repudiate

(v.) to reject, refuse to accept

(Kwame made a strong case for an extension of his curfew, but his mother ___ed it with a few biting words.)

repulse

1. (v.) to disgust

(Antisocial Annie tried to ___ people by neglecting to brush her teeth.)

2. (v.) to push back

(With a deft movement of her wrist and a punch to the stomach, Lacy ___ed Jack's attempt to kiss her.)

reputable

(adj.) well thought of, having a good reputation

(After the most ___ critic in the industry gave the novel a glowing review, sales took off.)

rescind

(v.) to take back, repeal

(The company ___ed its offer of employment after discovering that Jane's resume was full of lies.)

reservoir

1. (n.) reserves, large supply

(Igor the Indomitable had quite a ___ of strength and could lift ten tons, even after running 700 miles, jumping over three mountains, and swimming across an ocean.)

2. (n.) a body of water used for storing water

(After graduation, the more rebellious members of the senior class jumped into the town ___ used for drinking water.)

resilient

(adj.) able to recover from misfortune; able to withstand adversity

(The ___ ballplayer quickly recovered from his wrist injury.)

resolute

(adj.) firm, determined

(With a ___ glint in her eye, Catherine announced that she was set on going to college in New York City even though she was a little frightened of tall buildings.)

resolve

1. (v.) to find a solution

(Sarah and Emma ___ed their differences and shook hands.)

2. (v.) to firmly decide

(Lady Macbeth ___ed to whip her husband into shape.)

respite

(n.) a break, rest

(Justin left the pub to gain a brief ___ from the smoke and noise.)

resplendent

(adj.) shiny, glowing

(The partygoers were ___ in diamonds and fancy dress.)

retract

(v.) withdraw

(As the media worked itself into a frenzy, the publicist hurriedly ___ed his client's sexist statement.)

revel

(v.) to enjoy intensely

(Theodore ___ed in his new status as Big Man on Campus.)

revere

(v.) to esteem, show deference, venerate (

The doctor saved countless lives with his combination of expertise and kindness and became universally ___ed.)

revoke

(v.) to take back

(After missing the curfew set by the court for eight nights in a row, Marcel's freedom of movement was ___ed.)

rife

(adj.) abundant

(Surprisingly, the famous novelist's writing was ___ with spelling errors.)

ruse

(n.) a trick

(Oliver concocted an elaborate ___ for sneaking out of the house to meet his girlfriend while simultaneously giving his mother the impression that he was asleep in bed.)

saccharine

(adj.) sickeningly sweet

(Tom's ___ manner, although intended to make him popular, actually repelled his classmates.)

sacrosanct

(adj.) holy, something that should not be criticized

(In the United States, the Constitution is often thought of as a ___ document.)

sanctimonious

(adj.) giving a hypocritical appearance of piety

(The ___ Bertrand delivered stern lectures on the Ten Commandments to anyone who would listen, but thought nothing of stealing cars to make some cash on the side.)

satiate

(v.) to satisfy excessively

(___ed after eating far too much turkey and stuffing, Liza lay on the couch watching football and suffering from stomach pains.)

scathing

(adj.) sharp, critical, hurtful

(Two hours after breaking up with Russell, Suzanne thought of the perfect ___ retort to his accusations.)

scrupulous

(adj.) painstaking, careful

(With ___ care, Sam cut a snowflake out of white paper.)

sedentary

(adj.) sitting, settled

(The ___ cat did little but loll in the sun.)

seminal

(adj.) original, important, creating a field

(Stephen Greenblatt's essays on Shakespeare proved to be ___, because they initiated the critical school of New Historicism.)

sensual

(adj.) involving sensory gratification, usually related to sex

(With a coy smile, the guest on the blind-date show announced that he considered himself a very ___ person.)

serendipity

(n.) luck, finding good things without looking for them

(In an amazing bit of ___ penniless Paula found a $20 bill in the subway station.)

serene

(adj.) calm, untroubled

(Louise stood in front of the Mona Lisa, puzzling over the famous woman's ___ smile.)

servile

(adj.) subservient

(The ___ porter crept around the hotel lobby, bowing and quaking before the guests.)

sobriety

(n.) sedate, calm

(Jason believed that maintaining his ___ in times of crisis was the key to success in life.)

soluble

(adj.) able to dissolve

(The plot of the spy film revolved around an untraceable and water-___ poison.)

solvent

1. (n.) a substance that can dissolve other substances

(Water is sometimes called the universal ___ because almost all other substances can dissolve into it.)

2. (adj.) able to pay debts

(Upon receiving an unexpected check from her aunt, Annabelle found herself suddenly ___.)

sovereign

(adj.) having absolute authority in a certain realm

(The ___ queen, with steely resolve, ordered that the traitorous nobleman be killed.)

spurious

(adj.) false but designed to seem plausible

(Using a ___ argument, John convinced the others that he had won the board game on a technicality.)

stagnate

(v.) to become or remain inactive, not develop, not flow

(With no room for advancement, the waiter's career ___ed.)

stingy

(adj.) not generous, not inclined to spend or give

(Scrooge's ___ habits did not fit with the generous, giving spirit of Christmas.)

stoic

(adj.) unaffected by passion or feeling

(Penelope's faithfulness to Odysseus required that she be ___ and put off her many suitors.)

strenuous

(adj.) requiring tremendous energy or stamina

(Running a marathon is quite a ___ task. So is watching an entire Star Trek marathon.)

strident

(adj.) harsh, loud

(A ___ man, Captain Von Trapp yelled at his daughter and made her cry.)

subjugate

(v.) to bring under control, subdue

(The invading force captured and ___ed the natives of that place.)

sublime

(adj.) lofty, grand, exalted

(The homeless man sadly pondered his former wealth and once ___ existence.)

submissive

(adj.) easily yielding to authority

(In some cultures, wives are supposed to be ___ and support their husbands in all matters.)

succinct

(adj.) marked by compact precision

(The governor's ___ speech energized the crowd while the mayor's rambled on and on.)

superfluous

(adj.) exceeding what is necessary

(Tracy had already won the campaign so her constant flattery of others was ___.)

surmise

(v.) to infer with little evidence

(After speaking to only one of the students, the teacher was able to ___ what had caused the fight.)

surreptitious

(adj.) stealthy

(The ___ CIA agents were able to get in and out of the house without anyone noticing.)

surrogate

(n.) one acting in place of another

(The ___ carried the child to term for its biological parents.)

tacit

(adj.) expressed without words

(I interpreted my parents' refusal to talk as a ___ acceptance of my request.)

tangential

(adj.) incidental, peripheral, divergent

(I tried to discuss my salary, but the boss kept veering off into ___ topics.)

tantamount

(adj.) equivalent in value or significance

(When it comes to sports, fearing your opponent is ___ to losing.)

tedious

(adj.) dull, boring

(As time passed and the history professor continued to drone on and on, the lecture became increasingly ___.)

tenable

(adj.) able to be defended or maintained

(The department heads tore down the arguments in other people's theses, but Johari's work proved to be quite ___.)

tenuous

(adj.) having little substance or strength

(Your argument is very ___, since it relies so much on speculation and hearsay.)

terrestrial

(adj.) relating to the land

(Elephants are ___ animals.)

tirade

(n.) a long speech marked by harsh or biting language

(Every time Jessica was late, her boyfriend went into a long ___about punctuality.)

tranquil

(adj.) calm

(There is a time of night when nothing moves and everything is ___.)

transgress

(v.) to violate, go over a limit

(The criminal's actions ___ed morality and human decency.)

transient

(adj.) passing through briefly; passing into and out of existence

(Because virtually everyone in Palm Beach is a tourist, the population of the town is quite ___.)

travesty

(n.) a grossly inferior imitation

(According to the school newspaper's merciless theater critic, Pacific Coast High's rendition of the musical Oklahoma was a ___ of the original.)

trepidation

(n.) fear, apprehension

(Feeling great ___, Anya refused to jump into the pool because she thought she saw a shark in it.)

trite

(adj.) not original, overused

(Keith thought of himself as being very learned, but everyone else thought he was ___ because his observations about the world were always the same as David Letterman's.)

ubiquitous

(adj.) existing everywhere, widespread

(It seems that everyone in the United States has a television. The technology is ___ here.)

uncanny

(adj.) of supernatural character or origin

(Luka had an ___ ability to know exactly what other people were thinking. She also had an ___ability to shoot fireballs from her hands.)

undulate

(v.) to move in waves

(As the storm began to brew, the placid ocean began to ___ to an increasing degree.)

usurp

(v.) to seize by force, take possession of without right

(The rogue army general tried to ___ control of the government, but he failed because most of the army backed the legally elected president.)

utopia

(n.) an imaginary and remote place of perfection

(Everyone in the world wants to live in a ___, but no one can agree how to go about building one.)

vacillate

(v.) to fluctuate, hesitate

(I prefer a definite answer, but my boss kept ___ing between the distinct options available to us.)

vacuous

(adj.) lack of content or ideas, stupid

(Beyonce realized that the lyrics she had just penned were completely ___ and tried to add more substance.)

validate

(v.) to confirm, support, corroborate

(Yoko's chemistry lab partner was asleep during the experiment and could not ___ the accuracy of her methods.)

vapid

(adj.) lacking liveliness, dull

(The professor's comments about the poem were surprisingly ___ and dull.)

vehemently

(adv.) marked by intense force or emotion

(The candidate ___ opposed cutting back on Social Security funding.)

venerable

(adj.) deserving of respect because of age or achievement

(The ___ Supreme Court justice had made several key rulings in landmark cases throughout the years.)