SAT VOCAB 7

sacrosanct

​that is considered to be too important to change or question

= sacred

Eg: For generations, the family regarded their grandmother’s final wishes as ____________, even when circumstances had changed dramatically.

canonical

- ​included in a list of holy books that are accepted as what they are claimed to be

Eg: The Gospel of Mark is considered ________ by most Christian denominations and is included in the New Testament.

- ​accepted as belonging to the group of writers or works of literature that must be highly respected

Eg: Shakespeare’s plays are regarded as ________ works of English literature and continue to shape the study of drama.

immaterial

- not important in a particular situation

Eg: It is ____________ to me whether he stays or goes.

= negligible

prophylactic

​done or used in order to prevent a disease

Eg: The doctor prescribed _________ antibiotics before the surgery to reduce the risk of infection.

obtuseness

​the fact of being slow or unwilling to understand something

Eg: His _________ was astonishing; even after the professor explained the concept three times, he still refused to acknowledge the obvious distinction.

guilelessness

sự thật thà, trong sáng, ngây thơ và không có tính gian xảo hay mưu mô

Eg: Her _______ made her particularly vulnerable to people who were more interested in exploiting her trust than earning it.

monotonically

in a way that only ever increases, or only ever gets less

Eg: The temperature rose ________ throughout the afternoon, reaching an unusually high level by sunset.

rescind

to officially state that a law, contract, decision, etc. no longer has any legal force

Eg: The company decided to __________ the contract after discovering that several clauses had been deliberately misrepresented.

= revoke

revoke

to officially cancel something so that it is no longer legally acceptable

Eg: The government _________ his license after investigators discovered repeated violations of safety regulations.

elation

​a feeling of great happiness and excitement

Eg: She was overcome with ________ when she opened the email confirming her acceptance into her dream university.

stoicism

​the fact of not complaining or showing what you are feeling when you are suffering

Eg: She endured the humiliating setback with remarkable _______, refusing to let anyone see how deeply it had affected her.

vacuum

- a space that is completely empty of all substances, including all air or other gas

Eg: The apparatus was placed inside a _______ to prevent oxygen from interfering with the chemical reaction.

=> Chân không

- a situation in which somebody/something is missing

Eg: His resignation has created a ______ which cannot easily be filled.

evacuate

to move out of a place because of danger, and leave the place empty

Eg: The chamber was ________ to create a near-perfect vacuum for the experiment.

purge

- to remove people from an organization, often violently, because their opinions or activities are unacceptable to the people in power

Eg: His first act as leader was to ________ the party of extremists.

- to make yourself/somebody/something pure, healthy or clean by getting rid of bad thoughts or feelings

Eg: We need to _____ our sport of racism.

furnish

to supply or provide somebody/something with something; to supply something to somebody

Eg: She ________ him with the facts surrounding the case.

resolution

a formal statement of an opinion agreed on by a committee or a council, especially by means of a vote - đạo luật, nghị quyết

Eg: The committee carried a _______ calling for greater transparency in the allocation of public funds.

= verdict

carry

to approve of something by more people voting for it than against it

Eg: The motion was _________ by a narrow majority after a heated debate.

inspire

​to make somebody have a particular feeling or emotion

Eg: Henry did not inspire __________ as a figure of authority.

course

(of liquid) to move or flow quickly

Eg: Tears ________ down her cheeks as she struggled to process the devastating news.

credit

believe/ accept

Eg: I find it difficult to ________ his claim that he had no knowledge of what happened.

arrest

to stop a process or a development

Eg: The new treatment succeeded in _________ the progression of the disease.

retard

to make the development or progress of something slower

Eg: The progression of the disease can be _______ by early surgery.

= delay = slow

beggar belief/ description

​to be too extreme, horrible, etc. to believe/describe

Eg: The sheer scale of the corruption _______ description; even the investigators struggled to comprehend its extent.

remediation

​the process of improving something or correcting something that is wrong, especially changing or stopping damage to the environment

Eg: The government allocated millions of dollars to the _________ of contaminated soil around the old factory.

accommodate

- to provide somebody with a room or place to sleep, live or sit

Eg: The hotel can ________ up to 500 guests.

- provide enough space for somebody/something

Eg: The garage can ________ three cars.

- to help somebody by doing what they want = oblige

Eg: I have ________ the press a great deal, giving numerous interviews.

- to change your behaviour so that you can deal with a new situation better

Eg: I needed to ___________ to the new schedule.

pang

​a sudden strong feeling of physical or emotional pain

Eg: A sudden ________ shot through her ankle when she tried to stand up.

refractory

- (of a person) difficult to control; behaving badly

Eg: The teacher struggled to control the _______ student, who constantly disrupted the class.

- (of a disease or medical condition) difficult to treat or cure

Eg: Doctors struggled to control her _______ migraine despite trying several treatments.

= obstinate = recalcitrant

canalization

the process of making a river wider, deeper or straighter; the process of making a river into a canal

Eg: Environmental groups opposed the __________ of the river because it would destroy natural habitats along its banks.

modularity

the quality of consisting of separate parts that, when combined, form a complete whole

Eg: The _________ of the software allows developers to replace individual components without changing the entire system.

= composability

= scalability

= flexibility

redundancy

sự dự phòng

Eg: The hospital has a backup generator to provide ________ in case of a power failure.

pool

to collect money, information, etc. from different people so that it can be used by all of them

Eg: Police forces across the country are ________ resources in order to solve this crime.

discharge

to do everything that is necessary to perform and complete a particular duty

Eg: The nurse carefully ______ her duties despite the shortage of staff.

waive

to choose not to demand something in a particular case, even though you have a legal or official right to do so

= forgo

Eg: The landlord agreed to ________ the late fee because the tenant had never missed a payment before.

= forgo

= relinquish

= forgo

= abandon

= surrender

= give up

essay

to try to do something

Eg: She _________ to explain the complicated theory to the students.

= attempt

= try

= endeavor

= strive

taxonomic

connected with the scientific process of classifying things (= arranging them into groups)

Eg: The researchers developed a ________ system for classifying the newly discovered species.

husband

to use something very carefully and make sure that you do not waste it

Eg: The villagers learned to _________ their water supplies during the drought

cast

to shape hot liquid metal, etc. by pouring it into a hollow container (called a mould)

Eg: The blacksmith ________ the molten metal into a series of small moulds.

found

to melt metal and pour it into a mould; to make objects using this process

Eg: The craftsmen _______ the molten bronze into moulds to create decorative statues.

= cast

marshal

- to gather together and organize the people, things, ideas, etc. that you need for a particular purpose

Eg: The general _______ his troops for the final attack.

= muster

- to control or organize a large group of people, especially soldiers

Eg: The commander was responsible for _________ thousands of soldiers across the region.

catalogue

- to give a list of things connected with a particular person, event, etc.

Eg: Interviews with the refugees ________ a history of discrimination and violence.

abomination

​a thing that is hated and considered extremely offensive

Eg: To the environmentalists, the destruction of the ancient forest was an __________.

= anathema

= bane

= pariah

bane

something that causes trouble and makes people unhappy

Eg: Mosquitoes are the _______ of my existence during the summer.

= anathema

= abomination

= pariah

pariah

​a person who is not acceptable to society and is avoided by everyone

= outcast

Eg: After betraying his closest friends, he became a _________ at school.

anteriority

sự có trước; thứ tự trước

the state of coming before something else in time or order

= priority

= precedence

= antecedence

Eg: The ___________ of the first event is important for understanding the sequence of events.

subsidiary

- (to something) connected with something but less important than it

Eg: I'm taking history as a subsidiary subject.

= additional

- ​(of a business company) owned or controlled by another company

Eg: The company operates as a _______ of a large multinational corporation.

= auxiliary

= ancillary

= supplementary

contrived

​planned in advance and not natural or what somebody claims it is; written or arranged in a way that is not natural or realistic

Eg: The movie's ending felt _________, as if the writers had forced every character into the same place.

= forced

= labored

= artificial

ciphering

the process of converting information into code so that only authorized people can read it

sự mã hoá

Eg: The military used ________to protect sensitive messages from enemy forces.

= encoding

= cryptographic protection

= encryption

abjure

to promise publicly that you will give up or reject a belief or a way of behaving

Eg: The former extremist publicly _______ his political beliefs and apologized for his past actions.

= shun = forgo = eschew

asinine

ˈæsɪnaɪn

​stupid or silly

Eg: The manager made an ________ decision that cost the company thousands of dollars.

= ridiculous = vacuous = fatuous = inane

leeway

​the amount of freedom that you have to change something or to do something in the way you want to

Eg: The teacher gave us some _______ in choosing a topic for the final project.

= latitude

= discretion

= license

unswerving

​strong and not changing or becoming weaker

Eg: She showed _______ determination to succeed, even after failing the exam twice.

=> đi theo một đường thẳng => orbit

taste

what a person likes or prefers

Eg: She has excellent ___________ in clothes, always choosing simple but elegant outfits.