2. SAT Reading

synchronous

Simultaneous

Gobbled up

to use a lot of your supply of something, usually money

Relish

Great enjoyment

Vertebrate

an animal that has a backbone and a skeleton

Conspicuously

standing out

noticeable

Eminently

obvious

renowned

(of a person) famous and respected within a particular sphere

Noxious

harmful, poisonous, or very unpleasant.

Obnoxious

Rude, unpleasant

Chastise

Scold, discipline

Defer

You can order the furniture now and defer payment until September.

Delay, postpone

Probity

Integrity, fair dealing

Warped

bent or twisted out of shape

Enigma

Mysterious, puzzling

Goaded

provoke or annoy

Infatuation

Intense, short-lived passion

Folly

Stupidity

Industrious

hard-working

diligent

Cattle

Livestock

Sentimental

strongly influenced by emotional feelings

Scrupulously

in a very careful and thorough way.

Squash

wash and squash the cans before depositing them"

crush or squeeze

Undismayed

Undismayed to have his first offer rejected, he had settled back to wait.

they do not feel any fear, worry, or sadness abt it

Commiserate

feel or express pity for (someone

Allay

Calm

Intrusive

annoying someone by interfering with their privacy

Clairvoyant

person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact

Curtail

reduce

Jeer

Insult, bully, mock

Perverse

Obstinate

Remorseful

Regretful

Smirked

smile in an irritatingly smug, conceited, or silly way.

Tumultuous

Deafening noise, uproar

Sagacious

Wise, shrewd

Soberly

In a serious, sensible manner

Fidelity

Loyalty, faithfulness

Prudence

Cautious, sane, judicious

Usurped

Take illegally or by force

Detract

Reduce, diminish

Superficial

Hasty, half-baked,apparent

Conduct

Behavior

Reparation

Payment for damage

Repair, amend

Circumspection

Being wary, unwilling to take risks

Prudence

Rehabilitated

To return to a good, healthy state

Proponent

Supporter

Deposit

V. Put or set down

Aught

Anything, thing

Lofty

Tall, magnificent

Solemn

Formal, dignified

Debasing

Reduce

Flinch

Make a quick nervous movement

Sternest

Strict, severe

Mendacity

Lying, untruthful

Slander

False and damaging statement abt smo

Scoundrel

Dishonest

Gladdened

Make glad

Assail

Make an attack

Endorsement

Support, backing

Slurred

Mumble, unclear

Denounce

Publicly declare to be wrong

Unscrupulous

Not honest, not fair

Penitentiary

Prison,

Morbid

Macabre

Plea

Request, appeal

Resolute

Determined, constant, steadfast

Onset

the onset of winter"

the beginning of something, especially something unpleasant.

Sedimentary

Anything sedimentary is formed by or resembles sediment, which consists of little particles of earth that collect in natural bodies of water.

Hypothesis

Supposition

Speculation

Contested

she declared her intention to contest the presidency"

the former chairman contests his dismissal"

Compete, vie for

Oppose, object to

Advocates

They advocated a return to traditional teaching methods.

publicly recommend or support

Nuanced

You need to be able to convey the subtle nuances of meaning of each word.

a very slight difference in meaning, sound, color, or someone's feelings that is not usually very obvious.

Perilous

the economy is in a perilous state"

full of danger or risk.

Contend

2.he contends that the judge was wrong

Cope/deal with

struggle to surmount (a difficulty).

2. assert something as a position in an argument.

Proposed

he proposed a new nine-point peace plan

put forward (a plan or suggestion) for consideration

Implications

comments seen as implicit criticism of the policies"

suggested though not directly expressed.

Inferred

deduce or conclude

Object to smth

say something to express one's opposition to or disagreement with something

Synthesize

She synthesized the treatment from traditional and modern philosophies of medicine.

to make (something) by combining different things

Buttress

a source of defence or support.

To reinforce or support

Precept

principle, rule, canon

Superimposed

placed or laid over something else, typically so that both things are still evident.

Concession

We are waiting for his concession of the election

2. Both sides involved in the talks made concessions.

Qualification, qualify

2. the act of allowing or giving up something

Unalienable

impossible to take away or give up

Instituted

to originate and get established

Assertion

confident and forceful statement of fact or belief

Upholding

Disenfranchised

deprive (someone) of the right to vote.

Insurrection

act of revolt or rebellion

Blot

mark or stain

V. Soak up , absorb

Compel

force or oblige

Immutable

"an immutable fact

unchanging over time or unable to be changed

Caste

"members of the lower castes"

Social class

Emancipation

the freeing of someone from slavery.

Bondage

the state of being a slave

Crippling

interest rates rose to a crippling 13 per cent"

causing a severe and almost insuperable problem.

causing a person to become unable to walk or move properly

Solitude

Loneliness

Firmament

thunder shakes the firmament"

the heavens or sky.

Perish

become destroyed.

Analogy

correspondence or partial similarity

Purport

Meaning

Threshold

an amount, level, or limit on a scale

Testimony

evidence or proof of something.