QuizlyPrep Past D.SAT set 3 with images

Abridge

To shorten a text without losing the sense.

Acclaim

Enthusiastic and public praise.

Accumulate

To gather or build up gradually.

Amass

To gather or collect a large amount.

Ambiguity

The quality of being open to more than one interpretation.

Analogical

Based on analogy or comparison.

Appeal

A serious or urgent request; also a legal process to seek review.

Arduous

Requiring great effort; difficult.

Attrition

Gradual reduction or weakening.

Augment

To make larger or increase.

Belie

To give a false impression or contradict.

Bestow on

To give as a gift or honor.

Brood on

To think deeply or worry persistently about something.

Capitalize

To take advantage of an opportunity.

Catalyze

To cause or accelerate a reaction or change.

Circumspection

Cautious observation or consideration before acting.

Coalesce

To come together to form one whole.

Commend

To praise formally.

Compulsory

Required or mandatory.

Concealment

The act of hiding something.

Concur with

To agree with.

Conflate with

To mistakenly combine two or more things into one.

Contentious

Causing or likely to cause disagreement.

Converge

To come together from different directions.

Counterfactual

Relating to what did not happen; contrary to facts.

Curtail

To reduce or cut short.

Deference to

Respectful submission or yielding to the judgment of another.

Defer

To postpone or delay.

Demarcate from

To set the boundaries or limits of something.

Desultory

Lacking a plan or purpose; random. (hời hợt)

Discredit

To harm the reputation of; to show as untrue.

Discretion

The quality of behaving or speaking in a careful, prudent way.

Disengage

To detach or separate.

Disfavor

Disapproval or dislike.

Dwindling

Gradually decreasing.

Eclipse

(verb) To overshadow or surpass.

Elicit

To draw out a response or reaction.

Emblematic

Serving as a symbol.

Encapsulate

To summarize or enclose in a capsule.

Entice

To attract or tempt.

Enumerate

To list one by one.

Envision

To imagine or picture in the mind.

Equitable

Fair and impartial.

Evade

To escape or avoid.

Evince

To show clearly or demonstrate.

Exorbitant

Unreasonably high (price or demand).

Explicable

Able to be explained.

Extricate

To free or remove from a difficult situation.

Forestall

To prevent or delay something by taking action ahead of time.

Fortitude

Courage in pain or adversity.

Grudgingly

Reluctantly or unwillingly.

Halting

Hesitant or stopping frequently.

Haphazard

Lacking order or planning; random.

Harbinger

A sign or warning of something to come.

Hindsight

Understanding of a situation after it has happened.

Immoderate

Excessive or extreme.

Infeasible

Not possible to do easily or conveniently.

Indulgently

Showing tolerance or leniency (nuông chiều)

Insurmountable

Impossible to overcome.

Intangible

Unable to be touched or physically measured; abstract.

Intercede

To intervene on behalf of someone.

Misanthropic

Having a dislike or distrust of humankind.

Nonchalance

The state of being calm and relaxed, showing a lack of concern.

Notional

Existing as an idea or concept, not reality.

Obligated to

Required or compelled to do something.

Overreach

To go beyond one's limits or authority.

Palpable

Able to be touched or felt; obvious.

Perceptible

Able to be seen or noticed.

Perfunctory

Done without enthusiasm or thoroughness.

Perturbation

A disturbance or disruption.

Precedent in

An earlier event or decision that serves as a guide.

Predicate

To base something on.

Presumable

Capable of being assumed or supposed.

Presumptuous

Overstepping proper bounds; arrogant.

Presuppose

To assume beforehand.

Punitive

Intended as punishment.

Rationalize

To justify or explain logically.

Recalcitrant

Stubbornly resisting authority or control.

Reprieve

A temporary relief from punishment or difficulty.

Retrieve

To get something back.

Rejuvenate

To make something look or feel younger or fresher.

Reconstitute as

To rebuild or restore something into a particular form.

Reverentially

With deep respect or awe.

Rubble

Broken fragments of stone, brick, or concrete.

Sanction

Official permission or approval; or a penalty for disobedience.

Sanguine

Optimistic or positive, especially in a difficult situation.

Scrupulous

Very careful and precise; morally honest.

Self-servingly

Acting in one's own interest.

Sophistication

Complexity or refinement.

Spurious

False or not genuine.

Subside

To become less intense or severe.

Substantial

Of considerable importance or size.

Subtlety

The quality of being delicate or precise; a fine distinction.

Surpass

To go beyond or exceed.

Unattainable

Impossible to achieve or reach.

Unfailingly

Consistently and reliably.

Utopian

Idealistic and impractical.

Veritable

Used to emphasize truth or accuracy.

Wrought by

Created or caused by/ worked by