SAT Series 1

fatigue (n)

extreme tiredness, exhaustion

absentmindedness (n)

a lack of attention to what you are doing/what is happening around you because you are thinking about other things.

resourcefulness (n)

the ability to make decisions and act on your own

forage (v)

1. (person/animal) to search widely for food

2. (of person) to search for sth, esp. using hands

acquiesce (v)

to accept or agree to sth, often unwillingly

reverence (n)

deep respect for sb/sth

incorporate (v)

1. to include sth as part of sth larger

2. to create a legally recognized company (được bảo trợ pháp lý)

e.g: He set up a jewellery design business and incorporated it five years later.

wary of

careful when dealing with sb/sth because you think that there may be a danger/problem

innate (a)

(of a quality, feeling, etc.) that you have when you are born, not one you have learned

flair (n)

a natural ability to do sth well

flair for He has a flair for languages.

reconcile (v)

1. to find a way in which two situations or beliefs that are opposed to each other can agree/exist together

e.g: It is sometimes difficult to reconcile science and religion.

2. to make people become friends again after an argument/disagreement

be reconciled with They were finally reconciled with each other, after not speaking for nearly five years.

mundane (a)

not interesting/exciting

exposure (n)

1. the state of being in a place where there is no protection from sth unpleasant/harmful

2. the fact of having the true facts about sb/sth told after they have been hidden because they are bad, dishonest/illegal

exposure of The exposure of the politician's love affair forced him to resign.

More than anything he fears exposure.

tedious (a)

lasting or taking too long/not interesting

tolerance (n)

1. acceptance -> although you might not agree/improve them.

2. the ability to suffer sth, especially pain, conditions, etc. without being harmed

e.g: My tolerance of/for heat is considerably greater after having lived in the Far East for a couple of years.

ameliorate (v)

to make a bad/unpleasant situation better

e.g: Foreign aid is badly needed to ameliorate the effects of the drought.

depletion (n)

a reduction in sth

e.g: the depletion of the ozone layer

replenishment (n)

the act of filling sth up again by replacing what has been used

e.g: A recent sand replenishment project widened the beach by hundreds of feet.

conducive (to sth)

making it easy/possible or likely for sth to happen.

courtesy (n)

1. polite behavior that shows respect for other people

e.g: [ + to infinitive ] He could at least have had the courtesy to say sorry.

2. providing the right conditions for sth good to happen

intelligible (a)

(of speech) that can be easily understood

e.g: She was so upset when she spoke that she was hardly intelligible.

impede (v)

1. to delay or stop the progress of sth

e.g: Shortages of medicine were impeding the effort to control diseases.

2. to make it more difficult for something to happen or more difficult for someone to do something

e.g: Although he's shy, it certainly hasn't impeded his career in any way.

remorseful (for/about sth) (a)

feeling extremely sorry for something wrong or bad that you have done

confinement (n)

the situation in which a person or animal is kept somewhere, usually by force

e.g: She spent most of those years under house arrest or close confinement.

scout (n)

a scout is also a person...a soldier, sent out to get info about the enemy