SAT Vocab Learning & Practice 1 - 5

Reverence

show reverence towards

~ respect + admiration ~ veneration

Wary of

~ cautious of >< unwary

Acquiesce, acquiescence, acquiescent

Reluctantly agree

Remorseful for/about

Sorry for st you have done

Reconcile ~ conciliate

Find a way to deal with opposing ideas

→ Reconcile industrial development with environmental concerns

→ Reconcile (deal) discordant views =/ Conflate (merge)

Deplorable

~ appaling

~ deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad

→ The deplorable conditions in the prison.

prescient

Knowing events before they happen; foresighted.

prescient warnings

Veracity (of information)

Truthfulness; accuracy of information/ of someone

Discordant

~ inhamonious

→ The functional modernity of the computer struck a discordant note amid the elegant eighteenth-century furniture

→ Reconcile A w B even if they are discordant views

→ Unable to conflate A w B as they are widely discordant

ephemeral

~ short-lived

• ephemeral pleasures

• It is a critic’s job to follow every ephemeral fashion

supplant

replace

perspicuous

lucid

nascent (process/organisation)

~ emergent

→ nascent industry/ democracy

anomalous

abnormal

remediate

~ rectify ~ alleviate ~ mitigate & repair

rectify

remediate

extrapolate

ngoại suy ~ infer, deduce, estimate, project

→ It's difficult to extrapolate future trends from the current data alone.

wry

ironically saying with disappointment

→ At least we got one vote,’ she said with a wry smile.

recalcitrant (adj)

~ repudiate

→ a repudiatory breach of contract

unobeying to rules/instruction

~ unruly

> obstinate/stubborn (in idea, behaviour only)

conflate A and/with B

→ Reconcile (deal) discordant views =/ Conflate (merge)

→ The isues of race and class are separate and should not be conflated

myopic

short-sighted (eye/ strategy/ research)

ech ngoi day gieng =))

shrewd ~ astute (judge/ businessman)

clever, good at judging

incongruous

inappropriate in a particular situation

• Such traditional methods seem incongruous in our technical age

• a collage of seemingly incongruous images

unassuming

modest

reticence ~ reserve

She found it difficult to make friends because of her natural reserve. That night she had overcome her natural reticence and talked about their married life.

dormant

inactive

staunch

~ faithful (a positive version of obstinate. stubborn)

=/ adamant (not to change your mind on sth) → adamant refusal

always showing strong support in your opinions and attitude

labyrinth of rules and regulation

maze of

aristocracy

~ nobility >< commonalty

a class of people holding exceptional rank and privileges, usually inherited

→ The aristocracy influenced key business decisions in the region -

tyranny

~ despotism >< a government with unlimited power

chế độ độc tài

→ The company's strict policies felt like tyranny to the overworked data analysts

posterity

~ future generations >< ancestors

→ The CEO's vision was to build a legacy for posterity

ordain

~ decree >< abolish

to officially establish or order by authority

fate ordained by the sky

→ The board ordained new compliance rules for data security

lenient

merciful >< strict

precipitation (fig.)

acting too quickly without careful thought

compromised (1)

~ undermined

weakened or made less effective

→ The data breach compromised the system's security

→ Often used in technical or security contexts to indicate vulnerability

suffice

be enough

cumbersome

difficult to handle due to size, weight, or complexity

-> The cumbersome reporting process slowed down the team's data analysis

formidable

đáng gờm

you feel fear and/or respect for them, because they are impressive or powerful, or because they seem very difficult

• In debate he was a formidable opponent

• Formidable obstacle

circumspect

~ cautious ~ wary

(trong vocab practise 5)

acerbic

harsh or critical in tone or manner

→ Her acerbic critique of the dataset's flaws unsettled the team

assiduous

~ diligent >< negligent

chăm

→ The analyst's assiduous attention to detail improved the model's accuracy

amorphous

vague

→ The project's goals remained amorphous

nondescript

unremarkable

indiscreet

tactless

culpable

~ blameworthy

>< innocent

volition

voluntariness

>< coercion

→ She joined the project of her own volition

malaise

unease, discontentment

• economic/financial/social malaise

• a serious malaise among the staff

vociferation

outcry

neologisms

newly coined words or expressions

antipathetic

hostile

placid

calm, not easily upset

>< agitated

• plead allegiance

• political allegiance

• to switch/transfer/change allegiance

• an oath/a vow/a statement of allegiance

• People of various party allegiances joined the campaign.

• allegiance (to somebody/something)

felicity

→ felicitious (remark)

1. Happiness

2. Well-chosen and suitable

congeniality

→ a congenial colleague

​(of a person) pleasant to spend time with because their interests and character are similar to your own

maganimous

​generous and forgiving, especially towards an enemy or competitor

hào hiệp, cao thượng, rộng lượng

• a magnanimous gesture, magnanimous in victory

inveterate (liar, traveler)

​(of a person) habitual, hardened, and unlikely to stop

• Since the elite families are inveterate rivals, the alliances are between the elite families and their poorer clients who identify with them.

exalt somebody (to something)

to praise someone a lot/ raise to a more powerful position

• His son was exalted to a high position in the government merely through family connections.

• Indeed, my faith will be exalted come the next local elections.

stigma

• Social stigma

• All stigmata taint the individual, but some taint more deeply than others.

longevity

the ability to last for a long time

• We wish you both health and longevity

• =/ a longitudinal study of ageing (relating to the development of something over a period of time)

• He prides himself on the longevity of the company.

brave

intrepid

empirical

>< theoretical

• empirical evidence/knowledge/research

pristine

~ immaculate: as if new, tidy, perfectly in good condition

• The car is in pristine condition.

exertion

take exerted effort

primordial ~ primeval (1)

• primordial/ primeval forest

existing at or from the beginning of the world

primordial ~ primeval (2)

• primordial indulges, primeval urges

(of a feeling, or a desire) very strong and not based on reason, as if from the earliest period of human life

censorious ~ critical of st/sb

• Each year we seem to become a less free and more censorious society

• … his censorious attitude to those who do not share his opinions

• =/ reproachful looks/words

contemptuous ~ scornful

• The company has shown a contemptuous disregard for Henry’s complaints

• He was very contemptuous of "popular" writers, whom he described as having no talent

inept (adj)

acting or done with no skill

→ It would be politically inept to cut these training programmes now

trepidation

apprehension, dread

people who are inarticulate

lack the ability to express ideas or feelings clearly

amicable

cordial

infatuation

intense but short-lived passion

ecotype

~ subspecies: a distinct form legacy or group adapted to a specific environment

opaque

not transparent or difficult to understand

beseeching

→ beseeching eyes

showing that you want something very much

tenuous

so weak or uncertain that it hardly exists

• His links with the organization turned out to be, at best, tenuous.

zeitgeist

the defining mood or spirit of a particular period