SAT Reading Verbal Vocab

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142 Terms

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dazzling

extremely bright or extremely impressive

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Withdraw

Remove, take away, убрать, взымать

обычно в контексте денег - … up to 200$ from ATMs

Но и просто:

UN forces … from province (=UN forces left the province)

usually about removing something because of official decision

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frivolous

not having any serious purpose or value (легкомысленный, неважный)

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advocate, proponent

защитник, сторонник

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diminish

make or become less

I don’t want to … her achievements but …

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succumb

поддаться (eg He succumbed to pneumonia = he died of pneumonia)

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7

dictate

determine

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disregard

pay no attention to; ignore.

The jury was told to … the comments made by the witness.

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supplant

вытеснять, supersede, replace completely

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salvage

save, rescue

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amateur

non-professional (любитель)

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12

velocity

speed

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mastery

comprehensive knowledge or skill in a particular subject or activity, мастерство

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scorn

презрение

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jubilation

joy, ликование

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16

docile

послушный

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adept

искусный

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precocious

рано развитый

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19

exert

вызывать, влиять, оказывать

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restrain

prevent, сдерживать, ограничивать

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thwart

prevent (someone) from accomplishing something, stop

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inscribe

надпись

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transmit

передавать

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disturb

interrupt, interfere

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25

refine

improve

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purify

clean (очищать)

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27

confound

confuse, сбивать с толку, ставить в тупик

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28

deceive

to make someone believe something that is not true

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29

govern

control, руководить

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30

elect

choose, vote, избирать

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suppress

подавлять, пресекать

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acquire

to buy or obtain the right to sell or publish something, приобретать, получать

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attain

reach, achieve, accomplish

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observe

notice, наблюдать

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35

plea for

request which is made in an urgent and emotional manner, appeal, entreaty

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hold down

to keep someone or something in a particular place or position and to stop him, her, or it from moving

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engage with

to become involved with (someone or something)

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ornithology

study of birds

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39

charge

in electricity, positive or negative (заряд)

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40

hard data

any data that is quantitative, meaning this data can be measured

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empirical

relying on hard data

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indigenous

native

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predisposed

to be more likely than other people to have something or to behave in some way, to have a tendency toward something

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advance a claim, posit

to put forward or present a statement or argument as true or valid

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proffer

to offer something such as advice or an explanation/opinion (e.g. give advice)

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speculate, hypothesize

to form opinions about something without having the necessary information or facts, to make guesses

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bolster a claim, buttress a claim, substantiate a claim

support a claim

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ambivalence

having mixed feelings about someone or something; being unable to choose between two (usually opposing) courses of action

(noun)

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skepticism

doubt that something is true or useful

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rebut, refute

to argue/prove/claim that a statement is false

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51

grapple with

to try to deal with or to begin to understand a difficult problem or subject

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52

mull over, ruminate about

to think carefully about something for a long time

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53

converge, integrate, intersect

come together

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54

diverge

moving apart

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infer

conclude

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surmise, conjecture

both noun and verb

suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it

to guess, based on the appearance of a situation and not on proof

like there was a … about a marriage in social media

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57

cite, attribute

provide sources

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multitude, plethora, profusion

large amount

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dearth, paucity

small amount

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disparate, heterogeneous, eclectic

different, diverse

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conspicuous, distinctive, salient

noticeable, striking

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benign, innocuous

harmless

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inherent, innate, intrinsic, inborn

врожденный, неотъемлемый

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authentic

genuine, подлинный

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adversary

opponent

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centrality

центральность, a state of being central or essential

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complement

дополнять

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comprehensive, thorough

careful about detail, inclusive, complete

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contingent

dependent (e.g. outdoor activities are dependent on the weather)

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confer

наделять, give, grant

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corollary

an idea, argument, or fact that results directly from it, вывод, заключение

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72

cultivate

grow, raise

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disposition

personality or arrangement

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74

impede, inhibit

prevent

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indigenous

native

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judicial

судебный, relating to the administration of justice/law

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marginal

minor and not important; not central/relating to or at the edge or margin

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mitigate

make something less severe

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preliminary

предварительный, done in preparation for something fuller or more important

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prevail

win

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prevalent, prevailing

widespread, generally accepted

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reciprocate

respond to an action or behavior with the same action/behavior

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83

rudimentary

very basic

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successor

преемник

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85

critic/criticism

a person, who writes comments - either positive or negative

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86

discern

recognize, distinguish

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ineffable

incapable of being expressed in words

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infallible

unable to be wrong

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ingenuous

naive

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inimitable

unique, one-of-a-kind

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innocuous

harmless

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unassuming

modest

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unqualified

lack the skills

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94

vertable

позвоночные

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invertable

беспозвоночные

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96

reciprocate

respond with the same gesture/action, mutual help

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retaliate

to hurt someone or do something harmful to someone because they have done or said something harmful to you, revenge

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98

deviate

to do something that is different from the usual or common way of behaving

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renunciation

the fact of saying that you no longer support or have a connection with someone or something, отказ/отречение

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responsiveness to

having a quick or positive reaction to something or someone

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