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SAT Words 26
of 1000
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dispatch | (v.) to send off to accomplish a duty (The carpenter _____d his assistant to fetch wood.) |
| dispel | (v.) to drive away, scatter (She entered the office as usual on Monday, _____ing the rumor that she had been fired.) |
| disperse | (v.) to scatter, cause to scatter (When the rain began to pour, the crowd at the baseball game quickly _____d.) |
| disrepute | (n.) a state of being held in low regard (The officer fell into _____ after it was learned that he had disobeyed the orders he had given to his own soldiers.) |
| dissemble | (v.) to conceal, fake (Not wanting to appear heartlessly greedy, she _____d and hid her intention to sell her ailing father’s stamp collection.) |
| disseminate | (v.) to spread widely (The politician _____d his ideas across the town before the election.) |
| dissent | 1. (v.) to disagree (The principal argued that the child should repeat 4th grade, but the unhappy parents _____d.) 2. (n.) the act of disagreeing (Unconvinced that the defendant was guilty, the last juror voiced his _____ with the rest of the jury.) |
| dissipate | 1. (v.) to disappear, cause to disappear (The sun finally came out and _____d the haze.) 2. (v.) to waste (She _____d her fortune on a series of bad investments.) |
| dissonance | (n.) lack of harmony or consistency (Though the CEO often spoke of the company as reliant solely on its workers, her decision to increase her salary rather than reward her employees revealed a striking _____ between her alleged beliefs and her actions.) |
| dissuade | (v.) to persuade someone not to do something (Worried that he would catch a cold, she tried to _____ him from going out on winter nights.) |
| distend | (v.) to swell out (Years of drinking beer caused his stomach to _____.) |
| dither | (v.) to be indecisive (Not wanting to offend either friend, he _____d about which of the two birthday parties he should attend.) |
| divine | (adj.) godly, exceedingly wonderful (Terribly fond of desserts, she found the rich chocolate cake to be _____.) |
| divisive | (adj.) causing dissent, discord (Her _____tactics turned her two friends against each other.) |
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