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Feyi Set #5
SAT Vocab Set #5
Vocabulary Word | Meaning |
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to SPUR the city's redevelopment | to STIMULATE the city's redevelopment |
RENOWNED painter | FAMOUS painter |
TRANSLUCENT paint | SEE-THROUGH paint |
clothes IN KEEPING WITH her fashion sense | clothes CONSISTENT WITH her fashion sense |
an old man TENDING TO a baby | an old man TAKING CARE OF a baby |
GARNERED praise | EARNED praise |
deserves ACCLAIM | deserves PUBLIC PRAISE |
the VIBRANCY of crowded cities | the LIVELINESS of crowded cities |
enduring LEGACY of the painter's work | enduring GIFT of the painter's work |
the APTNESS of the name | the SUITABILITY of the name |
CONSPICUOUS weight gain | NOTICEABLE weight gain |
TRAITS of his personality | CHARACTERISTICS of hi personality |
SYNTHESIZE ideas | COMBINE ideas |
ACCESSING the bank account | GETTING INTO the bank account |
a NOBLE family | an UPPER CLASS family |
REFINED voice | EDUCATED voice |
to speak ENDEARINGLY | to speak SWEETLY |
the UNSEEMLINESS of this proposal | the INAPPROPRIATENESS of this proposal |
TAKING HER EASE | LEAVING HER ON HER OWN |
PREPOSTEROUS hopes | RIDICULOUS hopes |
RIPE laughter | WHOLE-HEARTED laughter |
REMINISCES about choices she has made | THINKS BACK about choices she has made |
an amusing ANECDOTE | an amusing SHORT TELLING OF AN EVENT |
DEPICTION of an encounter | DESCRIPTION of an encounter |
settle the argument through MEDIATION | settle the argument THROUGH A THIRD PERSON |
The request was an IMPOSITION. | The request was UNWANTED. |
EARNESTNESS of his request | SERIOUSNESS of his request |
UTTER respect | COMPLETE respect |
ENDURE having to wait | PUT UP WITH having to wait |
ENTAILS staying up late to study | INCLUDES staying up late to study |
ENTRENCHED in my memory | FIRMLY ESTABLISHED in my memory |
can't ENUMERATE how many times | can't COUNT how many times |
ERRATIC efforts to study | IRREGULAR efforts to study |
EXACERBATE my knee injury | MAKE my knee injury WORSE |
EXERT pressure | APPLY pressure |
EXHILARATING performance | EXCITING performance |
EXPEND all your energy | USE UP all your ENERGY |
EXPLOIT your talents | MAKE USE OF your talents |
Graduate school advisors FACILITATE students' research. | Graduate students advisors HELP MAKE students' research SUCCEED. |
FISCAL policies | GOVERNMENT policies RELATED TO MONEY |
helps students FLOURISH | helps students GROW WELL |
stock prices FLUCTUATE | stock prices RISE AND FALL |
FOMENT political unrest | STIR UP political unrest |
the FORESEEABLE future | the future WHICH CAN BE PREDICTED |
FREEWHEELING attitude | CAREFREE attitude |
FUNDAMENTAL part of a plan | MOST ESSENTIAL part of a plan |
GALVANIZING performance | THRILLING performance |
GERIATRIC medicine | medicine RELATING TO OLD AGE |
IGNOMINIOUS defeat | EMBARRASSING defeat |
The project's FEASIBILITY was low. | The project's CHANCE OF SUCCEEDING was low. |