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SAT Word Power List #23
Question | Answer |
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Ring a Bell | Idiom from early 1900s. Means: To sound familiar; to call something to mind; to stir a vague memory |
Rock the Boat | Since the 1920s. Means: to make trouble and disrupt a stable situation; to risk spoiling a plan; to create a disturbance. |
Roll with the Punches | Boxing Term. Means: to adjust to a difficult situation; to not let a little annoyance bother you, in order to survive |
Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss | From 1523. Means: a person who is always on the move or who changes jobs often will not be able to save or keep much. |
Rome Was Not Built in a Day | Means: a difficult or important goal or task cannot be achieved quickly or all at once. |
Rotten Apple Spoils the Barrel | Mid 1500s. Means: one bad person or thing may spoil an entire group |
opportune | adjective Means: occuring or coming at a good time |
optimum | noun / adj. Means: the most advantageous; the best condition, degree or amount |
orthodox | adjective Means: conventional, doing it by the book, sticking to established principles |
ostracize | verb Means: to exclude from a group; to shun |
oust | verb Means: to eject; to force out; to banish |
paradox | noun Means: a situation in which somthing seems both true and false |
paranoia | noun Means: a mental illness of unreasonable anxiety, especially believing someone is out to get you, or that you are an important person |
parry | verb Means: To ward off a blow; to turn aside; to avoid skillfully, to evade |
partition | noun Means: the division of something into parts; an interior structure dividing a larger area |
penitent | noun / adjective Means: one who feels sorrow and remorse for past misdeeds; feeling sorrow or humble |