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11th #16
Castle Juniors. SAT Vocabulary #16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adept | adj. Very skilled. Highly skilled; expert --- n. A highly skilled person; an expert: adv. adeptly -- n. adeptness |
| encompass | tr.v., -passed, -pass·ing, -pass·es. To form a circle or ring around; surround. To enclose; envelop. To constitute or include: a survey that encompassed a wide range of participants. To accomplish; achieve. n. encompassment |
| entrepreneur | n. A person who organizes, manages, and takes the risk of a business undertaking. --- adj. entrepreneurial ---- entrepreneurialism en'tre·pre·neur'i·al·ism or en'tre·pre·neur'ism --- n. entrepreneurship |
| eradicate | tr.v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates. To get rid of as if by tearing up by the roots: Their goal was to eradicate poverty. abolish, eliminate. To get rid of altogether; wipe out. adj. eradicable --- n. eradication --- adj. eradicative -- n. eradicator |
| homogeneous | adj. Made up of similar or identical parts; uniform throughout. "a tight-knit, homogeneous society" (James Fallows). Uniform in structure or composition throughout. --- adv. ·ly --- n. ·ness |
| presumptuous | adj. Going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward. Too bold; overly confident. --- adv. presumptuously --- n. presumptuousness |
| sordid | adj. Filthy or dirty; foul. Depressingly squalid; wretched: sordid shantytowns. Morally degraded: "The sordid details of ..." Indecent; morally low; corrupt. ----adv. sordidly --- n. sordidness |
| standardize | tr.v., -ized, -iz·ing, -iz·es. To cause to conform to a standard. To evaluate by comparing with a standard. ---- n. standardization To make uniform; cause to conform to a model |
| stint | n. A length of time spent in a particular way: a two-year stint in the military. A period of work or service. ----v., ·ed, ·ing, s. --v.tr. To restrict or limit, as in amount or number; be sparing with. --adv. ing·ly -- n. -er |
| stringent | adj. Imposing rigorous standards of performance; severe: stringent safety measures. Constricted; tight: operating under a stringent time limit. Characterized by scarcity of money, credit restrictions, or other financial strain: severe --adv.·ly -n.-cy |
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