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Fe Set #3
SAT Vocab Set #3
| Vocabulary Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| had TAKEN TO her new job | had LIKED her new job |
| a SERVICEABLE cook | a DECENT cook |
| The news had REVERBERATIONS. | The news had ONGOING EFFECTS. |
| COMMUNION WITH her co-workers | FEELING OF CLOSENESS TO her co-workers |
| modern SENSIBILITIES | modern FEELINGS |
| deep and powerful PERSUASION | deep and powerful INFLUENCE |
| HITHERTO unknown fact | UNTIL THEN unknown fact |
| EVOKED that time and place | BROUGHT TO MIND that time and place |
| a PANORAMA of the city | a COMPLETE VIEW of the city |
| POIGNANCY of lost love | BITTERNESS of lost love |
| the FATUITY of his remark | the FOOLISHNESS of his remark |
| the NARRATIVE of his life | the STORY of his life |
| RESERVATIONS about getting married | DOUBTS about getting married |
| She RECIPROCATED their kindness. | She RETURNED their kindness. |
| SLIGHT figure | SMALL figure |
| EXQUISITE decoration | BEAUTIFUL decoration |
| CONVENTIONAL wisdom | WIDELY ACCEPTED wisdom |
| PETTY reasons | SMALL-MINDED reasons |
| an anti-abortion STANCE | an anti-abortion POSITION |
| IDEALIST about people | SOMEONE WHO THINKS THE BEST about people |
| from a particular PERSPECTIVE | from a particular POINT OF VIEW |
| particular RHETORICAL effect | particular effect OF WORDS |
| SABOTAGED airplane | DELIBERATELY DAMAGED airplane |
| CONSTRAINED by rules | LIMITED by rules |
| SIPHONED gasoline from a tank | DREW OUT gasoline from a tank |
| DISTINCTION between two types | DIFFERENCE between two types |
| PARTISAN politics | ONE-SIDED politics |
| EPIC journey | LEGENDARY journey |
| use a compass to get a BEARING | use a compass to get a DIRECTION |
| LITERALLY a matter of life and death | IN FACT a matter of life and death |
| the MEAN direction | the AVERAGE direction |
| CONFIGURED for military use | SET UP for military use |
| VEILING with sadness | COVERING with sadness |
| doubtful PRIVILEGE | doubtful ADVANTAGE |
| STRETCHES of time | LONG LENGTHS of time |
| CONTEMPLATE going to college | THINK DEEPLY ABOUT going to college |
| CONTEND that they are right | ARGUE that they are right |
| a firm CONVICTION | a firm BELIEF |
| always CONTRADICTS what I say | always SAYS SOMETHING CONTRARY TO what I say |
| CONVEY my intentions | MAKE KNOWN my intentions |
| CORROBORATE the story | BACK UP the story |
| COUNTERACT the mistake | REVERSE THE EFFECT OF the mistake |
| strong COUNTERARGUMENT | strong ARGUMENT ATTACKING AN OPPOSING ARGUMENT |
| A shortcut can be COUNTERPRODUCTIVE. | A shortcut can MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE. |
| CULMINATION of a brilliant career | HIGH POINT AT END of a brilliant career |
| CULTIVATE the student's potential | MAKE the student's potential GROW |
| DECREE a punishment | ORDER a punishment |
| show DEFERENCE | show RESPECT |
| DEFICIENT in iron | LACKING in iron |
| DEMURRED to the plan | OBJECTED to the plan |
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