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Feyi Set #5
SAT Vocab Set #5
| Vocabulary Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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. |