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Satnpaper Med. Vocab
| Term | Definition | Sentence Usage |
|---|---|---|
| Abate | Become less intense or widespread | At about six, as the heat ______d, people began to crowd the streets and marketplaces, and to fill the cafes. |
| Abound | Exist in large numbers or amounts | Adventure ______s here, both on land and in the water. |
| Acclaim | Praise enthusiastically and publicly | He starred in the first festival in 1995, helping to win it national ______. |
| Acquit | Free from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty | Two members of the group were ______ed for lack of evidence. |
| Adorned | Make more beautiful or attractive | The bride's hair was ______ with white flowers. |
| Affirm | State emphatically or publicly; offer emotional support or encouragement | The prime minister ______ed the country's commitment to peace at the United Nations Conference. |
| Aggravate | Make worse or more serious | A bad situation can be ______ ed if the plan to deal with it is not well thought through. |
| Amass | Gather together or accumulate over a period of time | The song first surfaced across platforms in April, with one TikTok video ______ing |
| Ambivalent | Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone | Americans are deeply ______ about the country's foreign role. Isolationist yearnings coexist uneasily with superpower policies. |
| Arbitrary | Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system | Taking ______ decision led to the downfall of the government. |
| Arcane | Understood by few | Modern conflict may be too complex for ______ forms of protest. |
| Assertive | Having or showing a confident and forceful personality | If you want people to listen to your opinions, you'll need to learn to be more ______. |
| Authentic | Of undisputed origin and not a copy | He is in no doubt that the document is an ______ copy of the original. |
| Autonomy | Independence or freedom, as of the will or one's actions | We live in a free society and our desire for freedom and ______ is our universal right. |
| Aversion | A strong dislike or disclination | Many people have an ______ to insects. |
| Collaborate | Work jointly on an activity or project | He was suspected of ______ing with the occupying army. |
| Compelling | Evoking interest, attention, or admiration in a powerfully irresistible way. | I had no ______ reason for not attending the meeting. |
| Compromised | To make a deal; to make vulnerable | The company was forced to ______ on the deal for the merger as they were compromised by a leak of sensitive internal information that was damaging to them. |
| Concoct | Make by combining various ingredient | He used to ______ excuses to get out of doing the work. |
| Conflated | Combine into one | Many of the posts criticizing the agency ______ DEI programs with race -or gender-based hiring quotas, which are unlawful. |
| Confounded | Used for emphasis, especially to express anger or annoyance | I was completely ______ by this change in his behavior. |
| Consensus | A general agreement | There is a growing ______ that the current regime in the region has failed. |
| Conspicuous | Clearly visible | The large red flowers produced by the plant makes it ______ even in areas with dense vegetation. |
| Contemporary | Living or occurring at the same time | Hitler was a ______ of Mussolini. |
| Continuity | The unbroken and consistent existence or operation of something over time | More funds are needed to ensure the ______ of our work. |
| Convoluted | Extremely complex and difficult to follow | The ______ nature of political debates often steers the focus away from the important issues at hand leading to no resolutions. |
| Corpus | A large set of texts which is considered to be representative of a language. | Three of the most explicable cases of illustrations of aggression were drawn from a large ______ of data made up of 500 school essays. |
| Credible | Able to be believed; convincing | In the absence of any ______ evidence, the accusation was ignored. |
| Cursory | Hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed. | The mayor gave a ______ glance at the report. |
| Curtail | Reduce in the extent or quantity; impose a restriction on | Economic liberalisation may ______ some forms of grand corruption but others may become easier. |
| Decried | Publicly denounce | In her article, she ______ the pollution of the environment by manufacturers. |
| Designate | Appoint to a specified office or post | After the recent polls he was ______ed as the next prime minister of the country. |
| Discreet | Careful and prudent in one's speech or actions, especially in order to keep something confidential or to avoid embarrassment. | The simple construction of this ______ cabinet won't get in the way of the rest of your decor. |
| Discrete | Individually separate and distinct | Do remember that a word can have several ______ meanings. |
| Disregarded | Pay no attention to | He ______ed my advice and took the boat out anyway. |
| Dissipate | Disappear or cause to disappear | The end of the strike did little to ______ the anger of public at the government, |
| Efficacy | The power to produce a desired result. | The ______ of the process is often questioned by those who do not completely understand it. |
| Embark | Begin a course of action; go on board a ship or aircraft | He ______ed on a new career after AI negated her old one. |
| Endured | Suffer patiently | Just as the city of Delhi has ______ed through time so have its people ______ed through colonial domination |
| Enigma | A person or thing that is mysterious or difficult to understand | Despite the ______ of the singularity, the big bang theory is unquestionably one of the most successful in the history of science. |
| Entrust | Assign the responsibility for doing something to | He didn't look like the sort of man you should ______ your luggage to. |
| Exhaustive | Including or considering all elements or aspects. | In high level team sports, teams conducted an ______ analysis of every game to improve themselves. |
| Explicit | Stated clearly and in detail, leaving no room for confusion and doubt | I gave them ______ directions on how to get here. |
| Exploiting | Make full use of and derive benefit from | We need to make sure that we ______ our resources as fully as possible. |
| Expound | Present and explain in detail. | The article ______ the virtues of a healthy diet. |
| Extensive | Covering or affecting a large area. | An ______ search of the area was carried out but the lost dog could not be found. |
| Feasible | Possible to do easily or conveniently | With the extra resources, the project now seems ______. |
| Fluctuations | An irregular rising and falling in number of amount | These are many issues that are likely to cause ______ in fish stocks. |
| Forage | Search widely for food or provisions | In the warmer months, squirrels ______ for a wide variety of foods, ranging from mushrooms to berries. |
| Foresight | The ability to predict what will happen or be needed in the future. | A little ______ could have avoided most of our supply problems. |
| Foregone Conclusion | An inevitable outcome or result that is obvious to everyone before it happens. | The result of the election seems to be a ______. |
| Gamut | The complete range or scope of something. | Their new record ran the ______ of musical styles from folk to rock. |
| Homogenize | Make uniform or similar. | The new curriculum is an attempt to ______ education throughout the country. |
| Impervious | Not allowing fluid to pass through. | Despite his best efforts, she remained ______ to his charms. |
| Implication | The conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated. | Moving the place of employment of one member of a household has serious ______ for the others. |
| Imposing | Grand and impressive in apperance | He was an ______ figure on stage. |
| Impulsive | Acting or done without forethought | The total score gives a global level of ______ and self-destructive behaviors. |
| Incidence | The occurrence, rate, or frequency of a disease, crime, or other undesirable thing. | Excess fat is thought to be responsible for the high ______ incidence of heart disease in Western countries. |
| Indoctrinate | Teach to accept a set of beliefs uncritically | The youth have been ______ed by television to believe that violence is normal. |
| Innate | Inborn;natural | It has often been claimed that primitive mathematical notions are ______ to the human mind. |
| Interface | A point where two systems, subjects, organizations, etc. meet and interact | We will ______ with machines through thought signals. |
| Intoxicating | Exhilarating or exciting | After being cooped up in the overheated room all day, we took a stroll and found the fresh air ______. |
| Lambast | Criticize harshly | The coach ______ed the team for its poor play. |
| Mastery | Comprehensive knowledge or skill in a particular subject of activity. | Louis Armstrong's ______ of the trumpet is legendary. |
| Moderation | The avoidance of excess or extremes, especially in one's behaviour or political opinions. | Policy ______ by incumbents has a positive significant effect on their votes. |
| Mutability | The quality of being changeable. | Naturalists began to reject essentialism and consider the importance of extinction and the ______ of species. |
| Notional | Existing as or based on a suggestion, estimate, or theory | For weeks, some have been drawing up and circulating ______ plans for a truncated nominating contest that would culminate at the party's convention in Chicago in August. |
| Nullify | Make legally null and void | It is at the discretion of the court to ______ the decision. |
| Nurture | Care for and protect | Since the past 2 years, careful planning, designing and ______ have gone into creating the state of the art testing platform at Satnpaper. |
| Orthodox | Following or conforming to the traditional or generally accepted rules or beliefs of a religion, philosophy, or practice. | He believes in the benefits of both ______ medicine and alternative medicine. |
| Outmoded | Old-fashioned | The city is replacing its ______ sewage-treatment plant. |
| Perpetuate | Make continue indefinitely | The dam can grow as it is fed by more liquid above it, and the problem ______. |
| Postulate | Suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief. | Scientists have ______ed the existence of water on other planets in the solar system. |
| Precarious | Not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse | Funding for professional athletes is based on medal winning, which seems precarious. |
| Precursor | A person or thing that comes before another. | The oarfish has long been referred to as a doomsday fish, a reference that likely stems from Japanese folklore, which considered spotting such a fish a ______ to natural disasters, especially earthquakes. |
| Proclivity | A tendency to choose or do something regularly. | Having squandered his inheritance, and with a ______ for drinking and gambling, he accumulated debts. |
| Proficiency | A high degree of skill | ______ in the English language is vital in this world. |
| Profound | Very great or intense; having or showing great knowledge or insight | For a lad of 21 it was a very ______ statement, but he is right. |
| Proponent | A person who advocates a theory | He was a leading ______ of a rational, sensible approach to the problems they had. |
| Proxy | A person holding authority to act for another. | The meeting will be attended by the foreign minister as a ______ for the president. |
| Reciprocal | Given, felt, or done in return; bearing on or binding each of two parties equally. | We have agreed to exchange information about our two companies, but strictly on a ______ basis. |
| Recurrent | Occurring often or repeatedly | A ______ theme in his work is isolation. |
| Reinforce | Strengthen or support, especially with additional material. | The builders used metal rods to ______ the walls of the building. |
| Reminiscent | Tending to remind one of something | The atmosphere has turned toxic, the disdain and infighting more ______ of a civil war than a football team. |
| Renunciation | The formal rejection of something, typically a belief, claim, or course of action. | Ukraine's ______ of its nuclear arsenal three decades ago is seen by some as a mistake that left it open to invasion. |
| Repercussion | An unintended consequence of an event or action, especially an unwelcome one lando:( | The scandal could have serious political ______ for the government. |
| Resonate | If you resonate with something, it feels true or has meaning for you. | She spoke about doubting herself and believing in herself, and I definitely ______ with that. |
| Restoration | The action of returning something to a former owner, place, or condition | Conservation groups, small nonprofits, Native American tribes, and local governments were assigned federal money for a bevy of projects that included wildfire prevention and habitat ______. |
| Rhetoric | The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques. | The minister's impassioned ______ soon had the crowd on its feet. |
| Satiate | Satisfied to the full | He folded up his news paper, his curiosity ______ed on the topic. |
| Simulate | Imitate the appearance or character of | The new model will provide more accurate ______ions of earthquakes. |
| Spectacle | A visually striking performance or display | Crowds of people lined the cliffs to watch the surfing ______. |
| Substantial | Of considerable importance, size, or worth | She inherited a ______ fortune from her grandmother. |
| Succumb | Fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force. | Performances often go awry when one ______ to pressure. |
| Synchronization | The operation or activity of two or more things at the same time or rate. | The secret of successful assault is exact ______ of the movements of the infantry with those of the barrage. |
| Temporal | Relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs. | Our ______ existence here on earth is short. |
| Throng | A large, densely packed crowd of people or animals. | Guards had to be assigned to hold back the crows that ______ed to watch and shout insults at the condemned. |
| Traced | Find or discover by investigation | The origins of this custom can be ______ back to the 15th century. |
| Unbridled | Uncontrolled | His ______ political ambition was his downfall. |
| Unflinching | Not showing fear or hesitation in the face of danger or difficulty | Indians have been praised for respecting their sporting heroes and their ______ patriotism. |
| Venerate | Regard with great respect | The tenacious point guard is ______ed by Celtics fans for his hard-nosed play and hustle. |
| Wrought | Made or fashioned in the specified way | He came to take stock of the damage ______ by 70 days of ferocious Israeli bombardment. |
| Albeit | Although | The task was completed, ______ with some difficulty. |
| Meeker | More quiet, gentle, and easily imposed on | Compared to his confident brother, Daniel seemed ______ and less attractive. |
| Abridge | To shorten a text while keeping its essential content | The editor decided to ______ the novel for young readers. |
| Denote | To indicate or be a sign of | The red flag ______s a warning of danger ahead. |
| Withhold | The refuse to give | The teacher decided to ______ judgement until hearing both sides of the story. |
| Intermingle | To mix or blend together | At the festival, people from different cultures ______ freely. |
| Purged | Rid of an unwanted quality | Bob had helped ______ Martha of the terrible guilt that had haunted her |
| Besmirched | Damage someone's reputation | he had ______ the good name of his family |
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