Anh văn SAT Vocabulary-010 docx

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Anh văn SAT Vocabulary-010

1) reactionary

a) adj expressing or causing sorrow or pain

b) adj pertaining to, of the nature of, causing, or

favoring reaction

c) n a falling of the spirits

d) n oppressive drowsiness

2) epic

a) adj very great in degree, extent, size, or quantity

b) n a poem celebrating in formal verse the mythical

achievements of great personages, heroes, etc

c) n the property of combined refraction and reflection

of light, resulting in smoky tints

d) n a fossil reptile

3) beneficial

a) n the common people

b) n the act or process of absorbing

c) adj helpful

d) n harshness or roughness of temper

4) prudence

a) n an eight-page newspaper of any size

b) v to wet or moisten

c) n rapt or rapturous utterance

d) n caution

5) indolence

a) conj even though

b) n laziness

c) adj changeable

d) v to speak to

6) abbey

a) adj beneficial

b) n a ruler acting with royal authority in place of the

sovereign in a colony or province

c) v to equip with less than the full complement of men

d) n the group of buildings which collectively form the

dwelling-place of a society of monks or nuns

7) compressible

a) n a social party composed of persons masked and

costumed so as to be disguised

b) n subtle contrivance used to gain a point

c) adj capable of being pressed into smaller compass

d) adj lucid

8) sibilate

a) v to give a hissing sound to, as in pronouncing the

letter s

b) n a vehement appeal

c) n the quality of frankness or outspokenness

d) n the face, countenance, or look of a person

9) imbibe

a) adj illogical

b) v to drink or take in

c) adj pertaining to ancient times

d) v to enlist men for military or naval service

10) corporeal

a) adj not harsh

b) n slight sickness

c) v to prevent or obstruct the operation of

d) adj of a material nature; physical