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Post by djxkorean on Aug 13, 2009 17:56:02 GMT -8
SAT BLUE BOOK COLLEGE BOARD TEST 2
Section 2
3. Disparage: to belittle 6. Dalliance: To dilly dally infelicity: feliz (happy) (spanish) felix felicis (lucky potion - harry potter) so infelicity: not lucky or not happy boorishness: without manners or class 7. fastidious: very difficult to please petulant: bratty, wants everything done in own way sedulous: sed (sit, lay down) working diligently 8. consecrated: to make sacred and holy cursory: brief and not thorough treacly: very emotional; overly sentimental prosaic: very dull and boring
Section 3
3. ineffable: not expressible consummate: suma(peak) - to complete; 4. vacillated: Dilly dally; being fickle fidelity: strict loyalty/observance of promises/duties 5. holistic: looking at the whole of something censure: strong/vehement disapproval
Section 8 5. Intermittent wipers: goes on and off Author's attitude question: any author who writes about other fields are usually objective - Most SAT authors are fair-minded. Don't speak too highly and don't but them down too much. - avoid attitude words that are too emotional
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Post by djxkorean on Aug 20, 2009 19:03:46 GMT -8
SAT blue book - Test #3 Critical Reading
Section 3 5. nefarious: nefarious villain (evil villain) adroit: expert ways; well rounded; adept byzantine: complex lackadaisical: carefree slipshod: slipshod construction - poor quality (M.i.C.) 7. He's being consistent in his writing, so he's not multifaceted; he didn't change completely 9. Black leaders shouldn't be delved into (community) - harmful to black community: "paintings" by these authors - historical biographies 15: key is the "undermine": different from what author says - people didn't have have perceptions of time (author); if ppl had uniform perception of time, they wouldn't be surprised
Section 7 3. intuition: ability to react without conscious reasoning sophistry: talking convincingly but deceivingly 6. acumen: very smart and sharp-minded; having keen judgment 7. arcane: arcane traditions - not known to other people abstruse: abstruse essay - it is very difficult didactic: instructional 8. openhanded: deals with money; largely deals out money magnanimity: being generous solicitousness: ask people for things; trying to get money
Section 9 4. effacement: 5. seditious: traitorous 6. corollary:
8: Virginia is looks at Clayton - she must have seen him in a lot of different situations 9: has nothing said about his complacency - more about how he is different and has something underneath him 1
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Post by djxkorean on Aug 27, 2009 17:42:38 GMT -8
Test #4
Section 3 5. anachronism in movies: out of time; not in proportion to the time period irreproachable: is a negative, so research institute wouldn't say reprehensible actions of the terrorists: terrible, deserving blame, some wrongdoing perquisites: privileges 17: The line is a use of mathematical forms; look at the context of the quote
Section 7 1. agnostic: (a) - not; (nosto) - knowing; not knowing eclectic: coming from many sources quixotic: acting like Don Quiote; idealistic but chase after wrong things 5. arboreal: up in trees (LAWLCAT) pliant:(plico) - to fold; able to be folded (imply, implicable, pliable) 8. gubernatorial: worldly wide venality: venal politicians - politicians who take bribe money 20. Passage 2 admires the environmentalists, qualified: not completely, but to an extent
Section 9 3. adroit: expert at and nimble; adept; skillful 6. libelous: false information (caco-): ugly; (phony) - sound cacophagry: ugly writing
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Post by djxkorean on Sept 3, 2009 17:52:50 GMT -8
Test #5
Section 2 5. amalgamation: to mix or merge completely aberration: going away from the norms concordance:agreement, harmony, making reference to something Because amalgamation is the only one that means a complete combination of things, it is the only correct answer.
Section 5 6. dearth: inadequate supply, not enough 7. truculence: brutal, harsh equanimity: mental stability, having control over self during stressful situations affability: easily approachable, friendly 8. grating: harsh, discordant, not great
Section 8 3. curative: serving to cure or heal 6. finagle: trick, cheat, steal
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Post by vocabulitis5 on Sept 17, 2009 11:29:15 GMT -8
Test #5
Section 2 5. amalgamation: to mix or merge completely aberration: going away from the norms concordance:agreement, harmony, making reference to something Because amalgamation is the only one that means a complete combination of things, it is the only correct answer.
Section 5 6. dearth: inadequate supply, not enough 7. truculence: brutal, harsh equanimity: mental stability, having control over self during stressful situations affability: easily approachable, friendly 8. grating: harsh, discordant, not great
Section 8 3. curative: serving to cure or heal 6. finagle: trick, cheat, steal
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Post by djxkorean on Sept 17, 2009 17:55:15 GMT -8
From 4:00 to 4:30, you will review the material we covered last week. Open up the same document. If you can't locate it, you should be able to find it in your mailbox. For each question from the beginning, write a brief explanation of each question and answer. You may ignore the wrong answers. Your response should be just one or two sentences for each. Write in full sentences. Don't just say what the correct answer is; you must EXPLAIN why it is the correct answer. We will begin lecture portion at 4:30. A. antonyms 1. drench means to dunk in water, and the answer is d because dry out means to deprive of water OK 2. stimulate means to encourage, and the answer is suppress because it means to keep from encouraging OK 3. civil means to be kind and un-rude, so the answer is rude, because it means uncivil. OK 4. rupture means to break apart, so the answer is union because it means to keep together OK 5. groundless means without substantial evidence, so the answer is well-founded, which means having a foundation for belief OK 6. bungle means screwing up, so the answer means handle competently, because it means to not screw up OK 7. ostentatious means to show off, so the answer is modest, which means to not show off OK 8. vigilant means one who cracks down upon crime, so the answer is inattentive, because it means one is not paying attention 9.capitulation means to surrender, so the answer is resistance, because it means to put up a fightOK 10. mutability means to be able to change, so the answer is constancy, because it means not changingOK
B. sentence completion 1. The word must mean capable of smelling many things. Keen means very sharp sense, therefore it is the right answer.OK 2. The statements before and after the comma must be similar, or else the sentence doesn't make sense. If the sites were imperfect, then it wouldn't make sense to draw conclusions from the sites, knocking off choice A. If the sites were complete, it would make sense to draw conclusions off the sites, and not ridiculous to, therefore taking out choice C. OK I am adding to this sentence. OK 3. The word has to represent that nothing more is needed because the first person narrative is so great. Therefore, the answer is "superfluous", meaning excessive.OK 4. The "but" exemplifies the need to have a contradicting statement to the first part of the statement. The detractors have to admit it is good, so the opposite would mean that the champions questionthe good, making choice D the correct answer 5. To be altruistic means to believe in the good in all people, therefore she would disagree with her colleague, therefore, the word that would fit is lamented. Additionally, the mentality that people only do things for money connects with the word mercenary so the correct answer is choice C.
C. analogies 1. Nutrients are included in food, just as oxygen is included in the air. 2. A lie is untruthful, therefore you have to look for a noun and adjective that depicts the noun. To pardon someone means that the person is forgiving, therefore it is the right answer. 3. A shell covers a walnut, just as the peel of a banana covers the banana 4.
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