SAT 1 Flashcards
Affect
To take on, assume
behaving in an artificial/pretensious way
Afford
To grant (to afford an opportunity)
Appropraite
To seize
Arrest
To put a stop to, halt
Basic
Fundamental, essential,
Bent
Liking or preference for
Capacity
Ability
Chance
to attempt
Check
to control, limit (efforts were made to check the disease)
Clear
Obvious, evident
Common
widespread
Compromise
to endanger or make vulnerable
Constitution
build (A sturdy constitution)
Conviction
A strong belief
Currency
Acceptance (An idea gains Currency)
Ecocnomy
Thrift (an economy pack)
Element
component, aspect
Elevated
Lofty, high minded, idealistc
Establish
To prove, validate (To establish the accuracy of a theory)
Execute
To carry out (to execute orders)
Exercise
To put into use, carry out a function (an exercise in public relations)
Exploit
TO make use of
Facility
the ability to do something easily (he had a facility for languages)
Faculty
Ability or aptitude
Fancy
To like
Fine
Narrow, thin (Fine lines)
Delicate elegant
Keen, highly attuned
Fundamental
Basic, essential
Grave/gravity
Seriousness
Nature
character, personality
Observe
to follow (to observe a law)
Plastic(ity)
Able to be shaped or changed
Poor
Inferior, substandard, ill
Provoke
to elicit (To provoke a reaction
Qualify
To provide more detail, make less extreme
Range
Scope
Raw
unrefined, unfiltered
Realize
to achieve (a goal)
Reconcile
To bring together opposing idas
RElate/Relay
To pass on along information
Reservations
doubts misgivings
Reserve
to hold off on (to reserve judgement)
Scale
level (repeat on a large scale)
scarp
to eliminate
Sheer
Utter complete
Sound
Stable valid (A sound argument)
spare/ severe
Plain, unadorned
Static
Unchanging
Store
Reserve, stock (A store of food)
Strength
Significance
Sustain
To withstand
temper
to moderate, make less harsh
train
to fixate on (to train one’s eye)
treat
to alter
uniform
constant, unvarying
unqualified
Absolute
upset
to interfere with an unexpected outfome
urge
to argue in favor of
want
lack
weight
seriousness importancing
yield
to reveal (an experiment yields results)