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SAT Reading Flashcards

Common Second Meanings

1
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affect

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to take on - assume - affected - behaving in an artificial way / pretentious way

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Afford

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To grant (EX: to afford an opprtunity)

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Appreciate

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to take into account, recognize the merits of OR to increase in value

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Appropriate

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To take from, steal

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5
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Arrest

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to stop (not just by putting handcuffs on a criminal)

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Assume

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to take on responsibility for, acquire (EX: to assume a new position)

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Basic

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Fundamental, essential

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8
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Bent

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Liking or preference for

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9
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Chance

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To Attempt

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Capacity

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Ability

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Check

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TO Control (EX: the vaccine checked the spread of the disease)

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12
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Clear

A

Obvious - Evident

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13
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Common

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Widespread

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Compromise

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To endanger or make vulnerable (EX: to compromise one’s beliefs)

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Constitution

A

Build (EX: a football player has a solid constitution)

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16
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Conviction

A

Strong belief (Noun form of convinced)

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17
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Currency

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Acceptance - approval

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18
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Demostrate

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To establish (EX:to demonstrate the validity of a hypothesis)

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19
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Economy

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Thrift (EX: a writer who has economical style is the one who uses few words)

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20
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Elevated

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Lofty, High-minded, idealistic

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Establish

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To prove, validate (EX: to establish the accuracy of a theory)

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20
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Element

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Component , Aspect

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20
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Exploit

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To make use of , Take advantage of (Does not carry a negative connotation )

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Facility

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The ability to do something easily(EX: a facility for learning Languages)

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20
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Execute

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TO carry out

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Exercise

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to put into use , carry out a function

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Faculty

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ability or aptitude

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Foil

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To put a stop to (EX: to foil a robbery)

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Fine

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narrow, thin OR delicate, elegant OR keen, highly attuned

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Fancy

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To take a liking to

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Fundamental

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Basic , Element

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Grave /Gravity

A

Serious(ness)

20
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Kicks

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Amusement(EX: just for kicks)

21
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Observe

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to follow(EX: to observe a law)

21
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Nature

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Character, personality

21
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poor

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inferior,substandard,ill

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Plastic/Plasticity

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able to be changed or shaped (EX: brain plasticity)

21
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Provoke

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to Elicit (EX: to provoke a reaction)

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Qualify

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to provide more information or detail about it

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Range

A

space

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Raw

A

Unrefined,Unfiltered

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Realize

A

to achieve

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Reconcile

A

to bring together opposing or contradictory ideas

21
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Relate/Relay

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to pass on information, give an account of (a story)

22
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Reservations

A

doubt, misgivings

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Reserve

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to hold off on (EX: to reserve judgement)

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Scale

A

Level

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Scarp

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to eliminate

26
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Sheer

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utter , complete

27
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Spare, Severe

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Plain, unadorned

27
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Sound

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firm, stable, reliable, valid (EX: a sound argument)

28
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Store

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reserve, stock

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Sustain

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to withstand

29
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Strength

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significance

30
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Temper

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to moderate, make less harsh

30
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Static

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Unchanging

31
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Treat

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To alter

31
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Train

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to fixate on (EX: to train one’s eyes on something)

31
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unqualified

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absoulte

32
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Uniform

A

constant, unvarying

33
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Upset

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to interfere with an expected outcome

33
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Urge

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to argue in favor of , advocate

34
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Yield

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to reveal (EX: an experiment yields results)

35
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Want

A

lack

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Weight

A

seriousness, importance

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