SAT 机经单词 2007-2010.docxVIP

2007- 03Sentence Completions 13/19Marie Curie-minimizedambulance-celebrityrock-reliefpenguins global warming- harbingerorangutan- retiredban-moratoriumsmile-beliedeccentric-idiosyncratictrade route-cosmopolitan cityThe new guy did not want to venture criticism at the risk of appearing presumptuousJazz musician working environment: dauntingAfrican American actress-marginalizedsensationalism in the media: lurid2007 – 11Sentence Completion 19/19Guy on the cover of Time Magazine was recognized for his groundbreaking work.Guy mistook a woman for a man and was thus erroneous.Indefatigable = sleep Nothing affects her placid.Verve = panacheArt = epitome Teachers/students = commendable/exemplary I think those were the choicesBlood pressure = impair / minimize Apocryphal because the writing was of dubious authenticityPerson’s temperament changed from effusive to reticence Disprove…refute curtail: I believe because of a lack of fundsindigenousnessScorn… deign they scorned her because she didn’t have a PHD and work and would not deign to look at her work.Advocate… criticsresistant…popular ( had to do with acid rain and glass)foreboding …elstion (answer called a pair of antonyms, SC had to do with moved from one place to another )George Eliot did a profound analysiscomparative … absolute ( had to do with the concept of best seller )2007 – 12Sentence completions 19/19timidity… newspaperburgeoning… paucityblight …chestnut trees meticulous … Woodrow Wilsondifferent/ assertive … guy with friendsinnocuous …jellyfishimmersed … medieval sinindomitableconjectural / reconsider … scientific evidencetemper … the optimismtrust / na?vetéspurred/ redress …progressive grievancesparring / effusive … praise monumentalinsightful / recognizeextinctionlegendary / mythic(Houdini)insignificant/ influential( in advertising in significant points can lead influential results)exonerated (she insisted on her innocence and demanded to be exonerated)2008 – 06Sentence completionlongevitycharacterize, mount