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SAT Vocabulary # SAT/M163

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v. regale
(a) to fail to put strongly enough, as a case
(b) to ridicule
(c) to preserve from extinction or oblivion
(d) to give unusual pleasure
 
v. excel
(a) to be superior or distinguished
(b) to conduct or behave (oneself)
(c) to be an omen or warning sign of, especially of evil
(d) to restore brightness or beauty
 
v. misrepresent
(a) to live in a monotonous, passive way without exercise of the mental faculties
(b) to talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity
(c) to give a wrong impression
(d) to give a lecture; make a speech; declaim
 
v. fulminate
(a) to cause to explode
(b) to make drunk
(c) to displace
(d) to supply with light
 
v. emerge
(a) to cause to melt
(b) to come into view or into existence
(c) to adapt
(d) to flow forth or proceed, as from some source

 

v. overpower
(a) to slander
(b) to gain supremacy; to subdue; to take control of
(c) to speak or write a laudation of a person's life or character
(d) to drive or urge forward
 
v. dramatize
(a) adapt for theatrical presentation; exaggerate
(b) to empower
(c) to take away honors or position from
(d) to give a salary that is too high
 
v. forecast
(a) to delight extravagantly or intensely
(b) to put something, especially something less severe, in place of
(c) to predict
(d) to wash or bathe
 
v. surmount
(a) to make better or improve, as in quality or social or physical condition
(b) to remove or pass from one country, region or habitat to another
(c) to overcome by force of will
(d) to talk in a singsong, preaching tone with affected solemnity
 
v. importune
(a) to trespass upon
(b) to agree
(c) to accidentally place an object where it cannot be found; to arrange incorrectly
(d) to harass with persistent demands or entreaties

v. regale (d) to give unusual pleasure
v. excel (a) to be superior or distinguished
v. misrepresent (c) to give a wrong impression
v. fulminate (a) to cause to explode
v. emerge (b) to come into view or into existence
v. overpower (b) to gain supremacy; to subdue; to take control of
v. dramatize (a) adapt for theatrical presentation; exaggerate
v. forecast (c) to predict
v. surmount (c) to overcome by force of will
v. importune (d) to harass with persistent demands or entreaties

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