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SAT Vocabulary # SAT/M167

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v. usurp
(a) to take possession of by force
(b) to provide with a fixed allowance or portion, especially of food
(c) to bring into a peaceful state
(d) to maintain by noisy argument or dispute
 
v. nettle
(a) to rule; control; govern; predominate; prevail; be widespread
(b) to excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in
(c) to render bad, especially morally bad
(d) to twist the body, face or limbs or as in pain or distress
 
v. emit
(a) to forerun; to come or go before; to live in a previous life
(b) to cause or constitute the beginning or first stage of the existence of
(c) to send or give out
(d) to free from deception, as by apprising of the real state of affairs
 
v. explode
(a) to maltreat
(b) to cause to burst in pieces by force from within
(c) to extract or produce by vaporization and condensation
(d) to show or have a feeling of antagonism, aversion or dislike
 
v. reseat
(a) to state as belonging to something
(b) to place in position of office again
(c) to make characteristic of the present or of recent times
(d) to leave suddenly or unexpectedly

 

v. botanize
(a) to recover
(b) to settle firmly; strongly establish; establish a strong defensive position
(c) to renounce upon oath
(d) to study plant-life
 
v. degrade
(a) to make bright or clear
(b) to handle tenderly and lovingly
(c) to take away honors or position from
(d) to make heavier, worse or more burdensome
 
v. reprehend
(a) to deprive of simplicity of mind or manner
(b) to find fault with
(c) to write over again (something already written)
(d) to cause to burst in pieces by force from within
 
v. disclaim
(a) to set on fire
(b) to draw into entanglement, literally or figuratively
(c) to predetermine
(d) to repudiate; disavow; renounce; deny connection with
 
v. apprehend
(a) to contaminate
(b) to make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law
(c) to consider thoughtfully
(d) to make smaller using pressure; condense

v. usurp (a) to take possession of by force
v. nettle (b) to excite sensations of uneasiness or displeasure in
v. emit (c) to send or give out
v. explode (b) to cause to burst in pieces by force from within
v. reseat (b) to place in position of office again
v. botanize (d) to study plant-life
v. degrade (c) to take away honors or position from
v. reprehend (b) to find fault with
v. disclaim (d) to repudiate; disavow; renounce; deny connection with
v. apprehend (b) to make a prisoner of (a person) in the name of the law

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