SAT 8

• disdainful


  1.showing contempt(scorn) or lack of respect.

  "with a last disdainful look, she turned toward the door"
• discernible

  noticeable, perceptible, detectable, able to be discerned: "the scandal had no discernible effect on his career"
• disseminate


  1.spread (something, especially information) widely.

  "health authorities should foster good practice by disseminating information". 2.spread throughout an organ or the body.

  "there is a subset of these low-grade tumors that can disseminate and migrate"
• redact


  1)edit (text) for publication.

  "a confidential memo which has been redacted from 25 pages to just one paragraph".

  2)to remove words or information from a text before it is printed or made available to the public; to censure or obscure part of a text for legal or security purposes
• obscure


  1)not discovered or known about; uncertain; unclear; not able to be understood. "his origins and parentage are obscure"

  2)keep from being seen; conceal.

  "gray clouds obscure the sun"

  3)make unclear and difficult to understand.

  "the debate has become obscured by conflicting ideological perspectives"
• incredulous


  1. unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true:notcredulous:SKEPTICAL. “listened with an incredulous smile”.
• abase


  (v.) to humiliate, degrade (After being overthrown and abased, the deposed leader offered to bow down to his conqueror.)
• abate


  e (v.) to reduce, lessen (The rain poured down for a while, then abated.)
• abduct


  (v.) to kidnap, take by force (The evildoers abducted the fairy princess from her happy home.)
• aberration


  (n.)something that differs from the norm (In 1918, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, but the success turned out to be an aberration, and the Red Sox have not won a World Series since.)
• abet


  (v.) to aid, help, encourage (The spy succeeded only because he had a friend on the inside to abet him.)
• abhor


  r (v.) to hate, detest(hate) (Because he always wound up kicking himself in the head when he tried to play soccer, Oswald began to abhor the sport.
• abide


  1. (v.) to put up with (Though he did not agree with the decision, Chuck decided to abide by it.) 2. (v.) to remain (Despite the beating they’ve taken from the weather throughout the millennia, the mountains abide.)
• balk


  k (v.) to stop, block abruptly (Edna’s boss balked at her request for another raise.)
• banal


  (adj.) dull, commonplace (The client rejected our proposal because they found our presentation banal and unimpressive.)
• bane


  e (n.) a burden (Advanced physics is the bane of many students’ cademic lives.)
• bard


  (n.) a poet, often a singer as well (Shakespeare is often considered the greatest bard in the history of the English language.)
• bashful


  (adj.) shy, excessively timid (Frankie’s mother told him not to be bashful when he refused to attend the birthday party.)
• battery


  1.(n.) a device that supplies power (Most cars run on a combination of power from a battery and gasoline.) 2. (n.)assault, beating (Her husband was accused of assault and battery after he attacked a man on the sidewalk.)
• beguile


  (v.) to trick, deceive (The thief beguiled his partners into surrendering all of their money to him.).

  
  

  Think: BE GULLIBLE

  
  

  BE GULLIBLE, and you'll be easy to BEGUILE
• innocuous


  (adj.) harmless, inoffensive (In spite of their innocuous appearance, these mushrooms are actually quite poisonous.)
• invioable

  (adj.) secure from assault. Incapable of being dishonored or attacked (Nobody was ever able to break into Batman’s inviolable Batcave.)

  
  

  Think:

  
  

  "In-": Not.

  • "Violate": To break or dishonor.
  • Combine these to remember "not able to be violated."
• undifferentiated


  not discriminate or distinguish but instead to treat something the same as a whole rather than distinguishing different parts: uniform: lacking distinct or separate characteristics.

  "The artist's work remained undifferentiated, blending various styles and techniques without a clear focus."
• conceive


  1.form or devise (a plan or idea) in the mind.

  "the dam project was originally conceived in 1977"
• unexceptionable


  1.acceptable, satisfactory, or  not open to objection or criticism

  The committee found his proposal unexceptionable, as it addressed all their concerns and met every requirement.
• Inoffensive


  harmless
• Tempest


  a violent storm. "The sudden tempest caught the sailors off guard, tossing their ship violently on the raging seas."
• Folly


  1.lack of good judgement; it often implies foolishness or a reckless decision.

  "Investing all his savings in a risky venture was a folly that he would regret for years to come."
• cacophony


  1.(n.) tremendous noise, disharmonious sound (The elementary school orchestra created a cacophony at the recital.)
• cadence

  (n.) a rhythm, progression of sound (The pianist used the foot pedal to emphasize the cadence of the sonata.)