SAT Vocabulary

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SAT Vocabulary

• Lesson 4
• Pg. 39-40
• Quiz on Friday Oct.10

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ELUDE (verb)

• to escape notice evade avoid
• to get away from
• The prisoner tried to elude the guards by
  hiding in the laundry truck.

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FALLOW (adjective)

• inactive unproductive idle barren
• A fallow mind needs to be stimulated with
  challenging ideas and projects.

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BLIGHT (noun)

• anything that destroys, prevents growth or causes
  devaluation disease affliction
• The junkyard was a blight on the otherwise
  appealing neighborhood.

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OBSEQUY (noun)

• a funeral rite or ceremony
• The explorers held brief obsequies for their
  fallen leader before burying him on the side of
  the mountain.

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DENIZEN (noun)

• an occupant an inhabitant
• Prairie dogs are denizens of the Great Plains,
  so it is unlikely that you would see one in Maine.

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FEALTY (noun)

• obligated loyalty or faithfulness
• devotion allegiance fidelity
• Peasants who did not show any fealty to the
  duke often disappeared.

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ENTICE (verb)

• to attract by offering reward or pleasure lure
  tempt
• The styling and color of the gown enticed me,
  but I could not afford such an extravagant
  purchase.

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GRATIFY (verb)

• to please, satisfy or indulge
• To gratify the pouting child, his mother handed
  him a lollipop.

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LAGGARD (noun)

• a slow person, especially one who falls
  behind straggler dawdler
• Wear good shoes on the hike, or youll be a
  laggard and delay the entire group.

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GAMBIT (noun)

• a maneuver or action used to gain advantage
• The generals gambit sacrificed many soldiers,
  but ultimately won the battle .

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Exercise 1 Words in Context p. 40

• 1. Overuse of the soil and an extended
  drought contributed to the __________ known in
  history as the Dust Bowl. In the Midwest,
  ____________ fields lay barren for decades,
  forcing many ________ of the community to give up
  their farms and seek employment in their cities,
  where industry __________ them with promises of
  steady, but ultimately miniscule, paychecks.

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• followed the Dust Bowl, farmers stopped
  over-plowing fields because they knew that no one
  could _______ natures wrath.

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• 2. The king knew that his plan for a surprise
  attack would be a ________ that would test the
  ___________ of his soldiers, but it was the only
  chance he had of thwarting the invading fleet.
  Speed would be the key to success one _________
  in the ranks could jeopardize the entire
  operation if the soldiers were not in place at
  the right time.

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• As an incentive to fight well, the king
  promised to ________ each soldier with twenty
  acres of land after the battle. The promise was
  unprecedented, but on the other hand, if the army
  should fail, then the soldiers would be lucky to
  have proper _____________ because the invaders
  did not plan to take prisoners.

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Ex. II Sentence Completion p. 41

1. The manager gratified the complaining customer by
   . . .

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• 2. The oil spill was a blight that caused . . .

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• 3. The villagers had limited fealty for
• the new king
• because he

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• 4. Tim tried to elude the mosquitoes by . . .

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• 5. Mikhails gambit during the chess game cost
  him . . .

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• 6. Many denizens of the beach community like to .
  . .

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• 7. The laggard didnt get tickets to the concert
  because he . . .

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• 8. The brochure enticed Annette to visit the
  island because . . .

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• 9. The fallow economy forced many investors to .
  . .

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• 10. Instead of a typical obsequy, the dying man
  requested