SAT Vocab. Lesson 8
•Pg. 75
Quiz on Friday, Nov. 21
beget (verb)
to produce; to make happen;
to generate
Hatred begets more hatred.
educe (verb)
to draw out or bring out; to elicit
The lawyer tried to educe a response
from the witness.
glean(verb)
to collect bit by bit; garner;
to gather with patient labor
The investigator gleaned
pertinent information from the
witnesses to the crash.
chafe (verb)
to wear or irritate, often through rubbing
or friction
The freezing wind chafed our faces as we
struggled through the storm.
effrontery (noun)
shameless boldness; nerve; audacity;
impudence
The thief had the effrontery to demand a
reward for returning the money he had
stolen.
imbibe (verb)
to drink (especially alcohol)
After the raid, the Vikings feasted and
imbibed to the point of physical sickness.
feign (verb)
to pretend; to fake; simulate
He feigned an interest in the
conversation, but his mind wandered
elsewhere.
desist (verb)
to stop; to discontinue; to end; cease
The police ordered the rioters to
desist before someone got hurt.
allude (verb)
to hint at, suggest or imply;
to refer to indirectly
“Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk.
Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run.
Obama's running so we all can fly.”
• Rosa Parks SAT at the front of the bus defiantly.
• Martin Luther led civil rights marches, or WALKS.
• Barack Obama RAN for president.
The attorney alluded to a cover-up
without actually mentioning it.
elite (noun)
the choice members or the best of a group
Soldiers in the Special Forces are part of
the military’s elite.
Exercise I – Words in Context
1.
p. 76
Then psychologist used a
form of hypnotism to ____
her patient’s childhood
memories. Little by little, the
doctor ______ clues that
might ____ the solution to
Kate’s disorder.
Originally, the doctor worried that Kate
would _____ compliance and simply
pretend to remember things, but the
doctor could tell that the memories were
real by the way in which they seemed to
______ the patient emotionally. One hour
was all Kate could stand before her
therapy had to ______ for the day.
2. As
usual, the Senator’s cocktail party was
a gathering of the society ______. Some
guests mingled and chatted about
politics while they ______ fine wine, but
others demonstrated a social _____ by
first eating and then criticizing the host’s
menu selections.
The critics never actually said they
didn’t enjoy the food, of course;
they merely ______ to the host’s
questionable choice of caterer.
p. 77 Homework:
Exercise II – Sentence Completion
1.
The councilman was
concerned that a pool hall
would beget . . .
2.
Members of the school’s
academic elite were
chosen to . . .
3.
From her moving story,
the author hoped that
readers would educe . . .
4. Without actually saying
what was wrong with the
program, Beth alluded to . .
.
5. Jamie gleaned as much
information about
painting as she could
before she . . .
6. The teacher told the
students that if they didn’t
desist, they would . . .
7. The criminal complained
that his handcuffs chafed . .
.
8. Neil feigned sickness in an
effort to . . .
9. In a display of
effrontery, the waiter . . .
10. The festive bunch
feaster and imbibed after
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