SAT List 6 period 2 by Alejandro Martinez

Alejandro Martinez

alex_martinez98 — 2017-04-04 00:01:48 UTC

a) 7. Evoke - to call forth or up
b) verb
c) summon
d) noun: evoker
adjective: unevoked
e)1615–25; < Latin ēvocāre, equivalent to ē- e-1 + vocāre to call (akin to vōxvoice)
f) The new laws implemented by the new Shah evoke feelings of hatred from women in Iran.
g)feelings, advertisements

Alejandro Martinez

alex_martinez98 — 2017-04-04 00:32:59 UTC

a)8. Hack- a writer who produces dull, unoriginal work
b) noun

c) plagiarism

d)hackneyed (adjective)

e)"Person hired to do routine work," c.1700, ultimately short for hackney "anordinary horse" (c.1300), probably from place name Hackney, Middlesex (q.v.). Apparently nags were raised on the pastureland there in earlymedieval times. Extended sense of "horse for hire" (late 14c.) led naturallyto "broken-down nag," and also "prostitute" (1570s) and "drudge" (1540s).Sense of "carriage for hire" (1704) led to modern slang for "taxicab." As anadjective, 1734, from the noun. Hack writer is first recorded 1826; thoughhackney writer is at least 50 years earlier. Hack-work is recorded from1851.

f) Persepolis is not a hack because Marjane actually went through everything that is in the book.

g) person who plagiarizes or news reporter

Alejandro Martinez

alex_martinez98 — 2017-04-04 00:46:07 UTC

a) 10. Intromit - to send or put in
b) verb
c)to accept or enter

d)Intromissibility(noun) ;intromissive (adjective)

intromittent (adjective)

e)1375-1425; late Middle English intromitten < Latin intrōmittere to send in equivalent to intro - intro- + mittere to send

f) Marji and her grandma were going to intromit all the alcohol into the toilet.

g)coins in a piggy bank or mail in a mailbox

Alejandro Martinez

alex_martinez98 — 2017-04-04 00:54:31 UTC

a)12. Mercurial -characterized by rapid and unpredictable changeableness of mood

b) adjective
c) bipolar

d)mercurially (adverb); mercurialness ,mercuriality(noun); unmercurial (adjective); unmercurially (adverb); unmercurialness (noun)

e)1350-1400; Middle English < Latin mercuriālis of, pertaining to the god or planet Mercury

f) The guards were mercurial when they treated people against the shah and people supporting the shah.
g)girls time of the month or Bipolar disorder

Alejandro Martinez

alex_martinez98 — 2017-04-04 01:02:31 UTC

a) 9. Halcyon- denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful
b) adjective
c) peacefulness
d)halcyon (noun)
e)Middle English alceon, from Latin halcyon, from Greek alkyōn, halkyōn
First Known Use: 14th century
f) Marjane's hildhood would not be her halcyon years.
g)childhood and sleep

Alejandro Martinez

alex_martinez98 — 2017-04-04 01:11:32 UTC

a) 11. Mendacious- characterized by deception
b) adjective
c) deceitful ; dishonest
d)mendaciously adverb

mendaciousness noun

e)Latin mendac-, mendax — First Known Use: 1616
f) Citizens from Iran felt that their former shah was mendaciously ruling their country.
g) liar and dishonest

Alejandro Martinez

alex_martinez98 — 2017-04-04 02:45:45 UTC

a) 13. Parry- to evade or turn aside something
b) verb
c) avoid
d)adjective: parriable noun: parrier adjective: unparried
adjective: unvarying
e)1665–75; < French parez, imperative of parer to ward off, set off < Latinparāre to set.
f) Marji's parents would tell her to parry any revolutionary protest.
g) to avoid; evade

Alejandro Martinez

alex_martinez98 — 2017-04-04 02:51:23 UTC

a) 14. Parsimonious- frugal but often to the point of stinginess
b) adjective
c) stingy
d)adverb: parsimoniously
noun: parsimoniousness
adjective: unparsimonious
adverb:
unparsimoniously
e)First recorded in 1590–1600; parsimon(y) + -ious
f) Marji's parents were not parsimonious during the revolution as they still hosted parties and drank alcohol.
g) stingy and cheap

marcela Lamas

2017-04-04 03:57:49 UTC

1. Attenuate
A) reduced in thickness, density, or force
B) adjective
C) shrink, reduce
D) attenuated (adj.)
attenuating(v.)
attenuation (n.)
E)mid 16th century: from Latin attenuat- ‘made slender,’ from the verb attenuare, from ad- ‘to’ + tenuare ‘make thin’ (from tenuis ‘thin’).
F) Guards would attenuate opposing forces to the revolution.
G) sponge,gum,hair
H)

Angel Angeles

2017-04-04 04:47:53 UTC

15. Provincial
A. Limited in outlook; lacking the polish of urban society
B. Adjective
C. Having or showing the manners, viewpoints, etc.
D. Province (noun) provincially (adverb)
E. late 14c., "pertaining to a province," from Old French provincial "belonging to a particular province (of friars)" (13c.), from Latinprovincialis "of a province," from provincia (seeprovince).

Meaning "of the small towns and countryside" (as opposed to the capital and urban center) is from 1630s, a borrowed idiom from French, transferred from sense of "particular to the province," hence "local." Suggestive of rude, petty, or narrow society by 1755. Classical Latin provincialis seems not to have had this tinge. In British use, with reference to the American colonies, from 1680s.
F. Marji was provincial when she saw her family memebers from jail.
G. Close-minded, continental

Marcela Lamas

2017-04-04 04:49:08 UTC

2. Auburn
A) a reddish-brown color
B) noun
C)rust/rusty
D) auburn (adj.)
E) late Middle English: from Old French auborne, alborne, from Latin alburnus ‘whitish,’ from albus ‘white.’ The original sense was ‘yellowish white,’ but the word became associated with brown because in the 16th and 17th centuries it was often written abrune or abroun.
F) Auburn hair was forbidden in Iran during the revolution because it was part of the western style.
G)Fox, dye ,brick
H)

Angel Angeles

2017-04-04 04:55:47 UTC

16. Seemly
A. Suited to the occasion, person, or purpose
B. Adjective
C. Fitting in to something
D. Seemlier(adjective), Seemliest(adjective), seemliness (noun)
E."of pleasing or good appearance," also "proper, tasteful, decorous," early 13c., semlich, from Old Norse soemiligr "becoming, honorable," from soemr (see seem). Related: Seemliness. Old Norse also had soemleitr "fine to look at."
F. Marji had to wear clothing at school that covered everything from her so she was seemly with the rest of the class.
G. Deed, courtesy

Angel Angeles

2017-04-04 04:57:36 UTC

17. Sequester
A. To set apart
B. Verb
C. To hide aways something or someone
D. Sequesteration (noun), Sequestered ( adjective)
E. late 14c., "remove" something, "quarantine, isolate" (someone); "excommunicate;" also intransitive, "separate oneself from," from Old French sequestrer (14c.), from Late Latinsequestrare "to place in safekeeping," from Latin sequester "trustee, mediator," noun use of an adjective meaning "intermediate," which probably is related to sequi "to follow" (seesequel). Meaning "seize by authority, confiscate" is first attested 1510s. Alternativesequestrate (v.) is early 15c., from Latinsequestratus. Related: Sequestered;sequestering
F . The officer that went with Marji, her mom, and grandma sequestered his duty because even if her grandma has "diabetes" he still has a job to do.
G. cut off, withdraw

Angel Angeles

2017-04-04 04:59:00 UTC

18. Thwart
A. To oppose successfully
B. Verb
C. To prevent someone from accomplishing something
D. Thwarter (noun), Thwartedly (adverb)
E.c. 1200, from a Scandinavian source, probably Old Norse þvert "across," originally neuter ofthverr (adj.) "transverse, across," cognate with Old English þweorh "transverse, perverse, angry, cross," from Proto-Germanic *thwerh-"twisted, oblique" (source also of Middle Dutchdwers, Dutch dwars "cross-grained, contrary," Old High German twerh, German quer, Gothicþwairhs "angry"), altered (by influence of*thwer- "to turn") from *therkh-, from PIE*terkw- "to twist" (source also of Latin torquere"to twist," Sanskrit tarkuh "spindle," Old Church Slavonic traku "band, girdle," Old High German drahsil "turner," German drechseln "to turn on a lathe"), possibly a variant of *twerk-"to cut." From mid-13c. as an adjective.
F. Marji did not want the enemies to attack them so she told her dad to thwart them from doing so.
G. Confuse, beat

Angel Angeles

2017-04-04 05:02:43 UTC

19. Vagary
A. An erratic or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion
B. Noun
C. Unexpected change
D. Vagarious (adjective), vagariously (adverb)
E.1570s, "a wandering, a roaming journey," from Italian vagare or directly from Latin vagari "to wander, stroll about, roam, be unsettled, spread abroad," from vagus "roving, wandering" (see vague). The infinitive appears to have been adopted in English as a noun and conformed to nouns in -ary, "but this can hardly be explained except as an orig. university use" [Century Dictionary]. Current meaning of "eccentric notion or conduct" (1620s) is from notion of mental wandering. Related: Vagaries.
F. Marji experienced a vagary moment when the community was in peace and now is in violence and in no good position.
G. Freak, humor

Angel Angeles

2017-04-04 05:05:45 UTC

20. Wistful
A. Full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy
B. Adjective
C. Having a regretful moment
D. Wistfully (adverb), wistfulness (noun)
E.1610s, "closely attentive," perhaps from obsolete wistly "intently" (c. 1500), of uncertain origin. Perhaps formed on the model ofwishful. Middle English wistful meant "bountiful, well-supplied," from Old Englishwist "provisions." The meaning of "longingly pensive, musing" is by 1714. Related: Wistfully;wistfulness.
F. Marji feels wistful for not being able to help in this war no matter how hard she tries to.
G. Hopeless, sad

Marcela Lamas

2017-04-04 05:25:17 UTC

3. Audacious
A) recklessly bold
B) adjective
C) brave, valiant
D) audaciously (adj.)
audaciousness (n.)
E)mid 16th century: from Latin audax, audac- ‘bold’ (from audere ‘dare’)
F) The audacious demonstrations about the veils in Iran were worthless.
G) heroes, building climbers
H)

marcela lamas

2017-04-04 05:36:55 UTC

4. Cloistered
A) providing shelter from contact with the outside world
B)adjective
C)hidden, isolated, excluded
D) cloistering (v.)
cloister (v.)
E)Middle English (in the sense ‘place of religious seclusion’): from Old French cloistre, from Latin claustrum, clostrum ‘lock, enclosed place,’ from claudere ‘to close.’
F) Marji's parents cloistered her when they were being bomber.
G) jail, asylum, prison
H)

marcela lamas

2017-04-04 05:48:18 UTC

5. Coalescence
A) a union of diverse entities into the body, form, or group
B) noun
C) unite, join, combine
D) coalescent (adj.)
coalesced (v.)
E) 1535-45; < Latin coalēscere, equivalent to co- co- + al- (stem of alere tonourish, make grow) + -ēscere -esce
F) Many coalescent children joined the army in Iran during the revolution.
G) people, government, diversity
H)

marcela lamas

2017-04-04 06:00:55 UTC

6. Diaphanous
A)characterized by extreme delicacy of form
B) adjective
C) babies, skin, eyes
D) diaphanously (adv.)
diaphanousness (n.)
E) early 17th century: from medieval Latin diaphanus, from Greek diaphanēs, from dia ‘through’ + phainein ‘to show.’
F) Marji's attitude was very diaphanous about her uncle being executed.
G)surgery, baby, birth
H)

marcela lamas

2017-04-04 06:12:21 UTC

7. Evoke
A) to call forth or up
B)verb
C) induce, courage
D) evoker (n.)
evoked (v.)
E)early 17th century (sense 2): from Latin evocare, from e- (variant of ex- ) ‘out of, from’ + vocare ‘to call.’
F) Marji's parents evoked peace into their family and friends.
G) judge, lawyer
H)