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Tutami Learning:SAT Reading Sample

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irrelevance

short sentence

short passage

long passage

(major types of categories)

miss conception

ab-: something negative

chronic 慢性的

字根字首：

1.      incorporate： to form into a legal corporation

Ex： Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with the people.

inefficient： not efficient; unable to effect or achieve the desired result with reasonable economy of means

Ex： But innovation is horribly wasteful and inefficient.

indistinct： not clearly marked or defined

Ex： Everyone would sound as distinctly indistinct as a television newscaster.

injustice： the quality or fact of being unjust; inequity

Ex： But there have always been people willing to stand up boldly and courageously against such injustice.

3. conflict： to fight or contend

Ex： The results are surprisingly pleasing, given the potential for conflict among so many kinds of plants.

condense： to make more dense or compact

Ex： To condense a longer story: one of those flashes apparently was the flash from a red-light camera.

conclude： to bring to an end

Ex： But it is time to conclude this introduction lest it anticipate and forestall the work, instead of merely preceding it.

conceal： withdraw or remove from observation

Ex： In response to the furor, artists began to avoid forbidden images or conceal them under dotting, stippling and cross-hatches.

4. magnanimous：  generous in forgiving an insult or injury

Ex： That includes a woman who can go from being amazingly petty to astonishingly magnanimous.

magniloquent： speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style

Ex： By the time they got near to Pickwance, he himself had waxed almost magniloquent on the cultivation of turnips.

magnify： to increase the apparent size of, as a lens does

Ex： Down the road, this crisis will magnify as doctors leave this demanding field or retire.

magnificent： making a splendid appearance or show

Ex： The result is magnificent from start to finish.

5. acidulous： slightly sour

Ex： Spacey, after a long career of playing acidulous bad guys, gives a performance of surprising gentleness.

acrid： sharp or biting to the taste or smell

Ex： The vans still smoldered and set an acrid tang in the air which stung bitter in the back of the throat.

acrimonious： caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior

Ex： They should recognize that effective representation does not require antagonistic or acrimonious behavior.

acerbity： sourness, with roughness or astringency of taste

Ex： The benevolence and public spirit of that long life had only been equalled by its acerbity.

單字筆記：

1. activate(v.)： to make active

Ex： Researchers start by coaxing cells in culture to activate bitter-taste receptors.

2. default(v.)： to fail to perform or pay

Ex： The player defaulted in the tournament because of her injury.

3. defective(adj.)： having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect

Ex： Sure, the product's quality is graded, but nothing is done about defective understanding as the student is pushed down the line.

4. endeavor(n.)： a strenuous effort

Ex： Each endeavor begins with a fresh concept and a desire to achieve something new.

5. hesitate(v.)：to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination

Ex： Only the innocent close their eyes in movies, turn from danger, hesitate in fright.

6. hook (n.)：a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something

Ex： He quickly suggested putting a hook ed stick in each room that could be used to reach up and grab the metal hook on the screen.

7. incorporate(v.)： to form or combine into one body or uniform substance, as ingredients

Ex： Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with the people.

8. senior citizen：an elderly or aged person, especially one who is retired or whose principal source of support is a pension or Social Security benefits

Ex： Advanced reservations are required and senior citizen discounts are available.

9. set apart from：

Ex： Her clear and elegant prose sets her apart from most other journalists.

10. nomad(n.)： a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply

Ex： For the time being, he is a culinary nomad.

11. Utopia(n.)： an imaginary island described in Sir Thomas More's Utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics

- Utopian

Ex： This view makes peace permeable and imperfect rather than static and Utopian.

12. overthrown(v.)： to put an end to by force, as a government or institution

Ex： He was overthrown three years later and the republic was restored.

13. biofuel (n.)： fuel, as wood or ethanol, derived from biomass

Ex： The oil-rich countries may not seem the likeliest patrons of research on solar or wind or biofuel energy.

14. gated(adj.)： (of patterns in a foundry mold) linked by gate

Ex：In some circles, there's even something aristocratic about it: it becomes the key to a gated community.

15. barter(v.)： to trade by exchange of commodities rather than by the use of money

Ex： In some cases, a barter arrangement can be created to swap professional services.

16. slacks(n.)： men's or women's trousers for informal wear

Ex： Seated on a stool with hands folded primly on its lap, it wore a bright pink blazer and gray slacks.

17. molecule(n.)： Chemistry, Physics. the smallest physical unit of an element or compound, consisting of one or more like atoms in an element and two or more different atoms in a compound

Ex： Plants grow using the hydrogen part of the water molecule.

18. glimpse(v.)： to look briefly; glance

Ex： It presents an often-confounding glimpse at the inner soul of foreign cultures.

19. stethoscope (n.)： an instrument used in auscultation to convey sounds in the chest or other parts of the body to the ear of the examiner

Ex： IF any one tool could be declared the symbol of the medical profession, it would surely be the stethoscope.

20.moist(adj.)： moderately or slightly wet; damp

Ex： The clean, moist air then continues its journey until it encounters a series of vertical condensing pipes.

21. grease(n.)： the melted or rendered fat of animals, especially when in a soft state

Ex： Lumps may need a lot of elbow grease and a good whisk, but they can be banished.

22. conduct(v.)： to direct in action or course; manage; carry on

Ex： His infractions included conduct unbecoming an officer, using intemperate language and being drunk on duty.

23. spurt(v.)： to gush or issue suddenly in a stream or jet, as a liquid

Ex： Biggest growth spurt yet for powerhouse video service.

24. propel(v.):  to impel or urge onward

Ex： New levels of philanthropic investments can propel them beyond the subsistence support that has been far too customary.

25. stamina(n.): strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation

Ex： Out in the hot, dusty desert, these wild horses develop incredible strength and stamina.