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Vocab for Winners

As the clerk of the office, Michael had a mundane life,consigned to regimenting scattershot files, that seemed interminable. One day, his disposition towards the job subverted, hating it and thinking all this years had only piqued him. He had enough to deal with a petulant boss who's curt instructions are always misleading. He didn't wait to get fired, he ousted himself from the office because he handles almost all the filing. Even if the boss wanted to fire him, he was the one to file it. After that, his normal life became ephemeral, he started to traverse to adjoining states. Peripatetic, he scours the states to ensconce himself where the guile of life no longer worries him.


mundane(adj)- boring
consign(verb)- put someone or something in (a place) in order to be rid of it or them
regiment(verb)- to systemize
interminable(adj)- endless
disposition(noun)- normal mood
subvert(verb)- to overturn from a foundation
petulant(adj)- childishly annoying
curt(adv)- brief to a point of rude
oust(verb)- remove
pique(verb)- to wound the pride of
ephemeral(adj)- temporary, not last long
adjoining(adj)- next to
peripatetic(adj)- itinerant, like to move from place to place
ensconce(verb)- place in a more secure environment
guile(noun)- deceit 

Try Yourself

My family's annual dinner was in two days and I was foolish and too.................. with my studies that I made a .................. by undermining my own family.

A. vilified.............gaucherie 

B. disparaged..............approbation

C.endeared.................aversion

D.solicitous..............sacrilege

E.conscientious................gambit

vilify(verb)-to speak in a disparaging manner

gaucherie(noun)- an awkward act

disparaged(adj)- belittled

approbation(noun)- approval

endear(verb)-  to cause love towards

aversion(noun)- a strong dislike

solicitous(adj)- concerned

sacrilege(noun)- violation of something considered sacred

conscientious(adj)- careful, thorough

gambit(noun)- stratagem 

For me this is a rank 5 question, the hardest level, most likely most of the words are very low frequency. If i were to get this question and not know most the meaning, i would leave it beacuse the SAT deducts points if answer incorrectly. The answer is d. i made it like this so it is harder to get a glimpse of the answer.

Knowing What to Say

Describe Julie:

Itinerant- Julie gave up her job as a sedentary office worker and joined an itinerant band which traverse         the states.

Dilatory- The professor has long bear the dilatory manner of Julie, often late to class and never on time for anything

Myopic- Julie is myopic, she often does things without thinking through or accepts other peoples opinion

Riven- Julie was riven when her boyfriend cheated on her behind her back

Remiss- Julie would certainly be remiss if she had cheated on her exam

What did Julie do:

Reciprocate- Julie reciprocated her friends favor by giving her some money

Cement- Julie tried to cement her deal with the company to increase her revenue

Encumber- Julie cant say no to people and often encumbers herself with too much task

Eschew- Julie need to stop eschewing challenges if she wants to build her confidence

Peruse- As the exam nears, Julie had already planned when is the most effective time to peruse the books

Itinerant(adj)- always moving from one place to the other

Sedentary(adj)- not moving much

Traverse(verb)- travel, explore

Dilatory(adj)- tardy

Myopic(adj)- narrow-minded

Riven(adj)- torn apart

Remiss(adj)- at fault

Reciprocate(verb)- to give quick response

Cement(verb)- to make permanent, establish

Encumber(verb)- to burden

Eschew(verb)- to shun away

Peruse(verb)- to read thoroughly

Vocab for Winners

Irked by the military blunder that was Gallipoli, Winston Churchill was remiss. He joined the frontlines to make amends, though having qualms of his decision. The frontlines was a hostile terrain, given to any man it would shake their courage. Paralyzing and deafening shockwaves from shelling can kill a man 10 meters from the explosion.  Most flotsam in the rivers are bodies of man, torn and unrecognizable, life was as if no value.  Known as the Trench war, men scurry through pits with no herald for advance to the other side. Churchill survived, luckily, and pursued his career in politics. During the dawn of World War 2 Churchill, experienced with war unlike the other members of house, refuse to remain stoic of Hitler’s  provoking acts and demand sanctions to be made against him. British at the time was mollifying their economy that was crippled and became sluggish due to World War 1; The prime minister had no intent to go to war again but little did he saw that war was imminent.

Irk(verb): bother

Remiss(adj): at fault

Amends(noun):compensation for a loss

Qualms(noun): feeling of doubt

Shelling(noun): bombardment of projectiles

Flotsam(noun): debris floating in river or sea

Scurry(verb): run with light feet

Stoic(adj): indifferent by pleasure or pain

Sanction(noun): coercive measure intended to ensure compliance

Coerce(verb): to use force

Mollify(verb):  to ease a burden, to pacify

  

Vocab for Winners

Annie was raised in an affluent family that lived in a sumptuous house located on a hillside. When she was 8 years old, she was brought to the local market and saw impoverished conditions. A handicapped boy came to her to ask for donations but her mother pulled her away from him like he was a rat. This elucidated her that her wealth must be shared with those who needed it more. But she was just a cog. As she grows, this childhood memory perturbed her to do something with it. At a dinner feast for her family’s friends, she was very decorous towards the guests that came. Suddenly, a waiter accidently spilled juice on Mr. Locks that was known as a surly man. Mr. Locks grabbed him and punched the waiter but Annie intervened and said “you have no right to ravage a man who did an accident even though he is barely solvent while we live a lavish life”. The other waiters became proponents for her on the matter and Mr. Locks was silenced. Annie tried to console the waiter that was assaulted and found him to be handicapped. 

Affluent: wealth

Sumptuous:  luxurious

Impoverish: weaken in quality

Elucidated: to clarify

Perturb: to bother

Cog: unimportant person

Decorous: marked by proper behavior

Surly:  bad-tempered, menacing

Intervene: to come between, person or things

Solvent: able to make ends meet

Lavish: sumptuous