SAT Vocabulary Week 4

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Across
  1. 1. (v.)to make void or invalid (After seeing its unforeseen and catastrophic effects, Congress sought to _________the law.)
  2. 2. (n.) a selected collection of writings, songs, etc. (The new _________ of Bob Dylan songs contains all his greatest hits and a few songs that you might never have heard before.)
  3. 3. (n.) something that came before (The great tradition of Western culture had its _________ in the culture of Ancient Greece.)
  4. 4. (adj.) clean, sterile (The _________hospital was very bare, but its cleanliness helped to keep patients healthy.)
  5. 5. (n.) praise (The crowd welcomed the heroes with _________.)
  6. 7. (n.)intense uneasiness (When he heard about the car crash, he felt _________because he knew that his girlfriend had been driving on the road where the accident occurred.)
  7. 8. (adj.)fictitious, false, wrong (Because I am standing before you, it seems obvious that the stories circulating about my demise were _________.)
  8. 9. (adj.) being unknown, unrecognized (Mary received a love poem from an _________admirer.)
  9. 10. 1. (v.)to incorporate territory or space (After defeating them in battle, the Russians _________ed Poland.) 2. (n.) a room attached to a larger room or space (He likes to do his studying in a little ________ attached to the main reading room in the library.)
  10. 11. (n.)the absolute opposite (Your values, which hold war and violence in the highest esteem, are the _________of my pacifist beliefs.)
  11. 14. (v.)to calm, satisfy (When the child cries, the mother gives him candy to _________him.)
  12. 15. (adj.)lacking concern, emotion (Uninterested in politics, Bruno was _________ about whether he lived under a capitalist or communist regime.)
Down
  1. 1. (n.) something that does not fit into the normal order ("That rip in the space­time continuum is certainly a spatial _________," said Spock to Captain Kirk.)
  2. 2. 1. (v.)to seize, arrest (The criminal was apprehended at the scene.) 2. (v.)to perceive, understand, grasp (The student has trouble _________ing concepts in math and science.)
  3. 3. (n.) hostility (Superman and Bizarro Superman shared a mutual _________, and often fought.)
  4. 5. (adj.) ancient (The _________man still believed that Eisenhower was president of the United States and that hot dogs cost a nickel.)
  5. 6. (adj.) old, out of date (That _________car has none of the features, like power windows and steering, that make modern cars so great.)
  6. 11. (n.) a strong dislike, repugnance (I know you love me, but because you are a liar and a thief, I feel nothing but _________for you.)
  7. 12. (v.)to assess the worth or value of (A realtor will come over tonight to _________our house.)
  8. 13. (adj.)inspiring shock, horror, disgust (The judge found the murderer's crimes and lack of remorse _________.)