SAT Vocabulary Week 4

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Across
  1. 1. (n.) something that came before (The great tradition of Western culture had its _________ in the culture of Ancient Greece.)
  2. 3. (adj.) clean, sterile (The _________hospital was very bare, but its cleanliness helped to keep patients healthy.)
  3. 5. (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.)
  4. 7. (adj.)lacking concern, emotion (Uninterested in politics, Bruno was _________ about whether he lived under a capitalist or communist regime.)
  5. 9. (n.)the absolute opposite (Your values, which hold war and violence in the highest esteem, are the _________of my pacifist beliefs.)
  6. 10. (adj.) ancient (The _________man still believed that Eisenhower was president of the United States and that hot dogs cost a nickel.)
  7. 12. (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.)
  8. 14. 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.)
  9. 15. (v.)to make void or invalid (After seeing its unforeseen and catastrophic effects, Congress sought to _________the law.)
  10. 16. (v.)to calm, satisfy (When the child cries, the mother gives him candy to _________him.)
Down
  1. 1. (n.) praise (The crowd welcomed the heroes with _________.)
  2. 2. (adj.) old, out of date (That _________car has none of the features, like power windows and steering, that make modern cars so great.)
  3. 4. (adj.) being unknown, unrecognized (Mary received a love poem from an _________admirer.)
  4. 6. (adj.)inspiring shock, horror, disgust (The judge found the murderer's crimes and lack of remorse _________.)
  5. 8. (n.) hostility (Superman and Bizarro Superman shared a mutual _________, and often fought.)
  6. 11. (adj.)fictitious, false, wrong (Because I am standing before you, it seems obvious that the stories circulating about my demise were _________.)
  7. 12. (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.)
  8. 13. (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.)
  9. 14. (v.)to assess the worth or value of (A realtor will come over tonight to _________our house.)
  10. 16. 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.)