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SAT Vocabulary

Exercise Sheet

Unit 1

Name:

Date:

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Part 1: Guess

Instructions: Read the following sentences, guess the meanings of the

words written in bold and write down your guess for each word inEnglish or in Japanese.

1. Although everyone in the city demanded the police to be open aboutit, the chief officer refused to disclosedetails of the incident that

happened last week.

2. After the accident in Fukushima, the Japanese government promisedto rectifythe situation, but they havent done anything about it yet.

3. In spite of his bad manner at the formal dinner last night, he hasshown no remorsefor his actions.

4. Jonny always tries to provide moments of levityat his workplaceby saying something funny, but some of his coworkers find his jokes

highly inappropriate and was almost offended.

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5. Attempts to get supplies to the region are futilebecause troops willnot allow the aid to enter the city.

6. Atsuko always makes her boyfriend do all the housekeeping jobs.Shes totally exploitinghim.

7. Jonny seems to be under the erroneousimpression that Atsuko isin love with him, but his assumption is completely wrong.

8. She has a few nebulousideas about what she might want to do inthe future, but she has not decided on anything yet.

9. Napoleon was executed for his terrible dictatorship.10. Scientists have proved that CO2 causes environmental degradation.11.The points you make are fine, but the whole essay lacks coherence.

In other words, your arguments are not organized in logical order.

12.In the novel, Constanza is a paragonof virtue. Hes courageous,kind to everyone and intelligent.

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13.Picassos paintings exemplifythe modern paintings. No otherpictures can be a better example of modern paintings than Picassos.

14.In his autobiography, Obama wrote several anecdotesabout hisyears as a lawyer.

15.Dont be querulousand stay humble. Try to appreciate everythingthat other people do for you rather than complain about your own

situation.

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Your Guess

to disclose

to rectify

remorse

levity

futile

to exploit

erroneous

nebulous

to execute

degradation

coherence

paragon

to exemplify

anecdote

querulous

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Part 2: Checking the Answers

to disclose to make sth known

to rectify to correct sth

remorse deep regret

levity lack of seriousness

futile achieving nothing

to exploit to make full use of sth

erroneous wrong

nebulous vague

to execute to punish sb by killing

degradation the process of being destroyed

coherence the quality of being logical and consistent

paragon perfect example of sth

to exemplify to be a perfect example of sth

anecdote amusing story about real people/ event

querulous complaining a lot

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Part 3: Japanese Translation

Instructions: Guess the Japanese word for each of the following words.

to disclose

to rectify

remorse

levity

futile

to exploit

erroneous

nebulous

to execute

degradation

coherence

paragon

to exemplify

anecdote

querulous

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Part 4: Checking Answers

to disclose to rectify remorse levity futile

to exploit erroneous nebulous to execute

degradation coherence paragon

to exemplify anecdote querulous

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Part 5: Frequently Used Expressions

Instructions: The following words are used in combination with certain

prepositions or words. Write one example sentence for each of thefollowing expressions.

a futile attempt/ efforte.g.: The firefighter made a futile attempt to save the paintings from

the flames.

Example sentence:

be full of remorse/be filled with remorsee.g.: Filled with remorse, Dillon decided to resign.

Example sentence:

It is futile to do somethinge.g.: It was futile to continue the negotiations.

Example sentence:

paragon of somethinge.g.: The prince is a paragon of virtue.

Example sentence:

querulous voicee.g.: But why can't I go?' he said in a querulous voice.

Example sentence:

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remorse for somethinge.g.: She felt a pang of remorse for what she had done.

Example sentence:

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Part 6: Spelling

Instructions: Practice writing the following words. Pronounce the

words as you write.

disclose rectify

remorse levity

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futile exploit

erroneous nebulous

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execute degradation

coherence paragon

exemplify anecdote

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querulous

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Part 7: Word Fuse

Section A

Instructions: Connect the left and the right columns to create a word.

A. an ty

B. co ous

C. degradat ous

D. dis ous

E. errone morse

F. exempli ion

G. levi here-ence

H. nebul fy

I. querul fy

J. re ecdote

K. recti close

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Section B

Instructions: Look up the meanings of word parts and fill in the blanks.

-ence Noun: action or process, quality or state

-eous Adjective: having the quality of, relating to

-fy ( )

-ous Adjective: having the quality of, relating to

-ous Adjective: having the quality of, relating to

an Not

closean English word "to close (v)" which means( ) in

Japanese.

co ( )

dagradatrelated to an English word " to degrade (v)"

which means ( )in Japanese

dis ( )

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ecdotecomes from a Latin word "ekdotos

(published)"

erronrelated to an English word "error (n)" whichmeans ( )

in Japanese

exemplirelated to an English word "example (n),"

which means ( )

in Japanese.

fy ( )

here ( )

ion Noun: condition or action

levi ( )

morsecomes from a Latin word "mordere (to

bite)"

nebul comes from a Latin word "nebula (mist)"

querulcomes from a Latin word "queri (to

complain)"

re ( )

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recti ( )

ty Noun: state or quality

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Section C

Instructions: Write the words that you created in section A in the left

column. In the right column, refer to the table you filled out in Section

B and write down the word parts that belong to the word.

example:

Word Created Parts of Words Used

X. collaborate ,,

Word Created Parts of Words Used

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

F.

G.

H.

I.

J.

K.

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Part 8: Fill-Ins

Instructions: Fill in the blanks using the following words. Conjugate

verbs or change the forms of the nouns when necessary.

anecdote, coherence, degradation, to disclose, erroneous, to execute, toexemplify, to exploit, futile, levity, nebulous, paragon, querulous, to

rectify, remorse

1.Atsuko always makes her boyfriend do all the housekeeping jobs.

Shes totally him.2. She has a few ideas about

what she might want to do in the future, but she has not decided on

anything yet.

3. Jonny always tries to provide moments of

at his workplace by saying something funny, but some of his coworkersfind his jokes highly inappropriate and was almost offended.

4. Napoleon was for his terrible

dictatorship.

5. Attempts to get supplies to the region are

because troops will not allow the aid to enter the city.

6.In spite of his bad manners at the formal dinner last night, he has

shown no for his actions.

7.The points you make are fine, but the whole essay

lacks . In other words, your

arguments are not organized in logical order.

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8.Picassos paintings the modern

paintings. No other pictures can be a better example of modern

paintings than Picassos.

9. Scientists have proved that CO2 causes

environmental .

10.In his autobiography, Obama wrote several

about his years as a lawyer.

11.Although everyone in the city demanded the police to be open about

it, the chief officer refused to

details of the incident that happened last week.

12.Dont be and stay humble.

Try to appreciate everything that other people do for you.

13. Jonny seems to be under the

impression that Atsuko is in love with him, but his assumption is

completely wrong.

14.After the accident in Fukushima, the Japanese government promised

to the situation, but they havent

done anything about it yet.

15.In the novel, Constanza is a

of virtue. Hes courageous, kind to everyone and intelligent.

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Part 9: Word Scramble

Instructions: unscramble each of the following words. Use the hints

below as needed.

1) V I L E T Y

2) H E C O E N R E C

3) O T P X I L E

4) E F I P L E X Y M

5) S C O L D S E I

6) M E R E O R S

7) U O O N E S R E R

8) E U N L S B U O

9) S E U U L O U Q R

10) T I A A D N O D E G R

hints:1) lack of seriousness

2) the quality of being logical and consistent

3) to make full use of sth4) to be a perfect example of sth

5) to make sth known

6) deep regret

7) wrong

8) vague

9) complaining a lot

10) the process of being destroyed

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Part 10: Meaning Matching

Instructions: draw lines for words that have similar meanings.

nebulous story

to exploit vague

to exemplify to take advantage

of

to disclose regret

anecdote to make known

futile fruitless

remorse decline

to rectify to demonstrate

levity light-heartedness

degradation to correct