SAT Vocab. Lesson 8

• Pg. 75

Quiz on Friday, Nov. 21

beget (verb)to produce; to make happen;

to generate

Hatred begets more hatred.

educe (verb)to draw out or bring out; to elicit

The lawyer tried to educe a response from the witness.

glean(verb)to collect bit by bit; garner;to gather with patient labor

The investigator gleaned pertinent information from the witnesses to the crash.

chafe (verb)to wear or irritate, often through rubbing or friction

The freezing wind chafed our faces as we struggled through the storm.

effrontery (noun)shameless boldness; nerve; audacity;

impudence

The thief had the effrontery to demand a reward for returning the money he had stolen.

imbibe (verb)to drink (especially alcohol)

After the raid, the Vikings feasted and imbibed to the point of physical sickness.

feign (verb)to pretend; to fake; simulate

He feigned an interest in the conversation, but his mind wandered elsewhere.

desist (verb)to stop; to discontinue; to end; cease

The police ordered the rioters to desist before someone got hurt.

allude (verb)to hint at, suggest or imply;

to refer to indirectly

“Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama's running so we all can fly.”

• Rosa Parks SAT at the front of the bus defiantly.• Martin Luther led civil rights marches, or WALKS.• Barack Obama RAN for president.

The attorney alluded to a cover-up without actually mentioning it.

elite (noun)the choice members or the best of a group

Soldiers in the Special Forces are part of the military’s elite.

Exercise I – Words in Context p. 76

1. Then psychologist used a form of hypnotism to ____ her patient’s childhood memories. Little by little, the doctor ______ clues that might ____ the solution to Kate’s disorder.

Originally, the doctor worried that Kate would

_____ compliance and simply pretend to

remember things, but the doctor could tell

that the memories were real by the way in

which they seemed to ______ the patient

emotionally. One hour was all Kate could

stand before her therapy had to ______ for

the day.

2. As usual, the Senator’s cocktail party was

a gathering of the society ______. Some

guests mingled and chatted about

politics while they ______ fine wine, but

others demonstrated a social _____ by

first eating and then criticizing the host’s

menu selections.

The critics never actually said they

didn’t enjoy the food, of course;

they merely ______ to the host’s

questionable choice of caterer.

p. 77 Homework:Exercise II – Sentence Completion

1. The councilman was concerned that a pool hall would beget . . .

2. Members of the school’s academic elite were chosen to . . .

3. From her moving story, the author hoped that readers would educe . . .

4. Without actually saying what was wrong with the program, Beth alluded to . . .

5. Jamie gleaned as much information about painting as she could before she . . .

6. The teacher told the students that if they didn’t desist, they would . . .

7. The criminal complained that his handcuffs chafed . . .

8. Neil feigned sickness in an effort to . . .

9. In a display of effrontery, the waiter . . .

10. The festive bunch feaster and imbibed after

. . .