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UNIT 8 VOCABULARY REVIEW

SAT/ACT PREP. UNIT 8 VOCABULARY REVIEW. Disseminate. To spread broadly as though sowing seeds (verb) Root SEMIN = sow. Prerogative.  Exclusive privilege or right; a special advantage, esp. a right attached to an office, rank or status (noun) Root ROGA = ask, beg. Affluence.

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UNIT 8 VOCABULARY REVIEW

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  1. SAT/ACT PREP UNIT 8VOCABULARY REVIEW

  2. Disseminate • To spread broadly as though sowing seeds (verb)Root SEMIN = sow

  3. Prerogative •  Exclusive privilege or right; a special advantage, esp. a right attached to an office, rank or status (noun)Root ROGA = ask, beg

  4. Affluence •  A plentiful flow or supply; abundance of wealth or property (noun)Root FLU = flowing

  5. Fortuitous • Happening by chance whether good or bad; random; unexpected (adjective)Root FORT = chance, luck

  6. Strigent • Binding, drawing or pressing tight; marked by rigor, strictness or severity esp. with regard to rule or standard (adjective)Root STRING = draw tight, bind

  7. Abject • Having no pride or spirit; showing utter resignation; hopeless; sunk to a lowest degree; contemptible (adjective)Root JECT = throw

  8. Impeccable • Not liable to sin; incapable of wrongdoing; free from fault or blame; flawless (adjective)Root PECC = sin

  9. Truncate • To shorten by cutting; to cut off a part of; (verb)Root TRUNC = trunk, a stem

  10. Arbitrary • Depending on choice or discretion rather than defined by law; based on opinion, preference or whim (adjective)Root BITE-BAETE = to come, go

  11. Impervious • Not allowing entrance or passage; impenetrable; not capable of being affected or disturbed (adjective)Root VI-VIA = way

  12. Unobtrusive • Not inclined to intrude, to shove/push forward or call to notice without warrant or request (adjective)Root TRUS-TRUD = to thrust

  13. Cognizant • Having conscious recognition; with a range of understanding or awareness (adjective)Root COGN = know

  14. Insatiable • Incapable of being satisfied fully, as a person or an appetite (adjective)Root SATI = enough

  15. Unscrupulous • Unprincipled; without qualms or ethical considerations that makes someone uneasy or inhibits actions (adjective)Root SCRUPUL = small sharp stone

  16. Compulsory • Required by authority; having the power of driving or urging forcefully or irresistibly (adjective)Root PULS = drive, push, throw

  17. Oscillate • To swing backward and forward regularly; to move rhythmically (verb)Root OSCILL = swing

  18. Analogous • Resembling; similar in biological function but different in structure and origin; showing a likeness permitting one to draw an inference (adjective)Root LOG = word

  19. Destitute • Lacking something needed or desirable; extremely poor (adjective)Root STIT = set, place

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