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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 in
English or in Japanese.

1. Although everyone in the city demanded the police to be open about
it, the chief officer refused to disclose details of the incident that
happened last week.
2. After the accident in Fukushima, the Japanese government promised
to rectify the situation, but they havent done anything about it yet.
3. In spite of his bad manner at the formal dinner last night, he has
shown no remorse for his actions.
4. Jonny always tries to provide moments of levity at his workplace
by 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 futile because troops will
not allow the aid to enter the city.
6. Atsuko always makes her boyfriend do all the housekeeping jobs.
Shes totally exploiting him.
7. Jonny seems to be under the erroneous impression that Atsuko is
in love with him, but his assumption is completely wrong.
8. She has a few nebulous ideas about what she might want to do in
the 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 paragon of virtue. Hes courageous,
kind to everyone and intelligent.

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13. Picassos paintings exemplify the modern paintings. No other
pictures can be a better example of modern paintings than Picassos.
14. In his autobiography, Obama wrote several anecdotes about his
years as a lawyer.
15. Dont be querulous and stay humble. Try to appreciate everything
that 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 the
following expressions.

a futile attempt/ effort
e.g.: The firefighter made a futile attempt to save the paintings from
the flames.
Example sentence:

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

It is futile to do something
e.g.: It was futile to continue the negotiations.
Example sentence:

paragon of something
e.g.: The prince is a paragon of virtue.
Example sentence:

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

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remorse for something
e.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

close
an English word "to close (v)" which means
( ) in
Japanese.

co ( )

dagradat
related to an English word " to degrade (v)"
which means ( )
in Japanese

dis ( )

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ecdote
comes from a Latin word "ekdotos
(published)"

erron
related to an English word "error (n)" which
means ( )
in Japanese

exempli
related to an English word "example (n),"
which means ( )
in Japanese.

fy ( )

here ( )

ion Noun: condition or action

levi ( )

morse
comes from a Latin word "mordere (to
bite)"

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

querul
comes 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, to
exemplify, 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 coworkers
find 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 sth
4) 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