tailieunhanh - Sat - MC Grawhill part 12

Like most high school-ers, I have studied for numerous standardized tests (mostly SAT IIs) and used Princeton Review, and Kaplan methods. While it is important to buy one Princeton Review/Kaplan (Barron's usually has too much information, and is very time consuming, if you have that kind of time, they work well) in order to see their view of how to "crack" these tests, it seems as though they simply copied the sections of how to crack the tests from one book to another as the books covering different tests offer almost no explicitly new information that one didn't pick up. | 100 MCGRAW-HILL S SAT Vocabulary Lesson 14 Cruel and Unusual Today s roots vilis worthless de- down super- above beyond -less without ruthless adj cruel merciless rue regret -less without Torquemada is widely regarded as the most ruthless interrogator of the Spanish Inquisition. Synonyms brutal callous Antonyms civilized humane merciful contempt n scorn disrespect Many eminent and successful scientists often show contempt for novel theories that question their own. Synonyms disdain scorn Antonyms respect honor reverence callous adj hardened insensitive Because they see so much suffering daily emergency room doctors often struggle to avoid becoming callous. Synonyms insensitive dispassionate Antonyms compassionate empathetic sympathetic sadistic adj taking pleasure in the pain of others from the Marquis de Sade The sadistic youngster smiled as he watched his classmate get hit in the head with a dodgeball. Synonyms barbarous savage ruthless Antonyms civilized humane supercilious adj full of haughty arrogance super- above cilium eyebrow Although he seems supercilious when you first meet him Joe is actually a modest and down-to-earth guy. Synonyms haughty cavalier Antonyms diffident unassuming humble idiosyncrasy n a peculiar trait or habit idio peculiar My history teacher has the idiosyncrasy of always squinting just before she asks a question of the class. Synonyms quirk affectation eccentricity singularity anomaly n unusual event an- not homos same The ninety-degree day in Siberia was an anomaly the temperature had gone that high only once before. Synonyms aberration irregularity Antonym regularity incongruous adj inappropriate not in keeping with a pattern in- not congru agree fetter v to tie up to chain Synonyms shackle hamper notorious adj famous for bad things notus known Synonyms infamous disreputable decry v to speak out against de- down crier cry Synonyms vilify condemn vilify v to slander to defame vilis worthless Synonyms denigrate malign libel calumniate .