160 MCGRAW-HILL’S SAT
Vocabulary Lesson 48: Go Forth
Today’s roots: supare scatter satur full
vergere, vert to turn undare to flow❑ disseminate(v) to spread information (dis-away+seminareto sow)
The members of the band disseminatedflyers that advertised their debut concert this coming weekend.
Synonyms:circulate, publicize, distribute Antonym:suppress❑ diverge(v) to go apart (dis-away+vergereto turn)
After traveling together for nearly 100 miles, the two cars finally diverged.
Synonyms:divide, branch Antonyms:converge, merge❑ proliferate(v) to grow rapidly; to produce offspring at a rapid pace (prolesoffspring)
The bacteria proliferatedat an alarming rate, multiplying tenfold in just 30 minutes.
Synonyms:expand, multiply Antonyms:wither, shrink❑ amass(v) to accumulate; to gather together
Over the years, Rick has amassedquite a collection of CDs, accumulating over 1,000 of them.
Synonyms:collect, gather, hoard Antonyms:distribute, disperse❑ distend(v) to swell; to increase in size (dis-apart+tendereto stretch)
Malnutrition can cause the abdominal cavity to distendand produce a bloated look.
Synonyms:expand, dilate Antonym:constrict❑ propagate(v) to cause to multiply; to publicize; to travel through a medium (pro-forth)
Plants of all sizes and shapes propagateby forming seeds, which develop into new seedlings.
Synonyms:procreate, breed❑ inundate(v) to flood (in-into+undareto flow)
After days without work, the lawyer was astonished to suddenly find himself inundatedwith paperwork.
Synonyms:engulf, overwhelm, swamp, deluge❑ diffuse(v) to spread out, as a gas (dis-apart+fundereto pour)
Synonyms:circulate, disseminate❑ germinate(v) to sprout; to grow (germensprout)
Synonyms:bud, burgeon, develop❑ disperse(v) to spread apart (dis-apart+spargereto scatter)
Synonyms:diffuse, disseminate❑ rampant(adj) growing out of control (ramperto climb)
Synonyms:rife, predominant, prevalent❑ dissipate(v) to scatter (dis-apart+supareto scatter)
Synonyms:dispel, disperse❑ saturate(v) to fill completely, as with a liquid or solute (saturfull)
Synonyms:soak, imbue