Webster Essential Vocabulary

• Cary Grant always appeared well varnishedin his screen persona.


• A fisherman always varnisheshis tales about the big one that got away.
  [-ed, -ing]
  venerable* (VEN ir uh bl) adj. 1. deserving of reverence or respect by virtue of
  age and dignity or position and character; 2. impressive because of age, history, or
  religious significance


• Any Bugatti automobile that has survived to this day can certainly be
  referred to as venerable.


• The dowager empress of China, who reigned during the so-called Boxer
  Rebellion, was a venerablewoman.
  [venerably adv.]
  venerate(VEN ir ayt)vt. to revere; to regard with great respect; to view as
  venerable


• Nowadays, teenagers seem to veneratevery little, with the exception of the
  pope and Mick Jagger.


• It is customary among Americans to venerateour founding fathers and
  mothers.
  [-d, venerating]

Quick Review #84.

Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

U – Z: SAT Words 235

1. urbanized


2. urge


3. Utopia


4. vaccine


5. valid


6. valorous


7. vanquish


8. varied


9. variety


10. varnish


11. venerable


12. venerate

a. diversity

b. legitimate

c. changed

d. conquer

e. impressive

f. citified

g. embellish

h. revere

i. innoculation

j. exhort

k. courageous

l. paradise