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J – K: SAT Words
• Justice must be meted out equally to all; anything else is unjust. 147
• Justice must allow no favoritism of any kind.
• Justice requires that the good be rewarded and the evil be punished.
• The courts of law in this country are charged with administering justice.
•A justice of the peace has the power to perform weddings.
justify (JUHS ti fy) vt. 1. to show to be right; vindicate; 2. to supply lawful
grounds for; warrant —vi. 1. to show sufficient reason for doing something; prove;
2. to align a row or rows of type on a page
• The town cited the fire hazard caused by old wiring to justify upgrading its
electrical code.
• Law officers must present a judge with some evidence of wrongdoing to
justify getting a wiretap warrant.
• Mr. Jones must justify his having cut down Mrs. Smith’s oak tree.
• The lines of type on most papers that you submit in school are justified on
the left.
[justified, -ing, justification n.]
juxtaposition (JUHX tuh puh ZISH in) n. placed side by side or close together
• Words that modify other words should be placed in juxtaposition to the
words they modify.
• When returning home after grocery shopping, it is preferable to place the
trunk of the car in juxtaposition with the door to your house nearest the
kitchen.
knowledge (NAH lij) n. 1. information; awareness; understanding; 2. acquain-
tance with the facts; 3. the complete body of information; enlightenment
• Do you have any knowledge of the whereabouts of Waldo?
• It is important to have a thorough knowledge of the facts before reaching
any conclusion about them.
• An encyclopedia attempts to catalog all the knowledge of mankind, and it
does it alphabetically for convenience.

QUICK REVIEW #51
Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.
1. jaded a. nearby
2. journal b. fairness
3. judge c. vindicate
4. judicial d. information

5. justice e. wearied
6. justify f. evaluate
7. juxtaposition g. unbiased
8. knowledge h. diary