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QUICK REVIEW #61 P – Q: SAT Words 175

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

1. palette a. overheat
2. pallid b. pale
3. pantomime c. dominant
4. paramount d. dry
5. parasite e. gesticulate
6. parboil f. leech

7. parch g. congregation
8. parenthetical h. dry
9. pariah i. interjected
10. parish j. colors
partisan* (PAHR ti zin) n. 1. a person who takes one side or the other in a con-
test or dispute; 2. any of a group of guerrilla fighters —adj. 1. like or characteristic
of a partisan; 2. blindly loyal
• In the argument between Stan and Gilda, Fred was a partisan of Gilda.
• Armed partisans have been common over the years in much of Central
America.
• Partisan politics tends to get in the way of Congress ever doing very much.
• No matter what Carolina does, Rocio is partisan and follows her lead.
[Syn. follower]
passive (PAS iv) adj. 1. acted upon without acting back; 2. yielding; submissive;
patient; 3. taking no active part
• When sanding a block of wood, the sander is the active participant, while
the wood is passive.
• Boxing is not a sport for a passive person.
• In pleading not guilty to the charge of robbery, Bonnie insisted that she
had been passive, driving the car but having no idea that a robbery had
even taken place until the police pulled her over.
[-ly adv.]
paternal (puh TER nil) adj. 1. like or typical of a father; fatherly; 2. inherited
from or related on the father’s side
• Willis, the pug, acted paternally toward both kittens.
• Lois had inherited her hairy legs from her paternal side.
• Natalie was a paternal aunt, being a sister of the child’s father.
[-ly adv.]