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QUICK REVIEW #83 U – Z: SAT Words 233

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

1. unavailable a. objectionable
2. unavoidable b. unpredicted
3. underestimate c. presumptuous
4. undermine d. generic
5. undesirable e. unequaled

6. unfetter f. undetermined
7. unheralded g. unreachable
8. universal h. inexpressible
9. unparalleled i. inevitable
10. unresolved j. weaken
11. unutterable k. liberate
12. upstart l. undervalue

urbanized (OER bin YZD) adj. changed from countrylike to citylike in charac-
ter; citified
• The area had only recently become urbanized, having been mostly farms
less than a generation ago.
• The influx of industry was largely responsible for the urbanized character of
Allentown.
urge (OERJ) vt. 1. to plead, allege, strongly advocate; 2. strongly recommend;
compel; 3. to incite or provoke
• Jeannie urged Horace to change his mind and visit the zoo.
• Philip of Macedon urges his son, Alexander, to go to medical school so that
he can become a doctor.
• The rabble-rousers urged the crowd to take arms against the government.
[-d, urging] [Syn. press, exhort]
Utopia (yoo TOH pee uh) n. 1. an imaginary island from a book of the same
name by Sir Thomas More, 1516; 2. any idealized place; symbol of perfection;
paradise
• Utopia was the name Sir Thomas More gave to his imaginary island.
• Many believe that Tahiti is as close as one can come to a utopia in real life;
others would select Hawaii.
[utopian adj.]