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Lista de palabras SAT 4 - Lección 50

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to rehabilitate

to help someone to restore to a healthy and independent state after a period of imprisonment, addiction, illness, etc.

rehabilitar

rehabilitar

Ex: The program successfully rehabilitated many individuals who had struggled with substance abuse .

El programa rehabilitó con éxito a muchas personas que habían luchado contra el abuso de sustancias.

to retaliate

to make a counterattack or respond in a similar manner

contraatacar

contraatacar

Ex: The organization decided to retaliate hacking attempts by counterattacking the source .

La organización decidió contraatacar los intentos de piratería informática atacando la fuente.

to peculate

appropriate (as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use

desfalcar

desfalcar

to macerate

to soften or break down food by soaking it in a liquid, often a flavored liquid like wine or vinegar

macerar

macerar

Ex: For a refreshing twist , she macerated cucumber slices in lemon juice and mint before adding them to her water pitcher .

Para un toque refrescante, maceró rodajas de pepino en jugo de limón y menta antes de agregarlas a su jarra de agua.

to vitiate
to vitiate
[Verbo]

to spoil, weaken, or reduce the usefulness or perfection of something

estropear

estropear

Ex: A single error can vitiate an otherwise flawless presentation .

Un solo error puede viciar una presentación por lo demás impecable.

to inaugurate

to officially start or introduce something

inaugurar

inaugurar

Ex: The school inaugurated the new library in 2020 .

La escuela inauguró la nueva biblioteca en 2020.

to designate

to officially give a specific title, term, or label to someone or something

designar

designar

Ex: The city designated the old building a historical landmark .

La ciudad designó el edificio antiguo como un hito histórico.

to pontificate

to state one's opinion in such a manner that shows one believes to be the only person to fully know it and be unarguably correct

pontificar

pontificar

Ex: They had been pontificating about the new policy without considering other viewpoints .

Habían estado pontificando sobre la nueva política sin considerar otros puntos de vista.

to deracinate

pull up by or as if by the roots

desraizar

desraizar

to collaborate

to work with someone else in order to create something or reach the same goal

colaborar

colaborar

Ex: Teachers and parents collaborated to organize a successful school fundraiser .

Los maestros y los padres colaboraron para organizar una recaudación de fondos escolar exitosa.

to dilapidate

fall into decay or ruin

desmoronarse

desmoronarse

to abdicate

(of a monarch or ruler) to step down from a position of power

abdicar

abdicar

Ex: The ruler is abdicating the throne due to health concerns .

El gobernante está abdicando el trono debido a problemas de salud.

to perforate

to create a series of holes in something, typically for the purpose of making separation or tearing easier

perforar

perforar

Ex: The artist perforated the cardboard for a unique pattern in the sculpture .

El artista perforó el cartón para un patrón único en la escultura.

to masticate

to chew food by biting and grinding it with the teeth

masticar

masticar

Ex: The baby is learning to masticate solid foods with his new teeth .

El bebé está aprendiendo a masticar alimentos sólidos con sus nuevos dientes.

to relegate

to appoint a person or thing to a lower status, position, or rank

relegar

relegar

Ex: The committee will relegate the less critical tasks to junior staff to focus on more strategic projects .

El comité relegará las tareas menos críticas al personal junior para centrarse en proyectos más estratégicos.

to dehydrate

to remove water from a substance, often causing it to become dry

deshidratar

deshidratar

Ex: By the end of the process , the wet clay will have been dehydrated to form pottery .

Al final del proceso, la arcilla húmeda habrá sido deshidratada para formar cerámica.

to impregnate

to fertilize a woman's egg with sperm, resulting in pregnancy

embarazar

embarazar

Ex: The sperm donor had successfully impregnated several women through artificial insemination at the fertility clinic .

El donante de esperma había logrado impregnar con éxito a varias mujeres mediante inseminación artificial en la clínica de fertilidad.

to innovate

to introduce new ideas, methods, or products to improve or change the current way of doing things

innovar

innovar

Ex: The educational institution innovated its curriculum to incorporate modern teaching methods .

La institución educativa innovó su currículo para incorporar métodos de enseñanza modernos.

to confiscate

to officially take away something from someone, usually as punishment

confiscar

confiscar

Ex: By the end of the day , the teacher will have hopefully confiscated any unauthorized items .

Para el final del día, el profesor habrá confiscado con suerte cualquier artículo no autorizado.

to extricate

to free someone from a difficult or entangled situation

liberar

liberar

Ex: The firefighter extricated the trapped victim from the wreckage .

El bombero rescató a la víctima atrapada de los escombros.

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