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SAT Vocab 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Impertinent [adj.] [As your superior officer, i will not tolerate any IMPERTINENT behavior from you wary, pimple-pocked maggots.] | rude to overly bold or irrelevant |
| Impudent [adj.] [When the IMPUDENT student mouthed off for the eighth time, Mrs. Gimmelstob briefly fantasized about quitting her job and running off with Ghoukas, an Armenian goatherd she met at the track.] | offensively bold |
| Stupefied [v. or adj.] [Alan STUPEFIED Jeanne-Marie by admitting that he was dating her only to get closer to Nippy, her lovely Yorkshire Terrier.] | past tense, to stun or make stupid |
| Futile [adj.] [When Marvin's efforts to find a prom date proved FUTILE, he made one out of duct tape, latex, and his mother's wig.] | producing no result |
| Reticence [n.] [Ingmar's RETICENCE about his love for Elsie was a mistake; if only he'd spoken up, he might not have spent the last 15 years single, lonely, and listening to Light FM.] | hesitancy to speak or act |
| Taciturn [adj.] [Because he was so TACITURN, Joey did not call out for help while a swarm of rabid gerbils devoured his little sister.] | using few words, soft-spoken |
| Strive [v.] [STRIVE for greatness and word hard to achieve your goals. If that doesn't work, cheat and lie.] | to exert a great deal of effort |
| Laconic [adj.] [LACONIC by nature, Alfred needed only one sentence to alienate his friends, family, and an entire religious sect. ] | breif and to-the-point |
| Telepathy [n.] [Using my powers of TELEPATHY, I'm getting strong vibes that either you want me to be your macho hunk of all-American manhood or you're craving a cheeseburger.] | the ability to read another's thoughts or to communicate by thinking |
| Belligerent [adj.] [In an attempt to change its image as a BELLIGERENT. warlike nation, Germany is offering free bratwurst and sponge baths to the Czechs.] | hostile and warlike |
| Truculent [adj.] [After another devastating defeat, Jets dans had grown so TRUCULENT that Security Guard Johnston, forced to control the violence, dusted off his cattle prod, crooning "Now's our chance, my pet."] | burtal and savage |
| Charlatan [n.] [When Abner tried to sell bottles of his sweat, claiming its scent would attract the opposite sex, most folks suspected he was CHARLATAN. Grandpa orderd 60 bottles anyway, just in case it was true.] | a con artist or fake |
| Vilified [v.] [Because Gandhi resisted the British Empire's rule in India, The British VILIFIED him, cursed his name, and wouldn't give him any kidney pie at tea.] | past tense, to speak badly about a person or thing |
| Denounced [v.] [Although the member states of the United Nations loudly DENOUNCED the tyrant Boris Popopovich's unspeakable acts of oppression, they quietly accepted the millions of barrels of cheap oil he pumped into their economies.] | past tense, to speak badly about or publicly accuse |
| Serene [adj.] [Simone became SERENE when she realized it was only Saturday; she still had two days to prepare her speech to Congress, which would surely bring the nation to its knees.] | quiet, peaceful |
| Tranquility [n. [The TRANQUILITY of the Smith family reunion was shattered when cousin Ernest released his pet cobra into the kiddie pool distract the others away from the sweet, sweet fruitcake.] | peace and quiet |
| Novice [n. or adj.] [As a NOVICE poet, Arthur wrote himself into a corner when he tried to find a rhyme for the line, "Thou art succculent as an orange."] | a beginner |
| Neophyte [n.] [NEOPHYTE skiers should never try the expert slopes; those mangled lumps scattered along the tree line were once human beings like you, with thoughts are feelings and absolutely no idea how to turn.] | a beginner |
| Sanctuary [n.] [Thanks heavens a SANCTUARY has been created to protect the world's least attractive mollusk, the poisonous, flesh-eating slime sucker.] | a place of refuge or safety |
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