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SAT Words 16
of 1000
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| coalesce | (v.) to fuse into a whole (Gordon’s ensemble of thrift-shop garments _____d into a surprisingly handsome outfit.) |
| cobbler | (n.) a person who makes or repairs shoes (I had my neighborhood _____ replace my worn-out leather soles with new ones.) |
| coerce | (v.) to make somebody do something by force or threat (The court decided that Vanilla Ice did not have to honor the contract because he had been _____d into signing it.) |
| cogent | (adj.) intellectually convincing (Irene’s arguments in favor of abstinence were so _____ that I could not resist them.) |
| cognizant | (adj.) aware, mindful (Jake avoided speaking to women in bars because he was _____ of the fact that drinking impairs his judgment.) |
| coherent | (adj.) logically consistent, intelligible (Renee could not figure out what Monroe had seen because he was too distraught to deliver a _____ statement.) |
| collateral | 1. (adj.) secondary (Divorcing my wife had the _____ effect of making me poor, as she was the only one of us with a job or money.) 2. (n.) security for a debt (Jacob left his watch as _____ for the $500 loan.) |
| colloquial | (adj.) characteristic of informal conversation (Adam’s essay on sexual response in primates was marked down because it contained too many _____ expressions.) |
| collusion | (n.) secret agreement, conspiracy (The three law students worked in _____ to steal the final exam.) |
| colossus | (n.) a gigantic statue or thing (For 56 years, the ancient city of Rhodes featured a _____ standing astride its harbor.) |
| combustion | (n.) the act or process of burning (The unexpected _____ of the prosecution’s evidence forced the judge to dismiss the case against Ramirez.) |
| commendation | (n.) a notice of approval or recognition (Jared received a _____ from Linda, his supervisor, for his stellar performance.) |
| commensurate | (adj.) corresponding in size or amount (Ahab selected a very long roll and proceeded to prepare a tuna salad sandwich _____ with his enormous appetite.) |
| commodious | (adj.) roomy (Holden invited the three women to join him in the back seat of the taxicab, assuring them that the car was quite _____.) |
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