Hot SAT Words Lessons 11 20 LESSON 11

Hot SAT Words Lessons 11 -20

LESSON # 11 l The BAD l The VERY bad l The BADDEST HARMFUL

LESSON # 11 l The BAD l The VERY bad l The BADDEST HARMFUL

BANEFUL l. Adj. Causing ruin; harmful; pernicious

BANEFUL l. A teacher’s BANEFUL comments about Becky destroyed her chances of getting into the Honor Society.

DELETERIOUS Adj. Harmful to one’s health or overall welfare; pernicious

DELETERIOUS l. Many processed foods contain chemicals and other ingredients which can be DELETERIOUS to our health.

DETRIMENTAL l. Adj. Harmful

DETRIMENTAL l. Smoking has a DETRIMENTAL effect on one’s health. The effect is DELETERIOUS.

DEVIOUS l. Dishonest & deceptive

DEVIOUS l. UNSCOM inspectors looking for WMDs in Iraq found Saddam Hussein’s minions not only not forthcoming, but actually most DEVIOUS.

INIQUITOUS Adj. Wicked, vicious; SINFUL

INIQUITOUS l. Eating a chocolate sundae for breakfast is absolutely INIQUITOUS, but evil never tasted so good!

MALICIOUS Adj. Intending to hurt or harm another; spiteful

MALICIOUS l. MALICIOUS gossip did irreparable harm to her reputation.

NEFARIOUS l. Adj. Very mean and wicked

NEFARIOUS l. The most henious of his many NEFARIOUS deeds was kidnapping the children of his rivals.

ODIOUS l. Adj. Loathsome; evil; revolting in a disgusting way

ODIOUS l. I can’t imagine a more ODIOUS crime than priestly pedophilia.

OMINOUS l. Adj. Pertaining to an evil omen; foreboding

OMINOUS l. The settlers viewed the gravestones along the trail as an OMINOUS sign of the hardships to come.

PERNICIOUS l Adj. Very destructive or harmful, usually in an inconspicuous and relentless way

PERNICIOUS l. Lady Macbeth plants the PERNICIOUS seed of regicide in her husband’s mind and sets his feet firmly on the road to perdition.

RANCOROUS Adj. Deeply hateful or spiteful; malicious

RANCOROUS l. The RANCOROUS debate over whether or not Pres. Clinton’s impeachment impeded bipartisanship in the Congress.

VIRULENT Adj. Extremely poisonous; deadly; full of spiteful hatred

VIRULENT l. A particularly VIRULENT strain of flu is going around this year. I advise you to get an innoculation.