Hot SAT Words Lessons 21 30 LESSON 30

Hot SAT Words Lessons 21 -30

LESSON # 30 More Tricky Twins & Triplets! Words that Sound and Look Alike but Have Different Meanings

IMPRUDENT Adj. careless; rash

IMPRUDENT l Jogging at night without wearing reflective clothing is IMPRUDENT.

IMPUDENT Adj. rude; disrespectful

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IMPUDENT l Answering my father in an IMPUDENT manner is IMPRUDENT indeed!

INDIGENOUS Adj. native

INDIGENOUS l Pineapples Hawaii. are INDIGENOUS to

INDIGENT Adj. poor; impoverished

INDIGENT l Angela’s Ashes is the story of an INDIGENT Irish family’s struggles.

INDIGNANT Adj. angry

INDIGNANT l. I get INDIGNANT when someone cuts ahead of me in line after I’ve been waiting a long tim.

INTIMATE v. To suggest; to hint at

INTIMATE l The principal INTIMATED that school might be closed if heavy snow is predicted.

INTIMIDATE V. To frighten; to hint at threateningly

INTIMIDATE l Marcy is INTIMIDATED by standardized tests, but she is learning to deal with her fears. l The bully INTIMIDATES the children into doing what he wants.

OBSCURE Adj. hard to understand; abstract

OBSCURE l Tom started as an OBSCURE actor in the provinces, but now he’s world famous. l Maria found an allusion to an OBSCURE 14 th century monk who invented what we call the pencil.

OBTUSE Adj. stupid; not clear or precise

OBTUSE l Are you being deliberately OBTUSE or are you just naturally stupid?

PONDERABLE Adj. important enough to require a lot of thought

PONDERABLE l Whether to skip class and take the drivers’ test is a no-brainer for most, but for Cynthia it’s a PONDERABLE issue.

PONDEROUS Adj. very heavy or bulky; dull or lifeless

PONDEROUS l Many students find Willa Cather’s style of writing PONDEROUS.