SAT Vocabulary Lesson 4 PreAP English II 1
SAT Vocabulary Lesson 4 Pre-AP English II
1. Aesthetic • Adj. – relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art
2. Aloof • Adj. – apart, indifferent
3. Archaic • Adj. – antiquated, old, out of use
4. Assuage • V. – to ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome; to calm
5. Belie • V. – to contradict, to give a false impression
6. Contentious • Adj. – quarrelsome, stirring controversy
7. Daunt • V. – to intimidate, to dismay
8. Debilitate • V. – to weaken, to enfeeble
9. Discord • N. – lack of agreement, tension, strife
10. Dissemination • N. - the act of spreading widely, scattering
11. Dogmatic • Adj. – strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner
12. Duplicity • N. – double-dealing, hypocrisy
13. Egocentric • Adj. – self-centered, selfish
14. Euphemism • N. – substituting a less offensive phrase or word for one that may be offensive
15. Gluttonous • Adj. – greedy for food and drink
16. Mundane • Adj. – ordinary, commonplace
17. Ominous • Adj. - threatening
18. Petulance • N. – unreasonable touchiness or irritability
19. Pompous • Adj. – exaggerated show of dignity or selfimportance, bombastic
20. Precocious • Adj. – exceptionally early in development or occurrence
21. Slothful • Adj. – lazy, indolent
22. Trivia • N. – insignificant matters
23. Verbose • Adj. – wordy, very talkative
24. Virulent • Adj. – extremely poisonous, hateful
25. Volatile • Adj. – quickly changeable, easily vaporized
Sentences – due 4/25 • Use context clues in the sentence for each vocabulary word. Highlight the context clues you used. • Circle the vocabulary word in each sentence. • Your sentences must be a minimum of 15 words in length and should show variety. • Must be related to Huck Finn • DUE Friday, 4/25 • Vocabulary Test is 5/2 • *Other deadlines - Don't forget ch. 26 -34 due Friday, the rest of the book is due 4/30, and the dialectical journal is due 5/1.
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