Hot SAT Words

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Hot SAT Words

• Lessons
• 21-30

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LESSON 26

• Do you know these people?

Words Relating to the PEOPLE you meet on the PSAT!
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ADVERSARY

• n. An opponent

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ADVERSARY

• Off the court they are pals, but on the court
  they play tennis like the staunchest of
  ADVERSARIES.

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Which is the REAL adversary?
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ARTISAN

• n. A person who is skillful with his or her hands

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ARTISAN

• In Italy, my grandfather worked as an ARTISAN
  he was a glass blower.

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ASCETIC

• N. A person who refrains from indulging in
  earthly pleasures

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ASCETIC

• Why would one who claims to be an ASCETIC own
  five wristwatches and a suitcase full of jewelry?
• Tiffany lives ASCETICALLY in a simple, one-room
  cabin in the woods.

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CHARLATAN

• N. A fraud a quack or an imposter

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CHARLATAN

• Catch Me If You Can is a movie about a charming
  CHARLATAN who impersonates everything from a
  doctor to an airline pilot.

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DIVA

• N. A highly skilled singer, usually of opera

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DIVA

• A DIVAs dream is to sing at the Metropolitan
  Opera House in New York.

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HEDONIST

• N. A person who lives for pleasure

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HEDONIST

• We lived like HEDONISTS during our vacation at
  Club Med.
• Michaels too HEDONISTIC to get a job. Hed
  rather just play around.

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PARIAH

• N. A social outcast

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PARIAH

• After he painted his house bright orange, Paul
  became the neighborhood PARIAH.
• Hilda is a PARIAH, but she doesnt mind because
  she has her poetry to keep her company.

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RACONTEUR

• n. A skillful storyteller

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RACONTEUR

• Mark Twain is a great American RACONTEUR.
• Uncle Stephen is our family RACONTEUR. He has
  endless stories to tell about the old country.

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SKEPTIC

• N. A person who doubts

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SKEPTIC

• Now do you believe in UFOs, or are you still a
  SKEPTIC?
• Mary is SKEPTICAL about the wisdom of buying on
  credit.

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VIRTUOSO

• N. A highly skilled performer, usually musical

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VIRTUOSO

• As a VIRTUOSO trumpeter, Danny stands a good
  chance of getting into Julliard.