Hot SAT Words:

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Hot SAT Words

• Lessons
• 1-10

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Lesson 10 Mole Hills or Mountains?

• Words relating to Problems, Puzzlements, and
  Disasters

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ADVERSITY

• N. Great trouble or difficulty

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ANIMAL ADVERSITY!
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HUMAN ADVERSITY!
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PAST ADVERSITY
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FUTURE ADVERSITY!
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ADVERSITY

• The book tells how she overcame the ADVERSITY of
  an impoverished childhood.
• The hero faced four years of ADVERSITY trying to
  survive on a desert island.

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CONFLAGRATION

• N. a huge fire
• an inferno

Flames from the CONFLAGRATON lit up the sky for
miles around.
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CONFLAGRATION

• The burning of Atlanta
• in Gone With the Wind
• is one of the great
• CONFLAGRATION
• scenes in movie
• history.

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CONFOUNDING

• Adj. puzzling, baffling

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CONFOUNDING

• The world was fascinated by the CONFOUNDING
  disappearance of Amelia Earhart.

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CRYPTIC

• Adj. hidden, hard to understand, mysterious,
  obscure

THE ROSETTA STONE
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CRYPTIC

• We found a CRYPTIC message scrawled on the
  blackboard. No one could figure out its meaning.
• The twins used a CRYPTIC, incomprehensible
  language to talk to each other.

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DEBACLE

• N. A failure or breakdown a collapse that is
  often nonsensical

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OBLIVIOUS PILOTS IMMINENT DEBACLE
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VORACIOUS SHARK IMMINENT DEBACLE!
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DEFINITE DEBACLE!
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DEBACLE

• For me, physics class was a DEBACLE. I
  understood none of it, failed every test, and
  finally dropped the course.
• The performance was a DEBACLE. Actors forgot
  their lines, the set fell down, and the lights
  blew halfway through the first act.

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ENIGMA
N. a riddle or mystery a puzzling or baffling
matter or person
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EnigmaMachine
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ENIGMA

• Isabelle is an ENIGMA. I cant figure her out.
  Her moods change with the wind.
• The ENIGMATIC carvings on the ancient Egyptian
  tomb have never been fully interpreted.

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ENIGMA or DEBACLE or BOTH?
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LABYRINTH

• N. a maze from which it is very hard to extricate
  (free) oneself

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LABYRINTH

• The basement of our school is a LABYRINTH of
  tunnels and passageways. Its easy to get lost.
• Applying to college often seems like trying to
  find your way through a complicated maze or
  LABYRINTH.

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ART
Imitates life.
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Cutting the GORDIAN KNOT!
Animal ingenuity triumphs!
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PRECARIOUS

• Adj. dangerous or risky uncertain

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PRECARIOUS POSITION
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POSITION IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING PRECARIOUS POSITION
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PRECARIOUS

• Because Finnys foothold on the tree limb was
  PRECARIOUS, he fell and broke his leg.
• Its PRECARIOUS to apply to only one college
  because you may not be accepted. Then what?

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ELOQUENT
QUANDARY

• A dilemma
• a confusing or puzzling situation

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QUANDARY
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QUANDARY

• Walter faced the enviable QUANDARY of deciding
  which of three hot colleges he should attend.
• Safe Rides has taken the QUANDARY out of whether
  to accept a ride with a driver whos been
  drinking.

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TURBULENCE

• N. Great unrest
• turmoil or disorder

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TURBULENCE

• In September Mac and Meg were a happy couple.
  But since Mary came along, their relationship has
  experienced some TURBULENCE.
• Buckle your seat belt, said the flight
  attendant. We are experiencing some TURBULENCE.

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TURMOIL

• N. A very puzzling scenario or situation tumult

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TURMOIL

• There was TURMOIL in the room because the teacher
  had lost control of the class.
• Gretchens emotions were in TURMOIL after Jerry
  unexpectedly broke up with her.

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