Hot SAT Words

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Hot SAT Words

• Lessons
• 21-30

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LESSON 30

• More Tricky Twins Triplets!

Words that Sound and Look Alike but Have
Different Meanings
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IMPRUDENT

• Adj. careless rash

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IMPRUDENT

• Jogging at night without wearing reflective
  clothing is IMPRUDENT.

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IMPUDENT

• Adj. rude disrespectful

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IMPUDENT
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IMPUDENT

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

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INDIGENOUS

• Adj. native

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INDIGENOUS

• Pineapples are INDIGENOUS to Hawaii.

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INDIGENT

• Adj. poor impoverished

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INDIGENT

• Angelas Ashes is the story of an INDIGENT Irish
  familys struggles.

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INDIGNANT

• Adj.
• angry

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INDIGNANT

• I get INDIGNANT when someone cuts ahead of me in
  line after Ive been waiting a long tim.

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INTIMATE

• v. To suggest to hint at

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INTIMATE

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

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INTIMIDATE

• V. To frighten to hint at threateningly

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INTIMIDATE

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

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OBSCURE

• Adj. hard to understand abstract

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OBSCURE

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

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OBTUSE

• Adj. stupid not clear or precise

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OBTUSE

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

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PONDERABLE

• Adj. important enough to require a lot of thought

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PONDERABLE

• Whether to skip class and take the drivers test
  is a no-brainer for most, but for Cynthia its a
  PONDERABLE issue.

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PONDEROUS

• Adj. very heavy or bulky dull or lifeless

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PONDEROUS

• Many students find Willa Cathers style of
  writing PONDEROUS.