SAT WORDS

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SAT WORDS

• By Jazmine King

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Perfunctory

• Definition (adj) automatic, unthinking
• As I sat down with my nephew, John on the couch,
  while watching television, he had made a
  perfunctory look on his face that showed he was
  hating the channel we were watching and became
  bored.

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Meticulous

• Definition (adj) taking or showing extreme care
  about minute details
• To get the scratch off of Johns care, he leaned
  in closer to the front of the car, while trying
  to scrub it off with soap and meticulously,
  showing great affection to his prize possession.
  

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Lament

• Definition (v) to express grief for or about or
  to regret deeply
• In order to catch the governments eye, Filipino
  women had protested to the nation that they were
  being treated unfairly, which brought lament
  despair to their lives.

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Paraphernalia

• Definition (n) furnishing used in or necessary
  for a particular activity
• To play soccer, you must search for soccor
  paraphernalia that includes a soccer ball,
  cleats, pads, and socks.

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Despotic

• Definition (adj) dictorial
• World War Two was ruled by a despotic leader
  named, Hitler who treated Jews unfairly for about
  eight years.

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Tangible

• Definiton (adj) real, concrete
• When I turned sixteen years old, I was ecstatic
  that I could make my own decision, but life
  didnt seem tangible to me yet.

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Sensuous

• Definition ratifying to senses
• When I turned twenty-one years old, I had
  experienced my first hangover that made my head
  fill with a sensuous drowinsiness and headache
  that would go away.

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Prima Donna

• Definiton (adj) indicating the most important
  performer or role
• My family believes that I am the prima donna of
  the family because of my motivation to have
  everything neat and perfect.

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Garrulous

• Definition (adj) talkative, wordy
• Adam, who was the typical teachers pet, became
  garrulous with his responses to a question, which
  became annoying and irrupting to his class.

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Syntax

• Definition (n) the way in which words are
  arranged
• The syntax of the brothers speech is so
  abhorrent that you would believe he was Twitchy
  for the animated film, Hoodwinked.

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Sagacity

• Definition (n) wisdom
• When I received my acceptance letter from
  Georgetown, the letter explained that they loved
  my personality, but my sagacity shown through my
  education was awful I was declined!

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Ravenous

• Definition (adj) extremely hungry or famish
• If I dont eat lunch at approximately two oclock
  in the afternoon, I become ravenous with an irate
  attitude that is horrible.

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Parsimonious

• Definition (adj) frugal or stingy
• Many of my friends believe that I am parsimonious
  about my food, but I just laugh at myself from
  the truth.

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Virulent

• Definiton (adj) highly deadly
• Hades, the Greek god of death, believed in
  casting those who were virluent to the
  Underworld.