Sight Words

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Sight Words

• Complete Word List
• Developing Reading Versatility

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• impudent

He was so impudent (disrespectful) to his mother
that I would have spanked him if he had talked to
me that way.
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• loquacious

He is usually loquacious (noisy or chatty), but
tonight he's rather silent.
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• feigned

The boxer feigned (pretended) a punch with his
left rather than actually jabbing.
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• heinous

The rebels committed one of the most heinous
(horrible) acts of the war. .
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• indolent

Jerry is so indolent (slow or sluggish)!  He
sleeps late, never does chores unless yelled at.
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• malevolence

Sherry's ill will or, more accurately,
malevolence (cruel) toward her brother become
obvious when she tried to push him down the
stairs.
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• omnivorous

Hans Zinsser said, "The rat, like men, has become
practically omnivorous( consuming everything)-it
eats anything that lets it."
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• salient

The most salient (noticeable) feature on his face
is his chin it's quite prominent.
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• jocose

Bret's jocose (humorous) manner soon had all of
us laughing and joking.
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• overbearing

Very strong and powerful, tending to overwhelm,
overpowering, decisively important dominant
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• pseudo-aristocratic

being apparently rather than actually as stated
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• pompous

Characterized by excessive self-esteem or
exaggerated dignity pretentious pompous
officials who enjoy giving orders.
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• vociferous

Their vociferous (noise or conspicuously and
offensively loud) arguing made me wish I had
earplugs.
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• frugal

Carnegie was very frugal (prudently saving or
sparing not wasteful).
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• morose

Although the patient is usually morose (unhappy),
she seems happy today. .
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• candidly

When asked if she liked her aunt's new hat, she
candidly (honestly or sincerely) gave her frank
opinion that was ugly.
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• clemency

In order to show clemency (merciful), the judge
reduced the fine to one dollar.
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• enhanced

They enhanced (increased) the property by pulling
weeds, mowing the lawn, and planting trees
around the house.
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• elite

They think of themselves as the elite (best or
special) group on campus, looking down their
noses at everyone else.
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• rapport

I always felt that the rapport (relation marked
by harmony, conformity) between us was good,
based on a relationship of thrust.
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• wrath

anger, strong vengeful anger or indignation
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• obsess

was obsessed (become preoccupied with) with the
idea or to engage in obsessive thinking
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• indigent

Although his parents were indigent (poor), they
somehow managed to provide Tommy with proper
food and clothing.
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• pretentious

Showy, the pretentious fraud who assumes a love
of culture that is alien to him.
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• laboriously

devoted to labor industrious
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• employ

A job that employed her skills.
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• immoral

conflicting with generally or traditionally held
moral principles
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• laggard

She is usually a laggard (sluggish) however,
today she was energetic and did her share.
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• punctilious

My dad is punctilious (strict or precise) that he
always corrects my sloppy speech and points out
my incorrect use of certain words. 
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• phylacteries

What are Tefillin, or phylacteries, that Jews
wear during morning prayers?
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• timid

lacking in courage or self-confidence lta timid
persongt
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brusque
gruff, rude, bluff
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decadence
Corruption, deterioration, a period of decline .
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eloquent
effective in expressing meaning by speech,
persuasive, convincing , moving.
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exemplary
Excellent, Serving as a warning, given an
exemplary punishment. .
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fledgling
Untrained, a fledgling company, a young bird just
fledged
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heist
a robbery or burglary, steal
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incessant
Ceaseless, endless, continual
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incidental
Minor, occurring merely by chance or without
intention or calculation .
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indefatigable
Untiring, an indefatigable worker
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jargon
Specialized language
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lampoon
Spoof, a harsh satire usually directed against an
individual
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levity
Merriness, lack of steadiness, changeableness
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misanthrope
A hater, a person who hates or distrusts
humankind
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nonchalance
Coolness, unconcern
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progeny
Descendents, offspring, outcome, product, a body
of followers
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querulous
complaining regularly, peevish, discontented,
whining, cross, a querulous voice
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reproach

condemnation, blame, accuse reprove, rebuke,
discredit, disgrace
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respite
A vacation , time off, a period of temporary delay
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stoic
Unflinching, not affected by pain or distress
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substantiate
To support, confirm, prove, to give a substance,
embody, verify, substantiate a charge
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supplant
Replace, to take the place of and serve as a
substitute for especially by reason of superior
excellence or power
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vacillate
To waver, hesitate, fluctuate, oscillate
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voracious
Hungry, a voracious reader
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writhe
To bend, twist, writhed to the music
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affinity
Fondness, liking, attraction, likeness based on
relationship or causal connection
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brevity
Shortness of duration or expression, conciseness
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coalesce
Mix, blend, to cause to unite ltsometimes a book
coalesces a public into a mass market
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copious
Many, a copious talker, copious food and drink, a
copious harvest, a copious references to other
writers
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dearth
Shortage, lack, scarcity, a death of evidence,
famine
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dispassionate
Calm, impartial, a dispassionate critic, a
dispassionate approach to an issue
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effervescent
Energetic, high-spirited, bubble, foam as gas
escapes, to show liveliness or exhilaration
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exuberance
abundance, plenty high spirits, youthful
exuberance, An exuberant act or expression
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frivolous
Silly, a frivolous lawsuit, lacking in seriousness
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hackneyed
Lacking in freshness or originality, trite,
hackneyed slogans. .
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insolvent
Bankrupt, an insolvent estate
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Meander
wander
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opulence
Wealth, abundance, profusion
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parsimonious
Stingy, sparing, restrained, frugal to the point
of stinginess
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peripheral
Of minor importance or relevance, good peripheral
vision, peripheral equipment
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prodigal
Extravagant, wasteful, profuse, the prodigal
prince
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proximity
Closeness
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sagacious
Wise, shrewd, sagacious judge of character
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surreptitious
Sneaking, secret, a surreptitious glance
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torpor
Dullness, lethargy, apathy, dullness
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unassailable
Strong, an unassailable argument
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unobtrusive
Not readily noticeable, inconspicious
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unscathed
Unharmed, wholly unharmed, not injured
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voluminous
Large, a voluminous literature on the subject .