SAT Quack

Vocabulary

GROUP 9Zach Long, Ben Meyer, & Summer McCord.

Vacillate

• Part of speech: Verb• Definition: To swing from one course of action or

opinion to another• Synonyms: Hesitate, Alternate• Antonyms: Remain, Stay• Sentence: We needed to choose some snacks

really quick so we could make the movie on time, but Ashley kept vacillating between the different kinds!

Lassitude

• Part of speech: Noun

• Definition: Listlessness; torpor; weariness

• Synonyms: Weakness, Sluggishness

• Antonyms: Energy

• Sentence: The other runners are showing signs of lassitude; I must overtake now!

Garrulous

• Part of speech: Adjective

• Definition: Very talkative; loquacious

• Synonyms: Babbling, Talkative

• Antonyms: Reticent, Uncommunicative

• Sentence: The liquor made him very garrulous.

Myriad

• Part of speech: Adjective

• Definition: An extremely large number

• Synonyms: Countless, Infinite

• Antonyms: Limited, Measurable

• Sentence: The myriad stars were impossible to count.

Noxious

• Part of speech: Adjective

• Definition: physically or mentally destructive

• Synonyms: Hurtful, Corruptive

• Antonyms: Harmless

• Sentence: This shrub is not on the state list of noxious weeds.

Accost

• Part of speech: Verb

• Definition: To Approach and Speak to Boldly

• Synonyms: Address

• Antonyms: Avoid

• Sentence: Jacob accosted me in the elevator, and tried to nail me down about my plans for his birthday party.

Beatific

• Part of speech: Adjective

• Definition: displaying or imparting joy

• Synonyms: Exalted, Angelic

• Antonyms: Sorrowful

• Synonyms: Jane had on a beatific smile as she walked down the aisle of her wedding.

Nuance

• Part of speech:

• Definition: suttle variation in color, meaning, or some other quality

• Synonyms: Distinction, Hint

• Antonyms: Dull

• Sentence: The Joy Luck Club explored the nuances of mother-daughter relationships.

Quagmire

• Part of speech: Noun

• Definition: a difficult or precautious situation

• Synonyms: Predicament, Dilemma

• Antonyms: Solution

• Sentence: The paperwork got lost in a quagmire of bureaucracy.

Somber

• Part of speech: Adjective

• Definition: dark; dull; gloomy; grave; serious

• Synonyms: Murky, Sunless

• Antonyms: Bright, Cheerful

• Sentence: A penumbra of somber dignity has descended over his reputation.

Unawares

• Part of speech: Adverb

• Definition: By Surprise; Unexpectedly

• Synonyms: Abruptly; By mistake

• Antonyms: Knowingly

• Sentence: Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Suffrage

• Part of speech: Noun

• Definition: Right to Vote; Franchise

• Synonyms: Right

• Antonyms: Inability to Vote

• Sentence: Universal suffrage is the only guarantee against despotism.

Cloister

• Part of speech: Noun

• Definition: a tranquil, secluded place

• Synonyms: Priory

• Antonyms: Advanced

• Sentence: She presided over a community shuttling between Wisconsin and Arizona like the abbess of a medieval cloister.

Docile

• Part of speech: Adjective

• Definition: yielding to supervision, direction, or management

• Synonyms: Manageable, Obedient

• Antonyms: Determined

• Sentence: She successfully taught the docile puppy several tricks.

Chronic

• Part of speech: Adjective

• Definition: continuing for a long time

• Synonyms: Confirmed, Hardened

• Antonyms: Curable

• Sentence: She has a chronic disorder.

Surfeit

• Part of speech: Noun

• Definition: an excessive amount

• Synonyms: Fill, Superabundance

• Antonyms: Lack

• Sentence: Surfeit of emotion could bring out the compassion in you.

Incongruous

• Part of speech: Adjective

• Definition: not appropriate, unsuited to the surroundings

• Synonyms: Unsuitable, Discordant

• Antonyms: Appropriate, Consistent

• Sentence: There had seemed something slightly incongruous about these from the start.

Aloof

• Part of speech: Adjective

• Definition: distant; reserved in manner; uninvolved

• Synonyms: Distant, Snobbish

• Antonyms: Outgoing, Warm

• Sentence: The cat was often aloof, always walking into the next room whenever guests visited.

Harrowing

• Part of speech: Adjective• Definition: extremely depressing;

disturbing or frightening• Synonyms: Painful, Agonizing • Antonyms: Calming• Sentence: The car crash was a harrowing

experience, but I have a feeling that the increase in my insurance premiums will be even more upsetting.

Accentuate

• Part of speech: Verb

• Definition: To stress; Emphasize

• Synonyms: Accentuate

• Antonyms: Mask

• Sentence: Psychologists agree that those people who are happiest accentuate the positive in life.

Conclusion

• There was once a kid named Bob. Bob was very lassitude and lived a very somber life. However, one day when Bob was fighting for Women’s suffrage, he found himself in a quagmire. His problem was that he was too vacillate and used a very garrulous vocabulary while speaking in front of a myriad of people. Since he had a chronic habit of pronouncing his words with an accentuate sound, he sounded very beatific. Many people accosted him about how he sounded, and asked him if his nuance was a noxious health factor. One day when Bob was in cloister, unawares, a man jumped in the room and said Bob had a very incongruous voice. Bob thought this was a harrowing man so he went on his docile way. To try and aloof his accent from his voice, he disposed of his surfeit and moved on with his life.

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