Week Five SAT Words appraise (v): judge After spending hours comparing the color of their stomachs, the girls finally decided to ask a panel of judges to appraise who had superior coloring. meager (adj.): of poor quality or small amount The supply of colored pencils was rather meager, leading the poor waif to leave the room openly weeping. precede (v.): to go before or ahead of Thomas was always such a gentleman, insisting that the ladies preceded him at the door. blithe (adj): joyous, extremely happy Allen is always a blithe presence to have in the classroom. abominable (adj.): very hateful Their abominable treatment of poor Seth led these three students to be expelled from school, and set with the task of writing I will not abuse innocent boys one million times. bolster (v): to provide support for something that is weak Jacob and Shawn worked hard to bolster their morose friends mood when they found out that his hamster had just been taken out by a rogue gunman. consign (v): to entrust Scotty consigned his shoe to Jessies care, little knowing that Jessie would take the opportunity to fill it with Jello the minute that poor Scottys back was turned. Coquette (n): a flirt Our class is full of coquettes, who are forever making eyes at poor Kyle. (And how he hates the attention.) corpulent (adj): obese The two corpulent women rather unsuccessfully shared diet tips. irreparable (adj): unable to be repaired A fight over Kyle had these two former best friends fighting; irreparable damage was done to their friendship when it was discovered that it was in fact Krista who had spread the rumor about Makayla, the chicken, the cop car, and the superglue.