PHS 11HB: SAT Vocab Lesson 10

Ms. Wezeman (United States of America)
List #25 of vocabulary words frequently encountered on the SAT and ACT. From Vocabulary Power Plus for the New SAT - Book III.
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  1. beguile
    attract; cause to be enamored
  2. coalesce
    fuse or cause to come together
  3. desultory
    marked by lack of definite plan, purpose, or enthusiasm
  4. empathic
    showing understanding of the feelings of others
  5. ennui
    the feeling of being bored by something tedious
  6. farce
    a comedy characterized by broad satire
  7. hiatus
    an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
  8. hubris
    overbearing pride or presumption
  9. lambent
    softly bright or radiant
  10. nonentity
    a person of no influence
  11. pandemic
    existing everywhere
  12. pecuniary
    relating to or involving money
  13. rebuke
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  14. sang-froid
    great coolness and composure under strain
  15. sibilant
    of speech sounds forcing air through a constricted passage
  16. compulsory
    required by rule
  17. intangible
    lacking substance or reality
  18. discourse
    extended verbal expression in speech or writing
  19. chutzpah
    unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity
  20. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
Created on Tue Oct 22 11:38:45 EDT 2013 (updated Mon Mar 13 08:07:34 EDT 2017)

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