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Words of the Day + SAT WODs

Words of the Day + SAT WODs. Sophomores. 5 March 2013. WOD. SAT. vigilance – watchfulness; alertness (noun) veracity – truthfulness, honesty; candor (noun). Cogent - logically forceful, compelling, convincing. 6 March 2013. WOD. SAT.

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Words of the Day + SAT WODs

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  1. Words of the Day+SAT WODs Sophomores

  2. 5 March 2013 WOD SAT • vigilance – watchfulness; alertness (noun) • veracity – truthfulness, honesty; candor (noun) • Cogent - logically forceful, compelling, convincing

  3. 6 March 2013 WOD SAT • officious – overly ready to serve; eager to help or offer advice (adj) • spare – lean or thin (adj) • Cursory - hastily done, superficial

  4. 7 March 2013 WOD SAT • extol – to praise lavishly; to lift up (verb) • conspiracy – an agreement to perform together an illegal, treacherous, or evil act (noun) • Dearth - Paucity: shortage; deficiency.

  5. 8 March 2013 WOD SAT • exploit – act or deed, especially a heroic achievement (noun) • resolution – strong determination; course of action decided upon (noun) • Decry - to belittle, openly condemn

  6. 11 March 2013 WOD SAT • discourse – verbal exchange (noun); to speak formally and at length (verb) • malice – desire to harm or to see harm done to others (noun) • Defunct - no longer existing, dead, extinct

  7. 12 March 2013 WOD SAT • vile – extremely disgusting; loathsome (adj) • covert – hidden; secret (adj) • Delineation - depiction, representation

  8. 13 March 2013 WOD SAT • slanderous – damaging to a person’s reputation (adj) • diffuse – to spread about or scatter; to disseminate (verb) scattered (adj) • Desultory - at random, rambling, unmethodical

  9. 14 March 2013 WOD SAT • exuberance – act of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy (noun) • temperate – exercising moderation and self-restraint (adj) • Discretionary - subject to one's own judgment

  10. 15 March 2013 WOD SAT • garrulity – talkativeness (noun) • surly – sullenly ill humored (adj) • Effluvia - outpouring of gases or vapors

  11. 18 March 2013 WOD SAT • requisite – required; essential (adj) • ingratiating – accommodating; trying to please (adj) • Endemic - belonging to a particular area, inherent

  12. 19 March 2013 WOD SAT • vanquish – to conquer; force into submission (verb) • sumptuous – lavish; of a size or splendor suggesting great expense (adj) • Equivocal - ambiguous, open to two interpretations

  13. 20 March 2013 WOD SAT • swarthy – having a dark complexion or color (adj) • insatiable – unable to be satisfied (adj) • Errant - straying, mistaken, roving

  14. 21 March 2013 WOD SAT • esoteric – not publicly disclosed; confidential; known by a restricted number (adj) • eloquent – persuasive, fluent, and graceful in discourse (adj) • Execrable - utterly detestable, abhorrent

  15. 22 March 2013 WOD SAT • secular – worldly rather than spiritual; not pertaining to religion (adj) • diabolical – satanic; characteristic of the devil (adj) • Expurgate - remove erroneous or objectionable material; delete; edit.

  16. 1 APRIL 2013 WOD SAT • affront – to meet face to face defiantly; to confront (verb) • sublime – supreme, majestic; inspiring awe; impressive (adj) • Fallacious - wrong, unsound, illogical

  17. 2 APRIL 2013 WOD SAT • estrange – to alienate the affection of; to make hostile (verb) • fathom – to understand; to get to the bottom of (verb) • Fatuous - Ludicrous; inane; idiotic; silly.

  18. 3 APRIL 2013 WOD SAT • adulation – excessive praise or flattery (noun) • innuendo – insinuation; indirect or subtle and usually derogatory implication (noun) • Fecund - prolific; productive; fruitful.

  19. 4 APRIL 2013 WOD SAT • itinerary – route or prepared route of a journey (noun) • jovial – full of good humor (adj) • Foible - frailty; imperfection; weakness.

  20. 5 APRIL 2013 WOD SAT • satiate – to be full; to have had enough (verb) • affable – pleasant (adj) • Forte - strong point, something a person does well

  21. 8 APRIL 2013 WOD SAT • monotonously – going on and on without variation (adj) • conjecture – a guess (noun); to arrive at a guess (verb) • Fraught - full of, accompanied by

  22. 9 APRIL 2013 WOD SAT • mystique – a body of mystical attitudes and beliefs associated with a particular person, theory, or idea (noun) • ostentatious – showy, pretentious, boastful (adj) • Gambol - play; frolic; romp

  23. 10 APRIL 2013 WOD SAT • paddock – a small enclosed field (noun) • admonition – a warning; a mild reprimand (noun) • Glower - to glare, stare angrily and intensely

  24. 11 APRIL 2013 WOD SAT • parody – a literary or artistic work that broadly mimics an author’s style or holds it up to ridicule (noun) • contention – statement that one argues for (noun) • Gnarl - to make knotted, deform

  25. 12 APRIL 2013 WOD SAT • irascible – easily angered; quick tempered (adj) • limpid – perfectly clear; transparent (adj) • Grandiose - magnificent and imposing; exaggerated and pretentious

  26. 15 APRIL 2013 WOD SAT • fallow – plowed, but not planted (adj) • arable – suitable for growing crops (adj) • Gratuitous - free, voluntary; unnecessary and unjustified

  27. 16 APRIL 2013 WOD SAT • epiphany – a moment of sudden insight (noun) • stupor – mental dullness; state of reduced sensibility (noun) • Gustatory - relating to sense of taste

  28. APRIL 2013 WOD SAT • sordid – dirty, filthy (adj) • precarious – dangerously lacking in security or stability (adj) • Sportive - frolicsome, playful

  29. APRIL 2013 WOD SAT • diminutive – tiny; of a very small size (adj) • titanic – huge and powerful; colossal (adj) • Harrowing - extremely distressing, terrifying

  30. APRIL 2013 WOD SAT • avaricious - greedy for riches (adj) • vernal – spring-like; fresh and young; youthful (adj) • Haughty - arrogant; disdainful; blatantly proud; contemptuous

  31. 15 November 2011 WOD SAT • stark – bare; plain (adj) • poignant – emotionally moving; painful; distressing (adj) • Hearten - encourage; give strength

  32. 16 November 2011 WOD SAT • parable – a simple story illustrating a moral lesson (noun) • loomed – appeared in a large or threatening form (verb) • Vociferous - Clamorous; outspoken; noisy; vocal.

  33. 17 November 2011 WOD SAT • impregnable – unconquerable; not able to be captured (adj) • relinquish – to leave, abandon, surrender, renounce (verb) • Hidebound - excessively rigid; dry and stiff

  34. 18 November 2011 WOD SAT • aphorism – a brief, memorable saying that expresses a basic truth (noun) • chastisement – punishment (noun) • Ilk - type or kind

  35. 21 November 2011 WOD SAT • ulterior – undisclosed; beyond what is openly stated (adj) • revel – to make merry; to take great pleasure or delight in (verb) • Impasse - blocked path, dilemma with no solution

  36. 22 November 2011 WOD SAT • piqued - offended (adj) • impetuous – impulsive; sudden (adj) • Impressionable - easily influenced or affected

  37. 23 November 2011 WOD SAT • banal – dull or stale because of overuse (adj) • credulity – a tendency to believe too readily (noun) • Verbose - Wordy; talkative; profuse

  38. 28 November 2011 WOD SAT • fettered – restrained as with a chain (adj) • cessation – a stopping, either forever or for some time (noun) • Incipient - embryonic; developing; in the beginning stages.

  39. 29 November 2011 WOD SAT • aperture – opening in a camera through which light passes into the lens (noun) • impertinence – a rude, inappropriate, action (noun) • Interpolate - to insert; change by adding new words or material

  40. 30 November 2011 WOD SAT • deranged – unsettled; insane (adj) • influx – a coming in or flowing in of something (noun) • Intractable - Unruly; disobedient.

  41. 1 December 2011 WOD SAT • communal – shared by the community; not private (adj) • formidable – causing fear or dread (adj) • Intrinsic - Inherent; natural; innate

  42. 2 December 2011 WOD SAT • multifarious – having great variety; diverse (adj) • grimace – twisted facial expression (noun) to make such an expression (verb) • Inviolable - safe from violation or assault

  43. 5 December 2011 WOD SAT • contemplation – thoughtful inspection (noun) • pervade – to spread throughout; to fill (verb) • Jettison - Eliminate; discharge.

  44. 6 December 2011 WOD SAT • luminous - giving off light (adj) • abashed – embarrassed (adj) • Upbraid - Rebuke; scold; criticize

  45. 7 December 2011 WOD SAT • inert – lacking the power to move; inactive (adj) • avatar – an incarnation of a god (noun) • Juggernaut - huge force destroying everything in its path

  46. 8 December 2011 WOD SAT • defunct – no longer in use or existence; dead (adj) • contrition – regret for having done something wrong (noun) • Lachrymose - Weepy; tearful.

  47. 9 December 2011 WOD SAT • crevice – a narrow opening caused by a crack or a split (noun) • pallor – lack of color; unnatural paleness (noun) • Laggard - dawdler, loafer, lazy person

  48. 12 December 2011 WOD SAT • destitute – poor (adj) those living in poverty (noun) • interminable – seemingly endless (adj) • Lassitude - Fatigue; weariness; debility.

  49. 13 December 2011 WOD SAT • adept – expert; highly skilled (adj) • immutable – unchangeable (adj) • Toady - flatterer, hanger-on, yes-man

  50. 14 December 2011 WOD SAT • supercilious – characterized by scorn; disdainful (adj) • cursory – artificial; done without attention to detail (adj) • Loquacious - talkative

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