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Hot SAT Words

Master words like imprudent-rash, indigenous-native, indigent-poor with this lesson. Learn nuances of intimate-suggest, intimidate-threaten, and more! Are you ponderous-hefty or just obscure-unclear in your grasp of these tricky words?

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Hot SAT Words

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  1. Hot SAT Words Lessons 21-30

  2. LESSON # 30 More Tricky Twins & Triplets! Words that Sound and Look Alike but Have Different Meanings

  3. IMPRUDENT Adj. careless; rash

  4. IMPRUDENT • Jogging at night without wearing reflective clothing is IMPRUDENT.

  5. IMPUDENT Adj. rude; disrespectful

  6. IMPUDENT

  7. IMPUDENT • Answering my father in an IMPUDENT manner is IMPRUDENT indeed!

  8. INDIGENOUS Adj. native

  9. INDIGENOUS • Pineapples are INDIGENOUS to Hawaii.

  10. INDIGENT Adj. poor; impoverished

  11. INDIGENT • Angela’s Ashes is the story of an INDIGENT Irish family’s struggles.

  12. INDIGNANT Adj. angry

  13. INDIGNANT • I get INDIGNANT when someone cuts ahead of me in line after I’ve been waiting a long tim.

  14. INTIMATE v. To suggest; to hint at

  15. INTIMATE • The principal INTIMATED that school might be closed if heavy snow is predicted.

  16. INTIMIDATE V. To frighten; to hint at threateningly

  17. INTIMIDATE • Marcy is INTIMIDATED by standardized tests, but she is learning to deal with her fears. • The bully INTIMIDATES the children into doing what he wants.

  18. OBSCURE Adj. hard to understand; abstract

  19. OBSCURE • Tom started as an OBSCURE actor in the provinces, but now he’s world famous. • Maria found an allusion to an OBSCURE 14th century monk who invented what we call the pencil.

  20. OBTUSE Adj. stupid; not clear or precise

  21. OBTUSE • Are you being deliberately OBTUSE or are you just naturally stupid?

  22. PONDERABLE Adj. important enough to require a lot of thought

  23. PONDERABLE • Whether to skip class and take the drivers’ test is a no-brainer for most, but for Cynthia it’s a PONDERABLE issue.

  24. PONDEROUS Adj. very heavy or bulky; dull or lifeless

  25. PONDEROUS • Many students find Willa Cather’s style of writing PONDEROUS.

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