WEEK 1 SAT WORDS
March 29th-April 3rd
Instructions
VOCAB! We need more VOCAB in this
class!
 To rectify (fix) this educational
oversight, you will be assigned ten SAT
words per week. You shall memorize
these words and their meanings, to be
tested on this knowledge on Fridays.
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These words will be infused into the lessons of the
week as much as possible. (But do not abate your
own study efforts! It would be unwise to abstain
from studying on your own, else you will encounter
great adversity when the quizzes come.)
Kindly record the word and its corresponding
definition on the provided paper on Monday. Review
it throughout the week, and come to class on Friday
prepared to annihilate the test.
1. abate (v): to reduce or lessen
The wrestler’s desire to win did not abate when
he saw the size of his opponent.
Past
tense:
abated
2. Abdicate (v): to give up a position
The queen was asked to abdicate the
throne after it was discovered that she
had eaten her own offspring.
Past tense:
abdicated
3. Aberration (n): something unusual,
different from the norm.
The appearance of you, screaming and stuck in the toilet, was a
rather unpleasant aberration from Mrs. (Insert your mother’s last
name here) usual morning routine.
Plural:
aberrations
4. Abhor (v): to really hate
If Chuck Norris
abhors you, you
had better watch
out.
Past tense:
abhorred
5. abstain (v): to refrain from doing
something
It is wise to abstain
from taking drugs.
Past tense:
abstained
6. adversity (n): hardship, misfortune
It was suffering such great adversity as
a young girl that made the Wicked
Witch of the West into the cruel woman
she was.
Plural:
adversities
7. aesthetic (adj): pertaining to beauty
I can find no aesthetic appeal in this
dog. Creature.
Thing.
Variations:
aesthetically (adv) This
dog is not aesthetically
appealing.
8. Amicable (adj): agreeable, friendly
Despite their romantic beginnings, the marriage
ended in a less than amicable divorce five years
later.
Variations: 1. amicability (n) Their
early amicability did not lead to lasting
happiness.
2. Amicably (adv) The marriage did
not end amicably.
9. anachronistic (adj): an error in
chronology, out of context in time
The appearance of a clock bell that rang was quite
the anachronistic error in Julius Caesar—for though
Shakespeare was writing at
a time when clock bells
existed, Julius Caesar did not!
Variations: anachronism (n):
The anachronism of the clock
bell in Julius Caesar does not
affect the quality of the play.
10. arid (adj): very dry
The arid climate of Nevada made it an ideal
candidate for filming of many westerns during
the 1950s.
Variations: aridity (n)
The aridity in Nevada
made it an ideal place to
film westerns.