SAT WORDS OF THE WEEK
February 20-24, 2017
Monday:
SAT WORD: Discursive
DEFINITION: (adj.) rambling, lacking order
SENTENCE: The professor’s discursive lectures seemed to
be about every subject except the one initially described.
Tuesday:
SAT WORD: Ebullient
DEFINITION: (adj.) extremely lively, enthusiastic
SENTENCE: She became ebullient upon receiving an
acceptance letter from her first-choice college.
Wednesday:
SAT WORD: Pariah
DEFINITION: an outcast
SENTENCE: Following the discovery of his plagiarism,
Professor Hurley was made a pariah in all academic circles.
Thursday:
SAT WORD: Palliate
DEFINITION: (v.) to reduce the severity of
SENTENCE: The doctor trusted that the new medication would
palliate her patient’s discomfort.
Friday:
SAT WORD: Probity
DEFINITION: (n.) virtue, integrity
SENTENCE: Because he was never viewed as a man of great
probity, no one was surprised by Mr. Samson’s immoral
behavior
SAT WORDS OF THE WEEK
February 27- March 3, 2017
Monday:
SAT WORD: Cogent
DEFINITION: (adj.) intellectually convincing
SENTENCE: Irene’s arguments in favor of abstinence were so
cogent that I could not resist them.
Tuesday:
SAT WORD: Perfidious
DEFINITION: (adj.) disloyal, unfaithful
SENTENCE: After the official was caught selling government
secrets to enemy agents, he was executed for his perfidious
ways.
Wednesday:
SAT WORD: Ruse
DEFINITION: (n.) a trick
SENTENCE: Oliver concocted an elaborate ruse for sneaking
out of the house to meet his girlfriend while simultaneously
giving his mother the impression that he was asleep in bed.
Thursday:
SAT WORD: Sanctimonious
DEFINITION: (adj.) giving a hypocritical appearance of piety.
SENTENCE: Katie is a sanctimonious woman who tries to
belittle those who do not volunteer as much as she does.
Friday:
SAT WORD: Scurrilous
DEFINITION: (adj.) vulgar, coarse
SENTENCE: When Bruno heard the scurrilous accusation
being made about him, he could not believe it because he
always tried to be nice to everyone.
SAT WORDS OF THE WEEK
March 6-10, 2017
Monday:
SAT WORD: Rescind
DEFINITION: (v.) to take back, repeal
SENTENCE: The company rescinded its offer of employment
after discovering that Jane’s resume was full of lies.
Tuesday:
SAT WORD: Salient
DEFINITION: (adj.) significant, conspicuous
SENTENCE: One of the salient differences between Alison and
Nancy is that Alison is a foot taller.)
Wednesday:
SAT WORD: Ubiquitious
DEFINITION: (adj.) existing everywhere, widespread
SENTENCE: It seems that everyone in the United States has a
television. The technology is ubiquitous here.
Thursday:
SAT WORD: Timorous
DEFINITION: (adj.) timid, fearful
SENTENCE: When dealing with the unknown, timorous
Tallulah almost always broke into tears.
Friday:
SAT WORD: Transient
DEFINITION:
SENTENCE: Because virtually everyone in Palm Beach is a
tourist, the population of the town is quite transient.
SAT WORDS OF THE WEEK
March 13-17, 2017
Monday:
SAT WORD: Reprobate
DEFINITION: (adj.) evil, unprincipled
SENTENCE: The reprobate criminal sat sneering in the cell.
Tuesday:
SAT WORD: Reprove
DEFINITION: (v.) to scold, rebuke
SENTENCE: Lara reproved her son for sticking each and every
one of his fingers into the strawberry pie.
Wednesday:
SAT WORD: Cursory
DEFINITION: (adj.) brief to the point of being superficial
SENTENCE: Late for the meeting, she cast a cursory glance
at the agenda
Thursday:
SAT WORD: Cogent
DEFINITION: (adj.) intellectually convincing
SENTENCE: Irene’s arguments in favor of abstinence were so
cogent that I could not resist them.)
Friday:
SAT WORD: Deleterious
DEFINITION: (adj.) harmful
SENTENCE: She experienced the deleterious effects of
running a marathon without stretching her muscles enough
beforehand.
SAT WORDS OF THE WEEK
March 20-24, 2017
Monday:
SAT WORD: Rife
DEFINITION: (adj.) abundant
SENTENCE: Surprisingly, the famous novelist’s writing was
rife with spelling errors
Tuesday:
SAT WORD: Tenuous
DEFINITION: (adj.) having little substance or strength
SENTENCE: Your argument is very tenuous, since it relies so
much on speculation and hearsay.)
Wednesday:
SAT WORD: Impassive
DEFINITION: (adj.) stoic, not susceptible to suffering
SENTENCE Stop being so impassive; it’s healthy to cry every
now and then.)
Thursday:
SAT WORD: Imperious
DEFINITION: (adj.) commanding, domineering
SENTENCE The imperious nature of your manner led me to
dislike you at once.):
Friday:
SAT WORD: Impinge
DEFINITION: (v.) to impact, affect, make an impression
SENTENCE: The hail impinged the roof, leaving large dents.)
SAT WORDS OF THE WEEK
March 27- March 31, 2017
Monday:
SAT WORD: Antipathy
DEFINITION: (n.) a strong dislike, repugnance
SENTENCE: I know you love me, but because you are a liar and
a thief, I feel nothing but antipathy for you.)
Tuesday:
SAT WORD: Dither
DEFINITION: (v.) to be indecisive
SENTENCE: Not wanting to offend either friend, he dithered
about which of the two birthday parties he should attend.)
Wednesday:
SAT WORD: Ebullient
DEFINITION: (adj.) extremely lively, enthusiastic
SENTENCE: She became ebullient upon receiving an
acceptance letter from her first-choice college.
Thursday:
SAT WORD: Feral
DEFINITION: (adj.) wild, savage
SENTENCE: That beast looks so feral that I would fear being
alone with it
Friday:
SAT WORD: Tangible
DEFINITION: easily seen or recognized or able to be touched or felt
SENTENCE: Since the police found no tangible signs of
entry into the apartment, they knew the robber was
someone close to the family.
SAT WORDS OF THE WEEK
April 10-14, 2017
Monday:
SAT WORD: Assiduous
DEFINITION: (adj.) hard-working, diligent
SENTENCE: The construction workers erected the skyscraper
during two years of assiduous labor.
Tuesday:
SAT WORD: Florid
DEFINITION: (adj.) flowery, ornate
SENTENCE: The writer’s florid prose belongs on a
sentimental Hallmark card.
Wednesday:
SAT WORD: Abrasive
DEFINITION: tending to annoy
SENTENCE: Why should we accept unnecessarily abrasive
behaviour as acceptable anywhere?
Thursday:
SAT WORD: Labyrinth
DEFINITION: intricate path or passage
SENTENCE: When Jack fell behind the tour guide, he
became lost in the huge labyrinth of the national gardens.
Friday:
SAT WORD: Renown
DEFINITION: widespread fame
SENTENCE: The professional football player has not
reached that status of renown where fans follow him
everywhere
SAT WORDS OF THE WEEK
April 17-21, 2017
Monday:
SAT WORD: Acumen
DEFINITION: having keen insight
SENTENCE: He has a remarkable acumen in business matters.
Tuesday:
SAT WORD: Reprehensible
DEFINITION: open to criticism or rebuke
SENTENCE: At first he saw nothing reprehensible in this, but in
the second year of his marriage his view of that form of
punishment suddenly changed.
Wednesday:
SAT WORD: Absolution
DEFINITION: freeing from blame or quilt
SENTENCE
Thursday:
SAT WORD: Hasten
DEFINITION: accelerate or hurry
SENTENCE: She hastened home when she heard the news
about her sister.
Friday:
SAT WORD: Tawdry
DEFINITION: gaudy or cheap
SENTENCE: Although Aunt Eloise had lots of money, she
always wore such tawdry jewelry.
SAT WORDS OF THE WEEK
April 24-28, 2017
Monday:
SAT WORD: Acrimony
DEFINITION: bitterness or sharpness of manner, speech or
temper
SENTENCE: You may give that acrimonious tone to your
mother, but in the classroom, I demand the utmost respect.
Tuesday:
SAT WORD: Reprive
DEFINITION: a delay or break
SENTENCE: To kids, snow days are wonderful events
because they allow them a reprieve from school.
Wednesday:
SAT WORD: Cringe
DEFINITION: to shrink or crouch in fear
SENTENCE: The dog cringed at the sound of the breaking glass.
Thursday:
SAT WORD: Plummet
DEFINITION: to plunge or to do down
SENTENCE: As soon as the company increased the price
of its videogame by twenty dollars, it saw its sales
plummet.
Friday:
SAT WORD: Bolster
DEFINITION: to support or lift up or to increase.
SENTENCE: If Danielle gets a good grade on her math
test, it will really bolster her self-confidence.
SAT WORDS OF THE WEEK
May 1- May 5, 2017
Monday:
SAT WORD: Aspersion
DEFINITION: derogatory remark or criticism
SENTENCE: Because I know Janice is a kind person, I
cannot believe the negative aspersion about her.
Tuesday:
SAT WORD: Heed
DEFINITION: to give careful attention to the advice or
suggestion of someone.
SENTENCE: The basketball player was ejected from the
game when he did not heed the referee’s warning.
Wednesday:
SAT WORD: Oblivious
DEFINITION: unaware
SENTENCE: How could the rich man be oblivious to the
hungry man asking him for a dollar?
Thursday:
SAT WORD: Curtail
DEFINITION: to cut back or reduce
SENTENCE: School activities are being curtailed due to a lack of
funds.
Friday:
SAT WORD: Bombast
DEFINITION: pretentious words
SENTENCE: The man continued in his bombast as people slowly
stopped listening to him.
SAT WORDS OF THE WEEK
May 8-12, 2017
Monday:
SAT WORD: Abjure
DEFINITION: to give up a belief or activity
SENTENCE: Because Tommy ignored his parents’ plea to
abjure a life of crime, he ended up in prison by making bad
choices
Tuesday:
SAT WORD: Acquiesce
DEFINITION: to submit or comply without protest
SENTENCE: While I did not want to go to the show with
Laura, her begging eventually caused me to acquiesce
Wednesday:
SAT WORD: Obliterate
DEFINITION: to remove or destroy all traces of
SENTENCE: The property developers are going to
obliterate the rainforest if they keep cutting down trees and
driving out wildlife.
Thursday:
SAT WORD: Accolade
DEFINITION: to award an honor
SENTENCE: Mrs. Smith is such a great teacher that she is
always getting one accolade after another
Friday:
SAT WORD: Pliable
DEFINITION: easily bent or flexible
SENTENCE: Even though the hose seemed pliable, Henry
wasn’t able to curve it around the corner of the house:
SAT WORDS OF THE WEEK
May 15-19, 2017
Monday:
SAT WORD: Abrogate
DEFINITION: to abolish or annul or relinquish
SENTENCE: If you talk out loud in class, I will abrogate
your right to choose where to sit
Tuesday:
SAT WORD: Abstain
DEFINITION: to refrain from
SENTENCE: Since my sister has chosen to abstain from
eating red meat, I will not be serving any beef dishes at my
party.
Wednesday:
SAT WORD: Laceration
DEFINITION: jagged tear or cut
SENTENCE: Despite the gruesome fight, he ended up with only
a mild laceration.
Thursday:
SAT WORD: Cower
DEFINITION: crouch as in fear or shame
SENTENCE: The burglar scared me so badly that all I
could do was cower in the bedroom closet.
Friday:
SAT WORD: Abase
DEFINITION: humiliate or degrade
SENTENCE: My jealous sister tried to abase me by making
fun of my reading glasses.
SAT WORDS OF THE WEEK
May 22-26, 2016
Monday:
SAT WORD: Approbation
DEFINITION: approval or commendation
SENTENCE: Going on the field trip is out of the question unless
you get your parents approbation
Tuesday:
SAT WORD: Nuance
DEFINITION: subtle difference or distinction
SENTENCE: To solve the puzzle in the newspaper, you need to
identify the nuance in the two seemingly identical pictures.
Wednesday:
SAT WORD: Kindle
DEFINITION: to start or cause
SENTENCE: The purpose of the technology summer camp is to
kindle young people to create their own technological wonders.
Thursday:
SAT WORD: Enfranchise
DEFINITION: to endow with rights
SENTENCE: The civil rights laws were enacted to end
discrimination and enfranchise equal rights to all citizens.
Friday:
SAT WORD: Blasphemy
DEFINITION: cursing God or anything sacred or religious
SENTENCE: When Jake made a joke in church, his mother
accused him of blasphemy.