English III

SAT Vocabulary#31-50English IIIAdjectiveNear-sighted

myopic

AdjectiveBoisterous, unrulyWhat does that mean? rowdy, difficult to control obstreperous

AdjectiveExcessively frugal, penny pinchingWhat does that mean? ThriftyAnother definition: cost-conscious, economical parsimonious

AdjectiveTraitorous, treacherousWhat does that mean? unfaithful Another definition: deceitful

perfidious

AdjectiveMechanical, indifferentWhat does that mean? Automatic, neutral Another definition: done routinelyPerfunctory

NounClearness, lucidityWhat does that mean? Clarity Another definition? Acute (sharp) perception Perspicuity

NounControversy, argumentative debate

Polemic

VerbPostpone, put offprocrastinate

NounModel, patternPrototype

AdjectiveGoing backwardsRegressive

NounwisdomSagacityAdjectiveFull of old sayings, maxims, or proverbsSententiousAdjectiveUnexpressed but understoodTacitAdjectiveThin, unsubstantial, flimsytenuousAdjectiveSwollen, bombastic Turgid AdjectiveEverywhere at the same timeUbiquitous AdjectiveOily, overly suaveUnctuousAdjectiveEmpty, dullVapidAdjectiveSensual, pleasure loving and givingVolumptuousAdjective Indirect, twistedWry