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Samuel Ogle Middle School Bowie, Maryland
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What is the SAT?
The Scholastic Aptitude Test is designed
to monitor student's ability to reason and apply thinking skills
required for post-high school success. This test continues to be an
important part of students' consideration for admission to a college or
university setting.
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SAT Word List
recumbent
(adj.) lying down, especially in a position of comfort or rest;
reclining; idle
veteran
1. n.
a
person who has served in military force, esp. one who has fought in a
war;
objurgate
trans. v.to
express strong disapproval of; to criticize severely
afflatus
n.
a strong
creative impulse; a supernatural imparting of
knowledge
bedizen
v.
to dress or adorn in
a gaudy manner; to decorate tastelessly
sojourn:
to
stay as a temporary resident; to dwell for a time; 2) a temporary stay
transmute;
(tran. v) to change from one nature
substance, form, or state into another; to
acerbic (adj.)
sharp, biting or acid in temper, expression, or tone; sour in
taste
comestible:
(adj)
suitable to be
eaten; edible; food(n)
pique
(v) to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, esp. by some wound
to pride; to
salutation
(n) a word or phrase serving as a greeting in word
or speech; a polite expression of
threshold (n.)
1. any place or point of beginning or starting;
abstruse
(adj.) difficult to comprehend or understand
invective
(n.) insulting or abusive
language or expression
jejune
(adj.) displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity; childish; lacking
interest or
svelte
(adj.) slender, esp. gracefully slender in figure; lithe
carom
(n.) a shot in
billiard in which the cue ball successively strikes two other balls |
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acclimate (v) to
accustom or become accustomed to a new climate, environment or situation Moving to a new city means becoming acclimated to a new environment, new neighbors and a new school. matutinal
(adj.) pertaining to or occurring in the morning;
early in the day loiter
(v) linger in a slow, idle manner; making purposeless stops in the
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bifurcate
(intransitive verb) to separate into two parts or branches; (adj) forked
or divided [bahy-fur-keyt] (adj) forked or divided into 2 parts or branches, like to Y-shaped styles of certain flowers or the tongues of snakes When the road bifurcated I did not know which way to go.
thankfulness:
(n) appreciativeness; gratitude
abscond
(intransitive verb) to depart secretly; to steal away and hide oneself,
used esp.
quotidian
(adj) occurring or returning daily; of an everyday character, ordinary,
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aggrandize
(trans. v) to make great or greater; to enlarge or increase The student explained the details of the fight to the principal in an aggrandized manner.
charitable (adj.) generous
in donations of gifts to relieve the needs of others who are ill, inception
(noun) beginning; start; commencement |
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obdurate
(adjective) hard; harsh; rough; rugged; unyielding [OB-duh-rit] The man was considered an obdurate miser. incongruous
(adj) inappropriate; inconsistent;
unbecoming; not harmonious in character
profuse
(adj) exhibiting great abundance; plentiful; copious; bountiful
recumbent
(adj.) resting; inactive; idle |
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pestiferous
(adj) bearing or bringing disease; bothersome, troubling, annoying After the storm, the pestiferous mosquitoes were abundant.
cacophony
(noun) 1. harsh, discordance of sound; 2. a meaningless mixture of
sounds
garrulous
(adj.) 1.talking too much, especially about trivial things; 2.
talkative, wordy
complement
(v.) 1. to supply what is lacking; 2.(n.) something that fills up or
completes |
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equinox
(noun) either of the two times during a year when the sun crosses the
celestial [ee-kwuh-noks] equator and when the length of day and night are approximately equal [eh-kwuh-noks] The vernal equinox occurred during our spring break on March 21st. eminence
(noun) a high place or part; a hill or elevation; height; high status
owing to
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diligence
(noun) constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken;
persistent [dil-i-juhns] exertion of body or mind; attentive care
She worked with great diligence to accomplish her goal of
getting into the high bellwether
(noun) 1. a leader of a movement or
activity; also, a leading indicator or future lambaste
(trans. v) 1. to scold sharply; 2. to attack verbally |
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civility
(noun) a polite action or expression; courtesy; politeness [si-VIL-i-tee] Please show your fellow students some civility when walking down the hallways. exemplary
(adj.) worthy of imitation; commendable; serving as an
illustration or model. myriad
(adj) very great or indefinitely great number (of people or things);
innumerable
terminus
(adj.) 1. the end or extremity of anything; a boundary or final point; a
goal or
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