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Samuel Ogle Middle School Kathleen Brady, Principal
William Kelly, Assistant Principal |
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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 |
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gratitude (n.) the
quality or feeling of being thankful He showed his gratitude to the staff by bringing in lunch. immure (v.)
to build into a wall; seclude; confine conflate (tran.v) to
combine or fuse together; to join parts into a whole redolent ((adj.)
Note: often followed by
of ) ; having a pleasant odor;
fragrant; reminiscent innocuous (adj.) not
harmful or injurious; not interesting or stimulating |
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circumnavigate (v
. used with object) to sail or fly around; to maneuver or go around; to
pachyderm (n)
any of the thick-skinned, hooved animals, such as elephants; a
person who
farrago
(n) a confused mixture; hodgepodge |
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logorrhea (n) incessant or
compulsive talkativeness [law-guh-ree-uh] During class instruction the teacher still had students who continued their logorrhea. refulgent (adj) shining
brightly; radiant; brilliant gridiron (n.) 1. a football
field; 2. a utensil consisting of parallel metal bars on which to broil
intrinsic (adj.)
belonging to a thing by its very nature; inherent |
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risible
(adj) capable of laughing; eliciting or
provoking laughter calescent
(adj) growing warm; increasing in heat ludic
(adj.) of or related to play;
playful gambol
(v) to dance or skip about in play; to tumble playfully respite
(n) a delay for a time of anything distressing; an interval of
relief veracity:
(n) accuracy; conformity to truth or fact; correctness or accuracy in
terms of a
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perseverance
(n) steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose,
a state, etc. especially
prerogative
(n) an exclusive or special right, power or
privilege; a distinctive excellence
connotation
(n) the associated or secondary meaning of a word or
expression in addition to its
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
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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,
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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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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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