Sat vocabulary

What does bombastic mean

• of an extraordinary size or degree

• a long, angry, and impassioned speech

• high-sounding but with little meaning

• vehement or clamorous

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What does apoplectic mean?

• overcome with anger

• moving in a rapid or hectic way

• a large number of similar things or events

• a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What does unequivocal mean?

• leaving no doubt

• not fair, evenly balanced, or having equal advantage

• shout, complain, or argue loudly or vehemently

• done openly and unashamedly

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.L.3.4B

CCSS.L.3.4C

CCSS.RF.3.3A

What does infinitesimal mean?

• an arrival or entry of large numbers of people or things

• very great in amount or degree

• an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for someone or something

• extremely small

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

What does audacious mean?

• showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks

• sound, especially when recorded, transmitted, or reproduced

• of undisputed origin

• having been made greater in size or value

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

What does antecedent mean?

• occurring or existing before a particular war

• of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood

• a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another

• a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

What does assiduous mean?

• absorb and integrate into a wider society or culture

• showing great care and perseverance

• make less intense

• not in a straight or level position

Tags

CCSS.L.6.1E

CCSS.L.5.4B

What does anthropomorphism mean?

• resembling a human being in form

• a published collection of poems or other pieces of writing

• the study of human societies and cultures and their development

• the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

What does covet mean?

• yearn to possess or have

• fraud

• an agreement

• an expression of sympathy, especially on the occasion of a death

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

What does dilapidated mean?

• a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially equally undesirable ones

• in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect

• make or become wider, larger, or more open

• a person who cultivates an area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C