SAT LESSON 14 VOCABULARY

PRODIGIOUS

• My teacher gave us a huge amount of
• homework, a prodigious task by anyone's standards.

PERIPHERAL

• You must use your peripheral vision when
• performing in a marching band so that you can
• watch those on each side of you while you look
• straight ahead.

PARODY

• The comedian's skit was a parody of the
• recent inaugural address; although it was
• intended to be funny, not many people
• laughed.

EQUIVOCATE

• Witnesses are encouraged to tell the truth and
• not to attempt to equivocate; telling lies on the
• witness stand is punishable.

HEDONISTS

• The world is becoming full of hedonists who are
• only interested in fulfilling their sensual desires
• and nothing more.

RESPITE

• A quiet walk in the woods would be a nice
• respite from the drudgery of city life; we all
• need a relaxing break once in a while.

INTERMINABLE

• Although the reading assignment was only
• ten pages, it seemed interminable to the bored
• students.

NAIVE

• Even a beginner should not be so naive
• and so unsophisticated as she is.

CRYPTIC

• The meaning of the cryptic note was hidden
• from everyone who looked at it.

AVARICE

• The avarice of the man was obvious when he
• wanted everything he saw; it was the result of being
• raised in such a greedy family.

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