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SAT Voc 27
Remediation
Term | Definition |
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extraneous | not necessary; not an essential part; not relevant |
Let's stick to the heart of the matter and put your ______ concerns aside for the moment. | extraneous |
frivolous | not having substance or a sense of importance or seriousness; silly; trivial; trifling |
If you ask a silly question, you deserve a ______ response. | frivolous |
incidental | less important; minor |
An ______ benefit of not having a car is that you walk everywhere you need to go and get really great exercise. | incidental |
irrelevant; of not significance; unimportant | inconsequential |
Although the collision produced a loud noise, the damage to the cars was _______ . | inconsequential |
irrelevant | not relating to the matter at hand |
That Marnie had a sore throat is _____ to her cutting classes. | irrelevant |
negligible | able or likely to be neglected or bypassed due to smallness or lack of importance |
Peter refused the job because the pay increase was _____ and made the added responsibility too much. | negligible |
only marginally connected to what is truly important; minor or incidental; relating to the field of vision | peripheral |
The class discussion got bogged down in ______ issues that had nothing to do with the issue of cloning. | peripheral |
minor or trivial; small in quantity | petty |
Igor complained about _____ things such as lint on the clothing or wrinkled bedsheets. | petty |
lacking depth or importance; on the surface | superficial |
I hate the _____ conversations I am forced to have in social settings such as charity events. | superficial |
lacking significance; unimportant | trifling |
In the long run, cutting down one tree may seem ______, but once the precedent is set, the whole forest may be cut down. | trifling |
unimportant; trifling; ordinary | trivial |
Because rain is needed so badly, the _____ amount which fell yesterday will not have an impact on the water restrictions. | trivial |