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10th #16
Castle Sophomores' Unit #16 SAT words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| charisma | n., The quality of a leader which captures great popular devotion; personal magnetism; charm. pl., -ma·ta |
| contemporary | adj. Modern; up-to-date -- Belonging to the same period of time: a fact documented by two contemporary sources. Of about the same age. --n., pl., -ies. One of the same time or age: Shelley and Keats were contemporaries. A person of the present age. |
| contend | v.tr. To maintain or assert, to state to be so; claim; affirm ----- v., -tend·ed, -tend·ing, -tends. v.intr. To strive in opposition or against difficulties; struggle. To compete, as in a race; vie. To strive in controversy or debate; dispute. |
| conversely | adv. In an opposite manner; in an altogether different way. ----- adj. converse -- Reversed, as in position, order, or action; contrary. intr.v.,To converse, -versed,-vers·ing,-vers·es. To engage in a spoken exchange of thoughts, ideas, or feelings; tal |
| extrovert | n. An outgoing, sociable person |
| prevalent | adj. Widespread; common. Widely or commonly occurring, existing, accepted, or practiced. prevalent. -- adv. prevalently |
| poignant | adj. Emotionally moving; touching ---- n. poignance or poignancy --- adv. poignantly |
| proponent | n. One who argues in support of something; an advocate. Someone who supports a cause |
| quest | n. The act or an instance of seeking or pursuing something; a search. An expedition undertaken in medieval romance by a knight in order to perform a prescribed feat: the quest for the Holy Grail. A search; a pursuit. ---v.,·ed,·ing, s. v.tr. To seek. |
| traumatic | adj. Of, pertaining to, or caused by an injury. Causing painful emotions, with possible long-lasting psychological effects |