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SAT
Sixth set of 50 hot words for the SAT.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Clandestine (klan-des-tun) | adj. hidden, secret, concealed |
| Covert (koh-vurt) | adj. secret, hidden |
| Furtive (fur-tiv) | adj. sneaky |
| Inconspicuous (in-kun-spih-kyoo-wus) | adj. hardly noticeable |
| Sly (skie) | adj. underhanded, furtive |
| Stealthy (stel-thee) | adj. secretive, sly |
| Surreptitious (sur-up-tih-shus) | adj. done or made in a secret, stealthy way |
| Unobtrusive (un-ub-troo-siv) | adj. inconspicuous; not easily noticed |
| Adversary (ad-vuh-ser-ee) | n. an opponent |
| Advocate (Ad-vuh-kut) | n. a supporter; proponent |
| Artisan (ar-tuh-zun) | n. a person who is skillful with his or her hands |
| Ascetic (uh-seh-tik) | n. a person who refrains from indulging in earthly pleasures |
| Charlatan (shar-luh-tun) | n. a fraud; a quack or imposter |
| Hedonist (hee-duh-nist) | n. a person who lives for pleasure |
| Orator (or-uh-tur) | n. a skillful public speaker |
| Pariah (puh-rie-uh) | n. a social outcast |
| Raconteur (ra-kahn-tur) | n. a skillful storyteller |
| Skeptic (skep-tik) | n. a person who doubts |
| Virtuoso (vur-choo-oh-so) | n. a highly skilled performer, usually a musical performer |
| Extraneous (ek-stray-nee-us) | adj. not necessary; not an essential part; not relevant |
| Frivolous (frih-vuh-lus) | adj. not having substance,, a sense of importance, or seriousness; silly;trivial; trifling |
| Incidental (in-suh-den-tl) | adj. less important; minor |
| Inconsequential (in-kahn-suh-kwen-shul) | adj. irrelevant; of no significance; unimportant |
| Irrelevant (ih-reh-luh-vunt) | adj. not relating to the matter at hand |
| Negligible (neh-glih-juh-bul) | adj. able or likely to be neglected or bypassed due to smallness or lack of importance |
| Peripheral (puh-rih-fuh-rul) | adj. only marginally connected to what is truly important; minor or incidental; at the edge of one's field of vision |
| Petty (peh-tee) | adj. minor or trivial; small in quantity; paltray |
| Superficial (soo-pur--fih-shul) | adj. lacking in depth or importance; on the surface |
| Triffling (try-fling) | adj. lacking significance; unimportant |
| Trivial (trih-vee-ul) | adj. unimportant |
| Acute (uh-kyoot) | adj. kenn-minded; sharp |
| Astute (uh-stoot) | adj. sharp=minded; very clever |
| Discerning (dih-sur-ning) | adj. able to judge people and situations clearly |
| Erudite (er-uh-dite) | adj. wise due to much reading and studying; scholarly |
| Incisive (in-sie-siv) | adj. decisive, keen and directly to the point |
| Ingenious (in-jeen-yus) | adj. very clever or inventive |
| Judicious (joo-dih-shus) | adj. showing wisdom in judging people and situations |
| Perspicacious (pur-spuh-key-shus) | adj. using wise judgement; sharp-minded |
| Prudent (proo-dnt) | adj. careful, cautious, and wise |
| Sagacious (suh-gay-shus) | adj. wise |
| Savvy (sa-vee) | adj. smart; informed |
| Shrewd (shrood) | adj. insightful; clever |
| Acrid (a-crud) | adj. bitter, harsh |
| Arid (a-rid) | adj. dry, lacking water |
| Aesthetic (es-thuh-tik) | adj. having to do with artistic beauty |
| Atheistic (ay-thee-is-tik) | adj. without a belief in any god |
| Ambivalent (am-bih-vuh-lunt) | adj. having conflicting feelings or opinions about something; unsure |
| Coalesce (koe-uh-les) | vb. to have different opinions join together; fuse; converge |
| Convalesce (kahn-vuh-les) | vb. to recover from an illness |
| Delusion (dih-loo-zhun) | n. false opinion or belief |
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