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SAT vocab 13
Mrs. Hahn RWS
| Term | Definition | Sentence |
|---|---|---|
| aloof | reserved or reticent; indifferent; disinterested: | I felt aloofed because my parents wouldn't let me speak my opinion at the festival. |
| apathetic | having or showing little or no emotion: | The girl in the play was acting apathetic during her performance because people started to get bored with her after a while. |
| detached | not attached; separated: not involved or concerned; aloof. | The bear cub felt detached from his family because he was all alone in the woods. |
| impassive | without emotion; apathetic; unmoved; calm' serene. | The impassive dancer didn't receive a scholarship because she rushed through the steps and didn't have any heart with what she was dancing. |
| indifferent | without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic: | The indifferent teacher didn't care to offer the students extra credit. |
| listless | having or showing little or no emotion in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent: | The dying bird seemed listless on the ground, because it wasn't chirping like it usually does. |
| nonchalant | coolly unconcerned , indifferent, or unexcited; casual: | I gave a nonchalant answer to my peers, because I didn't want them to thing I am dumb. |
| phlegmatic | not easily excited to action or display of emotion, apathetic, sluggish | Me and my friends like doing crazy things, that's why Sarah, who is a phlegmatic person, doesn't hand out with us. |
| remote | far apart; situated at some distance away: out-of-the-way; secluded: distance in time: | The two sisters were remote from each other because one was in Texas, while the other was in Virginia. |
| stoical | impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the stoics: | I enjoy stoical events because they don't get crazy and out of order. |