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SAT Vocab. 27

Mrs.Hahn RWS

TermDefinition
extraneous not necessary, not an essential, not relevant
extraneous it’s important to remove any extraneous light and sound from the area.
frivolous not having substance, a sense of importance or seriousness, silly, trivial, trifling
frivolous When Jane gave me a frivolous apology, I was unimpressed by her fake sincerity
incidental less important, minor
incidental farming was only incidental to stock raising and mining
inconsequential irrelevant, of no significance, unimportant
inconsequential At the end of the day, everything is inconsequential except for family
irrelevant not relating to the matter at hand
irrelevant Their confusing effect, for modern readers, is increased by a curiously irrelevant prologue.
negligible able to be neglected due to lack of importance
negligible Since the price difference between the generic item and the brand item is negligible, I will buy the brand product.
peripheral only marginally connected to what is truly important, minor or incidental, at the end of ones field of vision
peripheral Do not spend too much time on the peripheral questions because they are only worth ten percent of the test grade.
petty minor or trivial, small in quantity
petty The officer did not arrest the teen for the petty crime.
superficial lacking in depth or importance, on the surface
superficial The wooden floor looks somewhat strange because the stain has only gone so far as the superficial grains of the board.
trifling lacking significance, unimportant
trifling We will be lucky to discover even a trifling amount of gold in the abandoned mine.
trivial unimportant, trifling, ordinary
trivial It’s a complete waste of time and energy to continue to argue over such a trivial matter.
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