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SAT vocab 27
English 1 Mrs. Hanh
| Term | Definition | Sentences |
|---|---|---|
| extraneous | not necessary; not an essential part; not relevant | Mary bought some extraneous items at the store, when she was only supposed to get milk and butter. |
| frivolous | not having substance or sense of importance or seriousness | The frivolous kids decided to swim really deep in the ocean without thinking, so the life guard had to come rescue them. |
| incidental | less important; minor | My parents always tell my sister and I that makeup and hair products are incidental and not as important as food and water. |
| inconsequential | irrelevant; of no significance; unimportant | When Larry found out that he was getting a phone, it was all he could talk and was inconsequential compared to his schoolwork. |
| irrelevant | not relating to the matter at hand | As the test was coming up next week Abigail made it clear that hanging out with her friends instead of studying was irrelevant. |
| negligible | able of likely to be neglected or bypassed due to smallness or lack of importance | Cara treated John like he was negligible because she avoided him most of the time and never really talked to him. |
| peripheral | only marginally connected to what is truly important; relating to the field of vision | It was peripheral for Lemon to say sorry for the objects that she stole from the store, but she should replaced the objects as well. |
| petty | minor or trivial; small in quantity | Betty is really petty toward all the other girls at school because if they don't leave her alone she gets very angry and yells at them. |
| superficial | lacking in depth or importance; on the surface | The little boy felt that the love he had for his friends was becoming superficial because they exclude him from everything they do together. |
| trifling | lacking significance; unimportant | The movie we watched for History class was trifling because it didn't offer any information about what the paper needed to be about. |
| trivial | unimportant; trifling; ordinary | the little puppy seemed trivial with all the other puppies because he looked different from the rest of the litter. |
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