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11th------
Castle Juniors SAT Vocabulary #3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ambiguous | Able to interpret in more than one way; not clear. |
| Dissident | A person oppossed to establish ideas or beliefs; especially in politics. |
| Embellish | To decorate, to beautify by adornment; to enhance (a statement or narrative) with fictitious additions. |
| Fritter | To spend or waste a little at a time. To break or tear into small pieces or shreds. |
| Inadvertent | Unintentional; accidental |
| Inane | without sense or meaning; foolish |
| Juxtapose | To place close together; compare or contrast |
| lethargy | a great lack of energy; inactivity due to laziness |
| Sporadic | Happening now and then |
| Subsidize | To support financially; provide a grant or contribution. |
| ambiguous | Unclear, obscure, vague |
| dissident | a rebel, a dissenter, heretic |
| embellish | to decorate, ornamentation; ornament; |
| fritter | to waste, to dwindle, shrink, degenerate, to break into fragments |
| inadvertent | Unintentional, not attentive; heedless inattentive, thoughtless, careless, negligent. |
| sporadic | Irregular, on and off, infrequently, intermittent, periodic |
| subsidize | to pay for to back, to capitalize, to finance, to fund, to grubstake, to stake, to bankroll, to put up money for |
| inane | silly empty; void, pointless. |
| juxtapose | to put side by side, compare, contrast |
| lethargy | Inactivity -- sluggishness, , apathy lassitude, torpor, torpidity, stupor, languor |
| Her answer was so _________, I could tell she really did not know the answer. | ambiguous |
| The ____________ voiced his objections to the angry crowd. | dissident |
| If you ________ your story too much your mother will catch your lie. | embellish |
| Please do not ________ away your time. | fritter |
| His errors were ____________, he was not really paying attention. | inadvertent |
| The silly student continuously interrupts the class with _________ comments. | inane |
| The writer __________ satire with tragedy in his essay. | juxtaposed |
| Growing teens who skimp on sleep can usually be recognized by their __________ in school. | lethargy |
| His attendance was so __________ that I feared he would never graduate from college. | sporadic |
| My mother helped _________ my rent in college so I only needed a part-time job. | subsidize |
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Clarym
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