Short story SAT words

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Short story SAT words

Adherent
A good leader have many adherent.

(n.) a follower, supporter; (adj.) attached, sticking to

The leader have many follower.
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Adherent
A good leader have many adherent.

(n.) a follower, supporter; (adj.) attached, sticking to

The leader have many follower.
Ameliorate
Teacher want all student to ameliorate their English by speaking English.

(v.) to improve, to make better

People want to make their environment better.
Antithesis
The Antithesis of the picture is nicer than the original one.

(n.) an exact opposite

It show the opposite side of the picture.
Ardor
I display great ardor for helping people.

(n.) great emotion or passion (激情)

They are very welcome to kiss each other.
Audacious
My brother are audacious to my mother because he got A in English class.

(adj.) fearless and daring

The soldier that fight in the war are all brave.
Blatant
Because he is the only one who wear red shirt so he is blatant.

(adj.) obvious

Every time the ball fly at you, obviously saw the ball.
Cessation
He momentary(短暫性) breathing cessation.

(n.) stopping

This picture tell people dont enter or stopping.
Chastise
My mother chastise my brother last night.

(v.) to punish

In the picture the mother is punishing her son
Clandestine
He act clandestine after he die from merder.

(adj.) secret

This picture tell me that, the people in the picture have something that dont want to tell other.
Conundrum
The conundrum problem is to hard for them.

(n) riddle; difficult problem

The problem on the bord is hard to solve.
Credence
To be lover credence is needed.

(n.) belief or trust

The picture tell the meaning of the word.
Cynic
People who are cynic can't work in groups.

(n.) one who deeply distrusts human nature (煩事都往壞處想的人)

The people alway think monkey is a bad and dangerous animal.
Deplore
He deplore about the test that he didn't study for it.

(v.) regret; disapprove of (後悔)

The picture tell the meaning of the word.
Disinclined
My brother act disinclined to help mother, that 's mother get angry.

(adj.) unwilling
The dog make a unwilling face to do something.
Dissuade
He dissuade me not to fight at school.

(v.) to persuade not to do something (勸說)
The girl is telling the bo not to do something.
Evoke
We try to evoke the memory that what he dose yesterday.

(v.) to call forth (喚起)
The picture tell what the word is.
Felicity
People will be felicity when they get marry.

(n.) happiness(幸福)
To marry is the happiest thing on the world.
Forethought
Parent will forethought for their children future.

(n.) to think before
He walk back because he know if he walk so far it will be dangerous.
Guile
He persuaded(說服) her to sign the document by guile.

(n.) deceit, trickery
At China people sy this animal will trick people.
Juxtapose
He juxtapose the computer here.

(v.) to place side by side for comparison
The ice place side by side.
Lethargy
lethargy on the bad make me feel relax.

(n.) lack of energy (暈睡)
He sleep on the sofa.
Malady
I'm malady, so i didn't go to school.

(n.) a sickness, illness, disease, disorder
He is sick, so he lay on his bed
Masquerade
He masquerade the vampire at halloween day.

(v.) pretend to be someone or something that you are not.
He pretend he is the character in the cartoon.
Melancholy
The rainy day give me a melancholy feeling.

(n.) a feeling of thoughtful sadness (憂鬱)
This people are sad of something.
Ominous
To see people die it's mean ominous to chineses people.

(adj.) unfavorable, threatening, of bad omen(不吉祥的)
This picture tell Something bad will happen soon
Pensive
People have to be pensive to face the big problem.

(adj.) thoughtful
The stature are the thinker that think very deeply.
Premeditate
He is a premeditate kid, he think before do.

(adj.) To think out, plan, or scheme beforehand.
People have to think a lot to do this.
Reclusive
He is a reclusive person, because he dont talk.

(adj) preferring to live in isolation (寂寞)
That duck look lonely.
Renown
I want to be renown in the future.

(n.) fame, glory (名聲)
This people might be very popular before.
Resonate
The sound resonates well in this theater

(v.) to echo (共鳴)
In the theater when you shout you will hear a echo.
Submissive
Dog act submissive, after you give it a bone.

(adj.) willing to submit without resistance to authority
This wolves act like it willing to do something.
Superfluous
After i finish the homework, I know that's superfluous.

(adj.) more than enough
After finish this some time you might find some words are didn't fix in.
Tenuous
The pencil are tenuous, it can't hold more than this.

(adj.) having thin consistency
The leave look very thin and easily to break.
Sordid
The room look sordid after he walk in.

(adj.) dirty
This is the opposite meaning for the word.
Stringent
My mother are very stringent to me, but not to my brother.

(adj.) strict
all teacher are very strict to student.


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