Hot SAT Words Lessons 21-30

LESSON # 30 More Tricky Twins & Triplets! Words that Sound and Look Alike but Have Different Meanings

IMPRUDENT Adj. careless; rash

IMPRUDENT Jogging at night without wearing reflective clothing is IMPRUDENT.

IMPUDENT Adj. rude; disrespectful

IMPUDENT

Answering my father in an IMPUDENT manner is IMPRUDENT indeed!

INDIGENOUS Adj. native

INDIGENOUS Pineapples are INDIGENOUS to Hawaii.

INDIGENT Adj. poor; impoverished

INDIGENT Angela’s Ashes is the story of an INDIGENT Irish family’s struggles.

INDIGNANT Adj. angry

INDIGNANT I get INDIGNANT when someone cuts ahead of me in line after I’ve been waiting a long tim.

INTIMATE v. To suggest; to hint at

INTIMATE The principal INTIMATED that school might be closed if heavy snow is predicted.

INTIMIDATE V. To frighten; to hint at threateningly

INTIMIDATE Marcy is INTIMIDATED by standardized tests, but she is learning to deal with her fears. The bully INTIMIDATES the children into doing what he wants.

OBSCURE Adj. hard to understand; abstract

OBSCURE Tom started as an OBSCURE actor in the provinces, but now he’s world famous. Maria found an allusion to an OBSCURE 14 th century monk who invented what we call the pencil.

OBTUSE Adj. stupid; not clear or precise

OBTUSE Are you being deliberately OBTUSE or are you just naturally stupid?

PONDERABLE Adj. important enough to require a lot of thought

PONDERABLE Whether to skip class and take the drivers’ test is a no-brainer for most, but for Cynthia it’s a PONDERABLE issue.

PONDEROUS Adj. very heavy or bulky; dull or lifeless

PONDEROUS Many students find Willa Cather’s style of writing PONDEROUS.