1. Hot SAT Words
Lessons
11-20

2. LESSON # 17
STUBBORN
Like a MULE!

3. Adj. unwilling to bend; unyielding
ADAMANT
Adj. unwilling to bend; unyielding

4. ADAMANT
Dad’s ADAMANT tone convinced me there was no chance I could go dressed like this.

5. Adj. stubborn; determined
DOGGED
Adj. stubborn; determined

6. DOGGED
The runner jogged DOGGEDLY despite the six-inch snowfall.

7. Adj. strongly opinionated; narrow-mindedly stubborn
HIDEBOUND
Adj. strongly opinionated; narrow-mindedly stubborn

8. HIDEBOUND
HIDEBOUND and set in his ways, Grandpa will eat nothing for dinner but meat and potatoes.

9. Adj. Stubborn; hard to manage
INTRACTABLE
Adj. Stubborn; hard to manage

10. INTRACTABLE
An INTRACTABLE nature is not easily tamed.

11. Adj. Stubborn; hard to manage
INTRACTABLE
Adj. Stubborn; hard to manage

12. OBDURATE
Adj. resistant to persuasion or softening; stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

13. OBDURATE
Steve stuck to his opinion OBDURATELY in spite of evidence that proved him wrong.

14. Adj. stubborn, inflexible
OBSTINATE
Adj. stubborn, inflexible

15. OBSTINATE
Despite an allergy to chocolate, Kate OBSTINATELY refused to give up her daily bag of M& M’s.

16. Adj. stubborn, inflexible
OBSTINATE
Adj. stubborn, inflexible

17. Adj. stubborn, disobedient, defiant
RECALCITRANT
Adj. stubborn, disobedient, defiant

18. RECALCITRANT
The RECALCITRANT boy in the back row of the class refused to turn off his cell phone.

19. N. Firmness; determination
RESOLVE
N. Firmness; determination

20. N. Firmness; determination
RESOLVE
N. Firmness; determination

21. RESOLVE
After a disastrous first nine weeks, Shawn RESOLVED to do better.

22. Adj. Firm and determined
UNWAVERING
Adj. Firm and determined

23. UNWAVERING
Trudy’s UNWAVERING desire to lose weight kept her on the all- pineapple diet for an entire month.

24. Adj. stubborn; inflexible
UNYIELDING
Adj. stubborn; inflexible

25. UNYIELDING
Mrs. Grace practices UNYIELDING courtesy. She never fails to thank a student for turning in homework.

27. WILLFUL
Adj.
stubborn

28. WILLFUL
It makes no sense to WILLFULLY ignore the evidence against smoking.