1. Week 16 Vocabulary Objectives: 1. Help us become more sophisticated readers…so we understand fluently what we read. 2. Help us understand words in context, to help us understand words we don’t currently know. 3. Help us become more sophisticated writers, so we use a mature vocabulary and sound like adults in our word choices.

2. This week’s SAT Vocabulary Words Using the information provided, please write down the definitions and parts of the speech for each of the provided SAT vocabulary words. Then, write a meaningful sentence with context clues that show me you understand the meaning of each word. Underline the word within the sentence.

3. SAT Vocabulary - Lesson Thirteen  inert adj. unable to act or move; inactive; sluggish  circumvent v. to get around; to bypass  clandestine adj. secret  acquit v. to find not guilty of a fault or crime.

4. SAT Vocabulary - Lesson Thirteen  deprecate v. to express strong disapproval of  barrister n. lawyer (British)  adulation n. excessive praise or admiration  culinary adj. having to do with the kitchen or cooking

5. SAT Vocabulary - Lesson Thirteen  bawdy adj. indecent; humorously obscene  chastise v. to punish severely  jacose adj. joking; humorous  myriad n. a very large number adj. too numerous to be counted adj. too numerous to be counted

6. SAT Vocabulary - Lesson Thirteen  latent adj. present, but not active; hidden  pernicious adj. destructive; deadly  frugal adj. thrifty; economical in money matters