1. SAT Unit 8 Vocabulary

2. allege To assert without proof or confirmation To declare “Police allege that this man tried to lure a child into his car…”

3. allude To refer to casually or indirectly In a job interview, it is best not to allude to your previous arrests!

4. brevity conciseness

5. compatible Able to get along or work well together; Capable of use with something else

6. MENTAL CALMNESS composure Captain Sullenberger, who landed a plane on the Hudson River

7. detached Emotionally removed Calm and objective indifferent

8. detriment Injury or damage, or that which causes injury or damage

9. engender To cause To produce

10. enigma An obscure saying; anything inexplicable (unexplain- able); a puzzle

11. ephemeral Short-lived Fleeting temporary

12. fluctuate To move or constantly change

13. Gullible Easily duped, fooled

14. heresy Opinion contrary to accepted religion; Opinion contrary to popular belief Joan of Arc

15. incorrigible Not correctable

16. incumbent The holder of an office

17. Drowsy, dull, heavy lethargic

18. methodical systematic

19. nominal So small as to be hardly worth the name Being trifling in comparison with the actual value; minimal.

20. omnipotent Almighty Having unlimited power or authority All-powerful

21. pensive Dreamily thoughtful; expressing thoughtfulness with sadness