2. SAT Vocabulary Lesson 4 Pre-AP English II

3. 1. Aesthetic Adj. – relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art

4. 2. Aloof Adj. – apart, indifferent

5. 3. Archaic Adj. – antiquated, old, out of use

6. 4. Assuage V. – to ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome; to calm

7. 5. Belie V. – to contradict, to give a false impression

8. 6. Contentious Adj. – quarrelsome, stirring controversy

9. 7. Daunt V. – to intimidate, to dismay

10. 8. Debilitate V. – to weaken, to enfeeble

11. 9. Discord N. – lack of agreement, tension, strife

12. 10. Dissemination N. - the act of spreading widely, scattering

13. 11. Dogmatic Adj. – strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner

14. 12. Duplicity N. – double-dealing, hypocrisy

15. 13. Egocentric Adj. – self-centered, selfish

16. 14. Euphemism N. – substituting a less offensive phrase or word for one that may be offensive

17. 15. Gluttonous Adj. – greedy for food and drink

18. 16. Mundane Adj. – ordinary, commonplace

19. 17. Ominous Adj. - threatening

20. 18. Petulance N. – unreasonable touchiness or irritability

21. 19. Pompous Adj. – exaggerated show of dignity or self- importance, bombastic

22. 20. Precocious Adj. – exceptionally early in development or occurrence

23. 21. Slothful Adj. – lazy, indolent

24. 22. Trivia N. – insignificant matters

25. 23. Verbose Adj. – wordy, very talkative

26. 24. Virulent Adj. – extremely poisonous, hateful

27. 25. Volatile Adj. – quickly changeable, easily vaporized

28. Sentences – due 4/25 Use context clues in the sentence for each vocabulary word. Highlight the context clues you used. Circle the vocabulary word in each sentence. Your sentences must be a minimum of 15 words in length and should show variety. Must be related to Huck Finn DUE Friday, 4/25 Vocabulary Test is 5/2 *Other deadlines - Don't forget ch. 26-34 due Friday, the rest of the book is due 4/30, and the dialectical journal is due 5/1.