1. Week 6 SAT Words

2. acrimonious adj. full of bitterness Due to much fighting over custody of the cats, their divorce was extremely acrimonious and led to the husband threatening his wife with a chair if she didn’t give up one of the kittens.

3. obstreperous adj. noisy and difficult to control The tragically obstreperous class was virtually impossible to teach.

4. pedagogy n. the science and art of teaching Determined to master pedagogy, Kyle asked to take over the sophomore class for a day, which he did with great success.

5. mediocre adj. ordinary Contented with their mediocre grades of Cs and Ds, the students preferred to just chill in the hallway instead of actually doing their homework.

6. bibliomania n. the passion for collecting books Thomas’ bibliomania brought great delight to his English teachers.

8. vacuous adj. empty

9. mercenary adj. greedy

10. truculent adj. fierce, brutal, likely to fight The truculent trio often got into massive brawls during class, and frequently took several innocent bystanders down with them.

11. coerce v. to force After being coerced by her father to marry the wealthy young man, the young woman was extremely reluctant to kiss her new husband.

12. palatial adj. magnificent