1. SAT Vocabulary for Juniors Lesson 13

2. #9 Lachrymose: adj. tearful, weepy The undertaker hired a professional mourner who could fake lachrymose behavior on cue. The child became lachrymose after being scolded for taking a cookie without permission.

3. #10 Fissure: n. an opening; a groove; a split A fissure developed in their previously solid relationship. “Humor is vague, runaway stuff that hisses around the fissures and crevices of the mind, like some sort of loose physic gas” -Jonathan Miller

4. #11 Epitome: n. a typical example syn: embodiment; archetype When looking for the epitome of creative glory, most playwrights select Shakespeare. “Indifference, to me, is the epitome of evil.” -Elie Wiesel

5. #12 Languid: adj. sluggish; drooping from weakness syn: listless; feeble; drooping / ant: robust; vigorous The fatigued crossing guard slowly lifted and lowered a languid arm. “Life without a purpose is a languid, drifting thing; every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, 'This day let me make a sound beginning, for what we have hitherto done is naught!'” -Thomas Kempis

6. #13 Delineate: v. to describe, to depict Professor Thompson hinted at and then fully delineated her plan for the class year. “Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.” -Thomas Jefferson

7. #14 Legerdemain: n. sleight of hand; deception Misdirection is a key component of a magician’s legerdemain. “He already sang as nobody on this earth had ever sung before; he practised ventriloquism and gave displays of legerdemain so extraordinary that the caravans returning to Asia talked about it during the whole length of their journey.” -Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

8. #15 Libertine: n. one who leads an immoral life syn: hedonist; glutton; epicurean The marquis was a notorious libertine who spent his entire fortune on elaborate parties and lavish luxuries. “Maidens and modesty, as I have said, wandered at will alone and unattended, without fear of insult from lawlessness or libertine assault, and if they were undone it was of their own will and pleasure.” -Miguel Cervantes, Don Quixote