1. Hot SAT Words Lessons 21-30

2. LESSON # 30 More Tricky Twins & Triplets! Words that Sound and Look Alike but Have Different Meanings

3. IMPRUDENT Adj. careless; rash

4. IMPRUDENT Jogging at night without wearing reflective clothing is IMPRUDENT.

5. IMPUDENT Adj. rude; disrespectful

6. IMPUDENT

7. Answering my father in an IMPUDENT manner is IMPRUDENT indeed!

8. INDIGENOUS Adj. native

9. INDIGENOUS Pineapples are INDIGENOUS to Hawaii.

10. INDIGENT Adj. poor; impoverished

11. INDIGENT Angela’s Ashes is the story of an INDIGENT Irish family’s struggles.

12. INDIGNANT Adj. angry

13. INDIGNANT I get INDIGNANT when someone cuts ahead of me in line after I’ve been waiting a long tim.

14. INTIMATE v. To suggest; to hint at

15. INTIMATE The principal INTIMATED that school might be closed if heavy snow is predicted.

16. INTIMIDATE V. To frighten; to hint at threateningly

17. INTIMIDATE Marcy is INTIMIDATED by standardized tests, but she is learning to deal with her fears. The bully INTIMIDATES the children into doing what he wants.

18. OBSCURE Adj. hard to understand; abstract

19. OBSCURE Tom started as an OBSCURE actor in the provinces, but now he’s world famous. Maria found an allusion to an OBSCURE 14 th century monk who invented what we call the pencil.

20. OBTUSE Adj. stupid; not clear or precise

21. OBTUSE Are you being deliberately OBTUSE or are you just naturally stupid?

22. PONDERABLE Adj. important enough to require a lot of thought

23. PONDERABLE Whether to skip class and take the drivers’ test is a no-brainer for most, but for Cynthia it’s a PONDERABLE issue.

24. PONDEROUS Adj. very heavy or bulky; dull or lifeless

25. PONDEROUS Many students find Willa Cather’s style of writing PONDEROUS.