SAT Lesson 5

1. SAT Lesson 5 Words 13-25

2. Flourish • To thrive, to grow well • Synonym – embellish, ornate • Antonym – wither • Derivatives – flourishing • The company flourished after a new board of directors took control and showed a 5% increase in sales within the first four months.

3. Flourish

4. Haughty • Arrogant, excessively proud and vain • Synonym – disdainful, supercilious, insolent • Antonym – humble • Derivatives – haughtiness, haughtily • Being quarterback of the football team does not give him to right to be haughty and stuck-up.

5. Impervious • Incapable of being entered, not capable of being damaged • Synonym – resistant • Antonym – penetrable • Derivatives – imperviously, imperviousness • Because his watch is impervious to water, he can swim while wearing it.

6. inane • Lacking significance, meaning, or point; silly • Synonym – banal, jejune, vapid • Antonym – pertinent, significant, intelligent • Derivatives – inanely, inanity • Your comments are inane and insignificant preventing the discussion of the main point.

7. Indolence • laziness • Synonym – slothfulness • Antonym – industriousness • Derivatives – indolent • The hot and humid weather in the tropics encourages indolence and rest.

8. Indolence

9. Infallible • Incapable of error • Synonym – reliable, sound • Antonym – erroneous, fallacious • Derivatives – infallibility • Since everyone makes mistakes, no human is infallible: even Mrs. Medlock.

10. Inscrutable • Difficult to understand • Synonym – enigmatic, mysterious • Antonym – clear, understandable • Derivatives – inscrutably • He had us all confused with his inscrutable smile and cryptic message.

11. Inscrutable

12. Languid • Slow, sluggish, listless, weak • Synonym – lethargic, torpid • Antonym – animated • Derivatives – languidly, languish • The old man’s walk was languid; each pace requiring great effort.

13. Malice • Desire to harm others • Synonym – malevolence, spite • Antonym – kind, concern, benevolent • Derivatives – maliciousness, malicious • His death was caused by malice and was not accidental.

14. Oblique • Slanting, indirect, evasive, devious, misleading • Synonym – askew • Antonym – direct, honest • Derivatives – obliquely • Because of the suspect’s oblique answers, our interrogation of him led us in the wrong direction.

15. Oblique

16. Opulence • Wealth, affluence, abundance • Synonym – lavish, wealth • Antonym – meagerness, scarcity • Derivatives – opulent • Because of the climbing prices of oil, the shareholders of oil companies can continue to live their opulent lifestyle.

17. Opulence

18. Penitent • Showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing • Synonym – contrite, remorseful, repentant • Antonym – not sorry, unrepentant • Derivatives – penitence • He became penitent when he realized that his prank resulted in serious injury.

19. Perfunctory • Acting routinely with little interest or care • Synonym – obligatory, mechanical • Antonym – diligent, concerned • Derivatives – perfunctorily • Due to his perfunctory manner of inspecting the cheese factory, he did not notice the serious problem of rat infestation.

20. Perfunctory