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SAT Cartoon Vocabulary

SAT Cartoon Vocabulary. Lesson 3 G.I. Joe wants you to study. . Quixotic – idealistic and impractical. It is idiotic to be quixotic and tilt at windmills. Opportune – coming at a good time. Not an opportune time for an opera tune. Dulcet – soft and soothing.

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SAT Cartoon Vocabulary

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  1. SAT Cartoon Vocabulary Lesson 3 G.I. Joe wants you to study.

  2. Quixotic – idealistic and impractical • It is idiotic to be quixotic and tilt at windmills.

  3. Opportune – coming at a good time • Not an opportune time for an opera tune.

  4. Dulcet – soft and soothing • Sometimes even dulcet music makes for a dull sit.

  5. Arduous – hard, difficult • The arduous trail is hard on us and the huskies.

  6. Reminisce – recalling the past • Years later, he will reminisce about his rim miss.

  7. Histrionic – overly dramatic • Our teacher used histrionics to teach history.

  8. Bludgeon – short, heavy, thick club • The medieval jailer kept the bludgeons in the dungeon.

  9. Milieu - environment • The bathroom was a milieu of mildew.

  10. Beleaguer – to besiege and harass • They were beleaguered by big leaguers.

  11. Porcine – of or pertaining to a pig • The porcine pen was a poor scene.

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