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Hot SAT Words. Lessons 21-30. LESSON # 29. Tricky Twins & Triplets!. Words that Sound and Look Alike but Have Different Meanings. ACRID. Adj. bitter, harsh. ACRID. ACRID exhaust fumes from the traffic inside the tunnel made me cough.
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Hot SAT Words Lessons 21-30
LESSON # 29 Tricky Twins & Triplets! Words that Sound and Look Alike but Have Different Meanings
ACRID Adj. bitter, harsh
ACRID • ACRID exhaust fumes from the traffic inside the tunnel made me cough. • The comedian’s ACRID humor rubs salt into many wounds.
ARID Adj. dry, lacking water
ARID • The arroyo once had running water in it, but now it is ARID. • ARID air inside the plane dries my skin.
AESTHETIC Adj. having to do with artistic beauty
AESTHETIC • Betty gets her sense of AESTHETICS from her mother, who is a successful artist and designer. • There is something AESTHETICALLY wrong with that painting; it pushes you away instead of drawing you in.
ASCETIC n. A person who refrains from indulging in earthly pleasures
ASCETIC • Why would anyone claiming to be an ASCETIC own five wristwatches and a suitcase full of jewelry?
ATHEISTIC Adj. Without belief in any god
ATHEISTIC • Although James was reared a strict Catholic, he became an ATHEIST in college. • Communism is ATHEISTIC.
AMBIGUOUS Adj. hard to understand; unclear; open to more than one interpretation
AMBIGUOUS • The author leaves the passage AMBIGUOUS because he wants you, the reader, to decide what it means.
AMBIVALENT Adj. having conflicted feelings or opinions about something; unsure
AMBIVALENT • Rose feels AMBIVALENT about the trip. Part of her wants to go; part of her wants to stay home. • AMBIVALENCE paralyzes Penny; she can’t make up her mind about anything.
COALESCE v. To have different opinions join together; fuse; converge
COALESCE • By the end of the meeting, the various viewpoints had somehow COALESCED into a coherent policy. • Gravity forced billions of atoms to COALESCE into a single lump of rock.
CONVALESCE V. To recover from an illness
CONVALESCE • A CONVALESCENCE of two months kept Joe from his job. • Grandma is CONVALESCING from a broken hip.
DELUSION N. A false opinion or belief
DELUSION • To expect to get into Yale with an 880 SAT score is nothing but a DELUSION. • The story tells of a lowly clerk who has DELUDED himself into thinking he’s the king of Spain.
ALLUSION Adj. an indirect reference, often to literature or a source with which an educated person would be familiar
ALLUSION • The book is hard to read unless you understand the author’s ALLUSIONS to Greek and Roman mythology. • She ALLUDED to Jefferson’s penchant for architectural design.
ILLLUSION Adj. Something unreal that gives the appearance of reality
ILLUSION • Although he can barely draw a straight line, Morris developed the ILLUSION that he’s a great artist. He’s DELUDED!