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SAT Vocabulary 61-70

SAT Vocabulary 61-70. SAT 61. Contrite (adj.) – feeling sorrow and regret for one’s sins or offenses; penitent Synonym – guilt; remorse Antonym – apathetic Sentence – It was hard for Arthur to stay angry with his sister for breaking his game since she was so genuinely contrite.

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SAT Vocabulary 61-70

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  1. SAT Vocabulary 61-70

  2. SAT 61 • Contrite (adj.) – feeling sorrow and regret for one’s sins or offenses; penitent • Synonym – guilt; remorse • Antonym – apathetic • Sentence – It was hard for Arthur to stay angry with his sister for breaking his game since she was so genuinely contrite. • HW – New Sentence

  3. SAT 62 • Countenance (noun) – face; facial expression • Synonyms – look/appearance of face; visage • Antonyms – N/A • Sentence – One look at Mary’s contorted countenance told her mother that something terrible had happened. • NEW SENTENCE

  4. SAT 63 • Covet (verb) – to wish for enviously • Synonym – crave; desire strongly/jealously • Antonym – give up/be generous • Sentence – Billy coveted Bobby’s bike so much that he decided to steal it! • HW – New Sentence

  5. SAT 64 • Credulous (adj.) Disposed to believe too easily; gullible • Synonym – dupable; naïve • Antonym – suspicious; suspecting • Sentence – Since Susie was socredulous, she was a telemarketer’s dream. • HW: NEW SENTENCE

  6. SAT 65 • Curtail (verb) – to shorten; to cut short • Synonym –abridge • Antonym – extend; prolong • Sentence – Mary decided to curtail her presentation when it became obvious that her classmates were not paying attention to her. • HW – NEW SENTENCE

  7. SAT 66 • Culpable (adj.) – deserving blame or censure for doing wrong • Synonym – blame worthy; guilty • Antonym – innocent; blameless • Sentence – We all felt culpable when the homeless old man died in the doorway of our apartment building. • HW – NEW SENTENCE • SAT QUIZ – March 1st (Record the quiz in your agenda. Leave your agenda out while you’re completing the warm up so that I can stamp it. Thanks!)

  8. SAT 67 • Cynic (noun) – a person who deeply distrusts human nature and believes that all people are motivated by selfishness • Synonym – skeptic (especially in regards to human nature); pessimist • Antonym – believer, optimist • Sentence – When the rich men gave a million dollars to the museum, cynics said he was merely trying to buy a reputation as a cultured person. • HW – NEW SENTENCE

  9. SAT 68 • Dearth (noun) – a lack; a scarcity • Synonyms: insufficiency; lack • Antonyms: abundance; excess • Sentence – There was a dearth of joy at the boring Christmas party. • HW – NEW SENTENCE

  10. SAT 69 • Defame (verb) – to libel or slander; to ruin the good name/reputation of • Synonyms – discredit; bad-mouth; disgrace; scandalize • Antonym – commend; praise • Sentence – The plant manager said that the workers had defamed him when they claimed that he had made them work in unsafe conditions. • NEW SENTENCE • HW – SAT WORDS COLLECTED/DUE TOMORROW

  11. SAT 70 • Delude (verb) – to deceive the mind or judgment of • Synonym – fool; mislead • Antonym – to be honest or truthful • Sentence – The con man deluded us into thinking he would make us rich, but we ended up broke. • HW – NEW Sentence • Turn in your notebooks!

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