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Hot SAT Words

This lesson covers a range of words relating to things of little importance or value, including extraneous, frivolous, incidental, inconsequential, irrelevant, negligible, peripheral, petty, superficial, trifling, and trivial. Learn how to use these words correctly in sentences and expand your vocabulary.

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Hot SAT Words

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  1. Hot SAT Words Lessons 21-30

  2. LESSON # 27 It just doesn’t matter! Words Relating to Things of Little Importance or Value

  3. EXTRANEOUS Adj. not necessary; not an essential part; not relevant

  4. extraneous Are two heads really better than one?

  5. EXTRANEOUS • In your report, include only the highlights. Leave out all EXTRANEOUS matters.

  6. FRIVOLOUS Adj. not having substance or a sense of importance or seriousness; silly, trivial, trifling

  7. FRIVOLOUS • Lenny sued the chef because there was a fly in his soup, but the judge threw out the complaint on the grounds that it was FRIVOLOUS.

  8. INCIDENTAL Adj. less important; minor

  9. INCIDENTAL • An INCIDENTAL benefit of not having your own car is that you walk a lot and get plenty of exercise.

  10. INCONSEQUENTIAL Adj. irrelevant; of no significance; unimportant

  11. inconsequential • During the term Malcolm failed one quiz, but the impact on his final grade was INCONSEQUENTIAL.

  12. IRRELEVANT Adj. not relating to the matter at hand

  13. IRRELEVANT • The teacher said that since the essay was awful, the amount of time I spent writing it is IRRELEVANT to the grade.

  14. NEGLIGIBLE Adj. able or likely to be neglected or bypassed due to smallness or lack or importance

  15. NEGLIGIBLE • Peter refused the offer because the increase in salary was NEGLIGIBLE.

  16. PERIPHERAL Adj. only marginally connected to what is truly important; minor or incidental; relating to the field of vision

  17. PERIPHERAL • The class discussion got bogged down in PERIPHERAL matters that had nothing to do with the real issue.

  18. PETTY Adj. minor or trivial; Small in quantity

  19. PETTY • Their argument was about PETTY matters. There was no big issue between them. • Igor complained about some PETTY flaws like a wrinkled bedsheet.

  20. SUPERFICIAL Adj. lacking in depth or importance; on the surface

  21. SUPERFICIAL • The wound was only SUPERFICIAL – just skin deep. • I hate the SUPERFICIAL conversation at parties.

  22. SUPERFICIAL

  23. TRIFLING Adj. lacking significance; unimportant

  24. TRIFLING • In the long run, cutting down one tree may seem TRIFLING, but once the precedent is set, the whole forest may be cut down.

  25. TRIVIAL Adj. unimportant; trifling; ordinary

  26. TRIVIAL • Because rain is needed badly, the TRIVIAL amount that fell yesterday is not going to ease the drought.

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