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Hot SAT Words. Lessons 11-20. LESSON # 11. The BAD The VERY bad The BADDEST. HARMFUL. LESSON # 11. The BAD The VERY bad The BADDEST. HARMFUL. BANEFUL. Adj. Causing ruin; harmful; pernicious. BANEFUL.
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Hot SAT Words Lessons 11-20
LESSON # 11 • The BAD • The VERY bad • The BADDEST HARMFUL
LESSON # 11 • The BAD • The VERY bad • The BADDEST HARMFUL
BANEFUL • Adj. Causing ruin; harmful; pernicious
BANEFUL • A teacher’s BANEFUL comments about Becky destroyed her chances of getting into the Honor Society.
DELETERIOUS Adj. Harmful to one’s health or overall welfare; pernicious
DELETERIOUS • Many processed foods contain chemicals and other ingredients which can be DELETERIOUS to our health.
DETRIMENTAL • Adj. Harmful
DETRIMENTAL • Smoking has a DETRIMENTAL effect on one’s health. The effect is DELETERIOUS.
DEVIOUS • Dishonest & deceptive
DEVIOUS • UNSCOM inspectors looking for WMDs in Iraq found Saddam Hussein’s minions not only not forthcoming, but actually most DEVIOUS.
INIQUITOUS Adj. Wicked, vicious; SINFUL
INIQUITOUS • Eating a chocolate sundae for breakfast is absolutely INIQUITOUS, but evil never tasted so good!
MALICIOUS Adj. Intending to hurt or harm another; spiteful
MALICIOUS • MALICIOUS gossip did irreparable harm to her reputation.
NEFARIOUS • Adj. Very mean and wicked
NEFARIOUS • The most henious of his many NEFARIOUS deeds was kidnapping the children of his rivals.
ODIOUS • Adj. Loathsome; evil; revolting in a disgusting way
ODIOUS • I can’t imagine a more ODIOUS crime than priestly pedophilia.
OMINOUS • Adj. Pertaining to an evil omen; foreboding
OMINOUS • The settlers viewed the gravestones along the trail as an OMINOUS sign of the hardships to come.
PERNICIOUS • Adj. Very destructive or harmful, usually in an inconspicuous and relentless way
PERNICIOUS • Lady Macbeth plants the PERNICIOUS seed of regicide in her husband’s mind and sets his feet firmly on the road to perdition.
RANCOROUS Adj. Deeply hateful or spiteful; malicious
RANCOROUS • The RANCOROUS debate over whether or not Pres. Clinton’s impeachment impeded bipartisanship in the Congress.
VIRULENT Adj. Extremely poisonous; deadly; full of spiteful hatred
VIRULENT • A particularly VIRULENT strain of flu is going around this year. I advise you to get an innoculation.