Final's SAT WORDS

If I remember intrepid, I'll remember trepid.

Trepidation (n.) - trepid and feafull, quivering.  Trepid is the opposite of intrepid, which means to be without fear, therefore, trepidation is the noun of fear.

Ubiquitous (adj.) - omnipresent, present simultaneously everywhere.  Ubisoft is a game developing company that sells its merchandise world wide. I recently played one of their games.

Unwieldy (adj.) - difficult or unable to use.  Cannot be wielded or used.

Usurp (v.) - seize or take control without authority.  There is this character named Usopp in a pirate comic series called One Piece, and he often, when the captain is not around names himself the captain.

Venerable (adj.) - respectable due to age/wisdom.  A vendor often is a respected person, for he or she brings merchandise and equipment for trade, and if you are offering good amounts of trade, then you will receive good fortune. The trade is a metaphor for age.

Edowada, sound familiar?

Vindicate (v.) - to clear, and clean from accusations or blame; to provide evidence to prove innocence.  A Vindicator is one of my armors on a game I play, it plays as a character that eliminates crime.

Visage (n.) - the face, or any reference to that face; appearance conveyed by a person's face.  A visage is an apparatus that covers or conceals a person's face.

Wallow (v.) - roll around lazily; devote to something (contradictory).  Waddling is another action that involves side to side movement and ends with a slide on the stomach.

Wary (adj.) - watchful, alert; characterized by caution.  This word sounds devastating, and such that you need to worry. At first I thought is was Weary. but they have similar definitions.

Zeal (n.) - wanting very much for someone to do something; enthusiasm. Zeal and zest are words for something desired and especially hoped for.

When I eat lemons

Week 16 SAT Words

Substantiate (v) - verify, to confirm; provide evidence.  Basically this word means to give proof, and what other way to prove something is to sustain evidence and support it.

Subtle (adj.) - unclear, very few information, quiet and delicate.  Subtle is often pronounced sub-til, it is clever that the silent "e" and subtle, because it causes people to pronounce the word incorrectly.

Subtle and clever, very clever

Sufficient (adj.) - enough.  Suffixes are parts of words, but sometimes it is enough to have their own definitions, without the prefix.

Superficial (adj.) - lacking in literal depth, along the surface.  At first I thought the word meant lacking in deepness of meaning, very straight-forward, but turns out, I thought too deeply.

Superfluous (adj.) - more than enough.  Super means to have a lot of, and the "ous" at the back also means to have a lot of. Therefore, Superfluous means a lot.

Taciturn (adj.) - silent, utter-less   If you are part of a tactical unit, then you are highly trained professionals that go on missions. You usually have to keep quiet in those kind of missions.

Tactful (adj.) - polite, careful, and thoughtful.  You are tactful if you use your tactics to manipulate people and carefully lure them into your trap.

Tangent (adj.) - a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at one point.  Math helps to remember.

Tenacious (adj.) - strong and fast at holding firmly together; persistent.  Tentacles are very tenacious, they stick and hold things firmly due to their suction ability.

Transient (adj.) - temporary, not lasting, existing in a short time.  Transient means temporary, so does transfer or transit, because these words all relate to staying for a short amount of time.