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Habilidades de Palabras SAT 3 - Lección 35

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SAT Word Skills 3
to badger
[Verbo]

to repeatedly annoy or harass someone with requests or questions

acosar

acosar

Ex: His badgered him into going to the party , even though he did n’t feel like it .
badinage
[Sustantivo]

a humorous comment or conversation

chanza

chanza

callosity
[Sustantivo]

the quality of being emotionally insensitive

dureza

dureza

callous
[Adjetivo]

showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for the feelings or suffering of others

cruel

cruel

Ex: The teachercallous treatment of students who struggled with the material created a negative learning environment .
inexpedient
[Adjetivo]

impractical, inconvenient, and inadvisable

inoportuno

inoportuno

inexorable
[Adjetivo]

emotionally insensitive and impossible to move

inexorable

inexorable

inexplicable
[Adjetivo]

not having the quality to be explained, justified, or perceived

inexplicable

inexplicable

inextensible
[Adjetivo]

without the capacity to be enlarged

inextensible

inextensible

pauper
[Sustantivo]

a person who is financially in trouble

pobre

pobre

pauperism
[Sustantivo]

the condition of being so poor that one does not have access to any food, support, or right

pauperismo

pauperismo

to bring back a lost connection or a former condition

restablecer

restablecer

retention
[Sustantivo]

the act of keeping something that one already has

retención

retención

to reform
[Verbo]

to make a society, law, system, or organization better or more effective by making many changes to it

reformarse

reformarse

Ex: The school board is reforming the grading system to better reflect student performance .
reformer
[Sustantivo]

a tool used for breaking down the molecules of oil or gas into smaller pieces

reformador

reformador

obstinate
[Adjetivo]

stubborn and unwilling to change one's behaviors, opinions, views, etc. despite other people's reasoning and persuasion

obstinado

obstinado

Ex: The negotiators were frustrated by the obstinate refusal of the other party to compromise on any point.
obstinacy
[Sustantivo]

the quality of unreasonably behaving or thinking in a particular way without considering opposite opinions

obstinación

obstinación

to produce small drops of liquid on the surface of the skin, often as a result of physical exertion, anxiety, or heat

sudar

sudar

Ex: We perspired after running a marathon .
perspiration
[Sustantivo]

a salty liquid produced by skin cells as a result of high temperature, exercising, etc.

transpiración, sudor

transpiración, sudor

to revert
[Verbo]

to go back to a previous state, condition, or behavior

volver

volver

Ex: After a period of stability , his health began revert to its previous precarious state .
reversion
[Sustantivo]

the act of going or changing something to the opposite side

reversión

reversión

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