Compétences Lexicales SAT 3 - Leçon 42

the ability to reason, understand, and learn, often associated with intelligence or mental capacity

intellect

having the ability of being understood without difficulty

intelligible

the quality of lasting for a limited period of time

fugacité, caractère éphémère

(of a thought, decision, or mental process) effecting outside the mind, influencing the external world or other people

passager, éphémère

(grammar) describing a verb that needs a direct object

transitif

lasting for only a brief period

éphémère, fugace

to stop the stream of a liquid, especially blood

étancher, arrêter

an upright piece of wood or metal that is used to support something else

poteau, colonne, étançon

an abstract part of something

composant, constituant

a group of people in a specific area who elect a representative to a legislative position

électeurs

the state or condition of lacking or having an inadequate amount or quality of something

manque, insuffisance

lacking in terms of quantity or quality

qui manque de

grown into a flower

efflorescent

the state or process of producing flowers

efflorescence

knowing or predicting events before they even take place

prescient

the capacity to know about the things that have not occurred yet

prescience, prémonition

a strong desire to have too much money or other possessions

rapacité

having a desire to possess more than one actually needs

rapace, requin

a musical composition for a solo instrument, typically accompanied by piano, in 3 or 4 movements of contrasting keys

sonate

a verse of Italian origin that has 14 lines, usually in an iambic pentameter and a prescribed rhyme scheme

sonnet