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SAT Word Skills 1 - Lesson 45

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SAT Word Skills 1
languid
languid
[Adjective]

weak from or as if from exhaustion

Ex: The heat made everyone feel languid and slow. 
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to languish

to weaken or deteriorate, often due to neglect, illness, or sorrow

Ex: The garden languished during the long drought. 
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languor
languor
[noun]

a feeling of ease and comfort, often with a sense of laziness or lack of urgency

Ex: The soft melodies of the harp filled the room with a sense of languor that made everyone feel at peace. 
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to emerge
to emerge
[Verb]

to become visible after coming out of somewhere

Ex: The pattern on the fabric emerged slowly as the dye set in. 
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emergence
emergence
[noun]

the act or process of becoming visible

Ex: As the curtains slowly lifted, the emergence of the elaborately set stage left the audience in awe. 
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emergent
emergent
[Adjective]

developing or in the process of coming into existence

Ex: As an emergent writer, his first novel showed great potential and was eagerly anticipated by critics. 
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ambivalence

the state of having mixed or opposing feelings

Ex: The announcement of the policy change was met with ambivalence by the employees, who saw both pros and cons. 
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ambivalent
ambivalent
[Adjective]

having contradictory views or feelings about something or someone

Ex: She felt ambivalent about the job offer because it required moving to a new city. 
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ambitious
ambitious
[Adjective]

trying or wishing to gain great success, power, or wealth

Ex: Always the ambitious student, she dreamed of attending a top university and then establishing her own global enterprise. 
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to officiate

to act in a formal role or perform duties during a ceremony or religious ritual

Ex: She became a licensed minister so she could officiate her best friend's marriage ceremony. 
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officious
officious
[Adjective]

self-important and very eager to give orders or help when it is not wanted, or needed

Ex: The officious clerk insisted on checking every detail of my application. 
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concord
concord
[noun]

agreement and peace between people or a group of countries

Ex: The treaty aimed to establish concord between the two neighboring nations. 
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concordance

an agreement or harmony of opinions

Ex: The board members expressed a surprising concordance on the new policy, voting unanimously in its favor. 
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to concoct

to create something, especially using imagination or clever thinking

Ex: She concocted a clever method to organize her notes that others soon adopted. 
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concomitant
concomitant
[Adjective]

simultaneously occurring with something else as it is either related to it or an outcome of it

Ex: With the rapid growth of the city came the concomitant challenges of increased traffic and infrastructure demands. 
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to irradiate

to expose something to radiation or light

Ex: The scientists irradiated the plant samples with UV light to study their reaction. 
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irradiation

(medicine) the treatment of diseases like cancer using radiation from a radioactive source

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