SAT Word Skills 3

SAT Word Skills 3 - Lesson 35

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11 min
to badger
to badgerverb

to repeatedly and annoyingly ask someone something, particularly as a way of persuasion

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badinagenoun

frivolous banter

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callositynoun

devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness

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callousadjective

emotionally hardened

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inexpedientadjective

impractical, inconvenient, and inadvisable

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inexorableadjective

not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

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inexplicableadjective

incapable of being explained or accounted for

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inextensibleadjective

not extensile

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paupernoun

a person who is very poor

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pauperismnoun

a state of extreme poverty or destitution

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to reestablishverb

bring back into original existence, use, function, or position

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retentionnoun

the act of retaining something

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to reformverb

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

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reformernoun

an apparatus that reforms the molecular structure of hydrocarbons to produce richer fuel

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obstinate
obstinateadjective

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

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obstinacynoun

resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires

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to perspire
to perspireverb

excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin

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perspiration
perspirationnoun

salty fluid secreted by sweat glands

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to revertverb

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

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reversionnoun

turning in the opposite direction

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