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SAT Word Skills 3 - Lesson 35

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to badger
to badger
[Verb]

to repeatedly annoy or harass someone with requests or questions

Ex: The reporters badgered the celebrity with endless questions as he tried to leave the event. 
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badinage
badinage
[noun]

light, witty, and playful conversation

Ex: Their badinage kept the dinner party lively and fun. 
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callosity
callosity
[noun]

the quality of being emotionally insensitive

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callous
callous
[Adjective]

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

Ex: The manager's callous decision to lay off employees without notice shocked the entire team. 
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inexpedient
inexpedient
[Adjective]

impractical, inconvenient, and inadvisable

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inexorable
inexorable
[Adjective]

unable to be halted or avoided

Ex: The inexorable advance of technology reshaped every aspect of daily life. 
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inexplicable
inexplicable
[Adjective]

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

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inextensible
inextensible
[Adjective]

without the capacity to be enlarged

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pauper
pauper
[noun]

a person who is financially in trouble

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pauperism
pauperism
[noun]

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

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to reestablish

to bring back a lost connection or a former condition

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retention
retention
[noun]

the act of keeping something that one already has

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to reform
to reform
[Verb]

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

Ex: The government aims to reform the education system to ensure equal access to quality education for all students. 
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reformer
reformer
[noun]

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

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obstinate
obstinate
[Adjective]

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

Ex: The obstinate child refused to eat his vegetables, no matter how much his parents coaxed him. 
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obstinacy
obstinacy
[noun]

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

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to perspire

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

Ex: I tend to perspire a lot when I'm anxious. 
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perspiration

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

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to revert
to revert
[Verb]

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

Ex: After the updates caused issues, they decided to revert to the previous version of the software. 
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reversion
reversion
[noun]

the act of going or changing something to the opposite side

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