SAT Word Skills 3 - Lesson 42

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

able to be understood without difficulty

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

lasting for only a brief period

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

lacking in terms of quantity or quality

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