Friday, April 4, 2008

Weekly Vocabulary April 4

1. Word / Phrase: Acrimonious

Meaning: Caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior

Context: Test from SAT prep

2. Word / Phrase:Resilience

Meaning:the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.

Context: Test from SAT prep

3. Word / Phrase:Analogy

Meaning:a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based: the analogy between the heart and a pump.

Context: Test from SAT prep

4. Word / Phrase: Charlatan

Meaning:a person who pretends to more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; quack

Context:Test From SAT prep

5. Word / Phrase:Filch

Meaning:to steal (esp. something of small value)

Context:Test from SAT prep

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