SAT 13

• Extol


  (verb) to praise highly

  Think: EX-TOLL

  Now that this is an EX-TOLL road, it is my favorite road so I EXTOL it.
• Assiduous


  (adjective): hardworking; dedicated

  Think: ASSIST US

  ASSIDUOUS Sid worked his ass off to ASSIST us.
• Ossified


  (verb) became hard or inflexible

  Think: FOSSIL-FIED

  The Velociraptor's bones could bend slightly, but after death they OSSIFIED and turned into FOSSILS
• ameliorate


  (verb): made better.

  Think: EMILIO RATED

  EMILIO RATED my pasta as a 10 out of 10 which AMELIORATED my fear that I had ruind it
• Confound


  (verb) cause suprise or confusion in (someone), especially by acting against their expectations

  Think: CORN FOUND

  The CORN FOUND was blue which CONFOUNDED the farmer.
• Decadent


  (adjective): morally decaying; self-

  indulgent.

  Think: DECAYED.

  In WALL-E, the DECADENT passengers of

  the spaceship have DECAYED into

  overweight, lazy, passive lumps.
• Declaim


  (verb): spoke loudly and self-

  importantly. 2

  Think: “I DECLARE!”

  "Well, I DECLARE!" the southern belle

  DECLAIMED.
• Decrepit


  (adjective): worn-out; run-down. 2

  Think: SCRAP IT.

  Your DECREPIT old car looks like crap; you

  should SCRAP IT.
• defenestrate


  (verb): to quickly throw out. 3

  Think: DEFENSE DEMONSTRATE.

  If you DEFENESTRATE a burglar through a

  plate-glass window, your home DEFENSE is

  DEMONSTRATED.
• delectable


  (adjective): delightful; delicious. 1

  Think: DELICIOUS ELECTABLE.

  Ryan Gosling should run for president since

  most women think he's DELECTABLE and

  DELICIOUS enough to be ELECTABLE.
• demagogue


  (noun): a leader who gains

  power by trickery. 2

  Think: DEMIGOD.

  The cult was led by a DEMAGOGUE; he

  manipulated followers into thinking he was a

  DEMIGOD.
• demarcate


  (verb): to define; to set apart. 2

  Think: MARK IT.

  If you want to DEMARCATE your side of

  the dorm room, MARK IT with a long piece

  of masking tape.
• Demotic


  Demotic (adjective): popular; common. 3

  Think: DEMOCRATIC.

  Obama uses DEMOTIC language in his speeches to seem more DEMOCRATIC.
• manifest

  1.obvious(adj).

  "The mainfest failings of the old computer system caused for inconveiniences"

  2.(v) to display or show

  "He manifested signs of severe depression"
• scrutinize


  (Verb)to examine carefully.

  Think: desire to SCREW IN EYES

  I'm an 18 year old cheerleader-when a dirty old man scrutinizes me, I can see the deisre of him to SCREW IN his EYES