SAT 1

• Wayward


  difficult to control or predict because of wilful or perverse behaviour. Example sentence: The wayward child was sent to a special school.
• Dissuade


  persuade (someone) not to take a particular course of action. Example sentence: He was dissuaded from taking the job.
• Surreal


  having qualities of surrealism; bizarre
• Inane


  Unimportant, silly, or stupid. Example sentence: The inane comments on the news were annoying.
• Haphazard


  lacking any obvious principle of organization. Example sentence: The kitchen was a haphazard collection of cabinets and appliances.
• Scrupulous


  (of a person or process) careful, thorough, and extremely attentive to details. Example sentence: The scrupulous way in which the inspector carried out his investigation.
• Indignation


  anger or annoyance provoked by what is perceived as unfair treatment; resentment. Example sentence; the letter filled Lucy with indignation
• Reclusive


  living in seclusion, especially in a remote place, or having a secluded or eccentric lifestyle. Example sentence: The reclusive writer was finally forced to come out of his shell.
• Wistful


  feeling sad and longing for something that is lost or no longer available. Example sentence: "She was wistful about her childhood.
• Harried


  feeling strained as a result of having demands persistently made on one; harassed. Example sentence: harried detectives answer ringing phones
• Pragmatic


  Aiming to achieve a goal through practical means, rather than through abstract reasoning.; practical; realistic. Example sentence: " a pragmatic approach"
• Speculation


  The process of making predictions about the future based on past events or trends; forming a theory without firm evidence. Example sentence: There has been widespread speculation that he plans to quit
• Hearsay


  1) (in law)occurs when a witness testifies about something that he or she heard about but didn't witness personally.The witness isn't allowed to testify that something is true just because someone told the witness it was true. 2) information received from other people that one cannot adequately substantiate; rumor. Example sentence: 1) everything they had told him would have been ruled out as hearsay, 2)according to hearsay, Bob had managed to break his arm
• Badger


  repeatedly ask (someone) to do something; pester; to annoy. Example sentence: Tom had finally badgered her into going
• Plaintiff


  The person who brings the lawsuit.
• Defendant


  an individual, company, or institution sued or accused in a court of law
• Admissible


  A document that can be used as evidence in a court of law.
• Hastily


  with excessive speed or urgency; hurriedly.Example sentence:"maybe I acted too hastily"
• Scapegoat


  A person or thing that is blamed for the problems of a group or society. Example sentence: The government was blamed for the economic crisis.
• laden


  heavily loaded or weighed down.
• procession


  people or vehicles moving forward in an orderly fashion, especially as part of a ceremony or festival. Example: "funeral procession"
• solemn


  serious in appearance or behavior
• caravanserai


  roadside inns along major trade routes like the ancient Silk Road
• merely


  only; nothing more than
• fresco


  water color mural painting done on a wall or ceiling

  
• esthetic

  aesthetic
• trapes/traipse


  1)walk or move wearily, to trudge, 2)an untidy woman. Example sentences: 1)The tired hikers were trapesing along the trail. 2) Nobody wanted to hire the boring traipse.
• pageant


  a public entertainment consisting of a procession of people in elaborate, colorful costumes, or an outdoor performance of a historical scene.
• coal-scuttle


  coal bucket made of metal

  
• venerable


  to give a lot of respect becaues of age, wisdom, or character(position, career)