SAT 4

Cards (28)

  • Nautical
    of or concerning sailors or navigation; maritime.
  • Virtue
    behavior showing high moral standards; goodness
  • Inscrutable
    impossible to understand or interpret.
  • Remark
    say something as a comment; mention. Regard with attention or notice
  • Imperceptible
    Unnoticeable or undetectable. "his head moved in an almost imperceptible nod"
  • Ebb
    A receding tide from shore
  • Inconclusive
    not leading to a firm conclusion; not ending doubt or dispute.
  • Omniscient
    Knowing everything. having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things. "the story is told by an omniscient narrator"
  • incompetence
    inability to do something successfully; ineptitude. “if you only ever made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches — you would be incompetent in the kitchen of a fancy French restaurant.”
  • condescending
    having or showing a feeling of patronizing superiority."she thought the teachers were arrogant and condescending"
  • deliberate
    done consciously and intentionally."a deliberate attempt to provoke conflict"
  • sanguine
    optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation."he is sanguine about prospects for the global economy". 2.) a blood-red color
  • Entrails
    Guts or intestines of aniamls
  • chastity
    the state or practice of refraining from extramarital(affairs), or especially from all, sexual intercourse.
  • patronizing
    to speak to or behave toward someone as if they are stupid or not important done with a feeling of superiority; condescending. "we both occasionally experienced patronizing attitudes from staff"
  • odius
    extremely unpleasant; repulsive."a pretty odious character"
  • heresy
    opinion profoundly at odds with what is generally accepted. Usually a belief or opinion contrary to orthodox Christain religion. "Huss was burned for heresy"
  • condemn
    1)express complete disapproval of, typically in public; censure. 2)sentence (someone) to a particular punishment, especially death."the rebels had been condemned to death"
  • amateur
    1)nonprofessional, unpaid athlete. 2)a person who is incompetent or inept at a particular activity."that bunch of stumbling amateurs"
  • adherent
    1)someone who supports a particular party, person, or set of ideas."he was a strong adherent of monetarism". 2)sticking fast to an object or surface.
  • bigoted
    a person who strongly and unfairly dislikes other people, ideas, etc. : a bigoted person.
  • nebulous
    1)in the form of a cloud or haze; hazy. 2)(of a concept or idea) unclear, vague, or ill-defined.
  • monologue
    1)a long, tedious speech by one person during a conversation. 2) a long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program.
  • sordid
    immoral or dishonest
  • conspicuous
    easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable
  • cumbersome
    1)large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use; unwieldy."cumbersome diving suits". 2)slow or complicated and therefore inefficient.
  • convoluted
    (especially of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex and difficult to follow. "a convoluted way of describing a simple device."
  • capitulate
    cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender."the patriots had to capitulate to the enemy forces"

    Think: CAPSIZED? IT'S TOO LATE.

    Once your boat has CAPSIZED, IT'S TOO LATE to think about winninig the race: CAPITULATE and just try not to drown