SAT Vocabulary Human Nature

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SAT Vocabulary Human Nature

• Monday, September 10, 2007

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Improvement

• Did you know you can dramatically improve your
  vocabulary by learning a new word every day?
• Today we are going to focus on common SAT words
  that deal with Human Nature.

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Words about Human Nature!!
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Acute

• Acute Quick to comprehend, sharply intelligent

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Example

• Einstein was very acute with physics.

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Aesthetic

• Aesthetic Referring to the sense of beauty.

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Example

• She had an aesthetic talent for flower
  arrangements.

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Aloof

• Aloof Distant, unsociable, withdrawn, cool

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Example

• They always stood aloof from their classmates.

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Ambivalence

• Ambivalence Lack of certainty or definiteness.
  A state of having emotions, thoughts or actions
  in contradiction with each other, when they are
  related to an object, idea or person.

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Ambivalence

• The man felt ambivalence toward the political
  issue.

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Audacity

• Audacity Extreme boldness. nerve

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Example

• The dog had the audacity to eat the peoples
  dinner.

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Apathy

• Apathy Lack of interest or feeling.

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Example

• The child felt great apathy toward the ball game.

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