1. Week 20 Vocabulary Objectives: 1. Help us become more sophisticated readers…so we understand fluently what we read. 2. Help us understand words in context, to help us understand words we don’t currently know. 3. Help us become more sophisticated writers, so we use a mature vocabulary and sound like adults in our word choices.

2. This week’s SAT Vocabulary Words Using the information provided, please write down the definitions and parts of the speech for each of the provided SAT vocabulary words. Then, write a meaningful sentence with context clues that show me you understand the meaning of each word. Underline the word within the sentence.

3. SAT Vocabulary - Lesson Seventeen  circumspect adj. careful;heedful;attentive to all points  zephyr n. a gentle breeze (sometimes specifically the West Wind)  renegade n. one who deserts one side in favor of another; traitor; outlaw  retribution n. something justly deserved, especially a punishment

4. SAT Vocabulary - Lesson Seventeen  hurtle v. to move or to fling swiftly and with great force  scourge n. a person or thing that causes great trouble or misfortune  caustic adj. biting; stingingly sharp or sarcastic  taciturn adj. not fond of talking; usually silent

5. SAT Vocabulary - Lesson Seventeen  agnostic n. one who believes that the existence of God can neither be proved nor disproved  terse adj. brief and to the point  uncanny adj. weird; strange; so keen or acute as to seem bizarre  exodus n. a mass departure or emigration

6. SAT Vocabulary - Lesson Seventeen  penitent adj. remorseful; sorry for having done wrong  vindicate v. to clear of suspicion or accusations  raillery n. good-humored ridicule or teasing