PRESENTATION OUTLINE
My SAT. Lesson 14 presentation
Tiffany Dowdy
Collaborate
To work together
The class was told to collaborate on the assignment so that no one Would have to do all the work totally alone.
Coalesce
To merge; to fuse; to unite
Though each man had his own opinion, the group decided to coalesce into a unified force against the enemy.
Cryptic
Mysterious; secret
The meaning of the cryptic note was hidden from everyone who looked at it.
Prodigious
Enormous; vast; huge
My teacher gave us huge amount of homework, a prodigious task by anyone's standards.
Parody
Humorous, ridiculous imitation
The comedians skit was a parody of the recent inaugural addresses; although it was attended to be funny , not many people laughed.
Portent- a sign or forewarning
The large raindrops were a portent of the thunderous storm about to occur.
Surfeited-fed or supplied to excess
The starving boys were finally able to eat until they were surfeited.
Trifling- not significant; frivolous
The teachers regarded watching videos a trifling waste of time; they thinking I should avoid such frivolous times and do more studying.
Naive- unsophisticated
Even a beginner should not be so naive and so unsophisticated as she is.
Animosity
Harsh feelings; enmity; hate
We tried to avoid the conversation when we saw the animosity that the woman had about the issue; she was extremely angry and resentful about the matter.
