Vocabulary Notes

SAT Vocabulary #7

Word	Part of Speech	Definition	Example
superfluous	adj	Being more than sufficient or required	Excess material on a desk
annihilate	verb	To destroy completely	A bomb
castigate	verb	To punish	Some children are castigated when they get a referral
deviate	verb	To take a different course	Kids who are smart tend to deviate from the "party crowd"
fastidious	adj	Hard to please; very attentive to detail	Germophobes
pliable	adj	Easily bent	rubber
jovial	adj	Good temperament or disposition	little kids tend to be jovial because they're always laughing/smiling
mutilate	verb	To disfigure	If someone comes into a gallery and spraypaints the pictures, they've been mutilated
persist	verb	To continue against opposition	leaving the house even when your parent says no to going out
regenerate	verb	To reproduce	A lizard's tail
scholastic	adj	Pertaining to school or education	School
subside	verb	A state of tranquility	Yoga
translucent	adj	Allowing the passage of light	A glass window
visage	noun	The face or look of a person	His visage seemed sad because he's depressed
cunning	adj	Skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner	Ninjas or FBI (secret service)

SAT Vocabulary Context Clues #7

1. If people think the extra meeting is superfluous or unclear on its purpose,they can raise their objections for all to hear.

unnecessary

2. Each of the great powers now has enough nuclear weapons to annihilate the human race many times over.

destroy; end

3. We may blame the students, castigate them as lazy or lacking commitment, and even rebuke the students.

to define; make the assumption

4. It is a part of the law of nations, from which they never deviate.

separate; step away

5. It was written to please its author's fastidious taste, not to chime with the humour of the age.

picky; specific

6. When you're a silver-lining guy, dreams are pliable.

flexible

7. Continue to be your happy, jovial, insightful self and all will work out.

hopeful; optimistic

8. This cannot have been a pleasant task, for some of the bodies were terribly mutilated.

destroyed; torn apart

9. Many experts envision a jobless recovery, in which the economy grows but job losses persist.

endure; stays in tact

10. Some laboratory mice have displayed an astonishing ability to regenerate damaged heart tissue, scientists said yesterday.

recover; resilient

11. The results of the experiments where scholastic performance was rewarded were uniformly disappointing.

academic; educational

12. His lower back would give him fits, and then the pain would subside.

leave; disappear temporarily

13. When closed, the door provides visual privacy, but its translucent panel helps keep an open feel.

clear

14. The combination of shape and photographic details should make a perfect facsimile of your visage.

disposition
15. Dozens of preeminent bank robbers and thieves sought her business, and she mentored those who displayed exceptional cunning.
crafty; suspicious

Vocabulary for Sonnets

Word	Part of Speech	Definition	Example
temperate	adj	mild or moderate in climate; not extreme	you can walk outside with shorts on in temperate weather
lease	noun	a period of temporary ownership	leasing an apartment/condo
complexion	noun	skin and features of the face	acne is a blemish on their complexion
declines	verb	move in a downward direction	negative; an old person may be declining because they're aging
untrimmed	adj	made or left plain; unadorned or disorderly	clothing that isn't fancy; sweatpants are untrimmed; lower class #nomakeup
impediments	noun	things that block or get in the way; obstacles	road signs or speed bumps when you're driving; emotional trauma can be impediments
alters	verb	makes different without completely changing	altering jeans for a short person by making them shorter to fit the body
tempests	noun	strong or severe storms	we just had a huge tempest; can be an emotional stormy state
bark	noun	a small boat	somewhat like a canoe b: boat
compass	noun	range, usually expressed in a curved or circular pattern	if you're traveling in the woods, you may be beyond the compass. if you're far enough away from the cell tower, you may not get cell service because you're beyond the compass
internal rhyme	noun	a rhyme involving a word in the middle of a line and another at the end of the line or in the middle of the next	Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary."
alliteration	noun	a number of words have the same first consonant sound, occurring close together in a series	Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.
personification	noun	a figure of speech in which a thing, an idea or an animal is given human attributes, qualities, characteristics, or abilities	The fire swallowed the entire forest.
assonance	noun	takes place when two or more words close to one another repeat the same vowel sound but start with different consonant sounds	I feel depressed and restless.
theme	noun	a main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly	Love and friendship are frequently occurring themes in literature. They generate emotional twists and turns in a narrative and can lead to a variety of endings: happy, sad or bittersweet

SAT Vocab #6

Word	Part of Speech	Definition	Example
abominate	verb	To hate violently	I abominate brussels sprouts
anecdote	noun	Brief account of some interesting event or incident; story	People share anecdotes about their lives
candid	adjective	Very straightforward	Alyssiana and Monica
deterrent	adjective	Hindering from action through fear	Warning signs are deterrents so people obey don’t do dumb things
fallible	adjective	Capable of erring	Usually when we trip, we’re fallible because we obviously don’t mean to
incite	verb	To rouse to a particular action	Protesters try to incite the crowds
jargon	noun	Confused, unintelligible speech or highly technical speech	Something that is so complicated and hard to understand is jargon; “yolo” is jargon
muddle	verb	To confuse or becloud an issue, topic or conversation	Someone who is muddled is confused
perpetuate	verb	To preserve from extinction or oblivion	Lots of family perpetuate traditions
refute	verb	To prove to be wrong	If two people are debating, someone refutes what the other person said
scarcity	noun	The inefficiency of supply for needs or ordinary demands	There is a lot of scarcity in foreign countries like Syria
subservient	adjective	Servile; excessively submissive or humbly disobedient	Sub means below; someone who is subservient when they do everything they’re told
transient	noun	One who is only of temporary existence	Homeless people are called transient because they move around a lot
virtual	adjective	Being in essence or effect, but not in form or appearance	Everything you do online is virtual, you can’t grab anything off the screen
efflorescence	noun	Blooming of flowers, state of flowering	When flowers bloom

SAT Vocabulary Context Clues #6

1. He professed both to abominate and despise all mystery, refinement, and intrigue, either in a prince or a minister.

To get rid of

2. All that I can share is a personal anecdote.

cure

3. At the end of his life, he wrote an autobiography for his children that was totally candid, and not intended for publication.

Private; personal

4. Winter is no deterrent to these gardeners.

Set back

5. They are ultimately composed of mortal, fallible human beings not unlike the rest of us.

fragile

6. Staring into the eyes of any primate, humans included, is a great way to incite hostility.

Trigger; show

7. All special groups, including sociologists, develop their own jargon.

stance

8. The coalition government is in a muddle about taxing wealth.

Pickle; complicated

9. When schools introduce computers, they usually perpetuate traditional ways of teaching and learning.

Encourage; show; teach

10. The request for quantifiable data is reasonable: it helps to objectively verify or refute the opinion you quoted.

Deny; disagree

11. The problem of scholarship in our age is one of abundance, not scarcity.

lacking

12. All the life in the book is not subservient to this tragedy.

important

13. Usually for short term transient benefits at the expense of long term growth.

temporary

14. Now some universities are using the virtual world to train nurses.

practical

15. Their glistening efflorescence produces every shade, from sparkling highlights to deep shadow.

Brand; disposition

SAT Vocab #5

Word	Part of Speech	Definition	Example
abject	adj	Sunk to a low condition, sad depressed	A person sitting on a park bench looking sad and alone
anarchy	noun	Absence or utter disregard of govt	Chaos, things totally being out of control
callow	adj	Someone without experience of the world	Naive little kids, teens
destitute	adj	Poverty-stricken; don’t even have the basic necessities	People who have been dislocated in war are destituted
expedite	verb	To hasten the movement or process of	If you’re mailing something and want to expedite something, you might pay more $ for it to get there faster
inconsequential	adj	valueless	Having a couple of pennies or dimes in your pocket is inconsequential
irrelevant	adj	inapplicable	Something that won’t impact you/your life/your decisions...gossip magazines/TMZ
morose	adj	gloomy	A dark day with clouds is morose or someone can be morose
perceive	verb	To have knowledge of, or receive impressions concerning, through the medium of the body senses (6 senses)	We can perceive many things w sight etc
recuperate	verb	To recover	To come back from an injury...you’re recuperating
satire	noun	The employment of sarcasm, irony, or keenness of wit in ridiculing vices	By creating a satire, you make fun of something
subsequent	adj	Following in time	In a calendar, some things are subsequent to each other
transgress	verb	To break a law	If you transgress a very serious law, you may end up in jail
vindicate	verb	To prove true, right, or real	If you’re able to prove something you didn’t do, you’ll feel vindicated
wield	verb	To use, control, or manage, as a weapon, or instrument, especially with full command	Gladiators wield weapons in their rings with full control & have had a lot of practice; a monarch can wield their power

SAT Vocabulary List #5 Context Clues

1.  The abject dog walked slowly around town looking for its owners.

Alone, misplaced

2. If we are not frightened of such anarchy, we do not need the controlling authority.

power

3. I'm a bit more vehement and vociferous than when I was a callow youth of around 30.

Reckless, unaware

4. Sleeping in his box, the destitute hobo nearly froze to death on the cold streets of snowy New York.

Alone, bare

5. To expedite departures, they may direct you to a different runway than planned.

Speed up

6. The show is inconsequential, but the feeling into which it taps is not.

Tangent, not melodical

7. Some people think that money is irrelevant for happiness.

inapplicable

8. I've been so morose today, thinking of everything I failed at.

Sad, discouraged

9. They believe they can account not only for the source of smiles, but how people perceive them.

View, take in

10. Even the best patients spend a week in the hospital and require two months or three months to recuperate.

recover

11. Parody would be a first cousin, a satire on an actual work of art.

mock

12. It required not one, but two, subsequent questions to break the tie.

following

13. Come to understand your limitations, and transgress them.

Leave them behind; do something new

14. He was never charged, and court records vindicate him.

cleared

15. It's a great way for far left environmentalists to wield power and exert a measure of control over business.

equalize
SAT Vocab #4 Definitions 

Word	Part of Speech	Definition	Example
aberration	noun	A deviation/change from a right, customary, or prescribed course	The girl ditching class was an aberration because she always goes to school
acrid	adjective	Sharp, pungent, strong smell	A skunk has an acrid smell bc it’s intense and is somewhat of an eye-watering smell (or onion)
ambiguous	adjective	Having a double meaning (can be unclear)	Some teacher’s directions are ambiguous because you might not know what to do
breach	noun	The violation of official duty, lawful right, or legal obligation	If two people sign a contract and someone decides to not fulfill their part, that’s a breach (a breach can land you in a courtroom)
despondent	adjective	Disheartened, sad	If someone loses a loved one or is having a hard time, they’re very despondent
excerpt	noun	A small selection/chunk of a larger written matter (story etc)	An author might give the newspaper or post an excerpt to get people interested
indignant	adjective	Being angry or scornful which is aroused by meanness or wickedness	If someone has been mean to you, you may be indignant because of how they have treated you
morality	noun	Virtue	Really pure people, a nun demonstrates morality every day
patronize	verb	To exercise an arrogant condescension toward	If someone is patronizing you, they’re speaking down to you; teenagers know what it’s like to be patronized bc of parents
rectify	verb	To correct	If you rectify a paper or post, you’ve fixed it/corrected the mistake
satiate	verb	To satisfy fully the appetite or desire of	You can satiate the desire of relaxing by sitting down and taking time to yourself
terse	adjective	Concise, to the point	Responses can become terse when you’re impatient and want to move on from something
transcend	verb	To surpass; to go beyond or above	If you’re in a really stressful test and are able to relax, you are transcending from the situation
vigilant	adjective	Being on alert to discover and ward off danger or insure safety	Police officers are very vigilant
whimsical	adjective	Given to fanciful ideas or notions; capricious	Anyone who acts on their whims can be described as whimsical and/or spontaneous (little kids...change their minds all the time and tend to not think about consequences and live in the moment)

SAT Vocabulary List #4 Context Clues

1. We had to take an aberration to get around the construction traffic this morning.

Another route, going out of the way, detour

2. The acrid smell of cigarette ashes burned her nose and brought tears to her eyes.

Horrid, gross

3. Sometimes you'll get a text asking you to clarify or add detail to ambiguous questions.

Detailed, long

4. Military strategists feared that retreating could open up a hole in the front line, leading to a larger breach.

Take-over, triumph

5. The last thing you want after being laid off is to become despondent or depressed.
Unsuccessful, not motivated

6. No part of this excerpt can be used without permission from the publisher.

Writing, something that has been published

7.  Journalists get all indignant and self-righteous when someone calls out their unrealistic use of hyperbole.

defensive

8. Yet she also raises challenging questions about individuality and morality.

virtues

9. It's often easiest to nurture young investors' curiosity by focusing on companies they know and patronize regularly.

Think about, look at

10. The best way to rectify such a situation is to make sure the next test is truer.

Clarify, test out

11. Vendors on nearby streets satiate the thirsts of the crowd with bottled water and cold ice cream sandwiches.

satisfy

12. Due to the lack of information on the suspect, the police only issued a terse statement to the media.

Small, concise

13. The problem of how to live in this land, as it actually is, has outfaced all attempts to escape or transcend it.

leave

14. We need to be more vigilant concerning about our environment, let keep it clean and let reduce our emission.

cautious

15. The songs here are supposed to be whimsical, but they are rather labored.

Light, playful

SAT Vocab #3

Word	Part of Speech	Definition	Example
abduction	noun	A carrying away of a person against their will, or illegally	Taking a child from their home, abducted
altruism	noun	Benevolence to others on subordination to self-interest (generous with other people yet could be doing it for themselves)	People who demonstrate good things like for the community or spend some money on something for others when they could be buying themselves something
bravado	noun	An aggressive display of boldness	Remember the word “brave” yet bravado is being brave yet to the point of being somewhat foolish; yelling at an animal you don’t know
exacerbate	verb	To make more sharp, severe, or virulent/violent	Teenager having an argument w a parent and if you roll your eyes or talk back, you are going to exacerbate the situation
fallacy	noun	Any unsound or delusional reasoning	A popular fallacy was that the world was round
inconceivable	adjective	incomprehensible	Cannot believe or conceive something, cannot imagine
talisman	noun	Lucky charm	A 4 leaf clover, a dream catcher
monotonous	adjective	Unchanging and tedious	A class that has the same routine every day is monotonous
pastoral	adjective	Having the spirit or sentiment of rural life	Pollan set his book in somewhat of a pastoral setting (farm)
recoil	verb	To start back as in dismay, loathing, or dread	If you suddenly see a snake, you’re going to recoil
sagacious	adjective	Able to discern or distinguish with wise perception	Old people with lots of experience are sagacious
hamper	verb	To hold back; hinder; impede progress	If you have something planned out and it starts to rain, the rain will hamper your plans
tranquil	adjective	calm	Some people are naturally very tranquil
vicariously	adverb	Experiencing something through another person	Reading a story about an adventure that someone else wrote, listening to an experience that someone tells you
capricious	adjective	Any person who is subject to or led by sudden, unpredictable changes or whims	The hippes were very capricious and did whatever they wanted and enjoyed their life and were very unpredictable

Context Clues - SAT Vocab #3

1. Howie had watched her abduction after several attempts, but failed to capture the license plate number.

capture

2. This is altruism towards strangers, for example, charity.

kindness

3. War is far more a question of intelligence than bravado.

bravery

4. In some cases, she argues, current policies may even exacerbate the problem.

get rid of

5. But rather than marshaling logically sound arguments, he constantly commits the fallacy of begging the question.

misconception

6. Before long you'll be creating nasty stunts that you once thought were inconceivable.

can't happen or imagine

7. It does irk me that some of you say he is stealing, when clearly he isn't.

disturb

8. Doing homework can become a monotonous task after a few hours.

repetitive

9. His pastoral background made it easy for him to work on farm equipment and take care of animals.

relating to farms, country

10. The recoil of the spring shot up in the air and almost killed a civilian.

jump back

11. Wherefore it is ever the aim of the sagacious journalist to foster that sense of personal participation.

clever

12. Terror was used purposefully and more or less indiscriminately to subjugate the entire population.

take over

13. The lake is small, roughly half a square mile in area, now once again blue and tranquil.

calm

14. The difference between him and everybody else is that he has refused to settle for the vicarious pleasures of the society columns.

typical

15. Welcome to the new, always changing, confusing and often capricious world of airline baggage policies.

changing

SAT Vocab #2 Definitions and Examples

Word	Part of Speech	Definition	Example
abdicate	verb	To give up (royal power or something similar)	A king who has to abdicate his crown because some other leader took over
achromatic	adjective	colorless	Dead grass is achromatic; old photographs w/out color
boorish	adjective	rude	Someone yelling would be boorish
delusion	noun	Mistaken conviction (belief), especially when more or less enduring	Some people may think it’s a delusion to believe in ghosts
evoke	verb	To call or summon forth	If you watch a funny movie, it might evoke laughter
incompetence	noun	The general lack of capacity, fitness, or knowledge	When employees don’t know where something is when I ask them, that kind of incompetence drives me crazy; you may be incompetent to put something together (puzzle etc)
invaluable	adjective	Exceedingly precious	Children/family are invaluable because no money can buy this from us bc they’re so important
monologue	noun	A story or drama told or performed by one person	Someone on a stage reading a story is described as a monologue
passive	adjective	unresponsive	Tend to just go with the flow, doesn’t get angry fast at all
propaganda	noun	Any institution or systematic scheme for propagating (advertising) a doctrine or set of beliefs	During ww2, the US used propaganda to demonize the japanese after pearl harbor to dehumanize them so the citizens didn’t have mercy
recluse	noun	Person who lives in retirement or seclusion	People who don’t leave their houses often and who don’t want to socialize are reclusive
subconscious	adjective	Being or occurring in the mind, but without attendant consciousness or conscious perception	Anything we say or do that we don’t even realize can be considered subconscious
trajectory	noun	The path taken by a moving object (point A to point B)	If someone throws a paper airplane across the room, the trajectory is from where you through it to where it lands
vertigo	noun	dizziness	You can get vertigo if you’re on a boat and get sea sick because everything is moving
wantonness	noun	recklessness	Sometimes teenagers’ wantonness makes parents uneasy because they want to do daring things

Context Clues - SAT Vocab #2

Abdicate: to leave alone, to accept, to abandon

Achromatic: dull, boring

Boorish: snarky, opinionated, discouraging

Delusion: not reality

Evoke: to express

Incompetence: failure

Invaluable: not valuable, not significant

Monologue: script, introduction

Passive: not direct, skittish

Propaganda: something used to advertise

Recluse: not social, isolated

Subconscious: not conscious, a component of something inside of a human

Trajectory: movement

Vertigo: a short term feeling that takes you away from reality and makes you feel off

Wantonness: carelessness

Vocab #2 Omnivore’s Dilemma

Word	Part of Speech	Definition	Example
atavistic	adjective	Relating to or characterized by returning to something ancient	A species that evolves throughout generations and eventually ends up with something they had before
cornucopia	noun	A horn containing food/drink, a symbol of abundance	The horn thingie that is in thanksgiving that has food coming out of it
intrepid	adjective	Resolutely fearless; dauntless	A male lion is an intrepid animal in the wild
omnivore	noun	Someone or something that eats both plants and animals	Humans are omnivores
distinction	noun	The recognizing or noting of differences	Bathroom signs; one is male and one is female; we make a distinction between them
terrestrial	adjective	Pertaining to or representing the earth as distinct from other planets; of or relating to land as distinct from water	terra=earth Terrestrial animals: dogs, cats, elephants
anthropologist	noun	A person that specializes in the study of human beings	anthro=human ology=the study of
predispose	verb	To give an inclination or tendency to beforehand	You might be predisposed to do well in school because you enjoy learning
prodigious	adjective	Extraordinary in size; marvelous	The grand canyon
existential	adjective	Pertaining to the state of existing or being	notice  “exist”
inevitable	adjective	Unable to be avoided or escaped.	Death is an inevitable event that will happen to everyone
unassailed	adjective	Not attacked or assaulted	Hippies that are holding up peace signs
paradox	noun	A statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory, but in reality expresses a possible truth	“What a pity that youth has to be wasted on the young” seems confusing and untrue but it’s true that the youth not only enjoy it, but also take advantage of it
quaint	adjective	Having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm	Some older homes (cottages) that have sweet vibes to them and are cozy  can be described quaint
apotheosis	noun	The elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of a god	Martin Luther King jr has had a huge impact on society and has been elevated; Beyonce is looked up to by people; made an impact

Omnivore’s Dilemma Vocabulary #2: Context Clues

1. Is it any wonder Americans suffer from so many eating disorders? In the absence of any lasting consensus about what and how and where and when to eat, the omnivore's dilemma has returned to America with an almost atavistic force.
1. Extreme; powerful
2. The cornucopia of the American supermarket has thrown us back on a bewil-
   dering food landscape where we once again have to worry that some of those tasty-looking morsels might kill us.
1. variety
3. I don't need to experiment with the mushroom now called, rather helpfully, the "death cap," and it is common knowledge that that first intrepid lobster eater was on to something very good.
1. Original; first
4. Our culture codifies the rules of wise eating in an elaborate structure of taboos, rituals, recipes, manners, and culinary traditions that keep us from having to reenact the omnivore's dilemma at every meal.
1. Mammal who eats both meat and plants
5. Before the commodity system farmers prided themselves on a panoply of qualities in their crop: big ears, plump kernels, straight rows, various colors; even the height of their corn plants became a point of pride. Now none
   of these distinctions mattered; "bushels per acre" became the only
   boast you heard.
1. Distinctions; variations
6. Being a generalist is of course a great boon as well as a challenge; it
   is what allows humans to successfully inhabit virtually every terrestrial
   environment on the planet.
1. Land or earthly
7. The anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss described the
   work of civilization as the process of transforming the raw into the
   cooked — nature into culture.
1. Ones who studies dinosaurs and rocks
8. Taste in humans gets complicated, but it starts with two
   powerful instinctual biases, one positive, the other negative. The first
   bias predisposes us toward sweetness, a taste that signals a particularly
   rich source of carbohydrate energy in nature.
1. persuades
9. The cow depends on the ingenious adaptation of the rumen to turn an exclusive diet of grasses into a balanced meal; we depend instead on the prodigious powers of
   recognition, memory, and communication that allow us to cook cassava
   or identify an edible mushroom and share that precious information.
1. exceptional ; extraordinary; superior
10. Anthropologists marvel at just how much cultural energy goes into
    managing the food problem. But as students of human nature have long
    suspected, the food problem is closely tied to . . . well, to several other
    big existential problems.
1. Big ideas about the world
11. The death they suffer in our hands commonly is, and always
    may be, a speedier and, by that means a less painful one, than that
    which would await them in the inevitable course of nature.
1. Not able to change it; no control
12. The economic logic behind corn is unassailable, and on a factory
    farm there is no other kind. Calories are calories, and corn is the cheap-
    est, most convenient source of calories on the market.
1. original, unique
13. As noted at the beginning of this book, the omnivore’s dilemma, or
    paradox, was first described in the 1976 paper, "The Selection of Foods
    by Rats, Humans, and Other Animals," by University of Pennsylvania
    psychologist Paul Rozin.
1. Dilemma; problem
14. It remains to be seen whether the current Atkins school theory of ketosis — the process by which the body resorts to burning its own fat when starved of carbohydrates — will someday seem as quaintly quackish as Kellogg 's theory of colonic autointoxication.
1. similarly
15. A country with a stable culture of food would not shell out millions for
    the quackery (or common sense) of a new diet book every January. It
    would not be susceptible to the pendulum swings of food scares or
    fads, to the apotheosis every few years of one newly discovered nutrient and the demonization of another.
1. New ideas

Omnivore Vocab #1

Word:	Meaning/Part of Speech/Examples:
1.immerse	Verb to involve deeply; absorb; surround yourself completely One may immerse themselves in a book, and barely notice things around them
2.  Forage	Verb To wander or go in search of provisions In the olden times people would go forage for animals or berries for their meals
3. alchemy	Noun An ancient chemical science that would try to turn something lacking value into something valuable Using chemical sciences to make a valuable transformation A transformation into something of value “September’s glo-up”
4. conscious	Adj. Fully aware or sensitive of something You must be conscious of various dangers in the world
5. karmic	Noun Action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable results The action seen as bringing upon karma If you hit your brother, that action can be seen as karmic
6. ingenuity	Noun The quality of being very clever, resourceful, and innovative
7. folly	Noun The state or quality of being foolish Lack of understanding and sense Something that lacks practical sense, that’s foolish and perhaps made for no reason
8. confinement	Noun State of being confined of shut/kept in Prevented from public due to various reasons One might be put in solitary confinement if they had a highly contagious disease
9. unprecedented	Adg. It has not happened before, or been experienced before 9/11 was a very unprecedented event since few people in the specific generation had experienced such a massive attack on the U.S.
10. fauna	Noun Animals of a given region/period/area Certain rare species in Costa Rica, or Africa, etc
11. opaque	Adg. Unclear; hard to understand; hard to shed light on Complex topics, leaves you in the dark
12. Ignorance	Noun The state of not knowing something I am pretty ignorant about psychology, are various subjects
13. fleeting	Agj Something that passes or vanishes swiftly Thoughts; beauty; youth
14. stake	Noun Commercial interest, share, or involvement in something A stake in a company
15. agriculture	Noun The science, art, or occupation concerned with farming Our agriculture in Sonoma County in very beautiful