SAT Word of the Day – climacteric
climacteric – (n) a critical period or event.
2nd definition – (adj) having extreme and far-reaching implications or results; critical.
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SAT Word of the Day – efface
efface – (v) erase (a mark) from a surface.
synonymous phrases/words: make oneself inconspicuous, keep out of sight, keep oneself to oneself, keep quiet, keep out of the public eye, avoid publicity, keep out of the limelight, lie low, keep a low profile, regard/treat oneself as unimportant, be modest/diffident/retiring, withdraw
SAT Word of the Day – consanguinity
consanguinity – (n) relationship by descent from a common ancestor; kinship
SAT Word of the Day – disport
disport – (v) enjoy oneself unrestrainedly; frolic.
2nd definition – (n) diversion from work or serious matters; recreation or amusement.
SAT Word of the Day – chimerical
chimerical – (adj) fantastically visionary or improbable; imaginary
synonyms – imaginary (also chimeric), fabulous, fanciful, fantasied, fantastic (also fantastical), fictional, fictitious, ideal, imaginal, imagined, invented, made-up, make-believe, mythical (or mythic), notional, phantasmal, phantasmic, phantom, pretend, unreal, visonary
SAT Word of the Day – histrionic
histrionic – (adj) excessively theatrical or dramatic in character or style.
synonyms – melodramatic, theatrical, affected, dramatic, exaggerated, actorly, actressy, stagy, showy, artificial, overacted, overdone, unnatural, mannered, stilted, unreal
2nd def – (n) melodramatic behaviour designed to attract attention.
synonyms – dramatics, drama, theatrics, theatricality, tantrums
SAT Word of the Day – wizened
wizened – (adj) shrivelled or wrinkled with age.
synonyms – wrinkled, lined, creased, shrivelled (up), withered, weather-beaten, thin, shrunken, gnarled, dried up, worn, wasted; literary – sere