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Title: Sight Words


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Sight Words
  • Complete Word List
  • Developing Reading Versatility

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  • heinous

The rebels committed one of the most heinous
(horrible) acts of the war. .
3
  • salient

The most salient (noticeable) feature on his face
is his chin it's quite prominent.
4
  • pompous

Characterized by excessive self-esteem or
exaggerated dignity pretentious pompous
officials who enjoy giving orders.
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  • pseudo-aristocratic

being apparently rather than actually as stated
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  • vociferous

Their vociferous (noise or conspicuously and
offensively loud) arguing made me wish I had
earplugs.
7
  • frugal

Carnegie was very frugal (prudently saving or
sparing not wasteful).
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  • morose

Although the patient is usually morose (unhappy),
she seems happy today. .
9
  • candidly

When asked if she liked her aunt's new hat, she
candidly (honestly or sincerely) gave her frank
opinion that was ugly.
10
  • clemency

In order to show clemency (merciful), the judge
reduced the fine to one dollar.
11
  • enhanced

They enhanced (increased) the property by pulling
weeds, mowing the lawn, and planting trees
around the house.
12
  • elite

They think of themselves as the elite (best or
special) group on campus, looking down their
noses at everyone else.
13
  • rapport

I always felt that the rapport (relation marked
by harmony, conformity) between us was good,
based on a relationship of thrust.
14
  • wrath

anger, strong vengeful anger or indignation
15
  • obsess

was obsessed (become preoccupied with) with the
idea or to engage in obsessive thinking
16
  • indigent

Although his parents were indigent (poor), they
somehow managed to provide Tommy with proper
food and clothing.
17
  • pretentious

Showy, the pretentious fraud who assumes a love
of culture that is alien to him.
18
  • laboriously

devoted to labor industrious
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  • employ

A job that employed her skills.
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  • immoral

conflicting with generally or traditionally held
moral principles
21
  • laggard

She is usually a laggard (sluggish) however,
today she was energetic and did her share.
22
  • punctilious

My dad is punctilious (strict or precise) that he
always corrects my sloppy speech and points out
my incorrect use of certain words. 
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  • phylacteries

What are Tefillin, or phylacteries, that Jews
wear during morning prayers?
24
  • timid

lacking in courage or self-confidence lta timid
persongt
25
  • indolent

Jerry is so indolent (slow or sluggish)!  He
sleeps late, never does chores unless yelled at.
26
  • malevolence

Sherry's ill will or, more accurately,
malevolence (cruel) toward her brother become
obvious when she tried to push him down the
stairs.
27
  • jocose

Bret's jocose (humorous) manner soon had all of
us laughing and joking.
28
  • overbearing

Very strong and powerful, tending to overwhelm,
overpowering, decisively important dominant
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  • impudent

He was so impudent (disrespectful) to his mother
that I would have spanked him if he had talked to
me that way.
30
  • loquacious

He is usually loquacious (noisy or chatty), but
tonight he's rather silent.
31
  • feigned

The boxer feigned (pretended) a punch with his
left rather than actually jabbing.
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  • omnivorous

Hans Zinsser said, "The rat, like men, has become
practically omnivorous( consuming everything)-it
eats anything that lets it."
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