SAT Cartoon Vocabulary

SAT Cartoon VocabularyLesson 3 G.I.Joe wants youto study.

Quixotic – idealistic and impracticalIt is idiotic to be quixotic and tilt at

windmills.

Opportune – coming at a good timeNot an opportune time for an opera tune.

Dulcet – soft and soothingSometimes even dulcet music makes for a

dull sit.

Arduous – hard, difficultThe arduous trail is hard on us and the

huskies.

Reminisce – recalling the pastYears later, he will reminisce about his rim

miss.

Histrionic – overly dramaticOur teacher used histrionics to teach history.

Bludgeon – short, heavy, thick clubThe medieval jailer kept the bludgeons in the

dungeon.

Milieu - environmentThe bathroom was a milieu of mildew.

Beleaguer – to besiege and harassThey were beleaguered by big leaguers.

Porcine – of or pertaining to a pigThe porcine pen was a poor scene.