SAT Week #3 Vocabulary

to stir up or urge on; to provoke to action; foment

to say negative things

spending too much time; wasteful of money or something else

too firmly fixed in bad behavior to be changed

a strong taste for or liking of; a liking

formed long ago; existing at the very beginning; ancient times

to speak of or treat with ridicule; make fun of

something that is puzzling; inexplicable; mysterious

Showy; making ridiculous claims; striving to make a big impression

exchange of ideas; conversation; formal speech or writing