SAT Words of the Week 10/24

Artificial | adj. something made; not occurring natural | Many candies use artificial flavors to make them taste fruity.

Assertion | n. a strong declaration | His assertion that sharks are mammals made everyone laugh.

Austere | adj. extremely plain/ adj. stern and forbidding /adj. relating to self-denial | He lived in a small, austere cabin in the middle of the woods.