This vocabulary notebook defines and provides examples for 8 SAT words: cavil, blithe, audacious, proximity, lugubrious, altruistic, crotchety, succulent, and pungent. Each entry defines the word and uses it in a short sentence to demonstrate its meaning. The notebook is intended to help a 4th grade student learn vocabulary words that may appear on the SAT.

1. Vocabulary Notebook
SAT Words in 4th Grade

2. cavil
• To argue over little thing’s
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• We caviled over the pillow.

3. blithe
• To be happy and joyful
• We were blithe because we had something
to play with at recess.

4. audacious
• bold or daring
• The audacious girl detected ghosts.

5. proximity
• To be close or near to.
• My friend and I were in close proximity to
each other.

6. lugubrious
• To be sad or gloomy.
• The lugubrious girls were talking.

7. altruistic
• To be kind or caring.
• My mom is very altruistic to me.

8. crotchety
• To be mad or grouchy.
• My friend and I are crotchety to each
other.

9. succulent
• Juicy or sweet.
• I ate the succulent meat.

10. pungent
• Bad taste or smell.
• After I went through the pungent sewage, I
smelled really bad.