illiterate - SAT Word

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This word "illiterate" often comes up in the SAT. Of the choices below which is the closest in meaning?
uninformed
simple
light
understandable




Detailed description and alternate definitions of the word 'illiterate':
  Violating prescribed standards of speech or writing.
  Having little or no formal education.
  Ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of knowledge.
  Marked by inferiority to an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature.
  Unable to read and write.
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Synonyms of word 'illiterate' :
 nonreader
 illiterate person
 ignorant

Antonym of word 'illiterate' :
  literate
  literate

Usage of the word 'illiterate' in Sentences :
  House rules ?¯ Advanced search ?¯ BACK Member Cafe 10 replies Self taught computer illiterate would appreciate advice.
  For years, economic illiterates have been claiming that it would, supposedly by improving the ratio of working people to retirees.
  illiterate Bolivian peasants were able to vote for the first time.
  We have left our people functionally illiterate in using the Bible.
  Note 49 Is it useful to test systems against hackers the way new software is tested against computer illiterates?
  Some 770 million people over the age of 15 remain illiterate.
  There is no excuse for people leaving school illiterate.
  No functional illiterates; no stoners; no trenchcoat mafia.
  illiterate farm laborer, was born in Hesse, Germany on 30th December, 1847.
  Martin's approach doubtless appeals to many who are struggling to preach the gospel to a biblically illiterate culture.
  Some years ago, although not a professional teacher, my wife used to help in classes run by the LCC for adult illiterates.

Usage of the word 'illiterate' in popular media :
Washington Post   —
 and, therein lies the far bigger problem: if city residents lack life skills, are illiterate or haven't been trained for existing jobs, no amount of new rules or requirements will help them get jobs..... read more ››
 as for kwame brown's proposal to toughen first source requirements, the editorial says nice try, but "[i]f city residents lack life skills, are illiterate or haven't been trained for existing jobs, no amount of new rules or requirements will help them get jobs..... read more ››
 do you really think of indiana as a laissez-faire, low quality free-for-all where you canæ’??t tell whether your dentist is illiterate and your heart surgeon is a legally blind imbecile who works a night shift at white castle? no, you donæ’??t, and itæ’??s likely that if california adopted the much lower licensing regulations of indiana they wouldnæ’??t become one either..... read more ››
 it costs us a fortune to turn out functionally illiterate kids who can't do math or write a decent sentence..... read more ››
 there is a lot of myths and legends surrounding abraham lincoln's mother, right? she was illiterate or she read the bible daily..... read more ››
 she very likely was illeigitimate, and certainly could not sign her name on her marriage license--she used an x--so we assume she was illiterate..... read more ››
  it is estimated that 14 percent of adults are illiterate, but many find ingenious ways of compensating and take great pains to hide the problem..... read more ››

Wall Street Journal   —
  æ’??what does this circumstance, the education crisis, the achievement gap, mean for families and communities all over country when 58% of black fourth graders are functionally illiterate?æ’?â� she said..... read more ››
 æ’??he is a political illiterate ignorant of the background against which the nuclear issue cropped up on the korean peninsula and the processes to settle it.æ’?â�.... read more ››
 the reason: the governor's plain-spoken defense of asia bibi, an illiterate christian woman sentenced to death under pakistan's harsh blasphemy laws..... read more ››
  about 85% of the population is illiterate..... read more ››
  "my mother was an illiterate lady, so i was raised not understanding this world very well," he said, his eyes welling..... read more ››
 mr. dialæ’??who is illiterate, tended animals as a little boy and later welded railway carsæ’??translated his social messages into paintings and sculptures that are only now being embraced by the art world. .... read more ››
 philadelphia story: how to prosecute a deaf, mute and illiterate man?.... read more ››




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