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Lesson 18 SAT
Term | Definition |
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accord | agreement;state of harmony ant:disagreement |
annulment | invalidation syn:negation |
arduous | very difficult to achieve ant:easy |
astute | shrewd syn:sagacious |
carping | finding fault syn:censorious |
covert | secret:concealed syn:secret |
desecrate | to violate the sanctity of something ant: laud |
dilatory | delaying:slow |
esteem | estimate of value |
expatriate | an exile ant:citizen |
fortuitous | something that happened by chance(usually good) |
guileless | without deceit ant: deceitful |
hackneyed | trite banal |
illustrious | notably outstanding ant:infamous |
insatiable | incapable of being satisfied |
loquiacious | very talkative syn:garrulous |
neurotic | emotionally unstable person |
parch | to become dry from heat |
porous | something that permits passage of substance through pores |
rancid | having a foul smell or taste syn: putrid |
reconcile | to reestablish friendship |
saccharine | overly sweet attitude |
sonorous | resonant,producing full and rich sound |
tentative | uncertain ant: permanent |
utility | usefulness |