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SAT four/five
20 words from cartoon SAT vocab
Term | Definition |
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Terse | brief and to the point; concise |
Coerce | to force someone by threatening or physically overpowering him |
Diverse | different or varied |
Abate | to reduce |
Abide | to remain; continue; stay; endure |
Gambit | to take a risk for some advantage |
Jaunt | a short pleasure trip |
Frank | straightforward; open and sincere in expression |
Lithe | bending easily and gracefully |
Aesthetic | having to do with artistic beauty |
gullible | easily cheated or fooled |
mawkish | excessively and objectionably sentimental |
raffish | cheaply vulgar in appearance or nature; tawdry |
continuum | a continuous whole without clear division into parts |
travail | strenuous physical or mental laboror effort |
intrepid | fearless; bold |
languid | lacking energy;weak;showing little interest in anything |
exodus | a mass departure |
influx | a mass arrival or incoming |
abash | to make ashamed or uneasy |