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sat words 2
Term | Definition |
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virulent | extremely poisonous; malignant; full of hate |
scrutinize | to examine closely |
discord | disagreement |
repudiate | to reject; to deny |
diligent | hardworking |
superficial | on the surface only; shallow; not thorough |
contempt | reproachful disdain |
lucid | clear; easy to understand |
aesthetic | having to do with artistic beauty; artistic |
prodigal | extravagant; wasteful |
augment | to add; to increase; to make bigger |
guile | cunning; duplicity |
squander | to waste |
incessant | unceasing; never-ending |
laudable | worthy of praise |
deter | to prevent; to stop; to keep from doing something |
redundant | repetitive; unnecessary; excessively wordy |
infamous | shamefully wicked, having extremely bad reputation; disgraceful |
provocative | exciting; attracting attention |
complacent | smug; self-satisfied; pleasing with oneself; contented to a fault |
depravity | moral corruption |
gravity | seriousness |
banal | unoriginal; ordinary |
extol | to praise |
euphony | pleasant sound |
deride | to ridicule; to laugh at contemptuously |
insipid | dull; banal |
austere | unadorned; stern; forbidding; without much money |
expedite | to make faster or easier |
heresy | an opinion violently opposed to established beliefs |