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Sat Vocab 9
Mrs.Hahn Reading and Writing Stragies
Term | Definition |
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austere | severe in manner or appearance; uncompromising; strict; forbidding. |
avarice | insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth. |
frugal | economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful. |
mercenary | working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal. |
miserly | of, like, or befitting a miser; penurious; stingy; niggardly. |
parsimonious | characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy. |
penurious | extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly. |
thrifty | practicing thrift or economical management; frugal: a thrifty shopper,thriving, prosperous, or successful. |