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SAT Vocabs Day #24
Term | Definition |
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bawdy | humorously vulgar (adj.) |
beatific | blissfully happy (adj.) |
beatitude | supreme blessedness (noun) |
beau | boyfriend or male admirer (noun) |
becalm | to make motionless (verb) |
dilatory | slow to act/intended to cause delay (adj.) |
dilapidated | of an object or building ruin because of age or neglect (adj.) |
regressive | becoming less advanced, less developed state; tax taking a greater amount from those of lower income (adj.) |
unfathomable | incapable of being fully explored or understood; of an area impossible to measure the extent of (adj.) |
digress | leave the main subject temporarily (verb) |
seclusion | state of being separate from others; sheltered or private place (noun) |
bilk | obtain money by deceit or fraud; evade or elude (verb) |
beleaguer | cause problems for; besiege (verb) |
peddle | try to sell something from house to house (usually small goods); sell illegal or stolen item; promote an idea persistently and widely (verb) |
forebode | predict or foretell something bad (verb) |
delude | deceive someone (verb) |
arbitrate | reach authoritative judgement (verb) |
incredulous | of a person unable to believe in something (adj.) |
futile | pointless (adj.) |
bestial | like animals; savagely cruel (adj.) |