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SAT-UNIT 6
SAT vocabulary for ESL students
Question | Answer |
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AMELIORATE (v.) | advance, improve, uplift |
APIARY (n.) | beehive, hive |
ARABLE (adj.) | cultivable, farmable |
CAVORT (v.) | caper (joke), frolic (play), prance (dance), romp (celebrate) |
CONFLAGRATION (n.) | fire, inferno |
CONTENTIOUS (adj.) | argumentative, belligerent, hostile, litigious |
DECRY (v.) | censure, condemn, discredit |
DORMANT (adj.) | asleep, inactive, idle |
ELUCIDATE (v.) | clarify, enlighten |
ERUDITE (adj.) | cultured, educated, scholarly, studious |
TORPID (adj.) | lethargic, sluggish, apathetic |
TRENCHANT (adj.) | clear-cut, forceful, intense |
UMBRAGE (n.) | anger, animosity, fury, rage, resentment |
UNCANNY (adj.) | creepy, eerie, incredible, unnatural, weird |
VERBOSE (adj.) | flowery, grandiloquent, long-winded, talkative, wordy |
VEX (v.) | afflict, aggravate, harass, torment, needle |
VOCIFEROUS (adj.) | blatant, boisterous, strident |
WAIF (n.) | homeless, vagrant, wanderer |
WHIMSICAL (adj.) | amusing, bizarre, comical, eccentric, fanciful |
ZEALOUS (adj.) | enthusiastic, eager, intense, passionate |