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SAT Vocab 55-72
Question | Answer |
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Egregious | out of the group, outstandingly bad |
antipathy | feeling against someone or something, dislike |
empathy | feeling the same thing as someone else |
diffident | lack of faith in oneself, lack of confidence |
fidelity | loyalty, faithfulness |
infidelity | unfaithfulness |
Perfidious | treacherous, untrustworthy |
Elucidate | to make clear, clarify |
Lucid | clear, readily understood |
pellucid | very clear, transparent |
translucent | permitting the passage of light |
acrid | unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor |
Acrimonious | full of spite, bitter, nasty |
acuity | keenness of perception |
acumen | mental sharpness |
acute | a sharp angle, very keen |
exacerbate | to sharpen or aggravate a conflict, inflame |
affluent | to flow in abundance, wealthy |
confluence | to flow together, convergence |
superfluous | to flow above, hence exceeding what it necessary |
implacable | incapable of being calmed, relentless |
complacent | to be so calm to be self satisfied, smug |
placate | to calm the anger of |