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Hit Parade Wk 2
SAT Prep Princeton Review Vocabulary - Hit Parade Week 2
TERM | DEFINITION |
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conciliatory (adj.) | appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile |
credible (adj.) | capable of being believed; plausible |
exonerate (v.) | to free from blame |
incontrovertible (adj.) | indisputable; not open to question |
indict (v.) | to officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime |
litigious (adj.) | prone to engage in lawsuits |
partisan (adj.) | devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause |
parity (n.) | equality, as in amount, status, or value (antonym: disparity) |
rectitude (n.) | moral uprightness; righteousness |
remiss (adj.) | lax in attending to duty; negligent |
repudiate (v.) | to reject the validity or authority of |
sanctimonious (adj.) | feigning piety or righteousness |
scrupulous (adj.) | principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting |
solicitous (adj.) | concerned |
substantiate (v.) | to support with proof or evidence; verify |
veracity (n.) | adherence to the truth; truthfulness |
vindicate (v.) | to free from blame |
cajole (v.) | to urge with repeated appeals, teasing, or flattery |
chicanery (n.) | trickery |
obsequious (adj.) | fawning and servile |
sycophant (adj.) | insincere, obsequious flatterer |
altruism (n.) | unselfish concern for the welfare of others; selflessness |
eminent (adj.) | distinguished; prominent |
empathy (n.) | identification with and understanding of another's situation, feelings, and motives |
extol (v.) | to praise highly |
laudatory (adj.) | full of praise |
magnanimous (adj.) | courageously or generously noble in mind and heart |
philanthropic (adj.) | humanitarian; benevolent; relating to monetary generosity |
reciprocate (v.) | to mutually take or give; to respond in kind |
defunct (adj.) | no longer existing or functioning |
eradicate (v.) | to get rid of as if by tearing it up by the roots; abolish |
quell (v.) | to put down forcibly; suppress |
raze (v.) | to level to the ground; demolish |
squelch (v.) | to crush as if by trampling; squash |
supplant (v.) | to usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics |
stymie (v.) | to thwart or stump |
abase (v.) | to lower in rank, prestige, or esteem |
deride (v.) | to mock contemptuously |
derogatory (adj.) | insulting or intended to insult |
disparage (v.) | to speak of negatively; to belittle |
effrontery (n.) | brazen boldness; presumptuousness |
ignominy (n.) | great personal dishonor or humiliation; disgraceful conduct |
impugn (v.) | to attack as false or questionable |
mar (v.) | to damage, especially in a disfiguring way |
pejorative (adj.) | disparaging, belittling, insulting |
vex (v.) | to annoy or bother; to perplex |
vindictive (adj.) | disposed to seek revenge; revengeful; spiteful |