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Summer Vocab Week 1
Summer SAT Vocab - Week 1
Question | Answer |
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negligible | not significant enough to be worth considering |
acrimonious | bitter and sharp in language or tone |
arduous | very difficult, hard to endure |
malingering | to feign illness in order to escape a duty |
recalcitrant | disobedient, resisting authority |
culminate | come to climax |
inadvertent | unintentional |
burgeoning | growing rapidly |
propitious | presenting favorable conditions |
reverent | deeply respectful |
lewd | obscene |
proselytize | to convert someone from one religious faith to another |
laconic | using few words |
mediocre | average, ordinary |
magnanimous | generous in forgiving insult |
strenuous | requiring great effort and energy |
decimate | to destroy or kill a great number or proportion of |
innovation | something newly introduced |
anachronism | something that is out of place and time |
dignitary | person of high rank or position |
exuberant | full of joy; enthusiastic |
dismantle | to take apart |
zest | keen excitement or enjoyment |
insipid | dull, boring |
castigate | to punish or criticize harshly |