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P/SAT Lesson 4
Lesson 4 by AP Strategies
Question | Answer |
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aesthetic | relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art |
aloof | indifferent, apart |
archaic | antiquated, old, out of use |
assuage | to ease, mitigate, make less painful or burdensome, to calm |
belie | to contradict, to give a false impression |
contentious | quarrelesome, stirring controversy |
daunt | to intimidate, to dismay |
debilitate | to weaken, to enfeeble |
discord | lack of agreement, tension or strife |
dissemination | the act of spreading widely, scattering |
dogmatic | strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner |
duplicity | double-dealing, hypocrisy |
egocentric | self-centered, selfish |
euphemism | substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive |
gluttonous | greedy for food or drink |
mundane | ordinary, commonplace |
ominous | threatening |
petulance | unreasonable touchiness or irritability |
pompous | exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombastic |
precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurance |
slothful | lazy, indolent |
trivia | insignificant matters |
verbose | wordy, very talkative |
virulant | extremely poisonous, hateful |
volatile | quickly changeable, easily vaporized |