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SAT Study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| dilate | (verb) become wider (verb) add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing |
| infiltrate | (verb) pass through an enemy-line; in a military conflict(verb) pass into or through by filtering or permeating; |
| animosity | (noun) a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility |
| extenuating | (adjective satellite) partially excusing or justifying; "extenuating circumstances" |
| nemesis | (noun) (Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance (noun) something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life" |
| haphazard | (adjective satellite) marked by great carelessness; "a most haphazard system of record keeping"; "slapdash work"; "slipshod spelling"; "sloppy workmanship" |
| credulity | (noun) tendency to believe readily |
| spontaneity | (noun) the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint; "the spontaneity of his laughter" |
| florid | (adjective satellite) elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech" |
| equivocal | (adjective satellite) uncertain as a sign or indication; "the evidence from bacteriologic analysis was equivocal" |
| rebuttal | (noun) (law) a pleading by the defendant in reply to a plaintiff's surrejoinder (noun) the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument |
| mitigate | (verb) make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances" (verb) lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of; " |
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