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SAT Fourth Quarter
7th
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ameliorate | To make an unpleasant situation better; to improve |
| Assiduous | persistent, hardworking, diligent, attentive to detail |
| Auspicious | Taking place under promising conditions; likely to succeed |
| Candor | honesty, frankness |
| Chasten | Punish, discipline, castigate |
| Clemency | Mercy |
| Criteria | requirements or standards used to make a decision |
| Diatribe | a bitterly critical speech |
| Disperse | spread out, scatter |
| Enmity | mutual hatred |
| Extraneous | unnecessary, irrelevant |
| Exuberant | uncontrollably joyous |
| Garner | collect, gather, accumulate, earn |
| Hamper | interfere with movement or progress |
| Haphazard | without plan or action |
| Impasse | a situation from which you cannot escape, stalemate |
| Inert | lacking movement, inactive, sluggish |
| Infamy | a bad reputation, notoriety |
| Jargon | specialized language used by a particular group |
| Ludicrous | absurd, ridiculous |
| Lugubrious | Mournful |
| Mollify | lessen anger, soothe, placate |
| Optimist | someone who always believes things will turn out okay |
| Paucity | too few, scarcity |
| Profound | penetrating beyond the superficial, filled with wisdom and insight, deep |
| Recluse | person who prefers to be alone all the time, someone withdrawn from the rest of society |
| Recondite | hidden, difficult to understand, prfound |
| Usury | the practice of charging a very high rate of interest on loans |
| Virulent | poisonous or destructive, filled with anger or hate, harsh |
| Wane | Grow gradually smaller |
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