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TiennyBier SAT 12
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| enmity | n a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism. |
| animosity | n a feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action |
| philanthropy | n altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes. |
| exacting | a strictly accurate or correct |
| chary | a cautious or careful; wary |
| discreet | a judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect. |
| discrete | a apart or detached from others; separate; distinct |
| discretion | n the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment; freedom of judgment or choice |
| vigilant | a keenly watchful to detect danger; wary |
| heedful | a taking heed attentive; mindful; thoughtful; careful |
| gingerly | adv. with great care or caution; warily. |
| dictum | n an authoritative pronouncement; judicial assertion. |
| diction | n style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words |
| derail | vo to cause to fail or become deflected from a purpose; reduce or delay the chances for success or development of |
| amity | n friendship; peaceful harmony. |
| cowardice | n lack of courage to face danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc. |
| concession | n the act of conceding or yielding, as a right, a privilege, or a point or fact in an argument |
| unprecedented | a without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled |
| derivative | a not original; secondary. |
| asperse | vo to attack with false, malicious, and damaging charges or insinuations; slander. |
| perfidy | n deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery |
| grandiloquent | a speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic. |
| pompous | a characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance |
| bombastic | a (of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious. |
| gaudy | a brilliantly or excessively showy |
| grandiose | a affectedly grand or important; pompous |
| spontaneous | a coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency; without effort or premeditation; natural and unconstrained; unplanned |
| feasible | a capable of being done, effected, or accomplished |
| capitulate | vw to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms. |
| coercion | n the act of coercing use of force or intimidation to obtain compliance. |
| infidelity | n marital disloyalty; adultery. |
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