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SAT vocab unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| altruistic | concerned for welffare of others, generous, caring |
| Disparity | intense dislike, treat with contempt, reject as unworthy or arrogant |
| arrogant | insolently proud, haughty,overbering assuming |
| angular | lean, sharp concerned; gaunt. skinny, sharp rounded |
| aversion | strong disinclination, disliking, hestiance |
| Discern | to diffrentaite between two or more things |
| ambivalent | having contary feelings or attitudes, uncertian as to course of action; undecided |
| Disparage | to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner |
| Embellish | to decorate, make beautiful with ornimateation |
| Engender | to produce or create or make |
| innocuous | harmless, producing no injury |
| insipid | boring or stupid |
| lament | to mourn or to express sorrow in demostravtive manner |
| laud | to praise, to revere |
| obscure | diffcult to see, vauge, hard to see |
| ostentatious | showy pretentious |
| prodigal | wasteful, a person given to extravagance |
| repudiate | to reject disown, to dishow |
| reticence | restraint in speech, relunctant to speak |
| revere | to honnor, to regard with respect |
| serene | calm, placid, peaceful |
| superfluous | beyond what is needed or required, an overflow |
| taciturn | reserved, quiet |