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SAT Ms.Melvin
SAT Ms.Melvin 1st semester
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Alienate | Verb- to push someone away, or cause him to separate from people |
| Caustic | Adj- burning, either with sarcasm or chemicals |
| Cordial | Adj- friendly, welcoming, gracious |
| Daunted | Adj- dismayed, disheartened, discouraged |
| Disclose | Verb- reveal, provide information |
| Discourse | Noun- conversation, exchange of ideas |
| Disparage | Verb- say negative things, belittle |
| Euphemism | Noun- a word or phrase that's used to make an unpleasant idea sound better |
| Garbled | Adj- changed so much that the original meaning has been distorted, scrambled |
| Imposter | Noun- pretender |
| Lofty | Adj- at a great height, elavated, noble |
| Morose | Adj- depressed |
| Novelty | Noun- something new or unusual |
| Ominous | Adj- A sign of something unpleasant that's about to happen, inauspicious |
| Pompous | Adj- filled with self-importance, arrogant, obnoxiously proud |
| Prevalent | Adj- widely accepted, common, prevailing |
| Provoke | Verb- to anger, to stir up or arouse |
| Revere | Verb- greatly respected |
| Sanction | Verb- approve, give consent |
| Superfluous | Adj- unneccessary, extra, surplus |
| Tenacious | Adj- strong, persistant, determined to hold on |
| Trite | Adj- overused, common, stale |
| Unerring | Adj- without making a mistake |
| Valedictory | Noun- a farewell speech |
| Second | Quarter |
| Antagonistic | Adj- inhostile competion, opposing |
| Archaic | Adj- old, antiquated |
| Brevity | Noun- briefness, conciseness |
| Compliant | Adj- following someone else's demands, conforming, obeying |
| Eclectic | Adj- choosing from many different sources, carefully selective |
| Fervor | Noun- strong passion |
| Fickle | Adj- lacking loyalty, unpredictably changeable, erratic |
| Gregarious | Adj- sociable, extroverted, enjoying companionship |
| Heed | Verb- notice, pay attention to |
| Hyperbole | Noun- an extreme exaggeration |
| Infer | Verb- to figure out, based on givin information, conclude, deduce |
| Innate | Adj- having a quality that arises from within, native, inborn |
| Kinetic | Adj- in motion, active |
| Lament | Verb- express sorrow, complain |
| Juanty | Adj- lively, perky, sprightly |
| Listless | Adj- tired, sluggish, lacking drive |
| Magnanimous | Adj- bid-hearted, generous, forgiving, noble |
| Pacifist | Noun- person who refuses to fight |
| Scrupulous | Adj- very thorough, or doing what's right and ethical |
| Sporadic | Adj- occurring infrequently and without predictabiltiy, occasional |
| Undermine | Verb- to weaken my wearing away the foundation, to sabotage |
| Verbose | Adj- very talkative, loquacious |
| Zealot | Noun- someone with extreme enthusiasm for a particular belief or activity, a fanatic |
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