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Castle Seniors' English SAT vocabulary

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amicable Friendly; showing goodwill. n. -- amicability am'i·ca·bil'i·ty or am'i·ca·ble·ness adv. --amicably am'i·ca·bly
devious adj. -- Not straightforward; tricky; shifty adv. -- deviously de'vi·ous·ly n. -- deviousness de'vi·ous·ness
dissonance n. A harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds, discord. Lack of agreement, conflict: Music. A combination of tones contextually considered to suggest unrelieved tension and require resolution.
efface v. --To wipe out; eraser., -faced, -fac·ing, -fac·es. adj. -- effaceable ef·face'a·ble n. -- effacement ef·face'ment n.-- effacer ef·fac'er
garrulous adj. Talkative to an annoying degree. Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative. Wordy and rambling: a garrulous speech.
immutable adj. -- Not moving or progressing; still. Not subject or susceptible to change. n. --immutability im·mu'ta·bil'i·ty or im·mu'ta·ble·ness adv. -- immutably im·mu'ta·bly
ponderous adj. --Heavy, labored; massive; lacking grace. Unwieldy from weight or bulk. Lacking grace or fluency; labored and dull: a ponderous speech. adv. --ponderously pon'der·ous·ly n. --ponderousness pon'der·ous·ness or pon'der·os'i·ty (-ŏs'ĭ-tē)
predecessor n. A person who comes before another in time. Something that has been succeeded by another: The new building is more spacious than its predecessor. old, Archaic. An ancestor; a forebear.
rebuff n. A blunt or abrupt repulse or refusal, as to an offer. tr.v. To reject bluntly; snub -buffed, -buff·ing, -buffs.
static adj.-- Never changing or varying. Having no motion; being at rest; quiescent. Fixed; stationary. n. Random noise, such as crackling in a receiver or specks on a television screen, produced by atmospheric disturbance of the signal.
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