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2nd semester words
Ms.Melvin's 2nd semester sat words
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adroit | skillful in physical activity, or in handling difficult situations |
| Advocate | support; plead for; speak on behalf of |
| Appease | to calm; pacify |
| Banal | boring; trite; insipid |
| Blight | decay; disease; widespread death. |
| Capacious | large; roomy; spacious |
| Conundrum | riddle; mystery |
| Deference | the act of yielding to someone else out of respect |
| Converge | move together to meet at a common point |
| Efficacy | the ability to produce desired results |
| Elated | extremely happy; overjoyed |
| Ephemeral | temporary; short-lived |
| Foment | to stir into action; rouse; incite |
| Foresight | the ability to see ahead, anticipate, or predict |
| Genial | friendly; gracious; kind |
| Harbor | to provide shelter or refuge; hide |
| Hardy | bold; brave; capable of withstanding harsh conditions |
| Incessant | continuous, endless |
| Irascible | easily angered |
| Irony | an unexpected outcome or the use of a word that is the opposite of its literal meaning. |
| Latent | existing but inactive, such as a certain quality; dormant |
| Malleable | able to be reshaped by force; pliable; impressionable |
| Mitigate | make less severe; mollify |
| Opportunist | someone who takes advantage of the situation |
| Pecuniary | having to do with money; financial |
| Prodigal | wasteful, especially of money; extravagant |
| Quarantine | forced isolation to prevent the spread of disease |
| Seditious | trying to stir up a revolt against an authority figure |
| Tenacious | strong; persistent; determined to hold on |
| Vestige | something left behind; a visible trace or evidence of something that has vanished |
| Wizened | old and wrinkled; withered |
| Ameliorate | to make an unpleasant situation better; to improve. |
| Assiduous | persistent; hard-working; 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 |
| Disperse | spread out; scatter |
| Diatribe | a bitterly critical speech |
| 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; profound |
| 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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