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Sat Words 80-160
Sat words for Mr. Walker (81-160)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| flagrant | outrageous; glaringly offensive |
| guile | crafty deceit; cunning |
| homogeneous | similar; uniform in nature |
| impassive | without feelings or emotion; insensible |
| latent | present but invisible or inactive; lying hidden and undeveloped |
| mitigate | to make or to become milder or less severe; to moderate |
| opulent | wealthy; abundant |
| paucity | scarcity; smallness in number or amount |
| rebuff | to refuse in a sharp or due way; to snub; to drive or beat back |
| sagacious | very wise or shrewd |
| advocate | to support; to be in favor of |
| carping | complaining |
| demeanor | behavior |
| elusive | hard to grasp; baffling |
| fledgling | newly developed; little known |
| gullible | easily deceived |
| hyperbole | an exaggerated statement used as a figure of speech for rhetorical effect |
| imperturbable | not easily excited or disturbed |
| laudable | worthy of praise |
| morose | gloomy; bad-tempered |
| overt | not hidden; open |
| peerless | having no equal; better than the rest |
| recalcitrant | refusing to obey or follow orders; unmanageably resistant |
| salutary | healthful; useful or helpful; remedial |
| taciturn | habitually untalkative; laconic; uncommunicative |
| aesthetic | showing an appreciation of beauty in nature or art; artistic |
| catalyst | someone or something that brings about a change |
| denunciation | expression of strong disapproval made openly or publicly |
| embellish | to decorate; to elaborate upon |
| forlorn | deserted; left alone and neglected; unhappy |
| hypocritical | insincere; pretending to be what one is not |
| implausible | not having the appearance of truth or reason |
| lethargic | drowsy; dull; sluggish; indifferent |
| perceptive | discerning; observant; sensitive |
| recluse | a person who lives alone, away from others |
| sanction | – authorized approval or permission; support or encouragement; something that gives binding force to a law |
| tactless | not having or showing a sense of the right thing to do or say without causing anger or hurt feelings; without skill in dealing with people |
| unassailable | undeniable; unquestionable; not able to attack |
| vacillate | to say unsteadily; to totter; to waver; to fluctuate |
| waive | to dispense with; to relinquish; to postpone |
| affinity | natural attraction to a person or liking for a thing; relation; connection |
| catharsis | an emotional purification or relief |
| deprecate | to express strong disapproval of |
| embroil | to involve in a quarrel |
| formidable | hard to overcome; to be dreaded |
| hypothetical | supposed; assumed |
| inadvertent | not done on purpose; careless |
| levity | lightness; lack of seriousness; fickleness |
| perfidy | treachery; betrayal of trust |
| redundant | wordy; exceeding what is necessary or normal; lavish; overflowing |
| saturate | to soak through and through; to fill completely |
| talon | the claw of a bird of prey; a human finger or hand that looks or grasps like a claw; any object suggestive of a claw |
| undermine | to dig or to make a tunnel under; to wear away and weaken the support of; to injure or to weaken in a slow or sneaky way |
| validate | to declare or make legally sound; to substantiate; to verify |
| wanton | immoral; senseless; deliberately malicious; excessive |
| aggrandizement | to increase in rank or wealth; growth in power |
| caustic | stinging, biting |
| derogatory | tending to lower in estimation; degrading |
| emulate | to try to equal or surpass |
| fortuitous | happening by chance |
| incipient | in an early stage |
| listless | indifferent; marked by a lack of energy or enthusiasm |
| peripheral | external; incidental; tangential |
| refurbish | to freshen or polish again; to make like new |
| savory | pleasing to the taste or smell; pleasant; morally attractive |
| tangential | briefly discussing a subject, but not dealing with it at all |
| unequivocal | plain; very clear in meaning |
| venerate | to regard with respect and reverence; to honor |
| whet | to sharpen; to make stronger; to stimulate |
| zany | clownish; foolish; funny; absurd |
| alienate | to turn away the normal feelings of fondness toward anyone; to estrange |
| celestial | having to do with the heavens; divine |
| desecrate | to treat with disrespect |
| enervate | to weaken; to lessen the strength of |
| furtive | done quickly and with stealth to avoid being noticed; secret |
| incisive | keen; penetrating |
| lucid | easily understood; rational; clear; clear-minded |
| peruse | to study; to read |
| rejuvenate | to make young or fresh again |
| scapegoat | one taking the blame for the mistake and crimes of others |
Created by:
Deadsmoke
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