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SATvocab 26-50
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| conformist | some who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters) |
| conundrum | a difficult problem |
| convergence | the act of converging (coming closer) |
| deleterious | harmful to living things |
| demagogue | a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices |
| digression | a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) |
| diligent | quietly and steadily persevering especially in detail or exactness |
| digression | the state of being held in low esteem |
| disdain | lack of respect accompained by a feeling of intense dislike |
| divergent | tending to move apart in different directions |
| empathy | understanding and entering into another's feelings |
| emulate | strive to equal or match, especially by imitating |
| enervating | causing debilition |
| ephemeral | anything short-lived, as in insect that lives only for a day in its winged form |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| exemplary | worthy of imitation |
| extenuating | partially excusing or justifying |
| florid | elaborately or excessively ornamented |
| forberance | a delay in enforcing rights or claims or privileges; refraining from acting |
| firtude | strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage |
| fortuitous | occurring by happy chance |
| foster | providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties |
| fraught | filled with or attended with |
| frugal | avoding waste |
| hackneyed | repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse |