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Lesson 18 SAT
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| accord | agreement;state of harmony ant:disagreement |
| annulment | invalidation syn:negation |
| arduous | very difficult to achieve ant:easy |
| astute | shrewd syn:sagacious |
| carping | finding fault syn:censorious |
| covert | secret:concealed syn:secret |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of something ant: laud |
| dilatory | delaying:slow |
| esteem | estimate of value |
| expatriate | an exile ant:citizen |
| fortuitous | something that happened by chance(usually good) |
| guileless | without deceit ant: deceitful |
| hackneyed | trite banal |
| illustrious | notably outstanding ant:infamous |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied |
| loquiacious | very talkative syn:garrulous |
| neurotic | emotionally unstable person |
| parch | to become dry from heat |
| porous | something that permits passage of substance through pores |
| rancid | having a foul smell or taste syn: putrid |
| reconcile | to reestablish friendship |
| saccharine | overly sweet attitude |
| sonorous | resonant,producing full and rich sound |
| tentative | uncertain ant: permanent |
| utility | usefulness |