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Cy-Fair SAT 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abstruse | recondite; complex |
| archaic | antiquated; out of use; old |
| assuage | to ease; to mitigate |
| contentious | quarrelsome; stirring controversy |
| depravity | moral corruption; a wicked or perverse act |
| disdain | intense dislike; to treat with contempt or scorn |
| dormant | inactive; sleeping |
| enigmatic | mysterious; inexplicable; puzzling |
| furtive | secret in an underhanded way; stealthy |
| fuse | to mix or join (usually by melting |
| insipid | boring and stupid |
| loathe | to detest |
| mitigate | to cuase to become less harsh or hostile |
| nullify | to cause not to be in effect; to negate |
| obscure | difficult to see; vague |
| recant | to withdraw or to repudiate; revoke |
| reprove | to scord or rebuke for a misdeed usualy with kindly intent |
| slothful | lazy; indolent |
| taciturn | quiet; not verbose |
| vilify | to malign; to defame; to abuse with statements against |