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CyFair SAT 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| accolade | praise; kudos |
| amenable | malleable; obedient |
| antiquated | obsolete; archaic; venerable |
| ascetic | austere; severe; stern |
| charlatan | quack; imposter |
| clandestine | secret; covert |
| derision | insult; scorn |
| despotic | tyrannical; absolute; authoritarian |
| diffidence | reserve; modesty |
| effervescent | bubbly; showing high spirits |
| forbearance | patience; lenience; temperance |
| hyperbole | obvious exaggeration; embellishment |
| insularity | narrow-mindedness; provincial; detached |
| languid | slow, sluggish; lethargic |
| litigious | prone to lawsuits; contentious |
| oblique | misleading; cicumlocutory |
| obsequious | slavish; subservient; like a sycophant |
| paradoxical | false proposition |
| poignant | piercing; pungent |
| scrupulous | meticulous; conscientious |