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Cy Fair SAT 11
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adversity | misfortune; hardship |
| antidote | something that erlieves the effects of poison |
| benevolence | kindness; generosity |
| culpable | deserving blame; guilty |
| discursive | rambling; digressive |
| dissuade | talk out of; discourage |
| eclectic | coming from a variety of diverse sources; multifarious |
| hypothesize | cogitate; reach a conclusion based on assumption |
| ingrate | thankless person; self-seeker |
| ingratiate | flatter; kowtow |
| intractable | stubborn; headstrong |
| precarious | dangerous; risky |
| preclude | to prevent; forestall |
| predilection | preference; penchant |
| promontory | land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| prosaic | banal; commonplace |
| raze | to completely destroy; decimate |
| shroud | cover; screen from view |
| torpid | sluggish; inactive |
| viable | feasible; possible |