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SAT Vocabulario

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abjure to reject, renounce
abrogate to abolish, usually by authority
acerbic biting, bitter in tone or taste
acrimony bitterness, discord
acumen keen insight
adumbrate to sketch out in a vague way
alacrity a cursed, detested person
antipathy a strong dislike, repugnance
approbation praise
arrogate to take without justification
ascetic practicing restraint as a means of self-discipline, usually religious
aspersion a curse, expression of ill-will
assiduous hard-working, diligent
blandish to coax by using flattery
boon a gift or blessing
brusque short, abrupt, dismissive
buffet to strike with force
burnish to polish, shine
buttress to support, hold up
cacophony tremendous noise, disharmonious sound
cajole to urge, coax
calumny an attempt to spoil someone else’s reputation by spreading lies
capricious subject to whim, fickle
clemency mercy
cogent intellectually convincing
concomitant accompanying in a subordinate fashion
conflagration great fire
contrite penitent, eager to be forgiven
conundrum puzzle, problem
credulity readiness to believe
cupidity greed, strong desire
cursory brief to the point of being superficial
decry to criticize openly
defile to make unclean, impure
deleterious harmful
demure quiet, modest, reserved
deprecate to belittle, depreciate
deride to laugh at mockingly, scorn
desecrate violate the sacredness of a thing or place
desiccated dried up, dehydrated
diaphanous light, airy, transparent
diffident shy, quiet, modest
discursive rambling, lacking order
dissemble to conceal, fake
dither to be indecisive
ebullient extremely lively, enthusiastic
effrontery impudence, nerve, insolence
effulgent radiant, splendorous
egregious extremely bad
enervate to weaken, exhaust
ephemeral short-lived, fleeting
eschew to shun, avoid
evanescent fleeting, momentary
evince to show, reveal
exculpate to free from guilt or blame, exonerate
execrable loathsome, detestable
exigent urgent, critical
expiate to make amends for, atone
expunge to obliterate, eradicate
extant existing, not destroyed or lost
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