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SAT four/five
20 words from cartoon SAT vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Terse | brief and to the point; concise |
| Coerce | to force someone by threatening or physically overpowering him |
| Diverse | different or varied |
| Abate | to reduce |
| Abide | to remain; continue; stay; endure |
| Gambit | to take a risk for some advantage |
| Jaunt | a short pleasure trip |
| Frank | straightforward; open and sincere in expression |
| Lithe | bending easily and gracefully |
| Aesthetic | having to do with artistic beauty |
| gullible | easily cheated or fooled |
| mawkish | excessively and objectionably sentimental |
| raffish | cheaply vulgar in appearance or nature; tawdry |
| continuum | a continuous whole without clear division into parts |
| travail | strenuous physical or mental laboror effort |
| intrepid | fearless; bold |
| languid | lacking energy;weak;showing little interest in anything |
| exodus | a mass departure |
| influx | a mass arrival or incoming |
| abash | to make ashamed or uneasy |