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Ms. Thiers 2nd Test
Cummulative SAT Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abstruse | ADJ- difficult to understand |
| Ambivalence | NOUN- feeling of being pulled in two directions; indecision |
| Apathy | NOUN- lack of interest or concern |
| Benign | ADJ- gentle, kindhearted, mild |
| Chastise | VERB- scold, punish, castigate |
| Condone | VERB- excuse, pardon, overlook |
| Conviction | NOUN- an opinion that is strongly held |
| Denounce | VERB- criticize, condemn |
| Dilatory | ADJ- causing lateness, stalling |
| Effervesence | NOUN- the quality of being bubbly or full of life |
| Enhance | VERB- intensify, improve |
| Extol | VERB- praise |
| Flippancy | NOUN- treating a serious situation with arrogant humor or disrespect |
| Germane | ADJ- relevant, fitting |
| Hierarchy | NOUN- a group of people in authority; ranked in order of power; a sequential listing |
| Induce | VERB- cause to happen, bring about |
| Innocuous | ADJ- harmless, inoffensive |
| Lucid | ADJ- clear, transparent, easy to understand |
| Misconstrue | VERB- misunderstand, interpret incorrectly |
| Obsolete | ADJ- no longer usable, outdated |
| Partisan | ADJ- blindly devoted to a cause or organization |
| Precocious | ADJ- mature at a young age |
| Profuse | ADJ- in large amounts or quantities |
| Quell | VERB- to calm, pacify |
| Redolent | ADJ- strongly scented, fragrant |
| Viscous | ADJ- resistant to flow, like a very thick liquid; or sticky |
| Versatile | ADJ- having many talents or uses |
| Wastrel | NOUN- a person who wastes his or her resources or money |
| Adamant | ADJ- stubborn, unyielding, refusing to change |
| Amity | NOUN- friendship |
| Austere | ADJ- stern, plain, without luxuries |
| Avarice | NOUN- greed |
| Benevolent | ADJ- kindhearted, good-natured, generous |
| Cajole | VERB- to fool with flattery or false promises; coax; deceive |
| Concise | ADJ- short and to the point, terse |
| Concur | VERB- agree |
| Cupidity | NOUN- greed, especially for money |
| Depleted | ADJ- emptied, drained, used up |
| Efface | VERB- erase |
| Eloquence | NOUN- powerfully effective speech |
| Enigma | NOUN- mystery, puzzle |
| Extricate | VERB- to free from a trap or difficult situation, to distie |
| Garish | ADJ- gaudy, flashy |
| Harangue | VERB- a long, lecturing speech |
| Indolent | ADJ- lazy, causing little or no pain, slow to develop or heal, a love of ease and a dislike of movement or activity |
| Infallible | ADJ- incapable of making a mistake |
| Insipid | ADJ- dull, flat, without sparkle or flavor |
| Irreverent | ADJ- disrespectful |
| Juncture | NOUN- point in time, especially a cruel one; joint or connection |
| Languish | VERB- lose energy or motivation, become weak or depressed |
| Legacy | NOUN- something inherited, either from an ancestor or from the past itself |
| Minute | ADJ- very small in size |
| Obliterate | VERB- remove or destroy completely, erase |
| Opaque | ADJ- too dark or thick for light to pass through |
| Preclude | VERB- prevent, make impossible |
| Prodigious | ADJ- very large |
| Qualify | VERB- to limit the meaning of a previous statement, to modify |
| Recant | VERB- take back something you've said, withdraw a statement or belief |
| Sardonic | ADJ- humorous, but humor tinged with sarcasm or disdain; cynical |
| Vilify | VERB- defame, attack someone's reputation |
| Warranted | ADJ- justified, authorized |
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