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S.A.T. vocab.
S.A.T set 2 review
Term | Definition |
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Hedge | avoid giving a clear answer, thereby escaping responsibility or blame |
Furtive | secretive;sly |
Ethereal | heavenly; fine; delicately beautiful |
Magnate | person of great power |
Inscrutable | mysterious |
Fledging | beginner |
Bombast | speech of writing intended to impress |
Relegate | reduce or demote to an inferior pace or position; banish |
Coalesce | unite; grow together |
Latent | still; existing but inactive, such as certain quality, dormant; invisible |
Antithesis | opposite |
Enervate | stop the strength; weaken |
Endorse | promote o recommend |
Anathema | religious curse, or the things or person being cursed |
Despondent | feeling hopeless or depressed |
Belie | give an impression that is the opposite of the way things really are; misrepresent |
Hiatus | gap; interruption; break in continuity; a pause |
Stoic | person who shows no response to pleasure or pain; someone who is impassive |
Terse | of few words; to the point; pithy |
Myriad | large number, many |
Rampant | unrestrained; widespread |
Usurp | seize or take over by force |
Ubiquitous | existing everywhere at the same time |
Impasse | a situation from which you cant escape stalemate |
Evasive | tending to avoid giving direct answers |
Impede | get in the way; hinder |
Quandary | state of confusion or doubt; dilemma |
Unkempt | messy; untidy; sloppy |
Trepidation | fear |
Gravity | seriousness |
Choler | anger |
Spurious | false, fake, misleading |
Precarious | risky, uncertain |
Reticent | quiet, uncommunicative |