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PHS SAT Vocab List15
LA 2 Honors SAT List 15
Term | Definition |
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Ambiguous | indefinite, open to more than one interpretation; obscure, uncertain |
Capitulate | to give in, surrender, acquiesce |
Defer | to yield someone of greater authority or age; to put off until another time |
Ambivalence | fluctuation between one thing and another; uncertainty or indecision |
Dubious | doubtful; of questionable truth or quality; suspicious |
Languor | sluggishness; tiredness or weakness; lethargy |
Evade | to avoid, dodge, or circumvent a person or issue |
Pervade | to go throughout, to diffuse throughout, to permeate |
Fluctuate | to shift up and down; or, to come and go, as ocean waves |
Tentative | hesitant, unsure, uncertain |
Indifferent | not good or bad; unconcerned or not curious; aloof or detached; unbiased |
Lethargy | serious tiredness; languor, laziness, torpor |
Innocuous | harmless; or, dull, insipid |
Deduce | to conclude or infer by reasoned though |
Conducive | apt to promote or assist |
Stagnant | unmoving or not flowing(stagnant water); stale(stagnant air) |