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SAT WORDS 1
New SAT Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Abrogate | to abolish, usually by authority ( The Bill of Rights assures that the gov may not abrogate our right to a free press |
Arrogate | to take without justification ( an absolute monarch can arrogate his subjects' property whenever he wants to) |
Ascetic | practicing restraint as a means of self-discipline |
Aspersion | a curse,expression of ill will |
Capricious | unpredictable,temperamental (the girl's capricious tendencies prevented her from focusing on and achieving her goals) |
Concomitant | naturally accompanying or associated (she loved travel and all its concomitant worries |
Conflagration | an extensive fire that destroys a great deal of property or land ( the conflagration consumed the entire building) |
Contrite | feeling or expressing remorse ( a broken and contrite heart) |
Credulity | the tendency to believe that something is real or true ( his credulity made him an easy target for con men) |
Cursory | hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed (late for a meeting, she casts a cursory glance at the agenda) |