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SAT vocab words
Term | Definition |
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Contentious | Causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial. |
Tentative | Not certain or fixed; provisional. |
Dictum | A formal pronouncement from an authoritative source. |
Taciturn | (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little. |
Quaint | Attractively unusual or old-fashioned. |
Malevolent | Having or showing a wish to do evil to others. |
Predilection | A preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something. |
Domicile | The country that a person treats as their permanent home, or lives in and has a substantial connection with. |
Profane | Relating or devoted to that which is not sacred or biblical; secular rather than religious. |
Auspicious | Conducive to success; favorable. |
Indigenous | Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native. |
Diminutive | Extremely or unusually small. |
Fractious | (typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome. |
Disapprobation | Strong disapproval, typically on moral grounds. |
Furtive | Attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive. |
Impudent | Not showing due respect for another person; impertinent. |
Benevolence | Disposition to do good |
Irascible | Having or showing a tendency to be easily angered. |
Caricature | A picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect. |
Inordinate | Unusually or disproportionately large; excessive. |
Ingenuous | (of a person or action) innocent and unsuspecting. |
Innate | Inborn; natural. |
Guileless | Devoid of guile; innocent and without deception. |
Fanatic | A person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, esp. for an extreme religious or political cause. |
Piety | The quality of being religious or reverent. |
Rudiments | The first principles of a subject. |
Articulate | Of a person or a person's words) having or showing the ability to speak fluently and coherently. |
Melancholy | A feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause. |
Palliate | Make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause. |
Rectitude | Morally correct behavior or thinking; righteousness. |