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SAT List 5
Vocabulary Words
Term | Definition |
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Arrogant | Proud, overbearing; snootily self-important |
Disdain | Scorn; snooty disapproval or dislike; contempt, to disdain, Disdainfully |
Fastidious | Extremely fussy and particular; meticulous |
Haughty | Openly and disdainfully proud; snooty, hauteur, haughtiness |
Disparage | To belittle or downgrade(someone or something); to decry, Depreciate, minimize |
ROG | To ask |
Derogatory | Scornful, disparaging, downgrading, belittling |
Prerogative | A special right or privilege |
Deprecate | To disapprove mildly, with regret, deprecatory, hoping to avoid Disapproval |
Condescend | To come down in level, unbend, stoop |
Supercilious | Excessively proud; disdainfully superior |
Contempt | Total lack of respect; disdain; scorn |
Pretentious | Showy, self-important, pompous; insisting or recognition, often unjustifiably |
RID/RIS | To laugh |
Deride | To mock or make fun of; ridicule |
Risible | Laughable, funny; used for laughter |
Scoff | To make fun of, mock; to belittle by jeering or contemptuous Talk |