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Sat
Vocab words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abasement | a downcast state (degrade/humiliation) |
| abhor | regard with disgust and hated (detest/loathe) |
| abrasive | overly aggressive (rough/harsh) |
| abrogate | repeal or do away with (cancel/abolish) |
| abstemious | not self-indulgent (abstinent/moderate) |
| absolution | formal release from guilt, obligation, or punishment (pardon/forgiveness) |
| abstain | restrain oneself from doing or enjoying so mething (refrain/forbear) |
| abstruse | difficult to understand (obscure/recondite) |
| accolade | an award or privilege as a special honor or as an acknowledgement of merit (praise) |
| accolade | give or grant someone (grant/agree) |
| acquiesce | accept something reluctantly but without protest (consent/agree) |
| affirmation | a state of giving a solemn oath (confirmation/acceptance) |
| ailment | slight sickness (sickness/illness) |
| airy | ethereal (delicate/soft) |
| akin | of similar nature or qualities (natural/fluent) |
| alabaster | delicately tinted fine-grained gypsum (whilte/ a light tint gypsum) |
| alamcrity | claim or assert that someone has done something illegal, typically without proof (readiness/ enthusiasm) |
| allege | to present a honor, right, or gift (assert/claim) |
| bestow | suppose or affirm to be the case (give/grant) |
| bigot | obtain or withhold money by deceit or with out justification; cheat or defraud (zealot/fanatic) |
| bilk | fill with air and swell outward (cheat/deceive) |
| billowing | offensively noisy or loud (swell) |
| blatant | spoil, harm, or destroy (destroy/ruin) |
| blighted | happy or joyous (merry/cheerful) |
| blithe | support or strengthen (support) |
| bolster | high- sounding language with little meaning (arrogant) |
| bombast | give-up (yield/resign) |
| brethren | grant or bestow (union/gild member) |
| brevity | members of a brotherhood, gild, profession, association, or the like (shortness/conciseness) |
| bric-a-bran | shortness of duration (ornaments/junk) |
| cacophony | cheerful willingness (dissonance/disharmony) |
| cadaverous | objects of curiosity or for decoration (corpse-like/ghastly) |
| cadence | a disagreeable, harsh, or discordant sound or combination of sounds or tones (tempo/beat) |
| cadenzei | resembling a corpse (improvised/written-out) |
| cede | rhythmical or measured flow or movement, as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops (tie/even) |
| confer | a embellishment or flourish, prepared or improvied, for a solo voice or instrument (spoil/disfigure) |
| contrive | make or work out a plan for (mischief/devil life) |
| credulous | having or showing too great a readiness to believe things (denial/disapprove) |
| crepuscular | of, resembling, or relating to twilight (relieve/ease) |
| cringe | bend one's head and body in fear or in a servile manner (ray out/use up) |
| cryptic | having a meaning that is mysterious or obscure (bestow/grant) |
| curtail | reduce in extent or quantity (damage/harm) |
| dead-heat | a person's inherent qualities of mind and character (cut/split) |
| deface | cause or give rise to (devise/think up) |
| devilry | a race in which two or more competitors come out even, and there is no winner (gullible/trustful) |
| disavowden | to mar or disfigure the face or external surface of (dim/dusky) |
| disburden | malicious mischief (cower) |
| disburse | the state of disproving (secret/enigmatic) |
| disposition | relieve of a burden or responsibility (shorten/reduce) |
| disservice | to pay out or expend, as money from a fund (unimaginate/unoriginal) |
| dissever | a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand (picky/particular) |
| engender | an ill turn (6 feet) |
| enigmal | to divide (disposal/nature) |
| enundation | the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience (generate/produce) |
| ensconce | establish or shuttle (someone) in a comfort able, or secret place (riddle/puzzle) |
| envenom | put poison or into (pronunciation) |
| ephemeral | lasting for a very short time (hide) |
| epicure | a person who takes particular pleasure in fine food and drink (poison) |
| fanciless | a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another (transitory/short-lived) |
| fastidious | to be uncreative (government) |
| fathom | hard to please (forerunner/messenger) |
| harbinger | a measure of length, 6 feet (arrogance) |
| haughtiness | overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors (harass/torment) |
| heastrong | self-willed (pleasure) |
| headonism | the pursuit of pleasure (notice/pay attention) |
| heed | pay attention to; take notice of (slash/cutting) |
| laceration | a cut (tearful) |
| lachrymose | tearful or giving to weeping (uninspired) |
| lackluster | lacking vitality, force, or conviction (concise/brief) |
| laconic | using very few words(of a person) (sadness) |
| lamentation | a cry of sorrow and grief (satire/libel) |
| lampoon | publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule or sarcasm (proud/noble) |
| lofty | of a noble or exalted nature (crowd/mass) |
| multitude | a large number (shade/tint) |
| nuance | a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound (snuggle) |
| nuzzle | lean or snuggle against (stubborn/headstrong) |
| obdurate | stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action (obscure/confuse) |
| obfuscate | render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible (devious) |
| obligue | indirect(forgetful/unmindful) |
| harry | persistently carry out attacks (stubborn/willful) |
| oblivious |
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Gina305
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