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SAT Third Quarter
7th
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adroit | skillful in physical activity or in handling difficult situations. |
| Advocate | support; plead for; speak on behalf of. |
| Appease | To calm, pacify |
| Banal | boring; trite; insipid |
| Blight | decay; disease; widespread death. |
| Capacious | large; roomy; spacious |
| Conundrum | riddle; mystery |
| Converge | move together to meet at a common point |
| Deference | the act of yielding to someone else out of respect |
| Efficacy | the ability to produce desired results. |
| Elated | extremely happy; overjoyed |
| Ephemeral | temporary; short-lived |
| Foment | to stir into action; rouse; incite |
| Foresight | the ability to see ahead, anticipate, or predict |
| Genial | friendly; gracious; kind |
| Harbor | to provide shelter or refuge; hide |
| Hardy | bold; brave; capable of withstanding harsh conditions |
| Incessant | continuous, endless |
| Irascible | easily angered |
| Irony | an unexpected outcome or the use of a word that is the opposite of its literal meaning. |
| Latent | existing but inactive, such as a certain quality; dormant |
| Malleable | able to be reshaped by force; pliable; impressionable |
| Mitigate | make less severe; mollify |
| Opportunist | someone who takes advantage of the situation |
| Pecuniary | having to do with money; financial |
| Prodigial | wasteful, especially of money; extravagant |
| Quarantine | forced isolation to prevent the spread of disease |
| Seditious | trying to stir up a revolt against an authority figure |
| Tenacious | strong; persistent; determined to hold on |
| Vestige | something left behind; a visible trace or evidence of something that has vanished |
| Wizened | old and wrinkled; withered |