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SAT vocab 9/14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absolution | forgiveness or passing over of offfenses |
| affirmative | answering yes |
| coddle | treat as a baby or an invalid |
| dissipate | to disperse or disappear |
| finite | limited |
| indignant | having such anger and scorn is aroused by meanness or wickedness |
| juxtapose | to place close togather or by side,especially for comparison |
| narrative | an orderly continuous account of the successive particulas of an even |
| poignant | severely painful or acute to the spirit |
| relapse | to suffer a return of a disease after partial recovery |
| sear | to burn on the surface |
| succumb | to cease to resist; give up |
| travesty | to grotesque or debased likeness or imitation of something |
| vogue | the prevalent way or fashion |
| writhe | to twist body face limbs or as in pain or distress |