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SAT Fourth Quarter
7th
Term | Definition |
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Ameliorate | To make an unpleasant situation better; to improve |
Assiduous | persistent, hardworking, diligent, attentive to detail |
Auspicious | Taking place under promising conditions; likely to succeed |
Candor | honesty, frankness |
Chasten | Punish, discipline, castigate |
Clemency | Mercy |
Criteria | requirements or standards used to make a decision |
Diatribe | a bitterly critical speech |
Disperse | spread out, scatter |
Enmity | mutual hatred |
Extraneous | unnecessary, irrelevant |
Exuberant | uncontrollably joyous |
Garner | collect, gather, accumulate, earn |
Hamper | interfere with movement or progress |
Haphazard | without plan or action |
Impasse | a situation from which you cannot escape, stalemate |
Inert | lacking movement, inactive, sluggish |
Infamy | a bad reputation, notoriety |
Jargon | specialized language used by a particular group |
Ludicrous | absurd, ridiculous |
Lugubrious | Mournful |
Mollify | lessen anger, soothe, placate |
Optimist | someone who always believes things will turn out okay |
Paucity | too few, scarcity |
Profound | penetrating beyond the superficial, filled with wisdom and insight, deep |
Recluse | person who prefers to be alone all the time, someone withdrawn from the rest of society |
Recondite | hidden, difficult to understand, prfound |
Usury | the practice of charging a very high rate of interest on loans |
Virulent | poisonous or destructive, filled with anger or hate, harsh |
Wane | Grow gradually smaller |