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SAT Vocab 9
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Austere | (adj.) severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance; (of living conditions or a way of life) having no comforts or luxuries; harsh or ascetic; having an extremely plain and simple style or appearance; unadorned. |
| Avarice | (n.) extreme greed for wealth or material gain. |
| Frugal | (adj.) sparing or economical with regard to money or food; simple and plain and costing little. |
| Mercenary | (adj.) (of a person or their behavior) primarily concerned with making money at the expense of ethics. |
| Miserly | (adj.) of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser; (of a quantity) pitiably small or inadequate. |
| Parsimonious | (adj.) unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal. |
| Penurious | (adj) extremely poor; poverty-stricken; parsimonious; mean. |
| Thrifty | (adj) (of a person or their behavior) using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully. |