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SAT Vocab Part I
Vocab for SATs including communication, decisions, pride, & difficult situations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| assertion | declaration or statement |
| clarity | clearness in thought or expression |
| cogent | convincing, reasonable |
| cohesive | condition of sticking together |
| didactic | intended to instruct |
| discourse | verbal expression or exchange, conversation |
| eloquence | ability to speak vividly or persuasively |
| implication | the act of suggesting or hinting |
| lucid | easily understood, clear |
| pundit | authority who expresses opinions |
| rhetoric | art of using language effectively |
| arbiter | judge who decides a disputed issue |
| exculpate | to free from guilt or blame |
| incontrovertible | indisputable, not open to question |
| integrity | trustworthiness |
| jurisprudence | the philosophy or science of law |
| objectivity | treating facts without influence from personal feelings |
| penitent | expressing remorse for one's misdeeds |
| vindicated | free from blame |
| contemptuous | feeling hatred |
| despotic | exercising absolute power |
| dictatorial | domineering |
| haughty | arrogant, vainly proud |
| imperious | arrogantly domineering, overbearing |
| patronizing | treating in condescending manner |
| convoluted | intricate, complex |
| cryptic | difficult to comprehend |
| futile | pointless |
| impede | to slow the progress of |
| quandary | a state of uncertainty |