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SAT #7 Vocabulary
Study the words from lesson 7.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abhor | to detest or loathe |
| accolade | an award |
| ascetic | living a life of self-denial; absent of luxury |
| bequeath | to hand down or leave in a will |
| charlatan | a fake; a quack |
| conflagration | a large fire |
| dearth | a lack of something; a scarcity |
| diffidence | shyness |
| effervescent | showing high spirits |
| ethereal | heavenly |
| expunge | to remove or erase |
| guile | deceitfulness |
| implausible | not believable |
| incongruity | disagreement |
| insularity | narrow-mindedness of opinion |
| morose | being sullen or gloomy |
| placate | to appease or pacify |
| poignant | piercing |
| provincial | narrow-minded |
| reiterate | to repeat |
| spontaneous | acting on impulse |
| synthesis | combining parts into a whole |
| toxic | poisonous |
| vigilant | very alert |
| voluble | ability to use words easily |