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SAT Vocabulary
SAT Vocabulary pt 09
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| assumption | the act of taking something for granted |
| attain | gain with effort |
| audacious | disposed to venture or take risks |
| beseech | (v) to beg or plead |
| betray | deliver to an enemy by treachery |
| blight | any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting |
| chauvinism | fanatical patriotism |
| choreography | a show involving artistic dancing |
| circumspect | careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk |
| convivial | occupied with or fond of the pleasures of good company |
| corroborate | give evidence for |
| cudgel | (n) a short, thick blunt weapon; a club |
| deterrent | something immaterial that interferes with action or progress |
| detest | (v) to have a profound dislike or abhorrence for; to hate |
| didactic | instructive, especially excessively |
| duplicity | the act of deceiving or acting in bad faith |
| dwell | inhabit or live in |
| eclectic | selecting what seems best of various styles or ideas |
| fare | the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance |
| feasible | capable of being done with means at hand |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity |
| frail | physically weak |
| frivolous | not serious in content or attitude or behavior |
| glut | supply with an excess of |
| grievance | a complaint about a wrong that causes resentment |