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SAT Vocabs Day #28
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| curtail | reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on (verb) |
| capitulate | surrender to an opponent (verb) |
| chastise | rebuke severely; punish, especially by beating (verb) |
| culmination | highest point of something, climax (noun) |
| convoke | call together or summon (verb) |
| celibate | restrain from intercourse or marriage; usually because of religious reasons (adj.) |
| clientele | clients collectively (noun) |
| revere | feel deep respect or admiration for something (verb) |
| cogent | of an argument clear, logical, and convincing (adj.) |
| endorse | declare one's public approval of (verb) |
| blunder | stupid or careless mistake (noun) |
| atone | make amends or reparation (verb) |
| approbation | approval or praise (noun) |
| innovative | featuring new methods, advanced and original (adj.) |
| pathos | quality that evokes pity or sadness (noun) |
| ecstatic | feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement (adj.) |
| bane | cause of great distress or annoyance (noun) |
| cohesion | action or fact of forming a united whole (noun) |
| prolific | of a organism producing much offspring (adj.) |
| dogmatic | stubbornly opinionated (adj.) |