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ACT/SAT Quiz 9
Term | Definition |
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Predecessor | Someone who came before another |
Jeopardy | Danger |
Tangible | Touchable, significant |
Indulgent | Pampering oneself, satisfying desires |
Remorse | Sadness, regret |
Pivotal | Important, critical, crucial |
Scrupulous | Careful, diligent, moral |
Refute | To disprove |
Respite | A rest, a pause, a break |
Stoic | Indifferent to pleasure or pain |
Volatile | Changeable, unstable, explosive |
Peripheral | On the edge, surrounding |
Hedonistic | Pleasure-seeking, indulgent |
Benefactor | A generous donor |
Brevity | Briefness |
Apocryphal | Of doubtful origin, false |
Virtuoso | An accomplished musician |
Slander | To defame, to speak maliciously of someone |
Animosity | Hatred |
Idiom | A peculiar untranslatable expression |