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Unit 3 Vocabulary
SAT Unit 3 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adj. difficult to understand, recondite, concealed | abstruse |
| adj. friendly, courteous, amiable | affable |
| n. excessive boldness, rashness, daring | audacity |
| adj. extremely apologetic, remorseful, repentant | contrite |
| adj. believing on slight evidence, gullible | credulous |
| n. moral corruption, a wicked or perverse act | depravity |
| v. to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval | deprecate |
| adj. instructive, designed to teach | didactic |
| adj. inactive, sleeping | dormant |
| adj. mysterious, inexplicable, puzzling | enigmatic |
| adj. scholarly | erudite |
| adj. foreign, unfamiliar | exotic |
| v. to mix or to join (usually by melting) | fuse |
| adj. unchanging | immutable |
| adj. incapable of being reformed or improved | incorrigible |
| v. to detest | loathe |
| v. to cause to become less harsh or hostile; to make less severe | mitigate |
| v. to cause not to be in effect, to negate | nullify |
| adj. opposed to war or use of force | pacifistic |
| adj. making an extravagant outward show, self-important | pretentious |
| n. introductory remarks in a speech, play or literary work, introductory action | prologue |
| v. to withdraw or to repudiate a statement or belief, revoke | recant |
| adj. overly submissive | servile |
| n. fear, trembling, agitation | trepidation |
| v. to malign, to defame, to utter abusive statements against | vilify |