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Unit 4 Vocabulary
SAT Unit 4 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adj. relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art | aesthetic |
| adj. apart, indifferent | aloof |
| adj. to ease, to mitigate, to make less painful or burdensome, to calm | assuage |
| v. to contradict, to give a false impression | belie |
| adj. quarrelsome, stirring controversy | contentious |
| v. to intimidate, to dismay | daunt |
| v. to weaken, to enfeeble | debilitate |
| n. lack of agreement, tension, strife | discord |
| n. the act of spreading widely; scattering | dissemination |
| adj. strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner | dogmatic |
| n. double-dealing, hypocrisy | duplicity |
| adj. self-centered, selfish | egocentric |
| n. substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive | euphemism |
| adj. greedy for food and drink | gluttonous |
| adj. ordinary, commonplace | mundane |
| adj. threatening | ominous |
| n. unreasonable touchiness or irritability | petulance |
| adj. exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombastic | pompous |
| adj. exceptionally early in development or occurrence | precocious |
| adj. lazy, indolent | slothful |
| n. insignificant matters | trivia |
| adj. wordy, very talkative | verbose |
| adj. extremely poisonous; hateful | virulent |
| adj. quickly changeable, easily vaporized | volatile |
| adj. antiquated, old, out of use | archaic |