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Unit 7 Vocabulary
SAT Unit 7 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| v. to regard with extreme repugnance; to detest utterly; to loathe | abhor |
| n. praise, an award | accolade |
| adj. one who leads a life of self-denial and contemplation; absent of luxury | ascetic |
| v. to hand down, to give or to leave in a will | bequeath |
| n. one who claims to know something that he does not, a quack | charlatan |
| n. a large fire | conflagration |
| n. a lack, a scarcity | dearth |
| n. shyness, reserve, unassertiveness | diffidence |
| adj. showing high spirits | effervescent |
| adj. heavenly, unusually delicate, light, lacking material substance, intangible | ethereal |
| v. to remove, to erase | expunge |
| n. deceitfulness, duplicity | guile |
| adj. not believable | implausible |
| n. nonconformity, disagreement, incompatibility | incongruity |
| n. qualities of an island; narrow-mindedness of opinion | insularity |
| adj. being sullen or gloomy | morose |
| v. to appease or to pacify by making concessions | placate |
| adj. piercing, incisive, and keen | poignant |
| adj. lacking sophistication, narrow-minded | provincial |
| v. to repeat | reiterate |
| adj. having no external cause, acting on impulse | spontaneous |
| n. combining parts into a whole | synthesis |
| adj. poisonous | toxic |
| adj. very alert, watchful | vigilant |
| adj. ability to use words easily, fluent and glib | voluble |