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SAT:10-12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| trucate | to shorten; to abbreviate; to crop |
| exculpate | to free from guilt or blame; to exonerate |
| euphoria | a state of bliss; extreme happiness |
| euphony | beautiful sound; melody; harmony |
| misgiving | a minor doubt or suspision |
| artful | cunning and deceitful; willy; having guile |
| deprecate | to disparage; to disapprove; to regret |
| prattle | to talk idly; to babbly |
| gaunt | pale; weak sickly |
| castigate | to chastise; to scold; to punish |
| debunk | to expose the falseness of; to denounce |
| stagnation | inactivity; idleness |
| depose | to expel from office; to dethrone |
| subsist | to exist on; to survive |
| guile | cleverness; often at trickery; cunning; craftiness |
| grate | to irritate; to go against the grain |
| vindictive | seeking revenge; unforgiving; hateful |
| fisco | a disaster; a failure; a debacle |
| formulaic | following a set formula; bland; prsaic |
| winnow | to separate the desired from the undesired; to narrow down |
| usurp | to unjustly seize, as in power; to overthrow |
| garnish | excessively showy; ostentatious; ornate |
| docile | easily managed or handled; tame |
| atrophy | to waste away; to wither |
| barren | incapapble of life; infertile |
| comprehensive | thorough; covering a lot |
| subtle | not easily seen; not obvious |
| retract | to take back (as in a statement) to disclaim |
| prodigal | wasteful; spendthrift |
| certitude | certainty |
| dawdle | to waste time |
| exacting | demanding; picky; harsh |
| fetter | 1. a chain; shackles 2. to become entangled; to ensnare |
| snare | to trap; to entangle |
| predecessor | one who comes before another |
| parody | to mock by humorous imitation |
| perfunctory | careless; superficial |
| induce | to persuade; to cause |
| bolster | to strengthen; to support |
| arbirary | lacking in reason; randome |
| cursory | not thorough; superficial; perfunctory |
| admonish | to warn; to caution; to reprimand |
| static | unmocing; unchanging |
| desultory | aimless or inconsistent; haphazard; meandering |
| callous | hardened and unfeeling; jaded |
| parochial | narrow in scope; provincial |
| peccadillo | a minor crime |
| germinal | pertaining to the earliest stage of development |
| stultify | to make worthless, ineffectual, or rediculous |
| impertinnce | boldness, audicity |
| timorous | timid; apprehansive |
| enexorable | inflexible; relentless |
| sanguine | cheerful; hopeful |
| laconic | concise; succinct |
| terse | concise; succinct |
| succinct | concise; terse; laconic |
| stolid | passive; stoic; dispassionate |
| impecunious | poor; penniless; indigent |
| impertubable | not easily upset; stoic; stolid |
| aloof | distant; detached |
| dubious | doubtful; skeptical |
| clientele | body of clients, customers, or patients |
| affable | amiable; friendly; fordial |
| bombastic | pretentious |
| nominal | very small in number or amount |
| duplicity | deceit; fraud; chicanery |
| arduous | strenuous |
Created by:
chrismckenna12
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