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SAT Vocabulary 1
Question | Answer |
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ameliorate – v | |
to improve; make or become better | |
approbation – n | |
approval; sanction | |
avarice – n | |
greed for wealth | |
depravity – n | |
behaving as if morally unsound or corrupt | |
effrontery – n | |
impudent boldness; audacity | |
embroider – v | |
to embellish (a narrative) | |
euphonious (euphony) | adj |
agreeable sound, esp | |
in the phonetic quality of words | |
fathom – v | |
to determine the depth of ; sound; to understand | |
indigence – n | |
state of lacking the means of subsistence; impoverishment; quality of being needy | |
nadir – n | |
a point on the celestial sphere diametrically opposite the zenith; the lowest point | |
obsequious – adj | |
full of servile compliance, fawning | |
perfunctory – adj | |
done or acting routinely with little interest or care | |
repast – n | |
a meal or the food eaten or provided at a meal | |
sequester – v | |
to remove or set apart; to withdraw into seclusion | |
sycophant – n | |
(kiss up) one who tries to win favor or advance self by flattering persons of influence | |
ubiquitous – adj | |
being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time | |
zenith – n | |
point on a celestial sphere directly above the observer; any culmination or high point | |