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SAT Vocabulary 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 | |