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Vanz Vocab SAT week
Question | Answer |
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Analogous | similar or correspondent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar |
baseness | unworthiness by virtue of lacking higher values |
carnal | of the appetites and passions of the body |
convalescence | gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury |
derivative | the result of mathematical differentiation |
dub | provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language |
extrapolation | an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations |
fraught | marked by distress |
hermetic | completely sealed |
incrustation | a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay |
inextricable | not permitting extrication |
jocose | characterized by jokes and good humor |
maelstrom | a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides) |
mnemonic | of or relating to or involved the practice of aiding the memory |
pendant | branched lighting fixture |
portal | a grand and imposing entrance (often extended metaphorically) |
proselytizer | one who causes another to convert from one belief or faith to another |
saboteur | someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks |
sleeper | an unexpected hit |
subterranean | lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately con. |
superlative | an exaggerated expression (usually of praise) |
tome | a (usually) large and scholarly book |
vacuity | total lack of meaning or ideas |
wan | lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness |
wonderlust | A strong desire to travel |