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Vanz Vocab SAT week
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |