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9th grade SAT words

(summer work) Part 1

QuestionAnswer
absolution a freeing from blame or guilt; release from consequences, obligations, or penalties
alacrity cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness
antagonism an active hostility or opposition, as between unfriendly or conflicting groups
antecedent a preceding circumstance, event, object, style, phenomenon, etc.; a word, phrase, or clause, usually a substantive, that is replaced by a pronoun or other substitute later, or occasionally earlier
antithesis opposition; contrast
arbiter a person empowered to decide matters at issue; judge; umpire.
archetypal the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype
cacophony harsh discordance of sound; a discordant and meaningless mixture of sounds
capitulate o surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms
clairvoyant having or claiming to have the power of seeing objects or actions beyond the range of natural vision.
collusion a secret agreement, especially for fraudulent or treacherous purposes; conspiracy
confluence a flowing together of two or more streams or rivers; their place of junction
convergence the degree or point at which lines, objects, etc., converge or meet; concurrence of opinions, results, etc
credulity willingness to believe or trust too readily, especially without proper or adequate evidence; gullibility
dissonance disagreement or incongruity
equivocal allowing the possibility of several different meanings, as a word or phrase, especially with intent to deceive or misguide
etymology the study of historical linguistic change
exculpate to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame
expurgate to purge or cleanse of moral offensiveness;to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionable
Created by: Kelsey R
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