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Marino Mission CHP 9
SAT vocab from chapter nine
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| inequitiesrotract | unequal things or situationsto |
| jaded | world-weary, cynical |
| protract | to prolong in time or space |
| prominent | widely and popularly known |
| stylistic | of or relating especially to literary or artistic style |
| renovation | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| ornate | elaborately or excessively decorated |
| purposefully | with intent; having a purpose |
| antiquated | old-fashioned, old or obsolete |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost; relic |
| circuitry | the components of an electric circuit |
| repose | to lie at rest |
| eloquent | vividly or movingly expressive or revealing |
| fathom | comprehend |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material; finish, or coating |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearig away a surface |
| purportedly | ostensibly, allegedly |
| deduction | a conclusion reached by logic or reasoning |
| contemptuously | with contempt, disdain |
| ostentatious | marked by or fond of conspicuous or vainglorious and sometimes pretentious display |
| outlandish | exceeding proper or reasonable limits or standards |
| literally | actually, in a literal sense or manner |
| modulate | to adjust to or keep in proper measure or proportion; temper |
| malice | intent to commit an unlawful act or cause harm without legal justification or excuse |
| morass | something that traps, confuses, or impedes |
| disillusionment | to leave without illusion or naive faith and trust |
| inordinately | exceeding reasonable limits; excessivly |
| intemperate | not temperate (moderate); extreme, immoderate |
| egregious | conspicuously bad; flagrant |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| lobbyist | a person or group that attempts to influence or sawy (as a public official) toward a desired action; activist, campaigner |
| pundits | one who gives opinions in an authoritative manner; critic |
| onerous | involving, imposing, constituting a burden |
| vivacity | the quality or state of being vivacious (lively in temper, conduct, or spirit); enthusiasm |
| unearthed | brought to light, discovered |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations; without bias |
| paramount | superior to all others; supreme |
| organic | of, relating to, or containing carbon compounds |
| novelty | something new and fresh |
| opulent | exhibiting or characterized by opulence (wealth, affluence); magnificent, lavish |
| paradox | a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true |
| prudent | shrewd in the management of practical affairs; sensible |
| pragmatist | a person who takes a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action; not theorectical or ideal |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring; reproduce, multiply |
| exalted | to raide in status (can also mean to praise, glorify, or honor) |
| fallacious | untrue; tending to deceive or mislead |
| reolve | to deal with sucessfully, to celar up |
| intuitively | known or perceived by intuition (quick and ready insight); instctively |
| anticlimactic | of, realting to, or marked by anticlimax; an event (as at the end of as eries) that is strikingly less important than what has preceded it |
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