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Marino Mission CHP10
SAT vocab from chapter ten
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| perpetually | continuing forever |
| bolster | to give a boost to |
| tabled | removed from consideration indefinitely |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate |
| temerity | nerve, boldness |
| supplant | to supersede (another), especially by force or treachery |
| pessimistic | negative, gloomy |
| remiss | showing neglect or inattention |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability; given to erratic changeableness |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| resonate | to produce or exhibit resonance (a quality of evoking response) |
| augurs | to foretell |
| procrastinating | putting off until later |
| audacious | intrepidly daring |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| chide | reproach in a usually mild and constructive manner; scold |
| destitute | lacking possessions and resources; especially suffering extreme poverty |
| cosmopolitan | having wide international sophistication |
| derisively | expressing ridicule, scorn, or contempt |
| pompous | having or exhibiting self-importance; arrogant |
| insinuate | to impart or communicate with artful or oblique reference |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion; disparaging |
| restate | to state again or in another way |
| penitence | sorrow for sins or faults |
| irreverent | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| generalizations | to make vague or indefinite statements |
| rigor | a condition that makes life difficult, challenging, or uncomfortable; severity |
| quell | quiet, pacify |
| arrest | to bring to a stop |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| adeptness | thoroughly proficient; expert |
| contrary | a fact or condition incompatible with another; opposite |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part; shorten |
| serene | marked by or suggestive of utter calm and unruffled repose or quietude; peaceful |
| deviate | to depart from an established course or norm; stray |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark; especially an unacceptable use of a word or of language |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect |
| desecrate | to treat disrespectuflly, irreverently, or outrageously |
| conviction | a strong persuasion or belief |
| righteous | arising from an outraged sense of justice or morality |
| decry | to express strong disapproval of; condemn |
| idealist | one guided by ideals, especially one who places ideals before practical considerations |
| habitable | capable of being lived in; suitable for habitation |
| counteract | to make ineffective or restrain or neutralize the usually ill effects of by an opposite force |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading (to impair in respect to some physical property) |
| inducement | a motive or consideration that leads one to action |
| constructive | promoting improvement or development |
| mirage | an optical effect that is sometimes seen at sea, in the desrt, or over a hot pavement, that may have the appearance of a pool of water |
| refined | free from what is coarse, vulgar, or uncouth |
| pliable | yielding readily to others |
| restrained | reserved, controlled; to limit, restrict, or keep under control |
| detritus | loose material (such as rock fragments or organic particles) that results directly from disintegration |
| immobilized | incapable of moving |
| insight | the power or act of seeing into a situation |
| scorn | open dislike and disrepect or derision often mixed with indignation |
| vanity | inflated pride in oneself or one's appearance |
| unfetter | emancipate, liberate |
| superficial | presenting only an appearance without substance or significance |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction; hostile |
| integral | essential to completeness |
| vital | concerned with or necessary to the maintenance of life |
| assuredly | without a doubt; certainly |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of soemthing; advocate |
| hostility | deep-seated, usually mutual, ill will |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments; oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| raging | violent, wild |
| conflagration | fire, especially a large disastrous fire |
| cynically | having a sneering disbelief in sincerity or integrity |
| flabbergast | to overwhelm with shock, surprise, or wonder |
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| offensive | making attack |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| condone | to pardon or overlook voluntarily; especially to treat as if trivial, harmless, or of no importance |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| rancourously | characterized by bitter, deep-seated ill will |
| bickering | to engage in a petulant or petty quarrel |
| recrimination | to make a retaliating charge against an accuser |
| inflammatory | tending to excite anger, disorder, or tumult |
| loathed | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance |
| burrow | a hole or excavation in the ground made by an animal (such as a rabbit) for shelter and habitation |
| calamity | an extraordinarily grave event marke dby great loss and lasting distress |
| allegiance | devotion or loyalty to a person, group, or cause |
| sagacity | keen in sense of perception and judgment, discerning |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present |
| obstinate | perversely adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion; stubborn, inflexible |
| salvage | to rescue or save especially from wreckage or ruin |
| repentance | to feel regret or contrition |
| molify | to soothe in temper or disposition; placate, calm |
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness |
| insolent | insultingly contemptuous in speech or conduct; overbearing |
| flagrant | conspicuoulys offensive |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| obdurate | resistant to persuasion or softening influences; stubborn |
| vigilant | watchful, alert, and attentive |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| reverberate | to continue in or as if in a series of echoes; resound |
| latent | present and capable of becoming, though not now visible, obvious, or active |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute or deny |
| liberal | of or constituting a politcal party advocating or associated with the principles of political liberalism |
| microcosm | a little world; especially the human race or human nature seen as an epitome of the world or the universe |
| reactionary | ultraconservative in politics |
| renunciation | the act of refusing to follow, obey, or recognize any further |
| cataclysmic | a momentous and violent event marked by overwhelming upheaval and demolition |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious; evil, malicious |
| repudiate | to reject or renounce; to refuse to have anything to do with |
| misgiving | to suggest doubt or fear to |
| callous | feeling no sympathy for others |
| malign | to utter injuriously misleading reports about; to speak evil of |
| malediction | to speak evil of |
| raucous | boisterously, disorderly |
| clairvoyance | the ability to perceive matters beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| melodrama | a drama characterized by extravagant theatricality |
| mediate | to bring accord out of by action as an intermediary |
| reconciliation | a restoration of friendship or harmony |
| refractive | distortion of an image by viewing through a medum |
| variegated | having discreet markings of different colors |
| absolve | to set free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| tenacious | persistent in maintaining or adhering to something valued or habitual |
| suppress | to keep secret or to stop or prohibit the publication or revelation of |
| pallid | abnormally pale or wan |
| squelch | to completely suppress |
| stoic | not showing passion or feelign |
| conciliatory | to make compatible; reconcile |
| accord | to bring into agreement |
| appalling | inspiring horror, dismay, or disgust |
| arbitrating | acting as an arbitrator (one who decides in the case of a dispute) |
| acrimonious | caustic, biting, or rancorous, especially in feeling language or manner |
| aversion | a feeling of repungance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| disputant | one who is engaged in a dispute |
| drub | to abuse with words; berate |
| descretion | the quality of being discreet, especially cautious reserve in speech |
| divisive | creating disunity or dissension |
| defer | postpone, put off |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or expression |
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