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Marino Mission CHP12
SAT vocab from chapter twelve
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| auspicious | affording a favorable auspice (a favorable sign) |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse |
| eradicate | to do away with as if by pulling up from the roots |
| enable | to provide with the menas or opportunity |
| diffident | hestitant in acting or speaking through lack of self-confidence |
| novice | beginner |
| relish | a strong liking |
| exemplary | deserving imitation because of excellence commendable |
| precipitate | to cause to separate from solution or suspension |
| requisite | essentail, necessary |
| congeal | to change from a fluid state to a solid state |
| palpable | easily perceptible |
| homogenize | to blend (diverse elements) into a uniform mixture |
| viscous | having or characterized by viscosity (the property of resistance to flow in a fluid or simifluid); a thick liquid |
| thwart | to oppose successfully, to defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| debacle | a great disaster; fiasco |
| conunrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| rueful | mournful, regretful |
| condescending | to assume an air of superiority |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| prowess | extraordinary ability |
| elude | to escape the perception, understanding, or grasp of |
| detract | to diminish the importance, value, or effectiveness of something |
| default | a course taken without an active choice |
| obtuse | lacking sharpness or quickness of sensibility or intellect |
| jubilation | an expression of great joy |
| diversion | theact or an instance of diverting from a course, activity, or use; deviation |
| uncensored | not examine for the purpose of deleting objectional or sensitive information; unedited |
| disparate | containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements |
| concur | to express agreement |