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Marino Mission CHP13
SAT vocab from chapter thirteen
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| perilous | full of or involving peril (risk) |
| malicious | given to, marked by, or arising from malice (desire to cause pain, injury, or distress to another) |
| alienate | to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent where attachment formerly existed |
| barrage | a vigorous or rapid outpouring or projection of many things at once |
| baffle | to defeat or check (as a person) by confusing or puzzling; disconcert |
| attune | to make aware or more responsive |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| authentic | worthy of acceptance or belief as conforming to or based on fact |
| unprepossessing | not attractive or tending to create a favorable impression |
| derelict | abandoned, especially by the owner or occupant; run-down |
| proprietor | one who has the legal right or exclusive title to something; owner |
| repast | the act or time of taking food |
| infused | to cause to be permeated with somethign |
| supplement | something that completes or makes an addition |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence, rule out in advance |
| polarize | tobreak up into opposing actions or groupings |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device |
| patent | a writing securing to an inventore for a term of years the exclusive riht to make, use, or sell an invention |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| pander | cater or exploit the weakness of others |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral o artistic values |
| staunch | steadfast in loyalty or principle |
| interpretation | the act or th result of interpreting (to conceive in the light of individual belief, judgment, or circumstance) |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service; especially a tip |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| synthesize | to combine or produce by sythesis (the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole) |
| unruffled | posed and serene, especially in the face of setbacks or confusion |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| subject | to cause or force to undergo or endure |
| sleuth | detective |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength |
| cuulative | made up of accumulated parts |
| profundity | the quality or state of being profound (having intellectual depth or insight) |
| cryptic | having or seeming to have a hidden or ambiguous meaning |
| complacency | self-satisfaction accompanied by unawarenesss of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| concocted | to prepare by combining raw materials; devise |
| commodities | an economic good, as in an article of commerce (something bough or sold), especially when delevered for shipment |
| sentient | finely sensitive in perception or feeling; aware |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| devalued | to lessen the value of |
| subversive | a cause of overthrow or destruction, especially a systematic attempt to overthrow or undermine a government by persons working secretly within |
| unscrupulous | not scrupulous (having moral integrity); unprincipled |
| culpable | guilty; meritng condemnation or blame, especially as wrong or harmful |
| tactics | a device for accomplishing an end |
| deceitful | having a tendency or disposition to deceive; not honest |
| ambiguity | the quality or state of being ambiguous (doubtful or uncertain), especially in meaning |
| furtive | done by stealth; sly |
| corrupt | to change from good to bad in morals, manners, or actions |
| linchpin | a central cohesive source of support and stability |
| florid | flushed with rosy color |
| collude | conspire, plot |
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