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Marino Mission CHP16
SAT vocab from chapter sixteen
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| synthetic | something resulting from synthesis rather than occurring naturally, especially a product (as a drug or plastic) of chemical synthesis |
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance |
| mortified | subjected to severe and vexing embarrassment |
| censured | to find fault with and criticize as blameworthy |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| invoke | to resort to; use or apply |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement |
| neutrality | the quality or state of being neutral, especially refusal to take part in a war between other powers |
| precept | a command or principle intended as a general rule of action |
| pedantic | a style of teaching characterized by formality and undue attention to minutiae |
| sermonize | to preach to or on at length |
| hypocrite | a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion |
| sanctimonious | affecting piousness, hypocritically devout |
| eminently | to a high degree; very |
| adjudicate | to act as judge |
| colloquial | characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| veil | to cover, provide, obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil |
| circumlocutions | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| ramification | consequence, outcome |
| retribution | something given or exacted in recompense, especially punishment |
| cantakerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| skirt | to avoid, especially because of difficulty or fear of controversy |
| contentious | likely to cause contention (controversy or debate); controversial |
| carnivores | any of an order (Carnivora) of typically flesh-eating mammals that includes dogs, foxes, bears, raccoons, and cats |
| ferocity | the quality or state of being ferocious (exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality) |
| embody | to represent in human or animal form; personify |
| cavorting | prancing |
| maverick | an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party |
| dissident | disagreeing with an opinion or group |
| orator | one distinguished for skill and power as a public speaker |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| elocutionist | one who is effective in the art of public speaking |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent; rowdy |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| surreal | having the intense irrational reality of a dream |
| sensationalize | to present in a manner intended to arouse strong interest, especially by the inclusion of exaggerated or lurid details |
| adversity | a state or condition contrary to one of well-being |
| resounding | emphatic, unequivocal |
| overtly | in a manner tha tis open to view |
| proselytize | to recruit someone to join one's party, institution, or cuase |
| felicitous | very wellpsuited or expressed; apt |
| editorial | a newspaper or magazine article that gives the opinions of the editors or publishers; also an expression of opinion that resembles such an article |
| intervene | to come in or between by way of hindrance or modification |
| engender | to cause to exist or develop |
| poignant | deeply affecting; touching |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking |
| disseminate | to disperse throughout |
| gibbering | to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and often foolishly |
| scathing | to assail with withering denunciation |
| truculent | feeling or displaying ferocity; cruel, savage |
| remuneration | an act or fact of remunerating (to pay an equivalent to someone for a service, loss, or epxense); recompense |
| glacial | devoid of warmth and cordiality |
| tonic | one that invigorates, restores, refreshees, or stimulates |
| confiscate | to seize by or as if by authority |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or talking back; rescind |
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