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TiennyBier SAT 14
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| impair | vo to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage |
| martinet | n a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one. |
| sycophant | n a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite. |
| toady | n an obsequious flatterer; sycophant. |
| prescient | n knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight. |
| virulent | a actively poisonous; intensely noxious |
| malignant | a disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred. |
| improvident | a not provident lacking foresight; incautious; unwary. |
| defy | vo to challenge the power of; resist boldly or openly |
| bewilder | vo to confuse or puzzle completely; perplex |
| perplex | vo to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally |
| befuddle | vo to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments |
| notorious | a widely and unfavorably known |
| somnolent | a sleepy; drowsy. |
| soporific | a causing or tending to cause sleep. |
| halcyon | a happy; joyful; carefree |
| domineering | vo,vw to rule arbitrarily or despotically; tyrannize. |
| shrivel | vo,vw to contract and wrinkle, as from great heat, cold, or dryness. |
| expedient | a tending to promote some proposed or desired object; fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances |
| sedulous | a diligent in application or attention; persevering; assiduous. |
| dumbfounded | vo to make speechless with amazement; astonish. |
| deteriorate | vo,vw to make or become worse or inferior in character, quality, value, etc. |
| restive | a impatient of control, restraint, or delay, as persons; restless; uneasy. |
| distraught | a distracted; deeply agitated. |
| paradox | n a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. |
| facetious | a not meant to be taken seriously or literally |
| sonorous | a giving out or capable of giving out a sound, especially a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place |
| infamous | a having an extremely bad reputation |
| intimidate | vo to make timid; fill with fear. |
| menace | n something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat |
| peripheral | a pertaining to, situated in, or constituting the periphery |
| salutary | a promoting or conducive to some beneficial purpose; wholesome. |
| alienate | vo to make indifferent or hostile |
| estrange | vo to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of |
| intelligible | a capable of being understood; comprehensible; clear |
| aghast | a struck with overwhelming shock or amazement; filled with sudden fright or horror |
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