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sat vocab section
sat vocab section 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| clear concise and to the point | succinct |
| givin into hostle behavior | belligerent |
| funny and amusing | facetious |
| stuburn, inflexible and hard to persuade | obdurate |
| overtrow ideas | aconoclasic |
| not yeilding to, disobediant | insubordinate |
| having or showing conflicting feelings about an object | ambivalant |
| so sad, as to be without cheer, comfort, or hope | disconsolote |
| to surrender or yeild | capitulate |
| person who rules as a represent ative of god | theocrat |
| total rejection of all political and institutions, supporter of terrorism | nihilism |
| to wear an opponent down to the point they surrender | attrition |
| adherence to the truth | veracity |
| a funny or silly mixture of words | malopropism |
| given into wickedness of immorality | reprobate |
| a military draft | conscription |
| not yielding, stubborn | dogged |
| something not typical | aberration |
| to approach and speak to someone aggresively | accost |
| easy to talk to, friendly | affable |
| an unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress | affectation |
| feeling loving in a physical sense | amorous |
| absense of government or control | anarchy |
| resentment, hosility, ill will | animosity |
| lack or interest, lack of feeling | apathy |
| of dubious authenticity, fictitious | apocryphal |
| capacity for learning, natural ability | aptitude |
| passionate, enthusiasic | ardent |
| to pacify, to sooth, to ease the pain of, to relieve | assuage |
| favorable, promising, pointing to a good result | auspicious |
| stronghold,fortress, fortified place | bastion |
| a showy but worthless or useless thing | bauble |
| to surge, swell, or rise like or in a great wave | billow |
| without a care, cheerful | blithe |
| breifull, quick | brevity |
| charmingly rural, countrylike | bucolic |
| to expand, to flourish | burgeon |
| a harsh, sounding mixture of words, voices or sounds | cacophony |
| immature, inexperienced | callow |
| purification that brings emotional relief or renewal | catharsis |
| to speak badly of | disparage |
| withdraw or removal from the worl at large | sequester |
| common, ordinary | mundane |
| search for or expose | muckrake |
| repulsive | repugnant |
| doesnt follow logically | nonsequitor |
| tending to talk to much | loquacious |
| tempting with something that is out of reach | tantalize |