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101 sat words
Question | Answer |
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to give in or agree | acquiesce |
to make something better | ameliorate |
kind hearted, showing goodwill | benevolent |
distinguished | eminent |
high opinion of someone | esteem |
to make easier | facilitate |
generous, big hearted | magnanimous |
producing a great deal | prolific |
thorough ; ethical | scrupulous |
calm, peaceful | serene |
to hate, loathe or detest | abhor |
to condemn in a stern fashion | censure |
to scold or criticize severely | chastise |
to force someone against their own will | coerce |
to erase or wear away | efface |
to flood or overwhelm | inundate |
to talk down on | patronize |
to reject, disown or disclaimed | repudiate |
to move back and forth between a descision | vacillate |
a leader who tells people what they want to hear | demagogue |
long,lecturing speech | harangue |
wild exaggeration | hyperbole |
evil reputation | infamy |
to say evil, harmful things | malign |
speech that is persuasive | rhetoric |
authorize, endorse, approve, allow | sanction |
above it all | supercilious |
infetious, dangerous | virulent |
enthusiastic,and dedicated | zealous |
something out of place in time | anachronism |
something that doesn't fit in with the group | anomaly |
standards used to make a judgement | criteria |
to make worse | exacerbate |
practical, done to gain an advantage | expedient |
brave, daring | intrepid |
to place two things side by side and compare them | juxtapose |
neglect, carelessness | negligence |
strong natural tendency | propensity |
advocate, promoted as a positive thing | proponent |
overly idealistic, romantic and impractical | quixotic |
a break or interruption | hiatus |
a series arranged by ranks | hierarchy |
ordinary, everyday | mundane |
vague, mysterious | obscure |
a spread throughout the population | pandemic |
model | paradigm |
surplus | plethora |
a puzzling situation | quandary |
found everywhere | ubiquitous |
felt experienced secondhand | vicarious |
restrict | circumscribe |
cautious | circumspect |
arranged logically | coherent |
briefness | brevity |
said clearly and fully | explicit |
about to take place | imminent |
unchangeable | immutable |
tiny, very small | minuscule |
to look at very closely | scrutinize |
a loud, harsh noise | cacophony |
trickery | chicanery |
moral decay or decline | decadence |
a pleasant, nice word | euphemism |
to escape or avoid | evade |
the ability to do something without punishment | impunity |
casual | nonchalant |
feeling gloomy | pessimistic |
recklessness | temerity |
fear, anxiety | trepidation |
a mystery | enigma |
fleeting, here one moment, gone the next | ephemeral |
unpredictable | erratic |
to get free of an entanglement | extricate |
relentless, inflexible, showing no mercy | inexorable |
biased | partial |
tough to control | recalcitrant |
extra, unnecessary | superfluous |
careful with resources | frugal |
talkative | garrulous |
impulsive | impetuous |
rude in a bold daring way | impudent |
silly, senseless | inane |
expressing as much as possible using as few words as possible | laconic |
talkative | loquacious |
someone who hates or distrusts everybody | misanthrope |
complaining, whining | querulous |
language | jargon |
dangerous, slow and settle in its effect | insideous |