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SAT Vocab-EnglishIII

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creditor someone to whom we owe money
pillage to sieze, to take, to rob
remorse strong feeling of sadness, regret, or guilt
forsake to take back or to abandon
deft skillfully, skill
ubiquitous to be everywhere
antecedent going before, preceeding
embody to personify or to take form of
philanthropy/philanthropist someone who does good deeds and likes mankind
misanthropy/misanthropist someone who is greedy and does not like mankind
mirage an optical illusion
noisome disgusting or offensive
coup victorious accomplishment or violent overthrow of the government
hoard accumulate for future use
cloister seclusion or to seclude
oust to drive out or expel
languish to stash
entice to lure or attract
insouciant carefree
somber sadness, sorrow, grim, depressing
sundry variety, miscellaneous
callous rude, insensitive
dearth lack or scarcity of
revere to respect, to praise, to honor
prowess skill, ability, bravery
generalize general opinion or conclusion
legacy something that is handed down
phobia irrational fear
expunge to take out, to remove
chattel movable property
austere stern
lament show sorrow, mourn
connoisseur expert or professional
cacophony loud disturbing noise
incongruous not appropriate
bulwark barrier or defensive wall
aloof stuck up or standoffish
cerebral intelligent
asunder apart
incite to arouse to action
trenchant sarcastic or bitter remark
procrastinate put off to a later time
roster list of names
impede to delay or holdback
forbear to postpone or refrain from
migratory nomadic, wandering
evade to avoid
efface to erase or rub away
beleaguer to harass or to annoy
milleu one's surroundings
histrionic dramatic, overexaggerated
bludgeon short, heavy, thick club. to strike, hit, or club
arduous intense, strenuous, difficult
reminisce to look back on
opportune occuring at a good time or moment
dulcet calm, soothing
porcine pig like
quixotic impractical
queue to line up; line
laconic using few words, brief
giddy giggly, weary, light headed
irascible irritable, quick tempered
endure to withstand or put up with
chronic continuous
harrowing terrifying
aptitude capacity for learning
cower to cringe in fear
gossamer shear gauzy fabric
fleece to rip-off or scam;sheep fur
parry avoid
periphery edge, outer-edge
entomology study of insects
ostracize to be left out or excluded
capacious spacious, roomy
infamy having a bad reputation and being famous for it
nepotism favor to family or friends
fickle changing, irregular, inconsistent
joust combat; to fight
consensus understanding or agreement
blather chatter, foolish talking, gossip
obtuse gullable, slow to comprehend; insensitive
scrutinize to examine or inspect
citadel stronghold; structure used for protection
doldrums innactivity due to depression
aspire to set a goal and reach it
martyr a person willing to sacrifice their life for a belief
congenial friendly, upbeat, happy
fjord between 2 inlets in the sea and has sea cliffs
draconian harsh, overly cruel, severe
defame to take away someone's good name or reputation
resurgent persistence, try again
artisan craftsmen
astute clever, smartness
misnomer misleading or incorrect name
veer to stray or drift off
karma destiny, fate
curvilinear formed, bound, or characterized by curved lines
elapse to pass or go by (time)
Created by: AliciaDav
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