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SAT vocab 36-71
35 words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| autonomy | independence; self determination |
| cosmopolitan | worldly; widely sophisticated |
| derivative | something that comes from another source |
| esoteric | intended for or understood by only a small group |
| gaffe | a clumsy social error; a faux pas |
| idiosyncrasy | characteristic peculiar to an individual or group |
| insular | isloated; narrow or provincial |
| orthodox | adhering to the traditional and establish, especially in religion |
| potentate | one who has the power and position to rule over others; monarch |
| castigate | to scold, rebuke, or harshly criticize |
| censure | to issue official blame |
| denounce | to condemn openly |
| reclusive | seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation |
| relinquish | to retire from; give up or abandon |
| renounce | to give up(title for example), especially by formal announcement |
| vituperative | marked by harshly abusive condemnation |
| circumscribe | to draw a circle around; to restrict |
| contiguous | sharing an edge or boundary; touching |
| conciliatory | appeasing; soothing; showing willingness to reconcile |
| credible | capable of being believed; plausible |
| exonerate | to free form blame |
| incontrovertible | indisputable; not open to question |
| indict | to officially charge with wrongdoing or a crime |
| litigious | pronce to engage in lawsuits |
| partisan(adj.) | devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause |
| parity | equality, as in amount, status, or value (antonym: disparity) |
| rectiude | moral uprightness; righteousness |
| remiss | lax in attending to duty; negligent |
| repudiate | to regect the validity or authourity of |
| sanctimonious | feigning piety or righteousness |
| scrupulous | principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting |
| solicitous | concered |
| substantiate | to support with proof or evidence; verify |
| veracity | adherence to the truth; truthfulness |
| vindicate | to free form blame |