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chris's SAT Vocab 3
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Question | Answer |
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ancillary | additional |
animosity | dislike; aggravation |
petulant | bad tempered in a childish way |
pious | religious |
pretentious | aiming to impress by affecting greater importance than is actually possessed |
trepidation | fear |
forbearance | self-restraint; tolerance |
frivolous | silly or unimportant |
tribulations | a distress or suffering |
superficial | having to do with the surface |
superfluous | unnecessary |
trite | overused and unoriginal |
trivial | small; unimportant |
unprecedented | having no earlier equal |
bias | particular tendency; prejudice |
anecdote | a short tale |
animated | full of life |
blasphemy | lack of respect for something religious |
brawn | muscular strength or power |
brevity | briefness |
candid | honest |
capricious | whimsical |
volatile | unstable and potentially dangerous |
repudiate | deny the truth or validity of |
rescind | take back |
slander | to make false malicious statements about someone |
solemn | serious |
solicit | to ask for |
volition | ability to choose |
voluntary | of free will |
castigate | punish |
parsimony | frugality; stinginess |
paucity | lack |
pedestrian | commonplace; unimaginative |
censor | edit |
arcane | mysterious; known or understood by only few |
discriminate | distinguish between 2 things |
disdain | scorn; contempt |
ascetic | without luxuries; self denial |
vehemently | passionately |
vent | release strong feelings |
assuage | make less intense |
elitist | person who believes that they are superior to others; snobbery |
complacent | smug or self satisfied |
consummate | complete or perfect |
prodigious | producing a lot |
profound | great or intense |