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11th #5 a
Castle Juniors SAT Vocabulary #5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| charlatan | a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; quack. |
| corroborate | To confirm; to support evidence |
| disseminate | To spread or scatter widely |
| diverge | to turn aside or deviate, as from a path, practice, or plan,to branch off, to differ. |
| dormant | lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, |
| hoist | to raise or lift, especially by some mechanical appliance: to hoist a flag; to hoist the mainsail. |
| illicit | Illegal, not legally permitted--often for moral or ethical reasons. |
| irrevocable | Not able to be canceled or undone |
| precipitate | To cause to happen quickly, suddenly, or sooner than expected, to rain, to cast down, rushing headlong |
| proliferation | A rapid spread or increase, or growth |