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P/SAT Lesson 4
Lesson 4 by AP Strategies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aesthetic | relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art |
| aloof | indifferent, apart |
| archaic | antiquated, old, out of use |
| assuage | to ease, mitigate, make less painful or burdensome, to calm |
| belie | to contradict, to give a false impression |
| contentious | quarrelesome, stirring controversy |
| daunt | to intimidate, to dismay |
| debilitate | to weaken, to enfeeble |
| discord | lack of agreement, tension or strife |
| dissemination | the act of spreading widely, scattering |
| dogmatic | strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner |
| duplicity | double-dealing, hypocrisy |
| egocentric | self-centered, selfish |
| euphemism | substitution of an inoffensive term for one that is offensive |
| gluttonous | greedy for food or drink |
| mundane | ordinary, commonplace |
| ominous | threatening |
| petulance | unreasonable touchiness or irritability |
| pompous | exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombastic |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurance |
| slothful | lazy, indolent |
| trivia | insignificant matters |
| verbose | wordy, very talkative |
| virulant | extremely poisonous, hateful |
| volatile | quickly changeable, easily vaporized |