Vocab study for the SAT
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| 372793551 | abridge | (v) to shorten | |
| 372793552 | accessible | (a) available; ready for use | |
| 372793553 | antidote | (n) a remedy that counteracts the effects of poison | |
| 372793554 | aspire | (v) to work toward a goal | |
| 372793555 | autonomous | (a) independent | |
| 372793556 | bolster | (v) to support; to strengthen | |
| 372793557 | candor | (n) honesty; ( sincerity) | |
| 372793558 | cynical | (a) believing all others are motivated by self-interest | |
| 372793559 | fastidious | (a) fussy; ( meticulous, attention to detail) | |
| 372793560 | gratify | (v) to please (or indulge) | |
| 372793561 | hamper | (v) to hinder; (to prevent something from happening) | |
| 372793562 | hardy | (a) (healthy and strong); robust | |
| 372793563 | homogeneous | (a) of the same kind; (alike; uniform) | |
| 372793564 | integrity | (n) holding to values, | |
| 372793565 | intrepid | (a) fearless | |
| 372793566 | linger | (v)to stay | |
| 372793567 | lofty | (a) (very high; towering; grand or) noble | |
| 372793568 | mock | (v)(to make fun of) | |
| 372793569 | nurture | (v) to care for | |
| 372793570 | opportunist | (n) seeks self gain | |
| 372793571 | proximity | (n) nearness | |
| 372793572 | querulous | (a) complaining | |
| 372793573 | recount | (v) to tell a story | |
| 372793574 | rigor | (n) adherence to standards | |
| 372793575 | saturate | (v)soak completely | |
| 372793576 | scrutinize | (v)look closely or carefully | |
| 372793577 | surpass | (v) to excel | |
| 372793578 | tentative | (a) hesitant | |
| 372793579 | thrive | (v)to flourish | |
| 372793580 | tranquility | (n) peacefulness | |
| 372793581 | uniformity | (n) sameness | |
| 372793582 | vilify | (v) to slander or defame | |
| 372793583 | whimsical | (a) fanciful | |
| 372793584 | aggregate | (n) a sum total | |
| 372793585 | audacious | (a)bold | |
| 372793586 | aviary | (n) an enclosed space for birds | |
| 372793587 | complementary | (a) serving to complete another | |
| 372793588 | debunk | (v) to prove false | |
| 372793589 | discrepancy | (n) a difference | |
| 372793590 | eclectic | (a) taken from many different sources | |
| 372793591 | excerpt | (n) a portion of a whole | |
| 372793592 | glacial | (a) icy (or slow) | |
| 372793593 | insuperable | (a) cannot be overcome | |
| 372793594 | lithe | (a) nimble and flexible | |
| 372793595 | misanthrope | (n) someone who dislikes all people | |
| 372793596 | pitfall | (n) an unseen risk | |
| 372793597 | raze | (v)tear down | |
| 372793598 | replete | (a) filled (to overflowing) | |
| 372793599 | respite | (n) rest | |
| 372793600 | spurious | (a) false | |
| 372793601 | vaporize | (v) turn to steam | |
| 372793602 | capricious | (a) fickle (changeable) | |
| 372793603 | diffident | (a) lacking in confidence | |
| 372793604 | dilettante | (n)dabbler (one who dabbles in the arts and sciences but is an expert in neither) | |
| 372793605 | egalitarian | (a) believes in equality | |
| 372793606 | heretic | (n) challenges society | |
| 372793607 | idiosyncratic | (a) odd habits of one person | |
| 372793608 | insurgent | (n) a rebel | |
| 372793609 | irrefutable | (a) indisputable | |
| 372793610 | melancholy | (a) sad (or gloomy) | |
| 372793611 | palpable | (a) able to be touched (or felt) | |
| 372793612 | pedantic | (a) teachy (drone on and on as though giving a lecture) | |
| 372793613 | sardonic | (a) sarcastic | |
| 372793614 | variegated | (a) multi-faceted | |
| 372793615 | viable | (a) can live (good) | |
| 372793616 | allusion | (n) an indirect reference | |
| 372793617 | anecdote | (n)snippet from someone's past, usually humorous | |
| 372793618 | catharsis | (n) emotional release | |
| 372793619 | euphemism | (n)double meaning | |
| 372793620 | hyperbole | (n) an exaggeration used to create an effect | |
| 372793621 | irony | (a) an unexpected outcome | |
| 372793622 | metaphor | (n)a comparison without like or as | |
| 372793623 | oxymoron | (n) contradictory statement | |
| 372793624 | parable | (n) a brief story with a moral lesson | |
| 372793625 | parody | (n) imitates in order to mock another work | |
| 372793626 | pathos | (n)writing that evokes pity or sympathy | |
| 372793627 | prose | (n) writing that is not poetry or rhyming verse | |
| 372793628 | satire | (n) a literary work intended to ridicule | |
| 372793629 | vignette | (n) a brief story |
