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P/SAT Lesson 6
Lesson 6 by AP Strategies Vocab
Question | Answer |
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antiquated | obsolete, out of fashion, no longer usable |
arable | fit for plowing, tillable |
ascendancy | domination; growing power |
atrophy | to waste away, to wither |
clandestine | secret |
conciliate | to reconcile, to pacify, to renew a friendship |
cursory | superficial, casual, hastily done |
derision | scoffing at, mockery, ridicule |
enmity | absolute hatred |
extricate | to free, to disentangle |
forbearance | patience, lenience |
frivolous | lacking in seriousness or importance |
garrulous | talkative, rambling |
impetuous | violent, hasty, rash, impulsive |
industrious | skillyfully busy or occupied |
infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind, vicious, notoriously bad |
insolence | insulting or contemptuous behavior |
levity | excessive frivolity, flippancy |
oblivion | state of being forgotten |
paradoxical | something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct |
perjury | false testimony under oath |
rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will, enmity |
sycophant | a self-serving flatterer, a brownnoser |
vacillating | changing, fluctuating |
vivid | bright, distinct and clear |