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SAT vocab unit 1
Question | Answer |
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altruistic | concerned for welffare of others, generous, caring |
Disparity | intense dislike, treat with contempt, reject as unworthy or arrogant |
arrogant | insolently proud, haughty,overbering assuming |
angular | lean, sharp concerned; gaunt. skinny, sharp rounded |
aversion | strong disinclination, disliking, hestiance |
Discern | to diffrentaite between two or more things |
ambivalent | having contary feelings or attitudes, uncertian as to course of action; undecided |
Disparage | to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner |
Embellish | to decorate, make beautiful with ornimateation |
Engender | to produce or create or make |
innocuous | harmless, producing no injury |
insipid | boring or stupid |
lament | to mourn or to express sorrow in demostravtive manner |
laud | to praise, to revere |
obscure | diffcult to see, vauge, hard to see |
ostentatious | showy pretentious |
prodigal | wasteful, a person given to extravagance |
repudiate | to reject disown, to dishow |
reticence | restraint in speech, relunctant to speak |
revere | to honnor, to regard with respect |
serene | calm, placid, peaceful |
superfluous | beyond what is needed or required, an overflow |
taciturn | reserved, quiet |