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SAT Vocab 2-6
English 101
Term | Definition |
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tacit (adj) | taken for granted; quiet; don't speak a lot |
tantamount (adj) | same; equivalent |
tenable (adj) | capable of being defended, backng up something |
torpid (adj) | lazy; slow; not active |
truncate (verb) | shorten; abbreviate |
ubiquitous (adj) | ever-present; existing; being everywhere |
umbrage (noun) | personal displeasure; annoyance; offensive |
uncanny (adj) | very strange, unusual |
unctuous (adj) | oily, slimy, excessively smooth; people at the kiosk in the mall; get you to buy things you don't need |
undulate (verb) | rise and fall |
razed (verb) | flatten; knock down; wipe out |
railed (verb) | to criticize harshly |
rancor (noun) | bitterness, hatefulness |
refracted (verb) | to change direction of sound or waves |
remedial (adj) | healing, restorative; intended to correct or improve your skills |
sacrosanct (adj) | sacred; intended to be beyond criticism, change, or interference; should not be judged |
salve (noun) | oily substance |
scathing (adj) | nasty, purposefully mean; bitter |
semaphore (noun) | means of communicating w/o using words |
servile (adj) | demonstrating the properties of a servant |