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SAT Vocabulary Day4
Vocabulary Stack
Term | Definition |
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Assuage | (verb) to make less |
Colloquy | (noun) dialogue or conversation; conference |
Raiment | (noun) clothes; garment |
Reciprocate | (verb) pay back |
Apprehension | (noun) worry; nervousness |
Retrenchment | (noun) reducing staff or force; conserving resources |
Robust | (adjective) firm and strong |
Skeptical | (adjective) doubtful |
Skewed | (adjective) distorted; bent |
Eponymous | (adjective) giving one's name to a book, place, restaurant |
Sundry | (adjective) miscellaneous |
Sustenance | (noun) support; food |
Tenable | (adjective) can be held (of an opinion) |
Precursor | (noun) fore-runner; earlier version |
Tenuous | (adjective) shaky; not firm |
Torrid | (adjective) hot and steamy |
Undermine | (verb) attempt to overthrow; weaken |
Underscore | (verb) emphasize |
Unequivocal | (adjective) clear; cannot be misunderstood |
Vector | (noun) carrier (example: of disease) |
Verbose | (adjective) wordy |
Whimsical | (adjective) fickle; changeable |
Wistful | (adjective) full of sadness and longing |
Abashed | (verb) ashamed or sorry |
Cadence | (noun) rhythmic flow of poetry, marching beat |
Disseminate | (verb) to spread far and wide |
Mordant | (adjective) biting and caustic in manner and style |
Declivity | (noun) downward slope |
Annihilated | (verb) to wipe out |
Vituperate | (verb) to abuse verbally |
Succinct | (adjective) clear; short and well-expressed |
Anomalies | (noun) oddities; things that don't fit the pattern |
Antipodes | (noun) places on opposite sides of the globe |
Reconcile | (verb) to bring back together |
Remiss | (adjective) wrong |
Auspicious | (adjective) fortunate; indicative of a successful outcome |