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SAT Vocabulary Day 7
Vocabulary Stack
Term | Definition |
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Fastidious | very fussy; excessively concerned (esp. about cleanliness) |
Exhort | to urge or incite by strong appeals |
Bilious | ill-tempered, sickly, ailing |
Holistic | whole; entire |
Toady | one who flatters in hope of getting favors |
Infelicity | unsuitability; inappropriate |
Inchoate | only partially in existence, imperfectly formed |
Polarized | divided into two extremes |
Propensity | tendency; leaning' predilection |
Intermittent | on and off; not continuous |
Quell | to suppress |
Regressive | moving backwards |
Foible | minor weakness or character flaw |
Presumptive | presumed |
Exigent | urgent, demanding |
Sermonized | gave moral lecture |
Corollary | consequence; inference |
Steadfastness | loyalty; firmness of purpose |
Abject | miserable, pitiful |
Vacillate | to waver; hesitate |
Vindication | proving right |
Integrity | honor, honesty |
Vindictive | seeking revenge |
Adroit | skillful |
Arcane | obscure; known only to few people |
Incipient | beginning to exist or appear; in the beginning stages |
Byzantine | excessive; decadent |
Interlocutor | one who takes part in conversation |
Acumen | sharpness of mind |
Impecunious | poor, having no money |
Effacement | wiping out |
Belittlers | people who criticize/disparage |
Anachronistic | out of normal time range |
Effluvia | waste, odorous fumes given by waste |
Insuperable | incapable of being surmounted or overcome |