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sat words
Term | Definition |
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abstract | adj not concrete |
acquiescent | adj reluctantly agreeable;compliant |
benediction | noun good wishes;a blessing |
bolster | verb to support;to reinforce |
capitulate | verb surrender;yeild |
castigate | verb scold;punish |
despot | noun tyrant(dictator) |
discerning | adj insightful;perception |
esoteric | adj known to, or understood by,a limited group of people |
exteporaneous | adj done without planning;improvised |
fastidious | adj difficult to please |
flagrant | adj openly and obviously evil;glaring |
garrulous | adj very talkative;loquacious |
gullible | adj easily decieived |
hackneyed | adj unoriginal;trite |
heinous | adj shockingly evil |
immutable | adj unable to change |
impetuous | adj taking sudden action;hasty;impulsive |
jocular | adj joking;playful;jesting,witty |
judicious | adj wise;making good decisions |
kindle | verb to start a fire;ignite;aroused |
lethargic | adj tired;sluggish;drowsy |
loquacious | adj talkative |
malediction | noun evil speech;curse |
malign | verb to say evil or harmful things about someone;defame;vilify |
neophyte | noun beginner |
nostalgic | adj wishing for a return to the way things used to be;longing for the past;homesick |
obscure | adj hazy;unfamiliar;difficult to understsnd |
onerous | adj burdensome,oppressive |
paltry | adj worthless;insignificant,petty |