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CyFair SAT 7
Term | Definition |
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accolade | praise; kudos |
amenable | malleable; obedient |
antiquated | obsolete; archaic; venerable |
ascetic | austere; severe; stern |
charlatan | quack; imposter |
clandestine | secret; covert |
derision | insult; scorn |
despotic | tyrannical; absolute; authoritarian |
diffidence | reserve; modesty |
effervescent | bubbly; showing high spirits |
forbearance | patience; lenience; temperance |
hyperbole | obvious exaggeration; embellishment |
insularity | narrow-mindedness; provincial; detached |
languid | slow, sluggish; lethargic |
litigious | prone to lawsuits; contentious |
oblique | misleading; cicumlocutory |
obsequious | slavish; subservient; like a sycophant |
paradoxical | false proposition |
poignant | piercing; pungent |
scrupulous | meticulous; conscientious |