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Cy Fair SAT 11
Term | Definition |
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adversity | misfortune; hardship |
antidote | something that erlieves the effects of poison |
benevolence | kindness; generosity |
culpable | deserving blame; guilty |
discursive | rambling; digressive |
dissuade | talk out of; discourage |
eclectic | coming from a variety of diverse sources; multifarious |
hypothesize | cogitate; reach a conclusion based on assumption |
ingrate | thankless person; self-seeker |
ingratiate | flatter; kowtow |
intractable | stubborn; headstrong |
precarious | dangerous; risky |
preclude | to prevent; forestall |
predilection | preference; penchant |
promontory | land or rock projecting into a body of water |
prosaic | banal; commonplace |
raze | to completely destroy; decimate |
shroud | cover; screen from view |
torpid | sluggish; inactive |
viable | feasible; possible |