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SAT TEST WORDS 7-12
Hot Words list 7-12
Term | Definition |
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contentious | quarrelsome; belligerent |
polemical | inclined to argue or debate; controversial |
cantankerous | bad-tempered; quarrelsome |
castigate | to scold or punish severely |
iniquitous | showing a lack of fairness; wicked; vicious |
rebuke | to reprimand or scold sharply |
impugn | to oppose or attack someone or something as false or refutable |
deprecate | to show mild disapproval |
rebuff | to snub; to bluntly refuse |
reprove | to speak to in a disapproving manner; to scold |
prodigal | wasteful; lavish |
odious | loathsome; evil; revolting in a disgusting way |
amiable, congenial, levity | friendly; agreeable |
concise, succinct, terse | using few words |
egotistical, supercilious, swagger | feeling superior |
ameliorate, mediate, pacify | lessening pain, tension, conflict |
lackluster, mundane, trite | unoriginal, dull, played-out |
colloquial, loquacious, grandiloquent | speaking |