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Vocabulary TErms
SAT Vocab Set # 7
definition | Answer |
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fort | STRONG |
polis | CITY |
spir | BREATHE |
culp | BLAME |
dia | CROSS |
disagreement that causes the people in a group to argue about something that is important to them | dissension(N) |
not honest, likely to tell lies, based on lies | mendacious(ADJ) |
cause someone to feel drained of energy, or vitality, to weaken someone | enervate (v) |
to give a false or misleading appearance to conceal the truth or real nature of so ething | dissemble (V) |
in dyin state (near death) | moribund (adj) |
a prayer to God (asking earnestly and humbly) | supplicate (v) |
to pretend to be sick or injured in order to avoid doing work | malinger (v) |
to be or become weak or feeble to droop or fade | languish (v) |
no value or importance | nugatory (adj) |
not gwnuine, sincere, or authentic -based on false ideas or bad reasoning | spurious (adj) |
the act or practice of killing someone who is very sick or injured in ordef to prevent any more suffering | euthanasia (N) |
a price or amount charged that's extremely high | exorbitant (adj) |
the act of making gestures an animated or excited gesture | gesticulation (n) |
a period of time when something (such as an activity or program is stopped) | hiatus (n) |
having or indicating a tendency to be overly generous to or lenient to someone | indulgent (adj) |