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SAT Second Quarter
7th
Term | Definition |
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Adamant | Refusing to change; stubborn, unyielding |
Amity | friendship |
Austere | stern; plain; without luxuries |
Avarice | greed |
Benevolent | kindhearted; good-natured; generous. |
Cajole | to fool with flattery or false promises; coax; deceive |
Concise | short and to the point; terse. |
Concur | agree |
Cupidity | greed; especially for money |
Depleted | emptied; drained up, used up |
Efface | erase |
Eloquence | Powerful, effective speech |
Enigma | Mystery, puzzle |
Extricate | to free from a trap or difficult situation; to disentangle |
Garish | flashy, gaudy |
Harangue | a long, lecturing speech. |
Indolent | lazy |
Infallible | incapable of making a mistake |
Insipid | dull; flat; without sparkle or flavor. |
Irreverent | disrespectful. |
Juncture | point in time, especially a cruel one; joint or connection |
Languish | lose energy or motivation; become weak or depressed. |
Legacy | something inherited; either from an ancestor or from the past itself |
Minute | Very small in size |
Obliterate | remove or destroy completely; erase. |
Opaque | too dark or thick for light to pass through |
Preclude | prevent; make impossible |
Prodigious | very large |
Qualify | to limit the meaning of a previous statement; to modify. |
Recant | take back something you’ve said; withdraw a statement or belief |
Sardonic | humorous, but humor tinged with sarcasm or disdain; cynical |
Vilify | defame; attack someone’s reputation |
Warranted | justified; authorized |