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SAT Vocab #10
Term | Definition |
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Absolution (n) | Forgiveness, or passing over of offenses |
Affirmative (adj) | Answering yes; to a question at issue |
Coddle (v) | To treat as a baby or an invalid |
Dissipate (v) | to disperse or disappear |
Finite (adj) | Limited |
Indignant (adj) | Having such anger and scorn as is aroused by meanness or wickedness |
Juxtapose (v) | To place close together or side by side, especially for comparison |
Narrative (n) | An orderly continuous account of the successive particulars of an event |
Poignant (adj) | Severely painful or acute to the spirit |
Relapse (v) | To suffer a return of a disease after partial recovrey |
Sear (v) | To burn on the surface |
Succumb (v) | To cease to resisit |
Travesty (n) | A grotesque or debased likeness or imitation of something |
Vogue (n) | The prevalent way or fashion |
Writhe (v) | To twist the body, face, or limbs or as in pain or distress |