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Lesson 15 & 16 Vocab
SAT Vocab
Question | Answer |
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noxious | harmful to the health |
connive | to cooperate secretly in wrongdoing |
chutzpah | nerve |
liege | lord |
odium | hatred |
crass | crude |
hypercritical | overcritical |
fallacy | a mistaken notion |
complacent | confident |
befuddle | to confused |
pandemonium | chaos |
parsimonious | cheap |
verbose | wordy |
indiscreet | not wise or judicious |
laudable | worthy of praise; commendable |
pique | to cause resentment; to provoke |
linguistics | the science of language |
plebeian | 1. a commoner 2. common or vulgar |
precocious | showing early development; advanced |
predatory | preys on others |
prowess | superior skill or ability |
pugnacious | eager and ready to fight; quarrelsome |
purloin | to steal |
pusillanimous | cowardly; fearful |
quell | to put an end to; to quit |
quixotic | very idealistic; impractical |
rabble | a disorderly crows; a mob |
rabid | raging |
raconteur | a person skilled at telling stories |
vindictive | seeking revenge; bearing a grudge |