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Lesson 17 & 18 Vocab
SAT Vocab
Question | Answer |
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circumspect | careful |
zephyr | a gentle breeze |
renegade | a traitor |
retribution | something justly deserved |
hurtle | hurl |
scourge | someone or something that causes trouble or misfortune |
caustic | acidic |
taciturn | not fond of talking |
agnostic | someone who believes God cannot be proved or disproved |
terse | brief and to the point |
uncanny | strange |
exodus | a mass emigration |
penitent | remorseful |
vindicate | exonerate |
raillery | banter |
impregnable | impenetrable |
xenophobia | fear of strangers |
inherent | essential |
irreverent | disrespectful |
subjugate | to dominate |
expedite | to hasten |
filibuster | derail |
pristine | pure |
pithy | concise |
invective | an insult |
prodigal | reckless, wasteful, and extravagant |
pliable | easily bent |
torpid | lack of energy |
tenuous | thin |
discordant | being in disagreement |