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SAT Words 24
of 1000
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| despondent | (adj.) feeling depressed, discouraged, hopeless (Having failed the first math test, the _____ child saw no use in studying for the next and failed that one too.) |
| despot | (n.) one who has total power and rules brutally (The _____ issued a death sentence for anyone who disobeyed his laws.) |
| destitute | (adj.) impoverished, utterly lacking (The hurricane destroyed many homes and left many families _____.) |
| deter | (v.) to discourage, prevent from doing (Bob’s description of scary snakes couldn’t _____Marcia from traveling in the rainforests.) |
| devious | (adj.) not straightforward, deceitful (Not wanting to be punished, the _____ girl blamed the broken vase on the cat.) |
| dialect | (n.) a variation of a language (In the country’s remote, mountainous regions, the inhabitants spoke a _____ that the country’s other inhabitants had difficulty understanding.) |
| diaphanous | (adj.) light, airy, transparent (Sunlight poured in through the _____ curtains, brightening the room.) |
| didactic | 1. (adj.) intended to instruct (Her _____ document showed employees how to handle customer questions.) 2. (adj.) overly moralistic (His _____ style showed that he wanted his students not to understand history, but to understand it from his viewpoint.) |
| diffident | (adj.) shy, quiet, modest (While eating dinner with the adults, the _____ youth did not speak for fear of seeming presumptuous.) |
| diffuse | 1. (v.) to scatter, thin out, break up (He _____d the tension in the room by making in a joke.) 2. (adj.) not concentrated, scattered, disorganized (In her writings, she tried unsuccessfully to make others understand her _____ thoughts.) |
| dilatory | (adj.) tending to delay, causing delay (The general’s _____ strategy enabled the enemy to regroup.) |
| diligent | (adj.) showing care in doing one’s work (The _____ researcher made sure to check her measurements multiple times.) |
| diminutive | (adj.) small or miniature (The bullies, tall and strong, picked on the _____ child.) |
| dirge | (n.) a mournful song, especially for a funeral (The bagpipers played a _____ as the casket was carried to the cemetery.) |
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