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SAT Vocabs Day #28
Term | Definition |
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curtail | reduce in extent or quantity; impose a restriction on (verb) |
capitulate | surrender to an opponent (verb) |
chastise | rebuke severely; punish, especially by beating (verb) |
culmination | highest point of something, climax (noun) |
convoke | call together or summon (verb) |
celibate | restrain from intercourse or marriage; usually because of religious reasons (adj.) |
clientele | clients collectively (noun) |
revere | feel deep respect or admiration for something (verb) |
cogent | of an argument clear, logical, and convincing (adj.) |
endorse | declare one's public approval of (verb) |
blunder | stupid or careless mistake (noun) |
atone | make amends or reparation (verb) |
approbation | approval or praise (noun) |
innovative | featuring new methods, advanced and original (adj.) |
pathos | quality that evokes pity or sadness (noun) |
ecstatic | feeling or expressing overwhelming happiness or joyful excitement (adj.) |
bane | cause of great distress or annoyance (noun) |
cohesion | action or fact of forming a united whole (noun) |
prolific | of a organism producing much offspring (adj.) |
dogmatic | stubbornly opinionated (adj.) |