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H.E.3 Lessons 17&18
SAT
Question | Answer |
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rebuke | to scold |
nonentity | a non-important person |
sang-froid | calmness |
desultory | wandering from subject to subject |
hector | to bully |
pandemic | widespread |
coalesce | to merge |
beguile | to deceive |
ennui | boredom |
hiatus | a pause |
lambent | softly bright |
ergo | therefore |
hubris | excessive self-confidence |
pecuniary | pertaining to money |
sibilant | a hissing sound |
incendiary | tending to excite |
apotheosis | a prime example |
contiguous | side by side |
auspicious | promising favorable results |
vociferous | noisy |
avuncular | similar to a uncle |
proletariat | working class |
tenacious | strongly held |
specious | deceptive |
refractory | unmanageable |
inimitable | unable to be imitated |
malfeasance | poor conduct |
platonic | without love |
pontificate | speaking in a dogmatic manner |
prurient | giving to lustful thoughts |