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Words I will know 01
SAT-level vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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quiescent | not active; being quiet |
condign | deserve; appropriate |
haphazard | marked by lack of order, plan, or direction |
comportment | behavior; dignified manner or conduct |
requisite | required; necessary or appropriate for a specific purpose |
impervious | unaffected or unable to be affected by |
apprise | advise; inform; appreciate or gain in value |
indelible | unable to be erased or removed |
invidious | containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice |
iniquity | absence of moral or spiritual values; an unjust act |
incipient | only partly in existence; imperfectly formed |
contumely (n) | a rude expression intended to offend or hurt |
colloquy (n) | a formal conversation |
perturb (v) | throw into great confusion or disorder; disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed |
sententious (adj) | abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; concise and full of meaning |
ineffable | incapable of being expressed; indescribable or unutterable |
ornery | cantankerous; having a difficult and contrary disposition |
remunerated | compensate |
licentious | lacking moral discipline; lewd |
recondite | not easily understood; abstruse; concealed; hidden |
incredulous | skeptical; disbelieving |
inimical | injurious or harmful in effect; unfriendly |
sapience | thinking; wisdom |
inept | awkward; not elegant or graceful in expression |
commend | express approval of; express a good opinion of |
clinical | practical and unemotional |
pensive | brooding; deeply or seriously thoughtful |
ordeal | a severe or trying experience |
histrionics | theatrical performance; a deliberate display of emotion for effect |
pique | cause to feel resentment or indignation |
tenacious | sticking together; good at remembering |
compunction | a feeling of deep regret |
skulk | move furtively and secretly |
redolent | having a strong odor |
torpor | inactivity |
squalid | morally degraded |
purloin | to steal |
contumacy | stubborn disobedience |
philter | love potion |
sanctions | penalties |
anathematize | to denounce or curse |
mien | appearance; aspect |
phlegmatic | calm |