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TiennyBier SAT 3
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| cynical | n a person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions and who disbelieves in or minimizes selfless acts or disinterested points of view. |
| supernaturalism | n supernatural character or agency. |
| extricated | vo to free or release from entanglement; disengage |
| melancholy | n a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression. |
| covert | a concealed; secret; disguised. |
| overt | a open to view or knowledge; not concealed or secret |
| reconnoiter | vo to inspect, observe, or survey (the enemy, the enemy's strength or position, a region, etc.) in order to gain information for military purposes. |
| Renaissance | the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world. |
| epitaph | n a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site. |
| dirge | n a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead. |
| despondent | a feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom |
| deplete | vo to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of |
| surfeit | n excess; an excessive amount |
| commodious | a spacious and convenient; roomy |
| flagrant | a shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring |
| spacious | a containing much space as a house, room, or vehicle; amply large. |
| flotsam | n the part of the wreckage of a ship and its cargo found floating on the water. |
| celestial | a pertaining to the sky or visible heaven. |
| terrestrial | a pertaining to, consisting of, or representing the earth as distinct from other planets. |
| rebuff | n a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances. |
| insurgent | n a person who rises in forcible opposition to lawful authority, especially a person who engages in armed resistance to a government or to the execution of its laws; rebel. |
| rebel | n a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country. |
| prolific | a producing in large quantities or with great frequency; highly productive |
| dispassionate | a free from or unaffected by passion; devoid of personal feeling or bias; impartial; calm |
| indict | vo (of a grand jury) to bring a formal accusation against, as a means of bringing to trial |
| reproach | vo to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure. |
| reprove | vo to criticize or correct, especially gently |
| reprimand | n a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority. |
| upbraid | vo to find fault with or reproach severely; censure |
| berate | vo to scold; rebuke |
| rebuke | vo to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand. |
| censure | n strong or vehement expression of disapproval |
| reciprocate | vo to give, feel, etc., in return. |
| backfire | vw to bring a result opposite to that which was planned or expected |
| incentive | n something that incites or tends to incite to action or greater effort, as a reward offered for increased productivity. |
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