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sat vocab section
sat vocab section 1
Question | Answer |
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clear concise and to the point | succinct |
givin into hostle behavior | belligerent |
funny and amusing | facetious |
stuburn, inflexible and hard to persuade | obdurate |
overtrow ideas | aconoclasic |
not yeilding to, disobediant | insubordinate |
having or showing conflicting feelings about an object | ambivalant |
so sad, as to be without cheer, comfort, or hope | disconsolote |
to surrender or yeild | capitulate |
person who rules as a represent ative of god | theocrat |
total rejection of all political and institutions, supporter of terrorism | nihilism |
to wear an opponent down to the point they surrender | attrition |
adherence to the truth | veracity |
a funny or silly mixture of words | malopropism |
given into wickedness of immorality | reprobate |
a military draft | conscription |
not yielding, stubborn | dogged |
something not typical | aberration |
to approach and speak to someone aggresively | accost |
easy to talk to, friendly | affable |
an unnatural or artificial behavior, usually intended to impress | affectation |
feeling loving in a physical sense | amorous |
absense of government or control | anarchy |
resentment, hosility, ill will | animosity |
lack or interest, lack of feeling | apathy |
of dubious authenticity, fictitious | apocryphal |
capacity for learning, natural ability | aptitude |
passionate, enthusiasic | ardent |
to pacify, to sooth, to ease the pain of, to relieve | assuage |
favorable, promising, pointing to a good result | auspicious |
stronghold,fortress, fortified place | bastion |
a showy but worthless or useless thing | bauble |
to surge, swell, or rise like or in a great wave | billow |
without a care, cheerful | blithe |
breifull, quick | brevity |
charmingly rural, countrylike | bucolic |
to expand, to flourish | burgeon |
a harsh, sounding mixture of words, voices or sounds | cacophony |
immature, inexperienced | callow |
purification that brings emotional relief or renewal | catharsis |
to speak badly of | disparage |
withdraw or removal from the worl at large | sequester |
common, ordinary | mundane |
search for or expose | muckrake |
repulsive | repugnant |
doesnt follow logically | nonsequitor |
tending to talk to much | loquacious |
tempting with something that is out of reach | tantalize |