HOT SAT list #6
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
reticent | not talking much, reserved |
eloquence | artful ease with speaking; speech that can influence peoples feelings. |
egotistical | excessively self-absorbed; very concieted |
lackluster | lacking vitality, energy, or brigthness; boring |
conciliate | to win a person over through special considerations or persuasive methods; reconcile |
cordial | warm and friendly; amiable |
captious | make for the sake of quarreling; quibbling |
munificent | very generous |
parsimonious | overly thrifty or miserly |
enigma | a riddle or mystery; a puzzling or baffling matter or person |
malicious | intending to hurt or harm another; spiteful |
deprecate | to show mild disapproval |
listless | lacking interest in something, usually because of illness, fatigue, or general sadness; spiritless |
sluggish | slow and lazy |
submissive | voluntarily obeying another; humble |
fanatical | full of great enthusiasm or devotion |
obstinate | stubborn; inflexible |
euphony | pleasing sound |
exalt | to praise or glorify; to lift up in status, dignity, or power |
profuse | abundant; more than enough |
epicurean | having to do with relishing the pleasure of eating and drinking |
heedful | paying careful attention to |
peripatetic | moving or walking about; itinerant |
relic | a custom or object that has been around for a very, very long time |
stealthy | secretive, sly |
hedonist | a person who lives for pleasure |
negligible | able or likely to be neglected or bypassed due to smallness or lack of importance |
ingenious | very clever or inventive |
ambiguous | hard to understand; unclear; open to more than one interpretation |
intimate | to suggest; to hint at |
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