SAT set 4
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24 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 amorphous | having no definite form or distinct shape |
| benign | pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence |
| castigate | inflict severe punishment on |
| cursory | hasty and without attention to detail |
| esoteric | confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle |
| fervor | feelings of great warmth and intensity |
| garbled | lacking orderly continuity |
| gravity | (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe, a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure |
| hiatus | a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure |
| inchoate | only partly in existence |
| jocular | characterized by jokes and good humor |
| lofty | of imposing height |
| loquacious | full of trivial conversation |
| minute | infinitely or immeasurably small |
| nostalgic | unhappy at being away and longing for familiar things or persons |
| nuance | a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude |
| obviate | displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity, prevent the occurrence of |
| pious | having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity |
| puerile | displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity |
| quarantine | isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease |
| recondite | difficult to penetrate |
| slough | any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake) |
| vilify | spread negative information about |
| yield | production of a certain amount |
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