SAT words
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codyallen2580 on April 24, 2012
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48 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abstract | not concrete |
| aesthetic | having to w/ the appreciation of beauty |
| alleviate | to ease a pain or burden |
| ambivalent | Simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain |
| apathetic | feeling or showing little emotion |
| auspicious | favorable; fortunate |
| benevolent | well-meaning; generous |
| candor | sincerity, openness |
| cogent | convincing; reasonable |
| comprehensive | broad or complete in scope or content |
| contemporary | current, modern; from the same time |
| conviction | a fixed or strong belief |
| dilignet | hard working, industriuos, not lazy |
| dubious | doubtful; of unlikely authenticity |
| eclectic | made up of a variety of sources or styles |
| egregious | conspicuously bad or offensive |
| exculpate | to free from blame |
| florid | flowery, flushed with color |
| gratuitous | given freely; unearned; unwarranted |
| hackneyed | worn out through overuse; trite |
| idealize | to consider perfect |
| impartial | not favoring one side more than another; fair |
| imperious | arrogantly domineering, overbearing |
| inherent | inborn; built-in |
| innovative | introducing something new |
| inveterate | long established; deep-rooted; habitual |
| laudatory | giving praise |
| maverick | one who is independent and resists adherence to a group |
| mollify | to calm or soothe |
| novel | strikingly new or unusual |
| odburate | unmoved by persuasion, pity, or feelings; stubborn; unyielding |
| objectivity | judgment uninfluenced by emotion |
| obstinate | stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising |
| ornate | excessively decorated |
| ostentatious | describing a showy or pretentious display |
| paramount | of chief concern or importance |
| penitent | expressing remorse for one's misdeeds |
| pervasive | dispersed throughout |
| plausible | seemingly valid or acceptable; credible |
| profound | deep |
| prosaic | ... |
| quandry | ... |
| stoic | ... |
| superflous | ... |
| tenuous | ... |
| timorous | ... |
| tranitory | ... |
| vindicated | ... |
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