Vocabulary Power Plus for the new SAT Book 2: Lesson 17
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 circumspect | careful; heedful; attentive to all points |
| zephyr | a gentle breeze (sometimes specifically the West Wind) |
| renegade | one who deserts one side in favor of another; traitor; outlaw |
| retribution | something justly deserved, especially a punishment |
| hurtle | to move or to fling swiftly and with great force |
| scourge | a person or thing that causes great trouble or misfortune |
| caustic | biting; stingingly sharp or sarcastic |
| taciturn | not fond of asking; usually silent |
| agnostic | one who believes that the existence of God can neither bu proved nor disproved |
| terse | brief and to the point |
| uncanny | weird; strange; so keen or acute as to seem bizarre |
| exodus | a mass departure or emigration |
| penitent | remorseful; sorry for having done wrong |
| vindicate | to clear of suspicion or accusations |
| raillery | good-humored ridicule or teasing |
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