Elite 2012 SAT Vocabulary Set B 351-375
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ire | anger |
| travail | painfully difficult work; pain or suffering from mental or physical hardship |
| fractious | disruptive or irritable |
| groggy | confused, sluggish, or dizzy, as from lack of sleep or drunkenness |
| windfall | unexpected good future |
| implicate | to incrimiante; to show or suggest involvement |
| illicit | unlawful; improper |
| haven | a safe place |
| rife | prevelant, abundant |
| predicament | a troublesome or embarasssing situation |
| consolidate | to combine into a whole; to strengthen |
| compulsion | irrestible impulse; force |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing, esp. by a public official |
| sate | to satisfy (any appetite or desire) fully |
| implode | to violently collapse inward |
| salient | important, promient, most noticeable |
| convey | to carry or transmit; to communicate |
| incursion | an attack or raid; the act of entering another's territory |
| rifle | to search quickly through something |
| jargon | the specialized terminology of a profession; incoherent speech |
| sybarite | one devoted to luxury |
| sloth | laziness |
| asset | a valuable thing, quality, or resource |
| traverse | to travel over or through |
| combustible | capable of catching fire |
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