2012 SAT Vocabulary Set B 526-550
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 innuendo | an indirect suggestion about someone or something, esp. of a negative nature |
| exert | to put forth or bring to bear |
| impute | to assign credit, often of guilt or blame |
| rummage | to search thoroughly by handling or disarranging the contents of |
| foment | to stir up negative feelings, esp. those that lead the violent action |
| tuculent | inclined to fight; expressing violence or hostility |
| liability | something for which one is responsible; a debt; a disadvantage |
| insular | narrow in outlook; provincial |
| chicanery | deception by trickery |
| naive | simple; childlike; lacking wordly wisdon |
| mitigate | to improve by lessening the severity of |
| haughty | stuck-up; arrogant; snobbish |
| dissipate | to scatter; to spend wastefully |
| colloquial | appropriate to spoken, as supposed to written, language; informal |
| tenet | a belief |
| exodus | the departure of a large number of people |
| forebear | a person from whom one is descended; an ancestor (usually plural) |
| keen | having a sharp edge; perceptive |
| inundate | to flood |
| belie | to picture falsely; to contradict |
| vagary | an erratic notion or action |
| bigot | one who favors his or her own group and is intolerant of those who differ |
| homage | a sign of respect |
| vendetta | a bitter feud or quarrel; fight |
| masquerade | to wear a disguise; to put on a false appearance |
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