SAT Words DEF
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 decry | to criticize openly |
| defile | to make unclean, impure |
| deleterious | harmful |
| demure | quiet, modest, reserved |
| deprecate | to belittle, depreciate |
| deride | to laugh at mockingly, scorn |
| desecrate | to violate the sacredness of a thing or place |
| diaphanous | light, airy, transparent |
| diffident | shy, quiet, modest |
| discursive | rambling, lacking order |
| dissemble | to conceal, fake |
| dither | to be indecisive |
| ebullient | extremely lively, enthusiastic |
| effrontery | impudence, nerve, insolence |
| effulgent | radiant, splenderous |
| egregious | extremely bad |
| enervate | to weaken, exhaust |
| ephemeral | short-lived, fleeting |
| eschew | to shun, avoid |
| evanescent | fleeting, momentary |
| evince | to show, revile |
| exculpate | to free from guilt or blame, exonerate |
| execrable | loathsome, detestable |
| exigent | urgent, critical |
| expiate | to make amends for, atone |
| expunge | to obliterate, eradicate |
| extant | existing, not destroyed or lost |
| extol | to praise, revere |
| fallacious | incorrect, misleading |
| fatuous | silly, foolish |
| fecund | fruitful, fertile |
| feral | wild, savage |
| fetid | having a foul odor |
| florid | flowery, ornate |
| fractious | troublesome or irritable |
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