Top 100 SAT Words Part 3
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27 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 acuity | sharpness of perception or mind |
| adulation | adoration |
| affable | friendly; agreeable |
| assuage | to reduce pain |
| astute | clever; shrewd; ready-witted |
| avarice | greed |
| bastion | a stronghold; a fort |
| benign | kindly; good-natured |
| blasphemy | irreverent talk about God |
| cacophonous | harsh sounding |
| censure | severely criticize; blame |
| conciliate | to soothe anger |
| contrite | thoroughly sorry |
| credulous | gullible; ready to believe without proof |
| deference | a show of respect |
| denounce | to speak against publicly |
| desecrate | to show disrespect or to deface something sacred |
| didactic | intending to teach |
| diffident | shy; lacking confidence |
| digression | straying from a topic |
| disparage | to speak poorly of |
| dissent | disagreement |
| dissonance | lack of agreement or harmony |
| dogmatic | stubbornly opinionated |
| drone | to talk on and on in a dull way |
| eccentric | odd; out of the ordinary; quirky |
| elucidate | to explain; to make clear |
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