Flashcards: SAT Vocab 2
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Created by:
teachfla on May 17, 2010
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SAT Prep, AVID at Sunset HS Dallas, English vocabulary, SAT Prep 2nd, SAT Prep 4
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 cacophony | a loud harsh or strident noise |
| harangue | mean, nasty, angry speech |
| tact | consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offence |
| maudlin | wallowing in self-pity |
| prevaricate | to lie |
| baedeker | guidebook; handbook |
| cache | a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons) |
| culpability | a state of guilt |
| duplicity | double-dealing, hypocrisy |
| facade | Face, front; mask, superficial appearance |
| foible | a weak point, failing, minor flaw |
| farcical | absurd; ridiculously clumsy |
| mellifluous | pleasing to the ear |
| noisome | offensively malodorous |
| obstreperous | boisterously and noisily aggressive |
| penultimate | next to the last |
| antepenultimate | third from last |
| nadir | lowest point |
| captious | fault-finding |
| bowdlerize | edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate |
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