SSAT ASC List 5Ca
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applemint2368 on July 6, 2010
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25 terms
Latin | English |
|---|---|
| abhor |  to hate, to loathe |
| admonish | to warn or caution against something; t scold or criticize in a mild way |
| advocate | to plad in favor of; to recmmend publicly (n.) a gloss or polish |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity; probably not true |
| audacious | bold; daring; too daring, insolent. Spirited and original |
| autocrat | a ruler or any person with unlimited power or authority |
| bicker | to argue over insignificant mattersa |
| brusque | abrupt or rude in manner or speech; blunt |
| burnish | to polish, to make shiny by rubbing (n.) a gloss or polish |
| collateral | property given as security for the repayment of a loan |
| comprehend | to understand |
| corpulence | excessive fatness; obesity |
| denounce | to speak against publicly; to accuse |
| derive | to get or receive from a source |
| dichotomy | division into tow parts or opinions that are usually contradictory |
| dictate | to say or read aloud to be recorded by anther; to command |
| disapprobation | disapproval; condemanation |
| disparage | to belittle; decry; to lower in reputation; discredit |
| efficacy | power to prodcue the desired results; effectiveness |
| endemic | prevalent in or restricted to a particular place or people |
| exotic | foreign; strangely beautiful or fascinationg |
| feisty | ill-tempered; touch; quarrelsome; spirited, frisky |
| forswear | to give up or reject seriously |
| fusillade | a rapid and continuous outburst; a rapid and continuous firing from a number of firearms |
| germinate | to start or cause to start to grow or develp; sprout |
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