PSAT/SAT Word List #2
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Created by:
SilverPride on September 29, 2010
Subjects:
world literature and composition
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abjure | to reject or renounce |
| anathema | a cursed, detested person; a practice, group or thing that is detested |
| antipathy | a strong dislike; repugnance |
| contrite | penitent; asking forgiveness |
| cupidity | greed; strong desire |
| deride | to laugh at mockingly; scorn |
| ephemeral | short-lived; fleeting |
| fastidious | meticulous, demanding, having high or unattainable standards |
| gregarious | liking to socialize; sociable |
| hackneyed | unoriginal; trite |
| imperious | commanding; domineering; acting like royalty |
| indefatigable | incapable of defeat or failure; never tiring |
| latent | hidden but capable of being exposed or found |
| magnanimous | kind-hearted; generous; noble |
| maudlin | sickeningly sentimental; sappy |
| oblique | diverging from a straight line; not straightforward; indirect |
| perfidious | unfaithful; disloyal |
| precocious | advanced; developing ahead of time |
| repudiate | to reject, refuse to accept |
| sanguine | optimistic; cheery |
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