SAT Reading
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jouella123 on September 30, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 abhorring | to regard with horror or loathing; detest |
| academic | scholarly |
| accusatory | charing of wrong doing |
| admiration | to regard with pleasure, wonder and approval |
| affectionate | having or showing fond feelings or affection, loving, tender |
| aghast | shocked |
| agony | a horrible feeling |
| Agreement | ... |
| aloof | haughty, distant |
| amazement | ... |
| ambivalent | indecisive, mixed emotion |
| amorous | loving |
| amusement | ... |
| anger | ... |
| anguished | unbearable sorrow |
| annoyed | ... |
| antagonistic | one who contends against another; an adversary |
| anticipation | ... |
| anxiety | ... |
| stressed | ... |
| apathetic | uncaring, uninvolved |
| appreciative | ... |
| approval | to consider right or good: think or speak favorably of |
| argumentative | ... |
| arrogant | ... |
| audacious | bold and daring |
| awe | solemn wonder |
| belligerent | hostile, aggressive |
| benevolent | characterized by or suggestive of doing good |
| biting | ... |
| bitter | hating, malicious |
| bliss | the state of nothing but pleasure |
| brutal | ... |
| callous | unfeeling, insesitive to the feelings of others |
| calmness | ... |
| candid | frank, truthful |
| carefree | ... |
| castigation | severe criticism or punishment |
| cathartic | purging, cleansing |
| caustic | intense use of sarcasm; stinging, biting |
| cheated | ... |
| chilling | ... |
| choleric | hot-tempered, easily angered |
| clinical | analytical |
| comic | characteristic of, or having to do with comedy |
| compassionate | ... |
| compelling | to force, drive |
| complicated | containing intricately combined or involved parts |
| complimentary | favorable |
| conciliatory | appease |
| condescending | showing superiority |
| confidence | ... |
| confused | ... |
| consistent | ... |
| contemplative | studying, thinking, reflecting on an issue |
| contemptuous | scornful |
| contentious | argumentative |
| conventional | lacking spontaneity, originality and individuality |
| convincing | ... |
| critical | finding fault |
| cruel | ... |
| cynical | questions the basic sincerity and goodness of people |
| deceitful | dishonest |
| depraved | morally corrupt |
| depressing | ... |
| derision | scorn, ridicule |
| derisive | ridiculing, mocking |
| desolate | dreary, deserted, barren |
| despair | ... |
| desultory | off the major idea, wandering |
| devil-may-care | ... |
| didactic | instructive |
| direct | to manage or conduct the affairs of, regulate |
| disappointment | ... |
| disbelief | ... |
| disdainful | scornful |
| disenchanted | free from illusion or false belief |
| disgust | ... |
| dispassionate | unaffected, logical |
| distressed | strained, with anxiety |
| dogmatic | authoritative, assertive, arrogant |
| doubt | ... |
| downtrodden | dread |
| dreary | a gray shadow is cast upon thoughts |
| ebullience | intense enthusiasm |
| egalitarian | equality |
| elation | joy |
| elegiac | expressing sorrow |
| embittered | ... |
| emotional | ... |
| emphatic | forceful and definite in expression or action |
| endearing | inspiring affection or warm sympathy |
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